Mary Test ruins Thanksgiving

In the living room of the Test house, Dr. Horace N. Buggy was attempting to make a fire with a pair of bellows. His pet dog, Dukey, entered to remind him.

"That's no way to light a fire!" said Dukey, "Where's your kindling?"

"This thing's gonna be going anytime now." said Horace, as Marie, Angel, and Young Nala entered the living room, as well.

"Even a caveman could start a fire." said Nala.

"D'oh!" said Horace.

Suddenly, Horace, Dukey, Marie, Angel, and Nala heard Horace's wife, Lila Test, calling from the dining room. "Dinner! Dinnertime, everybody!" she called in a singsong voice, "Dinner!"

Then Horace stopped lighting a fire with the bellows, put them down, and came into the dining room. "Oh, thank goodness!" he said.

Once everyone was at the table, Lila called her son, Johnny Test, to come into the dining room next. "OK, Johnny!" she said, "We're ready for your centerpiece!"

Then Johnny came into the dining room, holding a three-dimensional centerpiece of a cornucopia, pilgrims, Thanksgiving food, real life turkeys, and Native American Indians. Horace, Lila, Dukey, Marie, Angel, and Nala were impressed at Johnny's work of art.

"Johnny, my goodness!" gasped Lila, "That's very impressive!"

"Holy moly!" Horace exclaimed, "That's the biggest work of art I've ever seen!"

"We always said he was gifted." said Marie.

"Definitely from our side of the family." replied Angel.

"How long did that take you, honey?" Nala asked her nephew.

"I couldn't tell you how many hours, days, weeks, or months," said Johnny. "It was the labor of love towards those I hold dear, especially my girlfriend, Sissy Blakely. It's our homage to some American heroes who may not have fought in any wars, but who never...."

It was then that Johnny's sister, Mary Test, was last to come into the dining room, singing the 1982 fanfare from the MGM/UA Home Video logo. She was holding an enormous roast turkey.

"Speaking of heroes, here's mine: Tom Turkey!" smiled Horace, holding up a fork and carving knife while chuckling.

"Oh, yikes!" exclaimed Mary in disgust, "What is that?"

"It's the centerpiece, Mary." said Johnny.

"Well, it's taking up so much space!" complained Mary, elbowing Johnny's centerpiece.

"Hey, Mary!" Johnny cried, "Stop it!"

"Move it or lose it, boy!"

"Mom!"

"Now just a minute. I'm sure there's room for both." said Lila.

At that moment, Johnny and Mary got into a tug-of-war with the centerpiece.

"Mary, you're wrecking it; let go!" shouted Johnny, "My girlfriend and I worked forever on this!"

Horace, Lila, Dukey, Marie, Angel, and Nala watched the whole conflict between Johnny and Mary without saying a word. And with that, Mary tossed Johnny's centerpiece into the burning fireplace and smiled cruelly at her brother.

Johnny screamed in terror when he saw his creation burn.

"Hey, that got him going!" smirked Dukey.

"Ditchin'!" exclaimed Mary.

Johnny grabbed a poker and tried to fish the creation out of the fire, but it was burned down to nothing but a complete pile of ashes. That's when Johnny got furious! "MARY!!!" he shouted. He tackled Mary and started biting her, pulling her hair, and punching her in the face, almost knocking over the stuff on the table. "You don't even care! You don't even care!"

Horace and Lila broke up the fight by pulling their daughter and son away and restraining them. Then Johnny escaped from Lila, ran to his room in tears, where his girlfriend, Sissy Blakely, was waiting for him, and slammed the door.

Horace angrily put Mary down, and he confronted her. "All right, Mary! That's it!" he shouted angrily, "Go to your room! Now!"

Mary played dumb. "Ok, I'll take some white meat and stuffing to go. And send up the pumpkin pie in about twenty minutes."

"I said now!" snarled Horace.

"Mom, do I have to?" asked Mary.

"Yes, you do!" Lila scolded a guilty Mary, "I hope you're happy, Mary Test! You've ruined Thanksgiving!!"

Mary became very angry. She glared angrily at Horace and Lila and yelled, "You two are as evil as Verminious Snaptrap!" And she stormed to her own room.