It's Morphin' Time (another Max & Mara episode)



 

“Um, excuse me.  Does mom know you’re wearing that?”

 “Um, excuse me!  I am mom!”

Max stood in the doorway of their parent’s room, staring dubiously at his sister.  She had clearly gotten into their mother’ closet and her make-up kit. 

“Mom’s lipstick looks neater,” he observed.

Mara waved him off.  “That’s only ‘cause she prac’ised more.”

“Well, you need to prac’is a lot,” replied Max.  Mara glared at her brother and teetered over to look at her reflection in their mother’s full-length mirror.

 

 

“Hey!  You’re wearing mom’s Jimmy shoes!” Max’s eyes widened as he pointed to Mara’s feet.  “You remember what happened the last time you wore her Jimmy shoes?!”

“Pfft!  It’s morphin’ time, and I can’t morph right without the hat AND the shoes,” Mara replied as she dramatically pointed to each.  “Besides, that was a long time ago, and I was authorized to do everything that I did.”

“You were authorized to break her shoes?” Max didn’t believe his sister.  He remembered how mad their mom was when she found one of her shoes with a broken heel.    

“Well, not that part,” admitted Mara.

“I bet not any part,” muttered Max.  He walked over to join his sister in front of the mirror.  He looked from his cowboy costume to his sister’s fancy dress-up.  “Now we don’t match,” he complained.  “How are we supposed to play the cowboy and cowgirl game?”

 “We’re not.  We’re playing a new game now.”

 “Really?”  Max looked at his sister.  “What’s it called?”

Mara thought for a minute.  She turned to her brother but just as she was about to answer him, she heard their mother’s footsteps coming down the hallway.

“Mom’s coming!” she exclaimed in a panicked voice.

“Looks like you’re playing the ‘you’re in trouble game.’  I’m not playing that game!” said Max as he bolted for the door.  He ducked out just as their mother entered the room.  Mara quickly stepped out of the shoes, but it was too late. 

“Oh, hi!” she greeted her mother hopefully.  That hope was short-lived.  She knew by the look on her mother’s face that she wouldn’t be playing anymore games for a long time.

© Dahlia Ramone:  February 4, 2017

 

This was written for Blogophilia Week 50.9

Topic: It’s Morphin’ Time!

Bonus points:

Hard (2 pts): Quote Oliver North *

Easy (1 pt): Include a cowboy or cowgirl

“I was authorized to do everything that I did.”