"What the heck?" Remus pulled the hard, thin object out of his suit bag. Flipping it around, he saw the bright primary colours of Dr. Seuss, and the classic Dr. Seuss font.
"Give us a read", shouted Nado, seconded quickly by Walker.
"Marvin K. Mooney, will you please go now!, by Dr. Seuss", started Remus, before chiming in, "feeling really welcome right now, guys."
Moody and Arthur walked in, saw the players circled around Remus, and grinned.
Moody barked out, "That was an instruction! All of you, GO NOW. There's a traffic jam on route, and we are already running ten minutes late. Story time can wait for on the bus."
Once on the bus, however, Talkie started pulling books out of his bag and stacking them on the seat next to Remus.
"It appears you've been holding out on us a lot more than we knew, Loops. Or should I say, Moony?
Quite a few former Badgers have started sending me these - he plonks down a pile of books and starts reading off titles - Goodnight Moon, Moony Luna, The Magical Drawings of Moony B. Finch, more than 10 different books titled Moon Monster, and, AND you haven't even noticed that I've been scattering them around the rink for the two weeks!"
"Geez! That was what was going on? I thought we were having another book drive!"
"And the donation bin is your stall? So. Are you Moony, or are you Loops?"
"Loops."
"Yeah?"
"Yeah. Moony doesn't fit me anymore. I like Loops, it feels good."
"K, Loops."
Kasey pipes in from the seat behind, "Kay Loops. We still want story time though."
Remus sighs, and grabs the first book off the pile. "Goodnight Moon, written by Margaret Wise Brown, and illustrated by Clement Hurd."
"In the great green room, therewas..."