Rory & Pippin: The Straw Showdown

Who could have predicted that the toy over which Rory and Pippin would wage their first power struggle would be a (used) Starbucks straw?...

Act 1: The Clash of Titans
Rory: (In Her Princess Voice) "It is mine! I command the mystical magic of the mighty green wiggle wand!"
Pippin: (To Himself, Darkly) "Ah, I see you wield the wiggle wand with abundant ability my friend. But that power belongs to me, Le Pippion de Panther!"
Pippin: (Faux Innocently) "Oh, my princess, I was simply going to return the wiggle wand to you when I saw that you had dropped it."
Rory: "I don't believe you Le Pippion, you covet my wiggle wand. Bow to me as proof of your feline faithfulness."
Pippin: (Rising Suddenly) "I can no longer live this charade. Fear me, princess, for I shall return when you least expect it!"
Rory: (Chuckling Slyly to Herself) "I shall fortify my defenses by retiring to my castle."




Act 2: The War of the Wiggle Wand
Rory: (Haughtly) "See, Le Pippion, from my castle, I can tease you with the wiggle wand, and you are powerless to take it from me."
Rory: "Clever, my former friend, to have used the rear guard attack, but I am not so easily fooled ..."
Rory: "... oooh, what's that, the music-making machine, I want to play with that!" Pippin: "Silly princess, now I shall make my move!"
Pippin: "It is mine! The wiggle wand is mine!..."
Pippin: "... mine, mine, mine. I can play with the wiggle wand all day."
Rory: "Silly cat, he forgot that I command La Momma, who saw my frown and retrieved the wiggle wand from your feline paws."



End Note
Sarah captured these photos and documented this amazing story. She called me on my way home from work, and she insisted that I "retrieve" more straws from Starbucks. When I arrived, I comforted Le Pippion, before giving him his own straw. With much delight, he batted it around the house for hours.