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The Great Bathroom Escapade
Arjun Krishnan
It was December 17th Wednesday and a very cold morning. Scarlett was still sleeping. It was time to wake up and get ready for school.
Inside the bathroom, there was silence, and all the bathroom items were placed in position. Then the worst sound in the history of the galaxy pierces through the air. "R-i--i-i-n-g-g!"< Alarm Clock!>
"Oh no!", mumbled toothbrush. Toothbrush was a very cool guy, but he was also naughty. He was called Doctor Scrubby, and he often felt that he got mistreated badly. His hair was never combed and always stood out like needles. He heard "THUD, THUD."
The door opened, and Scarlett came in sulking. She started putting toothpaste on Dr Scrubby. Toothpaste was named Icy Blast.
"Oh no!", mumbled toothbrush. Toothbrush was a very cool guy, but he was also naughty. He was called Doctor Scrubby, and he often felt that he got mistreated badly. His hair was never combed and always stood out like needles. He heard "THUD, THUD."
The door opened, and Scarlett came in sulking. She started putting toothpaste on Dr Scrubby. Toothpaste was named Icy Blast.
"Oh my gosh Scarlett. Can you stop squeezing my stomach so much? It hurts". Why do you need so much of paste and why do you make me kiss Dr Scrubby all the time?". Finally, Scarlett opened the mouthwash. Mouthwash's name was Sir. Gargle. He is usually very shy and tries to hide behind the mirror. Scarlett "gargled" Dr. Gargle and spat him out. Then she sat down on the potty.
Unfortunately the flush was not working, so she used the plunger. Plunger was named Mr. Stinky Unclogger (he is called Mr. SU for short), who was well smelly like garbage. "Scarlett! Are you done washing up? It's time to go to school" yelled her mother. So, Scarlett shut the door and went downstairs.
"WOW". "What a huge mess this terrible girl makes every morning and night" said Mr. Gargle.
Unfortunately the flush was not working, so she used the plunger. Plunger was named Mr. Stinky Unclogger (he is called Mr. SU for short), who was well smelly like garbage. "Scarlett! Are you done washing up? It's time to go to school" yelled her mother. So, Scarlett shut the door and went downstairs.
"WOW". "What a huge mess this terrible girl makes every morning and night" said Mr. Gargle.
" I agree" echoed Dr. Scrubby. She hurts my head every time she puts it in her mouth".
'Oh! But she is quite nice to me ' came a squeaking voice from the shower. It was Princess Soap bottle. "Well, except when she throws me around the shower".
One thing was clear -The bathroom friends were not happy, and they wanted to get out.
One thing was clear -The bathroom friends were not happy, and they wanted to get out.
Scarlett had a younger brother named Bob. You would think Bob was a nice boy. No. He was worse than Scarlett. He threw everything on the floor, sometimes into the potty too. Once he threw Doctor Scrubby in the toilet. Luckily, Scarlett saw this and took it out with Mr SU. Obviously, Mr SU didn't want to do it, but he had no choice. Everybody thought their friend had a better life than them including Miss Towel whose name was Disgusting Little Spready. She thought she was always disgusting because nobody picked her up from the floor. The bathroom friends were just talking to each other about Scarlett and Bob when they heard another sound. "Oh! Great here comes Dad inside the bathroom!" said Curly Tails. By the way this is how Curly Tails spells Dad. "Hey Curly Tails! Can you spell Dad?" asked Mr Scrubby. Curly Tails: "D-d-d-a-a-a-d"! "Easy"! Oh my gosh that is a big fart from Dad. The whole bathroom stinks.
Curly Tails is the shampoo that Scarlett loves to use. She loves to spell words and always gets them wrong. After Dad leaves, the bathroom items have a quick meeting, and they decide that they need a plan to get out of this place as quickly as they can.
The plan was to first jump out to the windowsill and wait for the dump truck. It was trash day, they knew a dump truck would come in about 5 minutes.
Step 1: Run to the window
Step 1: Run to the window
Step 2: Wait on the windowsill.
Step 3: Wait for the dump truck to come close to home.
Step 4: Jump into the truck.
Step 5: When the dump truck passes the fancy hotel outside the main road, jump out and enter the hotel.
Step 6: Peace
There was only one problem. How could they jump into the dump truck without anybody watching? Bob and Scarlett just came back from preschool and was standing outside the bathroom.. "Guys! The dump truck is going to come in one minute. We need to go else we will be in big trouble", screamed Mr.SU.
After what seemed forever, everybody gathered on the windowsill. Mr. Stinky Unclogger, Icy Blast, Doctor Scrubby, Gargle, Disgusting Little Spready, and Princess Curly Tails. 30 seconds to go. Just when they closed the window, Scarlett enters the bathroom to wash her hands. After she was done, she tried to find the towel, and she could not find it. Scarlett: " Mom, Dad where is the towel?". Her parents come in and they do not find the towel. Mom: "Let's check in the other bathroom".
There was 15 seconds until the dump truck came outside. The dump truck stopped outside the house, and we all jumped into the dump truck. "We made it! we made it. Hooray" screamed Curly tails.
Step 6: Peace
There was only one problem. How could they jump into the dump truck without anybody watching? Bob and Scarlett just came back from preschool and was standing outside the bathroom.. "Guys! The dump truck is going to come in one minute. We need to go else we will be in big trouble", screamed Mr.SU.
After what seemed forever, everybody gathered on the windowsill. Mr. Stinky Unclogger, Icy Blast, Doctor Scrubby, Gargle, Disgusting Little Spready, and Princess Curly Tails. 30 seconds to go. Just when they closed the window, Scarlett enters the bathroom to wash her hands. After she was done, she tried to find the towel, and she could not find it. Scarlett: " Mom, Dad where is the towel?". Her parents come in and they do not find the towel. Mom: "Let's check in the other bathroom".
There was 15 seconds until the dump truck came outside. The dump truck stopped outside the house, and we all jumped into the dump truck. "We made it! we made it. Hooray" screamed Curly tails.
30 minutes later, we reach the fanciest hotel we have ever seen.. As soon as we saw it, we jumped out from the dump truck and marched our way into the front entrance. We realized it was locked. "Oh no! What do we now?" cried Mr.SU. Then a few people came inside, and the doors opened for them. We hopped onto their suitcases and went straight into their room.
We passed by vending machines that had all kinds of candies and chocolates and sugary treats. Right after midnight we crept out of the room and went straight to the vending machine. Then we went to the swimming pool and played there for a long time until Spready almost drowned. It was finally morning, and we had the best day ever. We went back to our suite and saw one of the cleanest bathrooms ever. And there on the counter, we saw items who looked just like us. We made new friends.
We passed by vending machines that had all kinds of candies and chocolates and sugary treats. Right after midnight we crept out of the room and went straight to the vending machine. Then we went to the swimming pool and played there for a long time until Spready almost drowned. It was finally morning, and we had the best day ever. We went back to our suite and saw one of the cleanest bathrooms ever. And there on the counter, we saw items who looked just like us. We made new friends.
Knock Knock. "Arjun, can you come out please?". Oh, I forgot I was imagining this whole story in my head. As I closed the door, I smiled at my bathroom friends and promised to treat them well.
This work was an entry to the San Jose Public Library's Fall into Fiction 2022 short story contest.
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