“Oh…sure thing,” the small Toon nodded as she decided to leave the raisin bran dough alone for now.
“I done!” came Sinko’s voice as the smaller Toon came running into the kitchen.
“Oh! Um…Sinko, why don’t you wash your hands and then take the bowl into the other room so you can stir the dough?” asked Shinko.
“Tay!” was Sinko’s reply as she did just that, watching her nubby hands before whisking the bowl of dough away from the counter to stir it on the couch while she watched cartoons.
Shinko let out a small sigh of relief. Whatever was going on, she wanted to make sure that Sinko didn’t accidentally mess anything up. She took out her hammer, as well as a very long piece of ribbon, from her hammerspace. She tied one end of the ribbon around the handle of the hammer before replacing it back behind her.
“Umm….is this ribbon long enough?” she asked the Repairman, looking down at the white ribbon she was holding in her hands.
“That works,” he replied. “Now, let’s see…”
With the bottle still upside down, the Repairman gave a small shake.
Rattle. Rattle.
“Just as I thought,” he mused. He hit the bottom of the bottle a few times until…
Clunk.
Shinko blinked a bit, wondering if something had come out of the inside-out bottle. She made sure that her grip on the ribbon was still secure, still unsure as to what exactly the Repairman was testing out, or what it would prove.
“…what’s going on?”
“Well, a white ribbon came out of the bottle and it brought a hammer. Hold on to the ribbon, please!”
With that, the Repairman yanked on the ribbon-tied hammer.
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