&quot;Shhh,&quot; Sweet hissed. A bullfrog croaked on a nearby log. A lazy firefly met its swift, sticky fate. A heavy, yellow moon danced behind shifting clouds of gossamer. &quot;Where d'it go?&quot; Pistol whispered. &quot;I sayed shh,&quot; Sweet reiterated, shaking his head. &quot;Cain't see it. Too dark.&quot; &quot;Sorry 'bout the bat'ries.&quot; Sweet sighed, &quot;I know. I know. It sho' looked funny when ya put it in yo' mouth. But it ain't so funny now, is it?&quot; &quot;Mebbe if we cain't see it, it cain't see us.&quot; &quot;Echolocation,&quot; Sweet said quietly, absent-mindedly. &quot;Wha?&quot; &quot;Ah, we could find it, if'n we had echolocation.&quot; Pistol pondered this statement, attempted to formulate a question, then decided it wasn't worth it, instead going back to scanning the dark water around his legs. With another sigh, Sweet explained, &quot;Echolocation, it's what some critters use to find stuff. They make noise, then figger offa that where stuff is...and ain't.&quot; After a slow moment's reflection, Pistol attempted, &quot;Marco. Marco.&quot; &quot;Pistol, the gator ain't gonna' say Polo.&quot; 2008-01-18T06:31:55Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/18184 <p>But it would be kinda cool if it did!</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/18184?basename=35121 2008-01-18T06:31:55Z Snarky http://ficlets.com/authors/snarky <p>This is really funny! I like it!</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/18184?basename=34985 2008-01-17T16:51:30Z Acantha http://ficlets.com/authors/acantha <p>Chuckle.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/18184?basename=34480 2008-01-14T17:57:39Z TreeBeard http://ficlets.com/authors/treebeard <p>I remember these guys!<br />This is great!!</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/18184?basename=34301 2008-01-13T19:49:38Z Fyora Cartagan http://ficlets.com/authors/fyoramacragge <p>Ha, that was funny stuff. Nice accents. You are spot on.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/18184?basename=34290 2008-01-13T18:55:10Z flute faerie http://ficlets.com/authors/user_6061 <p>Brilliant, I loved it.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/18184?basename=34052 2008-01-12T13:49:11Z Saint Chuck http://ficlets.com/authors/chuck_thelove <p>Hilarious! I loved it!</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/18184?basename=34030 2008-01-12T05:44:30Z [pens&feathers] http://ficlets.com/authors/rhapsodyyinblu <p>Niiiiiiice. I appreciate the shout out. The southern accent is just great. And Sweets explanation of echolocation reveals how educated&#8230; and ain&#8217;t educated he is.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/18184?basename=34006 2008-01-12T03:29:44Z Tad Winslow http://ficlets.com/authors/tjd <p>Ah! The return of the doublewide boys! Excellent my friend, excellent..</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/18184?basename=33993 2008-01-12T02:59:35Z Batak Beatrix http://ficlets.com/authors/batakbeatrix <p>haha. Very funny! I haven&#8217;t read the other ones with these guys, so this would be the first. Really good!<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/18184?basename=33980 2008-01-12T02:34:25Z .:band baby:. http://ficlets.com/authors/bandbaby <p>All due credit to Tad Winslow for the inspiration for this story. Thanks Tad! Oh, and this is, once again a pseudo-sequel to other unconnected ficlets. These boys show up first in ficlet 7984, then 8783, then 8033 (with a few sequels attached there). I love these guys and couldn&#8217;t resist bringing them back.<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/18184?basename=33952 2008-01-11T23:46:49Z THX 0477 http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477 <p>hahah! I love it&#8212;-absolutely hysterical. you have the southern speech down to a science!</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/18184?basename=33948 2008-01-11T23:38:53Z Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy http://ficlets.com/authors/lhs2400