Hello, and welcome to bedtime stories with me. ARAT well, in the previous episodes, April and Finn have just found their cockroach at a neighbor's house. And dad's just had quite the scare when found well, he thinks he found someone tampering with the outside of their house. So let's get into it. Here is chapter 11, kitty cat bandaids, Joe, let himself in the front door and headed for the kitchen where he found his dad crouching behind the sink. He was peering out through the Venetian blinds. Hey dad said, Joe, as he dumped his school bag by the kitchen counter, dad jumped with fright. It's only me said, Joe, where are April and Finn? What has dad suddenly alarmed? They're not here. Joe looked about, I can't see them. They were here half an hour ago, said dad looking out the window as if a Claire Hitman might be Luing amongst the Daisy. You don't suppose they've been kidnapped. They're probably doing something out in the yard said Joe, walking over to the cupboard to grab a bag of popcorn. He stopped when he saw the microwave, what happened? The microwave was back on the counter and it had been reassembled, but the metal casing was walked and the plastic panel at the front was only held on by kitty cat. Bandaids. I don't know, said dad, do you think someone broke in and tampered with it? I don't think a secret agent would do such a bad job, said Joe, or use such pretty bandaids to put it back together. This looks more like April's handy work. She was doing something with a mallet earlier. Dad remembered vaguely. Joe put the pop on in the microwave and turned it on. The microwave started up. The light came on and the dish started turning. Hey, it still works. Cool. The front door slammed dad gas and ducked under the kitchen counter. It's the collective hide. Hello called Finn pumpkin barked. It's just April and fin said, Joe dad clutched his chest. What a relief. There was someone in the garden earlier today. I'm pretty sure it was an international secret agent. Come to kidnap you. All. Joe looked out into the garden. Aside from the horse jumping damage, the flower beds were beautiful. It didn't look like the type of place international operatives were would work. You know, dad, perhaps you should cut back on the caffeine. Swapped a Camile tea said, Joe, you'd be less jumpy. Pumpkin rushed in and bit dad on the ankle. Oh yeah. Dad. As soon as April saw dad, she whipped her hands behind her back. What have you got there as Joe mind your own business? Big nose said April dad looked at Joe. His son didn't have a particularly large nose. So this expression confused him. Big head, more likes at fin. You must think you're pretty good. Now that you're the big man at school. This confused dad further Joe was a large man sized boy, but he didn't understand how his size could alter when he was at school. Joe blushed. It's not my fault. I've got a knack for it. A knack for what asked dad afraid his son was gonna say hand to hand combat or something equally horrifying lawn bowl said, Joe, he's an idiot said April. You mean idiot. Savant corrected. Fin. You say TA tomato. I say, TA tomato said, April, you shouldn't call your brother names. Charter dad. I don't see how idiot became such a bad word can played April. All the other words for idiot are much worse. She kicked fin in the shin to get his attention. Why don't you? You showed dad something in your school bag. She waggled her eyebrows. Meaningfully thin look confused. Why would I do that? Because I'll punch you. If you don't set April glance and back behind her and Twitch in the box with a cockroach. So only Finn could see it. Oh, said Finn catching on, right. Dad here have a look at my, um, my lunch box. It's really important for parents to know what their kids do and don't eat. While dad was distracted. April walked over to the large dome terrarium dad had on the kitchen window sill where he grew herbs. She checked over her shoulders to see that dad wasn't looking, but you've eaten everything. Dad observed peering into the lunchbox. There's nothing to see. I know said fit. And look here is a tissue. I blew my nose on it. Recess. April dumped the cockroach in the terrarium. Fascinating said, dad, looking at the tissue and you kept this just to show me if we are going to build a meaningful father, son relationship said Finn, it's important to start with the little things April hurried away, but a movement called dad's eye. Did you see that? He explained pointing to the window for one horrifying moment, April and Finn thought he spotted the cockroach, but dad rushed to the kitchen drawer and pulled out a pair of military grade binos. Then trained them on something distant out the window. See what us Finn, something moving in the bushes had the far end of the garden said, dad, you, the wind said, April, you stay here. I'm gonna check it out. Dad's scurry to the back door. Let himself out. Then commando crawled through the ma of flower beds towards the back hedge pumpkin happily chased after him barking and biting dad on the leg. Excitedly. As he went, the pesky kids stood at the kitchen window, watching him go. Do you think dad is nuts? Asked Finn beyond a shadow of a doubt said, Joe, should we get some sort of professional help asked Finn? He's probably just been living alone for too long, said Joe, he'll probably come down. When he's used to having us all around the house, besides said, April, these wild conspiracy theories doing good. Look he's outdoors. Enjoy in the sunshine. Playing with the dog. Dad was now running around in circles with pumpkin. Delightedly hanging off the back of his pants. If there was someone hiding in the hedge said, fin, the side of that would scare them off as effectively as anything else. And that is the end of the chapter. So until next time, goodbye.