Copycat by ticketytock2kay |  |
Piastco was a yellow Grundo with big, bulging, red eyes and two tiny toes on
each of his two enormous feet. His owner, Abigail, had adopted him about two
weeks after he was born. Since he was a Grundo, he didn't speak proper Neopian,
that is, instead of introducing himself as, "Hi, I'm Piastco", he would most
probably say, "Piastco is I!"
Abigail wanted Piastco to speak proper Neopian like every other NeoPet. Her
neighbour had a fine cloud Kacheek, who could speak Neopian wonderfully. Just
the other day, PerriBerri, the cloud Kacheek, leaned over the fence and called,
"Hey, Abigail, could you lend us a cup of sugar? Have you read the latest Neopian
Times? Gee, I'm out of Neocola today, have you got a can?"
It was a funny idea, but Abigail decided to try it: She would tell Piastco
to follow everything other people said! After telling her little yellow Grundo
that he was to imitate others, he started to obey her as much as he could.
When PerriBerri told him, "Neoschools are about to open, and NeoGardens, too.
I hope I can have a Blue Kacheek Gnome, they're just the cutest!" Piastco waddled
up to Abigail and said, "Neoschools are opening, NeoGardens are, as well! I
hope to have a Blue Kacheek Gnome, the cutest one there is!" Abigail was very
pleased with his progress.
However, Piastco started to mimic everyone else he met, be it the Shop Wizard,
Faerie Queen, or the light Faerie who took care of the Wheel of Excitement.
"BigBobbyBillard has a Bouncy Ball for only 120 NP." The Shop Wizard would
say, and Piastco would repeat this sentence to Abigail, saying, "A Bouncy Ball
priced at 120 NP is in BigBobbyBillard's shop." The Jubjub became quite annoyed
whenever Piastco repeated his sentences to Abigail.
One day, after reading Piastco a new story, "Oopsy Daisy", Abigail
tucked him into bed. Before she switched off the lamp and turned on the night
light, she told Piastco, "You're gonna have a new baby sister. I've decided;
we're gonna get you a baby Kiko sister."
The very next day, Piastco followed Abigail excitedly to the Create-a-Pet centre.
He was very amused and curious when he went inside the large building. All sorts
of signs and posters of different pets were all over the place. The building
was huge, and there were crowds of people bustling about here and there, some
carrying new-born NeoPets. Piastco held on very tightly to Abigail's hand, frightened
that he might get separated from her.
Abigail seemed to know her way about. After she filled in the creation papers
and chose Piastco's baby sister's name, Piarrie, they followed the rainbow Uni
who was in charge of baby NeoPets. The Uni brought them over to a enormous room
which had an equally big tank. There, bobbing up and down, and playing inside
the tank, were Kikos! Green ones, red ones, blue ones, and yellow ones. Piastco
squealed when he saw them. Which one was his new baby sister?
They stood staring at the aquarium of Kikos for quite a long time. The patient
Uni stood waiting. "I know how hard it is to choose which one to have," she
finally said. "Lots of people take about half an hour." Abigail spotted a tiny
green Kiko who was bobbing about in the water by herself. None of the other
Kikos was playing with her, but she seemed quite content splashing alone.
"That one, over there, the one playing by herself," Abigail pointed at the
green Kiko. The Uni nodded, and prepared the Kiko to be brought home.
***
Piastco did not hate Piarrie. The only thing that bothered him was that Piarrie
would imitate him in everything he did. When he told Abigail that they were
out of Neocola, she banged on the table with her spoon and squealed, "Out of
Neocola!" Abigail adored Piarrie.
Finally, Piastco told Abigail that he was irritated with his sister mimicking
him. Abigail laughed. "I'll talk to her."
The next day, before breakfast, Piastco ran into Abigail's room and asked
her, "Have you told Piarrie to stop copying me?"
Abigail giggled again. "Oh yes," she replied. "I told Piarrie to stop acting
like a Negg head."
The End |
