Shanti ruins Thanksgiving

In the living room of the Liddell house, Prince Henry Charming was attempting to make a fire with a pair of bellows. His pet dog, Bolt, entered to remind him.

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

"This thing's gonna be going anytime now." said Charming, as Gadget Hackwrench, Tammy, and Foxglove entered the living room, as well.

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

"D'oh!" Charming muttered.

Suddenly, Charming, Bolt, Gadget, Tammy, and Foxglove heard Charming's wife, Cinderella, calling from the dining room. "Dinner! Dinnertime, everybody!" she called in a singsong voice, "Dinner!"

Then Charming 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, Cinderella called her son, Pinocchio, to come into the dining room next. "OK, Pinocchio!" she said, "We're ready for your centerpiece!"

Then Pinocchio came into the dining room, holding a three-dimensional centerpiece of a cornucopia, pilgrims, Thanksgiving food, real life turkeys, and Native American Indians. Charming, Cinderella, Bolt, Gadget, Tammy, and Foxglove were impressed at Pinocchio's work of art.

"Pinocchio, my goodness!" gasped Cinderella, "That's very impressive!"

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

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

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

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

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

It was then that his sister, Shanti, 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 Charming, holding up a fork and carving knife while chuckling.

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

"It's the centerpiece, Shanti." said Pinocchio.

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

"Hey, Shanti!" Pinocchio cried, "Stop it!"

"Move it or lose it, boy!"

"Mother!"

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

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

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

Charming, Cinderella, Bolt, Gadget, Tammy, and Foxglove watched the whole conflict between Pinocchio and Shanti without saying a word. And with that, Shanti tossed Pinocchio centerpiece into the burning fireplace and smiled cruelly at her brother.

Pinocchio screamed in terror when he saw his creation burn.

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

"Ditchin'!" exclaimed Shanti.

Pinocchio 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 Pinocchio got furious! "SHANTI!!!" he shouted. He tackled Shanti 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!"

Charming and Cinderella broke up the fight by pulling their two daughters away and restraining them. Then Pinocchio escaped from Cinderella, ran to his room in tears, where his girlfriend, Darby, was waiting for him, and slammed the door.

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

Shanti 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 Charming.

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

"Yes, you do!" Cinderella scolded a guilty Shanti, "I hope you're happy, Shanti! You've ruined Thanksgiving!!"

Shanti became very angry. She glared angrily at Charming and Cinderella and yelled, "You two are as evil as Shere Khan!" And she stormed to her own room, where her brother, Ranjan, was waiting for her.