Leprechaun Page #2

Kind of like... Kind of like,

"boop boop boop boop..."

Ozzie, I thought you weren't

gonna tell any more stories.

This really happened, Alex. It did.

It's like magic, you know? Like...

Like, um...

Well, when you see

a star in the night sky...

the first star...

you can make a wish.

- It'll come true.

- Stop with the magic stuff.

And no more lies, okay?

How ya doin', boys? I'm J.D.

I just met your brother Nathan.

Hi, I'm Alex. Nice to meet you.

This is my friend Ozzie.

- How you doin', Ozzie?

- Hi.

So, you boys need any help out here?

I'm afraid that our

liability insurance forbids

anyone but us handling

the tools and equipment.

But thanks for the offer.

Boy, I could go for a beer right now.

You're too little to drink.

Don't you ever,

ever drink that stuff!

- Hey, Ozzie, what's this?

- Hey!

Gotcha! Whoa! Let go!

Nathan?

Oh, geez, I'm sorry. You all right?

I was on that shelf, looking for tarps.

I didn't know you were down here.

I was just trying to

make a peace offering,

but I think it's all in that crate.

Hope I didn't ruin what's inside.

Oh, you couldn't

damage what's in here.

- The O'Gradys collected a lot of junk.

- The O'Gradys?

Yeah, Dan O'Grady.

He used to own this place.

He was really a weird,

strange guy, you know?

Oh. You mean, weird and strange

like guys who drive dented pick-up

trucks and paint houses for a living?

Hey, let's see what

he's got in this thing.

Yeah.

Well, that is, of course,

unless you're scared.

Scared? Me?

Give me a crowbar.

I'll bust it open myself.

Got a hammer.

Fine. Hammer is good. Hammer.

That sounds like Ozzie.

Oh, no!

As fashion statements go,

blue is not your best color.

Alex, I asked you to

hold that ladder steady.

Now look what happened!

I'm not even gonna ask

what happened, really.

There's a bathroom off

the kitchen in there.

At least, it looked a

little like a bathroom.

I don't even like blue.

Twinkle, twinkle

Little star

- How I wonder

- Hello?

What you are

Up above the world so high

- Who's in there?

- Like a diamond in the sky

Twinkle, twinkle, little star

How I wonder what you are

Hello?

Hello?

Wow. What neat junk.

Please let me out. Please.

Why won't you let me

out of this crate?

How did you get in there?

Please, let me out.

Please, I don't like it in here.

Please.

Hello?

Hello?

I'm back.

Hey, tubby, you got a light

for an old leprechaun's pipe?

I'm starved.

Haven't eaten in ten years.

What... What are you?

What do I look like, me lad?

See the hat? The buckles on me shoes?

Why, I'm a leprechaun.

A shoemaker by trade.

And speaking of shoes,

yours could use a shine.

But first...

have you seen a crock

of gold lying around?

Tell me, or I'll bite your ear off,

and I'll make a boot out of it.

You only got away 'cause

me powers are weak.

I need me gold!

There's a leprechaun in the basement!

Oh, there's a leprechaun

in the basement!

- Hold on. Slow down.

- He come right up out of a box.

He had these long really

scary fingers, and...

He wasn't nice like Lucky Charms or

anything, and then he ate a bug!

A leprechaun?

Can we inject a little bit

of reality in here, please?

I saw him! I really did see him!

He even tried to polish my shoes!

- So, then, where's your pot of gold?

- That's what he said he wanted.

- He said he wanted his pot of gold.

- All right.

Where you going?

Well, if it'll make you

feel any better, Ozzie,

we'll all go down in the

basement and check it out.

Don't go in there, don't go

in there, don't go in there!

Hey. Okay? Just in case.

I better go with you.

Just in case.

Nathan? Nathan?

I don't think that stick's

gonna be big enough.

Well, wait. Wait for me.

I'm coming, just in case.

Geez, Ozzie, you really

busted up this crate.

No, no, no. No, I...

I did... I didn't do that.

That... that was the leprechaun.

Leprechaun.

Well, I don't see anything, Ozzie.

But... this guy was real.

I mean, he had buckles on his shoes,

and he had them real horrible teeth,

and they were all rotten and

everything, and... and...

Oh, I... I know he

never does brush 'em.

Th-That's him.

He's gonna kill every one

of us, and I'm first.

- Ozzie, come here.

- I ain't goin' in that dark corner.

Neither am I.

What was that?

Hey, hang on. Hang on.

It's only a rat.

It's just a rat.

Well, Ozzie, I think we

found your leprechaun.

No, no, no.

Y-You don't understand. He...

He was bigger than that.

All right, all right. I think

we've solved this mystery now.

Can we just get out of here?

- Hey! Hey, look up in the sky!

- So what, Ozzie?

- It's just a rainbow.

- It's a magic rainbow.

Leprechauns and rainbows.

It's a sign.

Yeah. Yeah, it's a sign, all right.

It's time to get back to painting.

- Come on.

- No, no, no. No.

We gotta go... go see

what's at the end.

Ozzie, you're embarrassing me.

Come on. Go with me.

We... We gotta get to

the end of the rainbow.

- There's always a pot of gold!

- Ozzie.

He's so easily sidetracked.

Like always, I'll take care of it

and get him back on the job.

Ozzie, come on! Alex!

Oh, come on. Let 'em

go chase rainbows.

Let's you and I go paint.

Um, this is biodegradable, right?

Ozzie, this is stupid! You can't

find the end of the rainbow!

It's where the rainbow ends.

It does sort of look

like where it ends.

Hey, look. It's going away.

Don't cut yourself on any

of this rusty old metal.

If you do, it'll make

your jaw lock shut.

This is neat. Hey,

Ozzie, I got an idea.

- What?

- Let's hotwire this.

I don't think the battery

would be any good.

Ooh.

Look at that.

- Ooh!

- Give me it!

- No, no, no.

- Give me it!

- Just let me look at it for a minute!

- Give me it!

I'll give it right back to you,

I promise. I promise.

- Give me that.

- Hey!

Wow! Look at that!

All right, here's your coin.

I found a bag full of 'em!

- Wow!

- Cool!

I told you. I told you!

It's what that leprechaun

was talking about.

Will you stop with that

stupid leprechaun stuff?

We found this gold. Finders keepers.

I just hope it's real.

I know how to tell if it's real.

You just bite on it.

I seen it in a movie.

Oh, my God.

I swallowed that gold coin.

Nice going, Jaws.

Hey, hey, hey, can you die

from swallowing gold?

Yeah, after I kill you!

Now, you just let me

take charge, okay?

I'm just gonna keep one,

and then I can get it checked out

in town and see if it's real or not.

We're gonna hide the rest.

We can't tell anyone about this.

Right, right. Why?

'Cause you know how adults are,

especially when it comes to money.

They'll just try to take it away.

I got the perfect place to hide it...

the old well beside the house.

Hey, Ozzie, do you

know what this means?

We're rich, and... and I

can buy comics every week.

- Yeah, but you know what else?

- What else?

We can get you an operation.

- For what?

- To make you smart.

See, we can go to the hospital

and have them operate

and fix your brain.

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