A "Lovely" Picnic

A "Lovely" Picnic is the first half of Season 1's second episode of Tales of a Ditzy Doodle.

## Synopsis

Quill invites her entire class to a picnic at the town park. However, it doesn't seem to go as she planned.

## Title Appearance

The title card shows a plaid red-and-white blanket laying on some lushgrass. It is accompanied by a straw basket filled with various foods, a plate of strawberry jam pie, and a purple book with the episode's title stretching across the two pages.

## Full Plot

The episode begins with the Narrator waiting for Ollie outside Doodleville Academy, remarking his same phrase from the previous episode. As students pour out of the school gates, he is one of the last people to exit the building. Ollie says that he and the rest of his classmates have been invited to a picnic at the local park by a student named Maria. Interested, the two decide to head over to the area, where they see a group of students gathered at a plaid blanket laying on the grass.

Ollie sees his friend Robert within the group and rushes over to give him a high-five, as well as greet the other students. The host of the picnic, Maria, soon reveals herself and asks if they've brought any extra snacks. The others look at each other in awkward silence, which is soon broken by the Narrator taking out 20 tuna sandwiches, while the rest watch in disgust, a few of them even running towards a nearby lake to vomit afterwards.

The screen transitions to the next scene in which the group eat their snacks awkwardly for a while before Maria desperately tries to strike up a conversation by asking the other kids to introduce themselves to the Narrator. She tries to go first, only to get interrupted by Terra. The kids proceed to fight over their turn, while Ollie, Robert, and Quill watch in the distance. As Robert quickly gets distracted by a nearby basket full of mouth-watering pastries, the Narrator asks Quill for an introduction herself.

She states herself as a rational-type individual who prefers to look into situations with more depth. Robert then stops feasting on pastries and asks where she got them while giving a piece to Ollie, to which she replies she baked them herself. Soon Maria tries to stop the rest of the group from fighting by playing some Bingo. However, Bobby somehow manages to win in just a few seconds. Shadie takes a peek at his card and claims he's cheating, to which he refuses to admit.

A few more try to break it up but soon get dragged in by Wilson's random offenses, until most of the squad is all but fighting one another. Overwhelmed and unsure of what to next, Maria scowls at everyone at the top of her lungs, coincidentially followed by a sudden change of weather. As most of the kids leave due to the inconvenience, she slowly curls up into a ball and begins to sob. Feeling sorry for her, Quill tries to comfort her while Ollie and Robert decide to stay.

Although she doesn't exactly buy it, Quill then says they could try again another time, perhaps even tonight. Maria slowly stops crying and thanks her for the advice, but wishes to get out of the rain first. The episode ends with the group laughing as they walk back home, only for Robert to realize his pastries got soaked by the rain.

## Characters

* Ollie Milonns
* Robert Hanna
* The Narrator (voice)
* Quill Carrier
* Maria Sesu (debut)
* Bobby Rutheest
* Wilson Wils
* Alice Campulp (debut)
* Shadie Mairlad (debut)
* Terra Jonnes (debut)

## Trivia

* This mainly acts as a debut for the rest of Ms. Dandeleon's class.