Rugrats: The Search for the Missing Binkie

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It was a hot day in July and the Deville twins were laying in the grass 
looking a the places where moisture from the last weeks rain had turned 
some parts of the lawn into muddy bogs.

"Whooo,", Lil said touching some of the goop and squishing it between 
her fingers, "feels like when we eat matched potaytoes."

"Kinda' feels like oatmeal."

"Don't mention oatmeal," Chuckie said.

"That reminds me of the time I sawd the guy en the oatmeal box, and it 
was really scary."

"Oookay Chuckie we won't talk about the oatmeal guy."

"What's your mommy doin' Tommy?", Fill said pointing at Deedee who was 
setting up a picnic table. "I donno, Fill. May There's gonna' be a 
party or somfin."

"Thanks for helping us set up Betty."

"Ah don't sweat it Deed. When I heard you guise were gonna' hava' 
picnic, I figured why not bring the pups over and we can have a nice 
cool pitcher a lemonade."

"Hi Deedee.", said a voice from the front of the house.

"Oh, that must be Drew and Charlotte with Angelica. The gate's open 
Drew."

"Fine Deedee, will be there in a minute, we just have to see if the 
Bradley industry wants to sell yet.- Charlotte put's her sell phone to 
her ear. "Yes Jonathan, and oh, by the way, cancel the appointment I 
have with Mr. Warner. Tell him we'll have to reschedule it Tuesday."

Angelica ran in to the ward to where the babies were playing."

Hi ya babies. Whatcha' playin'?"

"We're playin'' mud balls, wanna' play?"

"No. I got other things sides dumb baby stuff to do. I gotta' give 
Synthia her afternoon beauty bath."

"Okay Angelica," Tommy said. Angelica walked over to Chazz, who was 
water the lawn. Not that it needed it, but some spots were drying up 
after the rain had fallen.

"Mr. Chuckie's daddy, could I borrow that hose? I need to give Synthia 
her afternoon beauty bath."

"Sure Angelica, just as soon as I finish watering the lawn."

"Thanks Mr. CHUCKIE'S daddy."

Meanwhile, Tommy, Chuckie, Fil, Lil, and Kimi were playing in the mud. 
Soon they were tired of splashing each other, and just lay in the 
grass, drinking in the sun. Dil sat next to the picnic table where 
Deedee, Betty, and Kira were setting out the food for their picnic. Dil 
sat, playing with his toes and drooling. Suddenly, he stopped, and his 
face turned bright red. Deedee heard Dil grunting, and went over to 
him. She smiled at him and said, "Shall seems like someone is going to 
need a diaper change. I'll wait until you're finished, and then we can 
change your diaper."

Dil turned up his lips in a half frowning half grin of evident 
enjoyment as the soft poop filled the back of his diaper.

"Poopy."

"That's right snookems.", Deedee said. "You did go poopy."

Deedee picked him up, and they headed inside. The binkie Dil had in his 
mouth, lay in the grass, forgotten for the time being, as he was about 
to get his diaper changed. Kimi tugged on Tommy's arm.

"Look Tommy, there's Dil's binkie!"

"I know,", Tommy said, "Dil always leave's it there."

"But, Angelica's turning on the hose!"

"Oh, no! We gots ta' stop er'."

The babies ran toward Angelica, who by now was pointing the hose in the 
direction of Dil's binkie. Tommy's eyes widened.

"Angelica no!"

"Dumb babies." Angelica turned the hose on full blast, washing the 
binkie out of the yard, down the sidewalk where it landed it Mr. 
Wakefield's yard.

"Oh no," Lil said, "What are we gonna' do?"

"Oh, well, I guess that's the end of itm" Chuckie said.

"Yeah, it's gone. Now lets go play in the mud," Fil said.

"No you guise. That's my brover's binkie, and we gotta' get it back."

"But, how Tommy?", Lil asked. Tommy scratched his head. "Hmmm."

Inside, Deedee lay Dil on the changing table. She removed his shirt, 
and untaped his diaper. "Oh, my Dillon Prescot Pickles. We have made a 
mess haven't we sweety?" Dil smiled um at her. Deedee laughed to 
herself. "I guess we should enjoy these moments while we have them." 
She sighed, and began to wife Dil's bottom.

Meanwhile, the Rugrats were making their way to Mr. Hayfield's back 
yard. Chuckie hesitated.

"I don't like that guy, Tommy. He smells funny and makes funny noises 
when he's on that thingy that eats grass."

"Like that thing Tommy's daddy uses?", Fil asked.

"Yeah and it growls too."

"I think mommy called dat a lawn mower," Kimi said.

"What's a lawn mower?", Fil asked.

"Maybe it's a big monster that eats things," Fil said.

"Monster!" Chuckie asked incredulously.

"It's ok Chuckie," Tommy said, "It's probably nowhere near here."

Just then, a sound like thunder cut through the mid afternoon air. It 
rumbled through the air, getting louder and louder.

"Oh, no. It's comin'!" Chuckie said.

"We gotta' find my brover's binkie! I'm not leavin' wif out it!" Tommy 
said determinedly.

"Look! There it is!" Fil said pointing at the ground. In front of them, 
right next to the fence near which Mr. Hayfield was mowing the lawn, 
was Dil's binkie. It had rolled to the fence, where it had lain until 
the Rugrats spotted it.

"How are we gonna' stop that monster from eating Dil's binkie, Tommy?" 
Chuckie said. "It's gettin' closer!"

"Well, Spike doesn't like the hose, cuz he's always chasin' after it. 
Maybe it's a monster too!"

"But, how do we find it?" Fil asked. Tommy looked around.

"There!" Tommy said. He pointed to the yard next door. "All we gotta' 
do is pull that hose over here so it can fight the lawn mower! Chuckie, 
Fil, Lil, give me a hand."

Lil bent over, so Fil could climb on her back, then she stood up, so 
Fil could stand on her shoulders. Then, Chuckie climbed on Fil's 
shoulders. Then, Tommy climbed up on Fil's shoulders, grabbed the top 
of the fence, and grabbing a near by clothesline, swung himself to the 
ground. He grabbed a hold of the hose which lay on the other side of 
the fence, and began to push the nozzle under the fence where it was 
grabbed by Kimi. She fed the hose through the fence next door. There 
was a metallic crunch as the blades of the mower sliced through the 
hoses middle, sending the nozzle flying! Mr. Hayfield turned off the 
mower then scratched his head. Kimi grabbed Dil's binkie, and passed it 
to Chuckie, who put it in his pocket. "Come on Tommy. We got it now.!", 
Kimi said. Tommy 'looked around, and wondered how he was going to get 
out of the yard. Then, he saw it. The gate. Why didn't he think of it 
before! He walked over to it. Reaching into his diaper, he pulled out 
his plastic screwdriver. Using it to unlock the gate, Tommy flipped the 
latch open. He pushed the gate open, then closed it behind him, as he 
and his friends ran back to the Pickles yard.

Deedee picked up Dil as she headed outside. She was puzzled at first. 
She didn't see the kids anywhere! "Now where could they be?" Just then, 
Deedee felt a tug on her arm, and looked down to see all five of the 
Rugrats staring up at her. "Oh, well I'm glad you didn't go anywhere. 
You kids are so well behaved."

"That's for sure.", Betty said, "I didn't even hear a peep out of 'em."

Just then, they heard a surprised scream from a few houses down. The 
man who lived next to Mr. Wakefield came running down the block, away 
from the geyser that was now bellowing from his lawn. Mr. Wakefield 
came running behind him. The two men were soaked from head to toe.

"Oh, my goodness!", Deedee exclaimed. "What happened!" "The man next 
door to Mr. Wakefield stopped out of breath.

"Could we use your phone? I need to call my wife to tell her to turn 
the water off. I was watering my lawn, and I noticed that the end of 
the hose was under the fence. I picked it up, and walked over to my 
wife, who was sitting at the window, and I told her to turn on the 
water. I went back to where the nozzle was, and was about to water the 
lawn, when water came out of nowhere. I just don't understand it. There 
must've been a tear in the hose. but I just bought the thing last 
Saturday. , and there wasn't a tear then, and for that matter, there 
wasn't one this morning! Ah I guess things happen.

"Hose just idden't any good. That's all.", Mr. Wakefield said, shaking 
and out his hair.

"Yeah. I guess there's just some things that can't be explained. They 
just happen." The grown ups shrugged their shoulders and went in to 
where the phone was kept, while behind them, the babies... smiled.