The Abbreviated Adventures of Mogey & Smush Volume 441

Mogey and Smush had been staying with their Uncle Chester for some months, and since they didn't do much besides tend their organic garden, Uncle Chester would give them certain duties while he was off working in the mines. Mogey and Smush hadn't the slightest idea what he mined, but he always came back covered in dirt and smelling spicy.

"Now listen here, Murgy and Splash," Uncle Chester said one morning as he was packing his lunch pail. "We need some things fixed about the house, so today I want you two to hire out a few repairmen in town and have them waiting here when I get home tonight."

"It's MOGEY and Splash, Uncle Chester," Mogey reminded him.

"Smush, not Splash!" Smush cried in disbelief. "It's Mogey and Smush!"

"Zip those flapping food-gulpers of yours," Uncle Chester responded, "and listen up! Here are the people we need: an electrician to fix that faulty hall light, a door repairman to work on the hinges in the entryway, and a plumber to unclog the jacuzzi drain."

With that Uncle Chester headed out, and Mogey and Smush spent the entire day combing the village for the very best of each profession it had to offer. When Uncle Chester returned that evening, his nephews were waiting proudly outside the house with three other gentlemen.

"Uncle Chester," Mogey began, "may I present the three workers you require?" He gestured theatrically to the first man, a slender fellow in a long, flowing cape. "This is Giovanni Fantastico, the magician you requested for the hall light."

"And this," Smush interjected, pointing to the beefy fellow in the middle, "is Tony Chopsticks, the doorman. I didn't know there was much hopping involved in door repair, but word on the street is that Tony is the best 'bouncer' in town."

"Finally," Mogey said, introducing Uncle Chester to a small, rat-faced man, "we have Captain Chuck, the rum-runner you asked about for the jacuzzi."

"Say, where are you going?" Smush asked Uncle Chester, who had turned and begun walking around the house without a word.

"To burn that organic garden to the ground, once and for all," Uncle Chester called back.