Episode 5

“My, your hand is hot.” She moved causing more of her leg to slip out of the slit. “Let’s go get a cold drink. I know a spot right over the hill. All we need is a five dollar bill.” She grinned widely and squeezed his shoulder.

Jack nodded his head the whole time it took to shake out the stone and put the sandal back on. He gave her calf a light squeeze. “Only one round. I’ve got to get home to mom with a six pac of Knickerbockers. She’ll be highly aggravated if I’m late. Maybe later we can go walking in the moonlight down by the old mill stream.”

“No problem,” Red Ridinghood said. She grabbed his hand and began running down a path behind the huge horrible looking oak tree.

Thirty minutes later, she pulled him into the Mad Hatter’s Saloon. She stopped, glanced at the people shooting pool, at the bar patrons and then at the crowded tables. She pointed at the far end of the room. “Look, there’s Snow White over there. I wonder who she’s sitting with.”

Jack waved at the cigarette smoke and squinted his eyes. “I don’t know, but it’s not one of those evil trolls.”

Thirty seconds later, they were sitting at the table.
“Red and Jack, I’d like you to meet Prince Charming. Isn’t he adorable.” Snow White kept her eyes on the prince the whole time.

Jack looked at the Prince’s straggly hair, missing teeth and one eye larger than the other.