Steeben, Upset

 

Stephen Orange: >Mutter, mutter, grumble, grumble, gripe gripe<

Mikey: Steeben mad?

Stephen Orange: Huh, what? Oh, no Mikey...I'm just a little upset.

Mikey: I do bad?

Stephen Orange: Oh, no, no, no, Mikey!  I'm certainly not upset with you at all!

Mikey: Goodie!  Steeben read!

Stephen Orange: Er...oh, dear...

Philip Guy: Tell you what, buddy, I'll get 'Steeben' feeling better

and then he'll you read you a story.

Mikey: Yaaaay!!!  Tank you, Fillp.

Philip: C'mon, we're going for a walk.

Stephen Orange: A walk?  What for?

Philip: It's a walk or I have, to quote Nicholas Sahara,

'Franklin stuff his gob so full of doughnuts he'll be on such a 

sugar rush he'll be catatonic and thus tolerable.'

Stephen Orange: A walk it is!

Philip: Okay, start talking.

Why've you been such a crab lately?

Stephen Orange: I haven't been that bad...

Philip: If Mr.-Always-Cheerful-Nicholas has noticed and is threatening violence, 

you've been pretty bad.

Stephen Orange: I won this amazing research grant last year 

and discovered a rare fish skeleton...

Philip: ...but?

Stephen Orange: But I can't pull it together!  I've got all my notes but I just can't 

get the writing started!  I've got some kind of block or something.

Philip: I can help you with organizing your notes.  

You might just need a fresh set of eyes.

Stephen Orange: Do you think that's all it will take?

Philip: Maybe, maybe not.  Won't hurt to try.

You should never be ashamed to ask for help.

Stephen Orange: ...I need help.

Philip: You've got it.  But first, you have a story to read.

Stephen Orange: Then Linus said "On Halloween night, the Great Pumpkin rises from the 

pumpkin patch and flies through the air with his bag of toys for all the children."

Mikey: Do Gweat Punkin voice!

Stephen Orange: 🎃🎃 I AM THE GREAT PUMPKIN and 

THIS pumpkin patch is the MOST SINCERE!!  🎃🎃

Mikey: Yaaaaayyyyyyy!!!!!!