Following Meowth's Footprints by Alex Polan

Author:Alex Polan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sky Pony Press
Published: 2016-09-06T04:00:00+00:00

“This is such a waste of time,” said Ethan. He was crouched over a tomato plant, so his voice came out muffled.

“What is?” asked Devin, taking a bite out of a crisp peapod.

“Hey!” Ethan sat back upright and pointed his finger. “You’re supposed to be weeding the garden—not eating it.”

Devin shrugged and pulled another peapod off the vine. “I need energy to do yard work. What’s a waste of time?”

“Weeding a garden that’s just going to have more weeds in it tomorrow,” he said. “What’s wrong with weeds, anyway? Some people eat dandelions. Did you know that they’re weeds?”

Devin shook her head. “Did you learn that from Pokémon GO?” she asked, giggling.

“I wish,” said Ethan. “What I really wish is that we could set a lure here in the garden so that while we weed, the Pokémon would come to us. That would at least make family yard work day more interesting.”

“Yeah,” said Devin. “But Mom would kill us. So that would be kind of a waste of time, too.”

“I guess.” Ethan bent back over the tomato plant, and then he popped back up.

“Wait a minute,” he said. “I think I earned a lure module when I hit Level Eight.” He pulled his phone out of his pocket, checking first to make sure Mom and Dad were still trimming trees on the other side of the yard. Then he checked his items.

“Yes, I do have a lure!”

“Ethan, you can’t use that right now,” Devin scolded. “I already told you—Mom will kill you. We’re supposed to be working. And besides, you can only place those at PokéStops.”

“I’m not going to use it now,” he said. “I was thinking we could set it at the graveyard tonight to try to draw in some Pokémon.”

“Oh.”

So take that, Miss Pea Eater, Ethan wanted to say.

“But if you set a lure, then lots of people will come to the cemetery. And they’ll scare Max away!”

Ethan hesitated. Devin was right—he knew she was. He hated it when that happened.

“Okay, then, how about some incense?” he said. “That would lure Pokémon toward us, but no one else would see it.”

“That’s a good idea,” said Devin.

“Yeah,” said Ethan. “It’s brilliant. Except I happen to be fresh out of incense.” He sighed and reached for another weed.

The next hour stretched into two, and after a lemonade break, into almost three hours.

“Is it ever going to end?” grumbled Ethan as he pulled yet another thistle out of the ground.

“Probably not,” said Devin. “Probably never.”

Then they heard a yelp from Dad. He was using a weed trimmer around the base of a tree.

“Are you hurt?” Ethan heard Mom call.

“No,” said Dad. And then he mumbled something about a Spearow.

“Hey, are you playing Pokémon GO?” asked Ethan, standing up to look. “No fair!”

“Not a Spearow,” said Dad, wiping something off his head. “A sparrow. A real-live sparrow just pooped on my head.”

Ethan nearly choked on his laughter. He could tell that Mom was fighting back giggles, too. And Devin didn’t even try. She was laughing like crazy, rolling around in the dirt like a wobbly Weedle.

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