Jigsaw Jones Fan Stories: Adventures in Baby-Sitting

Jigsaw's Narration
"Hey, check out the time, we're gonna miss the beginning of the contest!” Bigs exclaimed in alarm. "Come on, let's get outta here!" With that, he seized Lucy's right hand and dashed down to the blue sports car's garage as she let out a yelp of being startled.

"You coming, guys?" Bigs asked.

"No thanks, Bigs, but ever since we helped Mila baby-sit her little brother, Matthew at 1 point, it wouldn't be fair if we left her alone again." I said as Bigs agreed with us.

"Alright, you guys, just call us if there’s a problem, alright?" Bigs asked as me, Mila, Ralphie, Stringbean, Wingnut and Joey nodded our heads in agreement and Bigs ran down to join his other close friends and they went off to the contest.

"Alright!" said Joey, clapping his hands together forever like magnets. "What do you wanna do 1st, Mila?"

"Well, Joey how 'bout we-" Mila began as Matthew broke out crying and wailing real loud.

"Oh no, not again." I groaned while rubbing my temples. "Do you think he's got gas, Mila?"

"I don’t know, Jigsaw, maybe….." Mila replied with a shrug.

I picked Matthew up and patted him on the back, trying to get him to burp, but it got no effect.

I patted him harder and harder.

Burping or farting was apparently the last thing on Matthew's mind.

"Is he tired? hungry? thirsty? when was his last nap?" Ralphie asked.

"I don't think so, Ralphie, we don't usually eat dinner or get ready for bed around this time, anyway." Mila said.

"Hmmm," Joey pinched his chin in between his thumb and forefinger, thinking. "Here, Jigsaw, give him to me. Let me try something"

I passed him over to Joey, who walked over to the sofa and set the baby boy down on the sofa right in front of it. He sat right down cross-legged, smiled again and pulled a great big Bugs Bunny blanket, draping it over Matthew. My head turned over to the other side.

"Joey, what are you doing?" I asked.

"Where's Matthew?" he asked in a little sing-song voice. Suddenly, he lifted up the front of the Bugs Bunny blanket.

"There he is!" Matthew's crying and wailing lessened and he looked up at Joey with wide eyes. Joey let the Bugs Bunny blanket fall back over him right before repeating what he had done before.

"Where's the baby boy? Peekaboo! There he is!"

Matthew sniffed and a little smiling face appeared. Joey put the Bugs Bunny blanket down and draped it over his own head.

"Where's Joey?" Matthew sat there and waited excitingly.

"Peekaboo! Here I am!"

Matthew giggled and clapped his hands.

"Alright, now, wheeeere's Joey?" This time Matthew crawled frontward and lifted up the Bugs Bunny blanket himself.

"Oh, you found me! Here I am!"

Mila whistled astonishingly in amazement........

"Wow, Jigsaw!" Mila exclaimed. how did you know what to do about Matthew's crying?"

"I figured that if Matthew wasn't hungry or tired, he just wanted attention. So I just played some peekaboo games to try and make him laugh and it worked." I said with a reply.