Saturday, December 08, 2007

The Nikolas Smell Dance

"Mr. Scandanavia," Nikolas snarled. "Why have you come here, after so many years?"

"Why do you think?" hissed Mr. Scandanavia. He wore a blue business suit, and his face was lost in darkness. A revolver in his right hand was pointed at Nikolas.

Nikolas held his own pistol, cocked and armed. "Do you hope to end it? Our enduring vendetta? Don't think I've forgotten your tricks - your betrayals," Nikolas spat. "I'll never forget what you did to Tommy. Nor will I forgive." His finger crept toward the trigger.

The front door swung open

Both combatants twitched and moved back, giving the newcomer room while keeping their guns carefully trained on one another. Neither dared to blink.

David was shocked. Guns! A darkened living room! A complete lack of tea - at tea-time! He stopped, and thought - then he did the only thing he could do.

He began to sing.

"hey hey!

nikolas smell!
every day and night
cause of much blight,"
he sang merrily while spinning about the room.

"woo woo
hey hey
nikolas smell
it permeated
the floor
and the walls
and then
the ce--e-e-eiling," he continued, reaching Nikolas and Mr. Scandanavia, who were watching him, frozen by surprise.

"woo woo hoo
nikolas smell
rain or shine
cant get it out
with turpentine
nikolas smell," David sang as he reached out and grabbed both guns, pulling them away before the combatants could react.

And that's how David Zhang saved Kwanzaa!

P.S.: The Nikolas Smell is entirely a rhetorical device, and bears no correspondence to any smell, past or present, of the actual Nicholas.

2 comments:

D McGhie said...

I like how you are using "nikolas" more in your stories, it used to be all David.

Kelsey said...

I, on the other, hand, find it egotistical and wrong!

Also, there's totally a Nikolas smell. I smelt it.