Everyone was quiet as they ate breakfast the following morning. Most of the time it was Casper who prepared breakfast, but today Miriam did the cooking. She and Dr. Harvey drank coffee while Kat drank milk.
"Does anyone want to try this new hot sauce that I bought?" Miriam asked. "It's called 'Pure Pain' and they say it's so hot that it leaves your stomach burning for hours after آپ eat it."
"Oh, that sounds like a lot of fun," Kat کہا sarcastically, as she sipped her cold milk.
Miriam shrugged and went over to the refrigerator to put the hot sauce away. When she opened the door, she found a certain obese ghost making a feast out of the leftovers.
"Hey, get out of there!" Miriam ordered.
"What's that? Give it here!" Fatso کہا in his booming baritone, as he snatched the hot sauce bottle from her hand and gulped it down. Then a moment later, his face turned chili-red and his mouth exploded in a blaze of fire. Miriam gasped and slammed the door shut.
"What's wrong?" Dr. Harvey asked.
"Oh, nothing…just some stale food. Now where were we?"
"Dad was talking about the Ghostly Trio…again," Kat complained.
"Oh yes," Miriam sighed. "Ya know, I kind of feel sorry for those guys."
"But Grandma, they're such creeps!"
"We all have a dark side, sweetheart," Miriam explained. "Maybe they just need hug."
Kat burst out laughing.
Casper shook his head. "I'm afraid if آپ tried that, آپ would get one of Uncle Stinkie's specials right in the face!" he said, rolling his eyes.
"Speaking of the Trio…," Dr. Harvey began. "I want to see them in my office after breakfast."
"Again?" Kat scoffed. "How can آپ expect anything but a another disaster?"
"We're making progress," he assured her. But Kat was skeptical.
"What are آپ and the Trio going to talk about this time, James?" Miriam tried to sound encouraging.
"Well, maybe I'll ask them مزید about their personal lives. For instance, I'd like to know if they had any girlfriends. یا boyfriends. Whatever the case may be…"
Kat swallowed a mouthful of دودھ and giggled again. "Wait a minute, Dad. Let me get this straight…You're going to ask the Trio if they've ever been in love? Ha! اگلے you'll be wondering if they ever masturbate."
"Kat!" Miriam slammed her cup down on the table. "Bite your tongue!"
Kat quickly covered her mouth. "Sorry, Grandma. It just slipped out."
"Well, don't let it slip out again," Miriam warned. "I own a bar of soap and I'm not afraid to use it."
"Yes, ma'am."
Casper slid out of his chair and crawled underneath the میز, جدول to pick up the fork he dropped. Suddenly, a hand shot out of nowhere and grabbed his arm. "Hiya, short-sheet," Stretch sneered.
"G-Good morning…," Casper smiled weakly.
"What did آپ make us for breakfast?"
"Well uh, Kat's grandmother is doing the cooking today."
"Well…she better be a darn good cook…or yer gonna get it."
"She is," Casper answered.
Kat peered under the table. "Casper?"
"I'll be right there!" A moment later, Casper popped up and returned to his chair. "Hehe, I uh, just had a little business to take care of."
"Under the table?" Kat raised an eyebrow. "Are your uncles under there?"
"Just one of them."
Kat looked under the table. "Hey you! Come out from under there and get up here – where we can see you!"
Stretch hissed like a snake and materialized overhead. "Ta-Da!"
Pretty soon, Stinkie also came along. "Ooh, what's this? Breakfast? Here, let me flavor it for you...," And with that, he released a green mist of bad breath all over everyone's plate.
Dr. Harvey pushed his glasses up his nose. "Listen, I'll glad آپ two are here. I've been meaning to speak with you."
"Oh really, Doc?" Stretch laughed dryly. "Well, I've been meaning to do something to."
"You have? What?"
"Just…THIS! Here Doc! Have a chair!" Stretch picked up a chair and hurled it at Dr. Harvey, who ducked down just in time. The chair flew past him and crashed into the glass cupboard, shattering it to bits.
"HEY!" Kat jumped up and ran to her dad's rescue. "Don't آپ ever do that again یا I'll make آپ wish your father never screwed your mother!"
"Quiet, Kat! I can handle this!" Dr. Harvey yelled.
Fatso crawled out of the refrigerator to شامل میں the others. "Oh boy, a party!"
"Dad, آپ can't let them treat آپ like this!"
"Kat, I کہا I can handle them!"
Then Stinkie darted over to Kat and grabbed her collar. "What did آپ just say about my mother?" he hissed. "You miserable, little brat! Nobody talks bad about our mother…except us!"
Then he slapped Kat across the face. She gasped in shock and slapped him back. Then they both took turns slapping each other like crazy.
Meanwhile, Dr. Harvey was busy arguing with Stretch and Fatso.
Miriam couldn't take it anymore. "SILENCE! All of you! My God, there's enough noise in here to wake the dead!"
Stretch laughed at her. "Well, what do we look like, Granny? Oprah on Hiatus?"
"ENOUGH! For the اگلے ten minutes, I don't want to hear one peep in this kitchen! And that goes for everybody!"
Fatso crept up behind Miriam and went, "Peep!" in her ear. She whirled around and glared at him, her eyes blazing.
"Yoo-hoo! Can't catch me!" Fatso disappeared in poof. The rest of the Trio cackled heartily and followed him.
Miriam sat down quietly at the table. "James, آپ really have your work cut out for you."
"The Trio needs to crossover and they need help to do it," Dr. Harvey sat down اگلے to her. "I didn't take up study in ghosts for nothing."
"Well, why did آپ have to start studying ghosts? Why can't آپ study something normal and safe…like lobotomy?"
"I have personal reasons," Dr. Harvey کہا softly.
Miriam put a comforting hand on his shoulder.
Kat sighed and looked at Casper. "What now?"
"I have to get breakfast for my uncles," Casper کہا simply.
"Does anyone want to try this new hot sauce that I bought?" Miriam asked. "It's called 'Pure Pain' and they say it's so hot that it leaves your stomach burning for hours after آپ eat it."
"Oh, that sounds like a lot of fun," Kat کہا sarcastically, as she sipped her cold milk.
Miriam shrugged and went over to the refrigerator to put the hot sauce away. When she opened the door, she found a certain obese ghost making a feast out of the leftovers.
"Hey, get out of there!" Miriam ordered.
"What's that? Give it here!" Fatso کہا in his booming baritone, as he snatched the hot sauce bottle from her hand and gulped it down. Then a moment later, his face turned chili-red and his mouth exploded in a blaze of fire. Miriam gasped and slammed the door shut.
"What's wrong?" Dr. Harvey asked.
"Oh, nothing…just some stale food. Now where were we?"
"Dad was talking about the Ghostly Trio…again," Kat complained.
"Oh yes," Miriam sighed. "Ya know, I kind of feel sorry for those guys."
"But Grandma, they're such creeps!"
"We all have a dark side, sweetheart," Miriam explained. "Maybe they just need hug."
Kat burst out laughing.
Casper shook his head. "I'm afraid if آپ tried that, آپ would get one of Uncle Stinkie's specials right in the face!" he said, rolling his eyes.
"Speaking of the Trio…," Dr. Harvey began. "I want to see them in my office after breakfast."
"Again?" Kat scoffed. "How can آپ expect anything but a another disaster?"
"We're making progress," he assured her. But Kat was skeptical.
"What are آپ and the Trio going to talk about this time, James?" Miriam tried to sound encouraging.
"Well, maybe I'll ask them مزید about their personal lives. For instance, I'd like to know if they had any girlfriends. یا boyfriends. Whatever the case may be…"
Kat swallowed a mouthful of دودھ and giggled again. "Wait a minute, Dad. Let me get this straight…You're going to ask the Trio if they've ever been in love? Ha! اگلے you'll be wondering if they ever masturbate."
"Kat!" Miriam slammed her cup down on the table. "Bite your tongue!"
Kat quickly covered her mouth. "Sorry, Grandma. It just slipped out."
"Well, don't let it slip out again," Miriam warned. "I own a bar of soap and I'm not afraid to use it."
"Yes, ma'am."
Casper slid out of his chair and crawled underneath the میز, جدول to pick up the fork he dropped. Suddenly, a hand shot out of nowhere and grabbed his arm. "Hiya, short-sheet," Stretch sneered.
"G-Good morning…," Casper smiled weakly.
"What did آپ make us for breakfast?"
"Well uh, Kat's grandmother is doing the cooking today."
"Well…she better be a darn good cook…or yer gonna get it."
"She is," Casper answered.
Kat peered under the table. "Casper?"
"I'll be right there!" A moment later, Casper popped up and returned to his chair. "Hehe, I uh, just had a little business to take care of."
"Under the table?" Kat raised an eyebrow. "Are your uncles under there?"
"Just one of them."
Kat looked under the table. "Hey you! Come out from under there and get up here – where we can see you!"
Stretch hissed like a snake and materialized overhead. "Ta-Da!"
Pretty soon, Stinkie also came along. "Ooh, what's this? Breakfast? Here, let me flavor it for you...," And with that, he released a green mist of bad breath all over everyone's plate.
Dr. Harvey pushed his glasses up his nose. "Listen, I'll glad آپ two are here. I've been meaning to speak with you."
"Oh really, Doc?" Stretch laughed dryly. "Well, I've been meaning to do something to."
"You have? What?"
"Just…THIS! Here Doc! Have a chair!" Stretch picked up a chair and hurled it at Dr. Harvey, who ducked down just in time. The chair flew past him and crashed into the glass cupboard, shattering it to bits.
"HEY!" Kat jumped up and ran to her dad's rescue. "Don't آپ ever do that again یا I'll make آپ wish your father never screwed your mother!"
"Quiet, Kat! I can handle this!" Dr. Harvey yelled.
Fatso crawled out of the refrigerator to شامل میں the others. "Oh boy, a party!"
"Dad, آپ can't let them treat آپ like this!"
"Kat, I کہا I can handle them!"
Then Stinkie darted over to Kat and grabbed her collar. "What did آپ just say about my mother?" he hissed. "You miserable, little brat! Nobody talks bad about our mother…except us!"
Then he slapped Kat across the face. She gasped in shock and slapped him back. Then they both took turns slapping each other like crazy.
Meanwhile, Dr. Harvey was busy arguing with Stretch and Fatso.
Miriam couldn't take it anymore. "SILENCE! All of you! My God, there's enough noise in here to wake the dead!"
Stretch laughed at her. "Well, what do we look like, Granny? Oprah on Hiatus?"
"ENOUGH! For the اگلے ten minutes, I don't want to hear one peep in this kitchen! And that goes for everybody!"
Fatso crept up behind Miriam and went, "Peep!" in her ear. She whirled around and glared at him, her eyes blazing.
"Yoo-hoo! Can't catch me!" Fatso disappeared in poof. The rest of the Trio cackled heartily and followed him.
Miriam sat down quietly at the table. "James, آپ really have your work cut out for you."
"The Trio needs to crossover and they need help to do it," Dr. Harvey sat down اگلے to her. "I didn't take up study in ghosts for nothing."
"Well, why did آپ have to start studying ghosts? Why can't آپ study something normal and safe…like lobotomy?"
"I have personal reasons," Dr. Harvey کہا softly.
Miriam put a comforting hand on his shoulder.
Kat sighed and looked at Casper. "What now?"
"I have to get breakfast for my uncles," Casper کہا simply.