Lana Does a Very Grand Thing

This is a parody of the Winnie-the-Pooh story "In Which Piglet Does a Very Grand Thing".

Sometimes, the Loud siblings liked to sit on the top of the staircase to mull things over. One autumn morning, when the wind had blown all the leaves off the trees in the night and was "trying" to blow the branches off too, Leni and Lana were sitting on the top of the staircase and wondering.

"What I think," said Leni, "is I think we'll go and see Lucy, because maybe she needs a rhyme for her poems."

"What I think," said Lana, "is I think we'll go and see Lincoln -- oh, whoops! I forgot, he's at Gus's Games 'n' Grub with his friends."

"Let's go and see everybody!", said Leni, "Because on a windy day like this, there's nothing better than spending time with your family."

Lana thought that they ought to have a reason for going to see everybody, like looking for Hops or going on a scavenger hunt, if Leni could think of something. Leni could.

"We'll go because it's Saturday," she said, "And we'll go to wish everybody a very happy Saturday. Come on, Lana."

They got up and started off. They went to say hello to Rita, who gave them each some soup for lunch, and when they were done, they went to talk to Lori.

"We've come to wish you a very happy Saturday," said Leni.

"Why, what's going to happen on Saturday?", said Lori, and when Leni had explained, Lori said, "Oh, I thought it was a special occasion."

After they talked for a while, and then Lincoln came home, and so they played cards with him, and afterwards, they went to see Lucy, who was trying to conduct a seance.

"Hello, Lucy!", they called out cheerfully.

"Hello," said Lucy, "Come to witness the rising of George Washington's spirit?"

Leni and Lana shuffled about a little and said, "Well, goodbye, Lucy."

"Goodbye," said Lucy.

"Goodbye," said Leni and Lana one more time as they went on to Lisa and Lily's room.

"Hello, Lisa!," said Leni, "How are you, Lisa? Lana and I just came to see how you were, because it's Saturday."

"Sit down, second-eldest and seventh-eldest siblings," said Lisa, "Make yourselves comfortable."

They thanked her, and made themselves as comfortable as they could.

"The atmospheric pressure is incredibly high today," said Lisa.

"Indeed," said Lana, who didn't quite know what "atmospheric pressure" was but suspected it had to do with the weather.

"Verily," said Lisa, "It was on just such a day as this that Benjamin Franklin, a portrait of whom you see upon the wall on your right, Lana, conducted his -- What's that?!"

There was a loud noise, as a tree branch snapped off the tree, blew in the wind, and crashed through the window, landing right on Lisa and Leni's laps.

"I appear to be uninjured," said Lisa, "but I cannot lift the branch off my feet. Can you?"

Leni tried. "No," she said, "but I thought of a poem:

*I sat on the floor,*

*Can't walk anymore.*

*I wish I was able to reach the door.*

*I'm under this tree,*

*And it hurts, you see,*

*But I don't have a very bad injury.*

*Oh no! I'm stuck!*

*It's such bad luck.*

*It seems that the weather has run amok.*

*Will I be hear,*

*For one whole year?*

*This is more than I can bear!*

That's all."

"I see," said Lisa, "Well, fortunately, Lana appears to not be stuck, so, Lana, would you please inform the parental units of our situation?"

"Right away!", said Lana, and went off.

While Lana was away, Lisa said, "Let me pass the time by telling you that anecdote about Benjamin Franklin."

Lisa closed her eyes.