SHAMROCK GIRL & the BOMB POP POPSICLE INJURY! (PART FOUR)

“If she wasn’t so fat and damn ugly, maybe she could get a man.” Burke the Bird said in a lecturing sort of way behind a tiny upraised podium to the hundreds of supervillians in the crowd and the hundreds of thousands of supervillians watching at home. His appearance was unbelievable. He was bright blue and red from head to foot and had a large amount of white gauze wrapped around his forehead. For the umpteenth time over the past couple of days, Shamrock Girl and Emeralda were completely disgusted. For the umpteenth time since “the incident” as Dr. Al was calling it happened, Burke the Bird had given an outrageous number of press conferences looking unbelievably battered and bruised while wildly exaggerating the facts and playing the totally innocent victim to the hilt. The one good thing about this situation was at least when it all got to be too much Shamrock Girl and Emeralda could turn off the tv or turn the sound down but today that was absolutely impossible because Burke the Bird had decided to give a press conference right across the street from the Jytrimillya City Towers where Shamrock Girl and Emeralda lived. He had even had two jumbotron tv’s installed at the end of each street with the best surround sound that Shamrock Girl and Emeralda had ever heard. The vibrations that the jumbotrons were giving off was astounding. Shamrock Girl had a killer headache and Emeralda’s teeth were killing her. Shamrock Girl and Emeralda were absolutely livid at Burke but there was nothing that they could do about it because they were both on strict orders to stay in the apartment. Plus they did concede that Jytrimillya was a free planet and free speech was always encouraged and unfortunately Burke the Bird did have the right to give his press conference anywhere that he pleased but this totally sucked for Shamrock Girl and Emeralda because both of them knew 100% that he had done it on purpose to get back at them.

“Now don’t get me wrong my fellow supervillians and superpets, being pleasantly plump or very big on a supervillian looks absolutely wonderful.” Burke the Bird said sweetly then flashed everyone watching a big toothy smile. “After all, we supervillians loves our food!” Burke then started to move his mouth like he was eating then he pretended like he had swallowed then he licked his finger-like wings. The crowd loudly cheered. Then he continued on. “Plus all supervillians and their superpets are extremely good-looking, unfortunately you can’t say the same for Shamrock Girl. She’s so damn ugly that the superheros haven’t invented a cure to help her or us for that matter because we’re the ones who have to look at her ugly ass on a regular basis when she brings her big booty to town but thank god she lives on earth part-time or we’d never get a damn break.” At these last remarks, all of the supervillians were howling with laughter. Ebonnyra and Ivorysour had big fat tears rolling down their cheeks and were holding their sides like they were in agony. Shamrock Girl and Emeralda were totally pissed. If looks could kill, Burke the Bird would be a dead bird. “And people and pets let’s face it, being fat and extremely ugly like Shamrock Girl is a powerful combination that the superheros use constantly as a powerful weapon against us unfairly! It’s fat and ugly superheros like Shamrock Girl who are destroying the supervillian race!” Burke the Bird said with passion while Ebonnyra and Ivorysour clapped loudly but their claps were quickly drowned out by the massive applause from the supervillian audience. Now Emeralda for instance……………”

But Burke the Bird never got to finish his forthcoming negative remark about Emeralda the Cat because a loud buzz went up into the air and all the supervillians turned away from Burke to see what was going on. For a nanosecond Burke the Bird was stunned but a nanosecond later he regained his arrogant senses and was about to give the crowd a good telling off for daring to turn their backs on him while he was speaking when suddenly like the parting of the red sea a path was being made. The buzzing grew louder. A tall figure started getting closer and closer to the podium until he was totally visible. Burke the Bird’s mouth fell open along with Ebonnyra’s and Ivorysour’s. Shamrock Girl and Emeralda were momentarily puzzled as they wondered what the heck was going on. They watched the tv breathlessly. Finally the figure turned around and Shamrock Girl and Emeralda were able to get a look at the figure’s face. Shamrock Girl and Emeralda let out shocked whoops of joy as the hervilling, Dapper Dance, otherwise known as Justice Jytrimillya, grandson of Jalena Jytrimillya, their planet’s founder and owner of Dapper Dance’s Dance Studio & Emporium walked up to where Burke the Bird was standing behind the tiny upraised podium.

“So sorry to disturb you like this but I just wanted to see how you are feeling, Burkie?” Dapper Dance said with absolute concern and sincerity pouring from his big hazel green eyes. Every eye including Shamrock Girl and Emeralda’s swiveled to Burke the Bird. Burke still looked like he was in shock, his mouth was still hanging open and Shamrock Girl and Emeralda knew why. Everyone did. Justice Jytrimillya or Dapper Dance was the only grandchild of their beloved founder, Jalena Jytrimillya and the best damn dancer in their planet’s history even though now he was formally retired. And everybody loved him including the supervillians. You see, Dapper Dance was a hervilling. A hervilling was a Jytrimillyan who was born with both the superhero gene and the supervillian gene. They were half and half. On Jytrimillya there were only a small number of hervillings and there were two kinds of hervillings, cured and afflicted. Cured hervillings like Dapper Dance had taken the O’Jadery Serum which Shamrock Girl’s grandfather had invented. Once a hervilling took the O’Jadery Serum the supervillian gene within them was rendered dormant. The supervillian gene still remained inside of them but it no longer worked. Even though Dapper Dance had taken the serum everybody knew that he was proud of his half and half heritage and was good to both the superheros and supervillians which obviously made him the most beloved person on the planet. The supervillians were always trying to invent a serum that would destroy the superhero gene or destroy the effects of the O’Jadery Serum to absolutely no success so that they could have hervillings like Dapper Dance on their side which the superheros would never let happen.

Finally, Shamrock Girl and Emeralda saw Burke the Bird coming out of his shocked stupor. They could see for a nanosecond that he was actually about to tell Dapper Dance the truth that he was fine and nothing was wrong with him but a few nanoseconds later they saw him looking around at the crowd now noticing that every eye was on him and everybody knew that Burke the Bird loved the spotlight and being the center of attention so it was no surprise to Shamrock Girl and Emeralda when he put one of his hand-like wings to the top of his head and said dramatically, “Dapper, I feel absolutely dreadful if you must know.” He then dabbed at his eyes with a handkerchief, when it came back it was bone dry. “It’s been so hard for me to go on with my every day life but yet I soldier on thanks to the love and support from my family and friends.” Burke turned back and smiled at Ebonnyra and Ivorysour who were beaming with pride at him then he looked out at the supervillian crowd and flashed them a beautiful smile. In return, they all smiled back.

“And your sure that there’s no chance that you’ll recover soon?” Dapper Dance asked Burke the Bird hopefully. A smirk quickly crossed Burke’s face then it left just as quickly as he replaced it with the fakest looking frown that Shamrock Girl and Emeralda had ever seen. He then shook his head with equal fake sadness and replied, “Sorry, but there is absolutely no chance of that Dapper. Doctor Spyra said that it’ll probably take me years to fully recover.” This time it was Dapper Dance’s turn to frown albeit genuinely. “I’m so sorry to hear that Burkie. Very sorry indeed. ” Then he paused for a few nanoseconds then said, “I hate to bother you at a difficult time like this Burkie but I was wondering if you would do me a little favor?” Burke the Bird’s eyes widened in surprise and he immediately perked up in interest. “What favor?” both Shamrock Girl and Emeralda asked out loud as their eyes remained glued to the tv.

“I was wondering if you would do me the honor of judging a contest that I will be holding soon. I want you to be an official judge.” Dapper Dance said. Burke the Bird’s face instantly lit up like a Christmas tree on Christmas morning and Ebonnyra and Ivorysour exchanged shocked glances with big ol’ smiles on their faces. Burke the Bird pointed at himself then said loudly to make sure that everybody heard, “You want me to be an official judge for your contest?” Dapper Dance nodded his head happily. Burke the Bird then pretended to think it over and after a couple of nanoseconds said, “Well, even though i’m really in no condition to do anything i’m going to say yes to judging your contest because you asked me to help you out and i’m the kind of bird who always helps out others in need. That’s just the kind of bird that I am.” he said modestly. Shamrock Girl and Emeralda almost upchucked at this statement. Dapper Dance clapped his hands loudly together then said, “Good, that’s all settled then.” You could tell he was about to say more when suddenly he was engulfed in a huge bear hug and lifted clean off of his feet.

It took Shamrock Girl and Emeralda only a few nanoseconds to recognize Truthy the Superhero hugging Dapper Dance fiercely. Burke the Bird looked extremely angry at having the spotlight taken off him by Truthy. A full two minutes later, Truthy peeled himself reluctantly off of Dapper Dance. It was then that he noticed all of the supervillians looking at him disdainfully especially Burke the Bird. Immediately his tan face flushed a bright pink and he began to apologize profusely. “So sorry everyone for interrupting it’s just that I haven’t seen my old dance teacher in months and when I saw him on tv I just had to rush down and say hello.” Burke the Bird hot on his tail said meanly, “Well now that you said hello, you can now say goodbye and get the hell out of here!” “Of course, of course, of course.” Truthy said then added sincerely, “And Burke I really want to congratulate you on your judgeship. If the truth be told, I know that you’ll be great at it because you seem to be very good at judging people.” Shamrock Girl and Emeralda smiled wickedly at Truthy’s bullseye remark. Burke the Bird seem to take Truthy’s remark as a compliment. He then rewarded Truthy with a big toothy smile as he said sweetly, “Thank you loser, I really appreciate that but now it’s time for you to make like a leaf and get the hell out of here. So long loser.” “Of course i’ll be off now but before I go can I ask what kind of contest you will be holding, Dapper?” Truth asked quickly. “I’m glad that you asked that question Truthy.” Dapper Dance said with delight then ruffled Truthy’s rich chestnut brown hair playfully. Truthy beamed with pleasure while Burke the Bird scowled at him.

“In two years we will celebrate our 500 year anniversary of the creation of Jytrimillya and I wanted to do something special to mark the event but then I got to thinking that everyone else will also want to do something special and if the truth be told my ego can’t have that. ” he said ruefully. Then he continued, “Everyone always remember that I am no better than anyone but I am different from everyone and I would like to celebrate that difference in a unique way. I’ve decided to throw a 498 year and 2 years shy planetary celebration dance contest!” Everybody cheered including Shamrock Girl, Emeralda, Burke the Bird, Ebonnyra and Ivorysour. “The contest will have fifteen distinct categories and if you all don’t mind I am going to list them all for you now. The best supervillian dancer, male. The best supervillian dancer, female. The best supervillian dancer, superpet.” Ebonnyra, Ivorysour and Burke the Bird all looked at each other with glee. “The best superhero dancer, male. The best superhero dancer, female. The best superhero dancer, superpet.” This time it was Shamrock Girl and Emeralda’s turns to look at each other with glee. “The best supervillain dance couple.” Ebonnyra and Ivorysour smiled and held each other’s hands tightly. “The best superhero dance couple, The best supervillian dance family, The best superhero dance family, The best supervillian/superpet dancer.” Ebonnyra, Ivorysour and Burke the Bird all high-fived each other. “The best superhero/superpet dancer.” This time it was Shamrock Girl and Emeralda’s turn to high-five each other. “The best supervillian dancer, male, female or superpet and the best superhero dancer, male, female or superpet. And last but certainly not least, The best dancer on Jytrimillya, supervillian, superhero, male, female, superpet.” Dapper Dance said then loudly took a fresh breath of air in. Everybody laughed.

He then continued, “The contest will be held at Jytrimillya Jarnegie Hall. It will be televised all over the planet and will take place in two months time over a span of two months with the winners all being crowned the last day of the competition. And folks when I say that the winners will be crowned they will be crowned baby!” Dapper Dance said boldly then laughed merrily and gave Truthy and Burke affectionate squeezes. Truthy already beaming was now practically fluorescent and Burke the Bird’s smile was so bright that it threatened to blind everyone. “The first, second and third place winners will receive three prizes. The first item, a beautiful pure diamond crown that I will ask the winner to wear for two days. The second item, a large trophy that I am calling the Dapper Award which will be made out of pure diamonds and will feature a picture of yours truly inside of it holding up one finger for first place, two fingers for second place and three fingers for third place. The trophy will also be inscribed with your name and the dance category that you won in. And the third item will be a gift certificate for two years of free dance lessons in any style that you want.” Dapper Dance finished happily.

Shamrock Girl and Emeralda had stars dancing in their eyes. They temporarily forgot their troubles as they both were picturing themselves in their minds being crowned the winner and receiving large trophies in front of the whole planet by Dapper Dance, who everybody viewed on Jytrimillya as the best dancer that there ever was. They both were so happy and lost in their daydreams that they almost didn’t hear what happened next but thankfully the mention of Burke the Bird’s name jolted them right back to reality. “Since Burkie’s way too ill to do anything and his recovery will probably take several years, to cheer him up for not being able to participate in any dance contest for a long long time which is sad because he really is a terrific dancer, I decided to make him an official judge for the supervillian events for my upcoming dance contest.” Dapper Dance said a little sadly but then he brightened up a bit then said, “I’ve also made Dr. Al an official judge for the superhero events of the contest.”

Upon hearing the reason why Burke was chosen as a judge, Shamrock Girl and Emeralda started laughing loudly, clapping their hands happily and bouncing up and down on the couch excitedly especially when they saw Burke the Bird’s face after Dapper Dance’s last statement. “Aaah, revenge and comeuppance was so sweet.” Shamrock Girl and Emeralda thought happily as they now watched an incredibly unhappy Burke the Bird squirm around uncomfortably. Then to make their day even better, Dapper Dance turned around and said consolingly to Ebonnyra and Ivorysour. “And I wouldn’t dream of asking either one of you to enter any of the dance competitions even though you two are fabulous dancers with your beloved pet being so ill. So I absolutely insist that you have front row seats in the Jytrimillya Jarnegie Hall. That way you’ll be able to see all of the dancers upclose and have a good seat to see the winners crowned and take home their trophies and gift certificates.” Dapper Dance said then reached over and hugged them tightly. Both Ebonnyra and Ivorysour hugged him back limply.

After Dapper Dance’s last remarks both Shamrock Girl and Emeralda were now laughing like loons. It was obvious to anyone watching them that both Ebonnyra and Ivorysour looked like they were about to break out into tears at any moment. Burke the Bird on the other hand looked like he was on the verge of a total collapse finally realizing the implications of his fake injuries. He was currently grasping both ends of the tiny upraised podium with his hand-like wings and he was bent over as if in agony which Shamrock Girl and Emeralda knew that he was. It was a fact that Burke the Bird, Ebonnyra, Ivorysour and everybody on Jytrimillya loved to dance. It was actually their official planetary sport. Dancing was in a Jytrimillyan’s blood. Over the years the superheros tried in vain to introduce various earth sports to the supervillians so that they could challenge them to some of the sports and beat them for all of the bad things that they had done but none of the supervillians ever participated so the superheros were stuck playing the sports against each other which was fine at first then it got to be too boring. Dance was the only sport that the supervillians would participate in. Dance contests were the superheros only chance to beat the supervillians basically fair and square in something. Burke the Bird was no exception. He loved loved loved to dance and so did Ebonnyra and Ivorysour plus they were all super competitive and Shamrock Girl and Emeralda knew that it was killing them inside to know that they were going to have to sit on the sidelines and not be a part of the glory. Shamrock Girl and Emeralda laughed even harder. Now they were the ones with big fat happy tears running down their faces.

“Burkie, i’ll call you later on this evening and we’ll start making arrangements for the contest. Also, I have just been thinking that it would be nice if you would crown the winners and present them with their trophies and gift certificates. But we’ll work all of that out later. I know that you are a busy bird and have a press conference to get back to.” Dapper Dance said briskly. For a nanosecond, Shamrock Girl was shocked. She had totally forgotten that she and Emeralda were watching a press conference and that it was taking place right across the street from them. Dapper Dance suddenly hit himself on the side of his head, “I almost forgot to tell everyone that if you want to sign up for the dance contest you’ll have two days to do it so everybody needs to sign up by Thursday no later than 5:00 pm. And if you have had any recent injuries you’ll have to bring a note from your doctor’s office stating that you have had a full physical and that you are physically well now. When it comes to our health we don’t want to take any chances, right Burkie?” Dapper Dance said pleasantly then winked affectionately at Burke. Burke the Bird winked back listlessly.

“Goodbye everyone, I really must be going and let Burke get back to his press conference.” Dapper Dance then bent down and gave Burke the Bird a hearty hug then waved at the crowd. He was about to leave when he did a double take. “I almost forgot, since I am here, I might as well run across the street and ask Shamrock Girl and Emeralda the Cat if they want to sign up for the dance contest.” Dapper Dance said quickly. Truthy immediately started jumping up and down excitedly. “That is a wonderful idea, Dapper. If the truth be told, Shamrock Girl and Emeralda are the best dancers on Jytrimillya next to you of course!” Upon hearing this Burke the Bird, Ebonnyra and Ivorysour became totally enraged. Even the supervillians in the crowd snorted their disapproval at Truthy’s statement but they all fell silent after that but Ivorysour didn’t. He practically scared everyone including Shamrock Girl and Emeralda when he snarled loudly and fiercely, “Truthy step the hell off!”

Truthy turned and bowed elegantly at Ivorysour then he turned around and walked back through the parting of the red sea path that all of the supervillians in the crowd had made for Dapper Dance. Dapper Dance turned around and and gave Ivorysour a consoling hug then he whispered quietly, “Be nice, Ivy.” Next he turned to Ebonnyra and gave her a peck on the cheek and lastly gave Burke the Bird an affectionate squeeze on his shoulders. Dapper Dance then waved vigorously to the supervillian crowd then he too diappeared into the parting of the red sea path.

A few nanoseconds later, Shamrock Girl and Emeralda watched in amused amazement as Ivorysour burst into tears and began to sob loudly while a slightly more in control Burke the Bird crumpled against the tiny upraised podium. A nanosecond later, Ebonnyra with tears in her eyes led both of them away. Shamrock Girl and Emeralda’s eyes were glued to the tv set when they both started a little by the knock on the door. They both looked over at each other with big grins on their faces because they knew exactly who it was. Simultaneously they both jumped up and ran to the door. And just as they suspected, Dapper Dance and Truthy were standing there. “Well, well, well, if it isn’t the prettiest girls in Jytrimillya City!” Dapper Dance said sweetly then picked up one of Shamrock Girl’s hands and kissed it. He then bent down and picked up Emeralda’s right paw and kissed it as well. In spite of themselves Shamrock Girl and Emeralda giggled girlishly. Truthy watched this display totally bug-eyed as if he was trying to memorize it so that one day he could do it too.

“Girls, I am so sorry to disturb you but I recently received a call from Dr. Al asking me if there was anything that I could do to help you girls out of the nasty pickle that you unfortunately got yourselves into.” Dapper Dance said then continued on. “Of course I told Dr. Al that I would do anything that I could to help you girls out and after doing a lot of thinking, I finally got the idea of throwing a 498 year and 2 years shy planetary celebration dance contest. I then quietly began making preparations a few days ago and am happy to say that I am half way through. After all of the hard work that i’ve done I decided that I needed a break so I decided to treat myself. I called and ordered myself a large supreme pizza from Jytrimillya City Pizzeria then decided to sit down and watch a little tv. Imagine my surprise when I turned on the television and saw Burkie giving a press conference so I thought what a perfect time to run down and tell him the good news in person.” Dapper Dance then winked devilishly at them then continued on.

“Knowing how much a certain bird and his owners not only love to dance but also love the spotlight and lots of glory I have a strong feeling that you girl’s current legal troubles are about to disappear soon.” Dapper Dance winked at them again devilishly. “Thank you, Dapper Dance so much! I don’t know how Emeralda and I will ever be able to repay you!” Shamrock Girl said with tears in her eyes as she flung herself against Dapper Dance’s chest. Emeralda did the same. Truthy encirled all of them in the hug too. For a full five minutes, all four of them stood there hugging until finally Emeralda stirred and Shamrock Girl and Truthy followed her lead and all three of them released Dapper Dance. “Now I won’t take no for an answer. I’m signing you girls and Truthy up for the appropriate dance competitions.” Dapper Dance said firmly with tears in his eyes and a huge smile on his face to all of them then he looked down at his wristwatch. “Now kids, I have to be off now, preparations, preparations, preparations, so much to do and so little time to do it.” Shamrock Girl, Emeralda and Truthy watched as Dapper Dance waved at them as he moved down the hallway, he then called back over his shoulder, “Girls, I want you at your best for the contest so I suggest that you leave your apartment and gets some fresh air.” He then disappeared around the corner and was gone.

Suddenly, Shamrock Girl and Emeralda found themselves the recipients of a giant bear hug from Truthy. While Truthy was hugging the hell out of them the phone rang. Several nanoseconds went by before Truthy reluctantly released them as Shamrock Girl went to answer the phone. Emeralda and Truthy were right behind her. “Hi Dr. Al, omigod, thank you, thank you so much!” Shamrock gushed. Emeralda gently patted her on the foot, Shamrock immediately looked down. “Put her on the speaker phone, girl.” Emeralda said quickly. Shamrock Girl happily nodded her head. Shamrock Girl quickly pushed a button on the side of the phone and suddenly Dr. Al’s pleasant voice filled the room. “Hi, Dr. Al!” Both Emeralda and Truthy singsonged. “Hello dears, how are you today?” Again in unison, Emeralda and Truthy singsonged, “Terrific!” Dr. Al laughed merrily. “Listen, the reason why I am calling kids is that I want all of you to get your butts dressed in your earth’s finest because i’m throwing a party for you girls this evening at 7:00 pm at the JC Community Club Room 17. Okay. And Truthy I would like you to do me a favor and escort the girls to the party. ” Dr. Al said. “It would be my pleasure, Dr. Al.” Truthy said then did an elegant bow. “Thanks, kiddo! And Truthy I want you and the girls to come to the party by foot. I want the girls to have a nice long walk. After the week and a half that they have had I think that they really need it.” “No problem, Dr. Al. It’s a beautiful day for a walk.” Truthy said and boy was he right!

Shamrock Girl, Emeralda and Truthy took a long walk in downtown Jytrimillya City. As they walked they all felt light, carefree and extremely gorgeous. With Truthy in a white tuxedo and Shamrock Girl and Emeralda in matching green satin dresses and slippers and a touch of diamond jewelry they made their grand entrance into meeting room 17 at 7:08 pm to a chorus of shouts and cheers. The evening was one of the best that Shamrock Girl had ever had. It was a wonderful whirlwind of champagne, delicious food and of course, lots of dancing. Much, much later, Shamrock Girl and Emeralda were each helped and tucked into their beds by Dr. Al along with Truthy who literally had taken two sips of a glass of champagne and had instantly become intoxicated. Dr. Al, Shamrock Girl and Emeralda decided that she and Truthy would spend the last three days of Shamrock Girl’s vacation with them at the apartment. The last thing that Shamrock Girl and Emeralda remembered before they both fell into a sound sleep was Dr. Al helping Truthy walk to one of the apartment’s spare bedrooms. It was 11:50 am when Dr. Al woke them the next day or if the truth be told, later the same day.

Both Shamrock Girl and Emeralda were vigorously trying to rub the sleep from their eyes when Truthy ambled in looking extremely cute and rumpled. He said a sleepy “good morning” then settled himself in a recliner against the wall. Dr. Al hurried over to him, moved the lever back and the chair itself went back too. Dr. Al then rushed out the door again and was back nanoseconds later with a big fluffy blanket which she tucked snugly around a lightly snoring Truthy who had already fallen back asleep again. Shamrock Girl and Emeralda followed Truthy’s lead and started to fall back to sleep when Dr. Al woke them again by placing trays of hot steaming bowls of grits, orange juice, cinnamon toast and coffee upon them. She then switched on Shamrock Girl’s small bedroom tv. No sooner had Shamrock Girl taken her first sip of coffee did Nano News (The Noon Edition) come on and to nobody’s surprise the lead story was about the miraculous recovery of Burke the Bird and the dropping of all charges against Emeralda the Cat. Shamrock Girl, Emeralda and Truthy let out loud whoops of joy only to be scolded a few nanoseconds later by Dr. Al who couldn’t hear the news because they were making too much noise. When it came to the news Dr. Al was very strict. Shamrock Girl, Emeralda and Truthy all celebrated albeit quietly. During the broadcast they found out that a press conference by Burke the Bird was to be given outside of Dapper Dance’s Dance Studio & Emporium and would immediately follow the newscast. Shamrock Girl and Emeralda looked at each other then rolled their eyes but their smiles still remained on their faces because this was one press conference where they actually knew the outcome.

At 12:30 pm sharp a completely healed Burke the Bird appeared on the same tiny upraised podium that he had stood behind only one day before. For a half an hour he told everyone watching how much pain he had been in and how he had considered taking his own life and moving on to the after life but he knew how selfish that was so he decided to pray and when he woke up early this morning he found himself completely healed. It was a miracle. Even Dr. Spyra who they had visited early this morning had said it was a miracle too. (Dr. Spyra was the doctor supreme for the supervillian division of the planet of Jytrimillya and the most crooked doctor on the planet.) After his visit to Dr. Spyra, Burke told everyone that got him to do some hard thinking and after two difficult hours of more prayer he decided that he would repay the miracle that had been bestowed upon him by withdrawing all of the charges against Emeralda the Cat. So now everybody’s happy! A now smiling Burke the Bird said happily. Shamrock Girl and Emeralda both rolled their eyes heavenward at Burke the Bird’s lame story but quickly brought them back down to Jytrimillya when Truthy said in a loud excited voice, “It’s Dapper Dance, it’s Dapper Dance!”

Shamrock Girl and Emeralda looked at the tv just in time to see Dapper Dance stroll over to Burke the Bird. Ebonnyra and Ivorysour stood right behind him. “Well, well, well, if it isn’t the best looking bird in Jytrimillya City!” Dapper Dance said with a devilishly glint in his eye then winked at all of the cameras. Shamrock Girl, Emeralda and Truthy cackled loudly. Dr. Al eventually joined in herself. Burke the Bird looked positively glowing from the compliment. “You’re looking good, Burkie but are you sure that you are up to entering the dance contest? Some of the competitions that you want to enter are going to be tough and pretty taxing on the body. Are you sure that you’re up to it?” Dapper Dance said with a genuine worried look on his cream colored face. “Oh yeah, Dappie baby, like I said i’m totally cured! I’m fine now! It was a miracle! An absolute miracle!” Burke the Bird said loudly then lowered his head solemnly to acknowledge the miracle. “I’m sure that it was Burkie however i’m afraid that I can’t let you enter the dance contest.” Dapper Dance said with a sad frown on his face. Burke the Bird’s head instantly whipped up in shock.

Shamrock Girl, Emeralda, Dr. Al and Truthy were all speechless along with all of the people in the crowd. A few nanoseconds later, Burke the Bird’s mouth began quivering and tears started to form in his baby blues. Thirty full seconds went by before a devilish smile appeared on Dapper Dance’s face. He then extended his index finger and lifted Burke the Bird’s chin until they were looking into each other’s eyes. “I’m afraid Burkie that I can’t let you enter the dance contest without a note from your doctor saying that you were given a full physical and that you are well enough to participate. ” Dapper Dance said then winked devilishly at Burke the Bird and at the crowd. Relief spread all over Burke the Bird’s face and it quickly spread through the crowd. “Now young man do you have such a note?” The tears now gone from his baby blues and a big ol’ grin on his face Burke the Bird said loudly and proudly, “Dappie, I got it right here!” He then reached into his breast pocket and produced a folded up piece of paper and quickly gave it to Dapper Dance. Dapper quickly put his reading glasses on and studied the note. Everyone in the crowd waited breathlessly. It was four full minutes before Dapper Dance looked up from the note then looked at Burke the Bird. Burke looked terrified.

“Well what are you waiting for young man, get in there and sign up for the competitions that you want to participate in.” Dapper Dance said happily while pointing at his dance studio. He then waved the note in the air for all to see. “Everything is official here. Ebonnyra and Ivorysour you get in there and sign up too. Both of you are excellent dancers and i’d really like to see you strut your stuff. Now off you go you three!” Loud cheering arose at Dapper Dance’s words. You didn’t have to tell Burke the Bird thrice, with pure glee on his face and forgetting that he could fly he scrambled by foot into the dance studio with a very happy Ebonnyra and Ivorysour behind him to sign up for the dance contest. “And if anybody else wants to sign up for the dance contest you have until 5:00 pm tomorrow to do it. Goodbye everybody, have a good day!” Dapper Dance called out merrily as he waved to the crowd who enthusiastically waved back and walked back into the dance studio. A nanosecond after he left there was a mad dash of supervillians elbowing and cursing each other as they tried to be the first to enter the dance studio to sign up for the contest.

Dr. Al turned the tv off then got up from the foot of the bed. She turned around pointed three fingers all in Shamrock Girl, Emeralda and Truthy’s direction then said, “Super hot.” A nanosecond later, the food on all three trays that they all had set on the floor to watch the news and press conference were all steaming hot again and smelling delicious. “Now I want all three of you to finish your breakfasts and get some rest. I’m going to bake some cookies and do a few things in the kitchen.” Dr. Al said then blew three kisses at them then left the room. Shamrock Girl, Emeralda and Truthy quickly picked up their trays and began eating heartily. A minute later, Shamrock Girl and Emeralda were interrupted by Truthy who said loudly, “Let’s have a toast shall we.” They all raised their glasses of orange juice. “To Burke the Bird and his miraculous recovery.” Truthy said with a twinkle in his eye and a big ol’ smirk on his face. “To Burke the Bird!” They all singsonged in unison then started laughing hysterically. At one point during their laughter, Shamrock Girl and Emeralda’s eyes met and Emeralda with expert eyeball telepathy said, “Despite all of the crap that we have been through the last couple of days, there’s no place like home!” And like the cosmic twins that they were, Shamrock Girl agreed with absolute happiness, “There’s no place like home!” then she picked up her spoon and began eating heartily again!

SHOUT OUT TIME! And last but not least I would like to give a “Shamrock Girl Shout Out” to the Bomb Pop at http://www.bluebunny.com/Products/d/The_Original_Bomb_Pop_x12 , McDonalds at http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/home.html , 7up at http://www.7up.com/ , Coca Cola/Coke at http://www.coca-cola.com/en/index.html and Dunkin Donuts at http://www.dunkindonuts.com ! Please keep on producing the delicious food and drink that you do! Thank you!


People also view

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *