The game is rigged so Bethany gives it a try
Family's New Shrink Ray
chapter 29
by
copier
· original author:
jurto2
Beth nudged Derek aside after a disappointing showing. She took the hammer from him and prompted the old man with it. She wanted to see what the trick was.
"Ohoho, you want to see how a REAL MAN does it, do you?" The old man chuckled in his best announcer voice. The more people he could drag to his booth, the more money he could make.
"Okay, then, everybody, WATCH THIS!" He rubbed his hands together and picked up the hammer. With a bit of a wiggle to his shoulders, his torso and his hips, he wound up and stood back, hitting the target (to Beth's eyes, really rather meekly) and made the weight head up and SMASH the bell. Alarms sounded, lights flashed, and "WINNER!" shouted out from a loudspeaker behind the booth.
Beth watched him step back to his place behind the hammer game and raised her lips in a sly grin. She held out cash to the man,
"Well well well, the lady wants to try it! Careful, young man, she might just show you up!"
Bethany hefted the hammer and put on a good show. She warmed up, 'practice swung' the hammer around a few times and looked at Derek, hiding a bit of an evil grin from the showman. She gave Derek a wink as if to say 'Watch this'.
She wound up, wound up, aaand.. Faked out the gamesman as if the hammer slipped straight towards him. He hit the deck, and Beth smashed the target with all of her strength. Near instantly, the weight shot to the top and rang the bell, setting off the siren and flashing lights. "WINNER!" the prerecorded voice boomed from behind the stall.
The old man peeked up from behind the counter, frazzled that he himself had been duped, but he couldn't let his facade down. Speaking back into his microphone, "Ladies and gentlemen, we have a big winner!"
As much as he loathed having to give up the flashiest prize in the booth, he took it down and cheekily looked at Derek, saying "Looks like the little lady wanted to win her own prize," trying to sound at least a little sincere to hide the sarcasm and annoyance in his eyes. His mood lightened, however, as a few more people approached and wanted a turn after Beth, and the old man decided not to look a gift horse in the mouth.
Bethany hugged the giant bunny and reached out for Derek's hand. Derek had an idea of what had just happened, but didn't say anything. He just gave the bunny a pat on the head and the two moved on.
"Ohoho, you want to see how a REAL MAN does it, do you?" The old man chuckled in his best announcer voice. The more people he could drag to his booth, the more money he could make.
"Okay, then, everybody, WATCH THIS!" He rubbed his hands together and picked up the hammer. With a bit of a wiggle to his shoulders, his torso and his hips, he wound up and stood back, hitting the target (to Beth's eyes, really rather meekly) and made the weight head up and SMASH the bell. Alarms sounded, lights flashed, and "WINNER!" shouted out from a loudspeaker behind the booth.
Beth watched him step back to his place behind the hammer game and raised her lips in a sly grin. She held out cash to the man,
"Well well well, the lady wants to try it! Careful, young man, she might just show you up!"
Bethany hefted the hammer and put on a good show. She warmed up, 'practice swung' the hammer around a few times and looked at Derek, hiding a bit of an evil grin from the showman. She gave Derek a wink as if to say 'Watch this'.
She wound up, wound up, aaand.. Faked out the gamesman as if the hammer slipped straight towards him. He hit the deck, and Beth smashed the target with all of her strength. Near instantly, the weight shot to the top and rang the bell, setting off the siren and flashing lights. "WINNER!" the prerecorded voice boomed from behind the stall.
The old man peeked up from behind the counter, frazzled that he himself had been duped, but he couldn't let his facade down. Speaking back into his microphone, "Ladies and gentlemen, we have a big winner!"
As much as he loathed having to give up the flashiest prize in the booth, he took it down and cheekily looked at Derek, saying "Looks like the little lady wanted to win her own prize," trying to sound at least a little sincere to hide the sarcasm and annoyance in his eyes. His mood lightened, however, as a few more people approached and wanted a turn after Beth, and the old man decided not to look a gift horse in the mouth.
Bethany hugged the giant bunny and reached out for Derek's hand. Derek had an idea of what had just happened, but didn't say anything. He just gave the bunny a pat on the head and the two moved on.
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