They shopped for hours. Going for from store to store in each one Minnie sat outside the dress-room, wishing she were anywhere else. And every time margherita came out of the fitting-room to show-off the successivo articolo of clothing no matter what was detto about it margherita managed to find something wrong this it. Finally Minnie said, “I think we’ve been to all the stores. Have te chosen an outfit yet?”
margherita said, “Actually there’s one più I’d like to hit.”
“Which one?” asked Minnie.
“McFashions.” replied Daisy
Unbeknownst to Minnie and Daisy, Scrooge and Webby were at the mall shopping for the pageant. As soon as they entered the mall Webby saw a beautiful dress the window of a store. It was rosa and sparkly with rose on it. She exclaimed, “Oooh I want that one!”
Scrooge walked over and looked at the dress in the window. Then he said, “Dear we’ve been over this several times, we’re going to look at McFashions first. And if te don’t find anything that te like there then, maybe, we can check some other stores. But remember as the owner of McFashions everything there is basically free to me, and there’s no need to buy what te can get for free.”
Webby looked at the dress again, then hung her head and grumbled, “Okay.”
Meanwhile in the McFashions’ dressing room Laura and Vicky were also shopping for the pageant. Vicky shouted angrily “Why the heck do we always have to negozio at this stupid store?! I mean come on, they even have skirts in the boys section!”
Laura replied coldly, “Vicky we go over this every time we negozio for pageant dresses. For millionth time, the reason we negozio here is because as the assistant manger of McFashions I get a 20 percent discount. That’s the only way I can afford to buy those ridiculously priced dresses. I’m not going to be one those idiots that spends their whole paycheck on them and then lives in a trailer!”
Vicky responded with a bored, “Whatever.”
While Minnie was sitting outside the fitting room, waiting for margherita to come mostra her yet another outfit, she decided to call Mickey. She thought that he might need to be reminded about their data tonight, since he had become a little obsessed with his videogames recently. “Hi Mickey! Are we still on for tonight?” she asked.
“Um, yeah we’re still on,” he detto sounding very distant.
“Oh good!” she said.
There was no answer for several seconds, then Mickey yelled, “Dang-it I just died!”
“What?!” Minnie detto shocked and confused
He replied, “I gotta go, gotta save the universe.”
“Well excuse me, I’ll let te get back to your game!” she detto angrily.
After getting off the phone Minnie sat there for a while feeling sad. She detto to herself, “Well that figures, Mickey’s been so obsessed with these games lately.”
Then she decided that she couldn’t stand sitting there any longer. She was tired helping margherita decide what to buy to no avail, and she had to get her mind off of the conversation she had just had with Mickey. If Minnie could have left the mall she would have, but she and margherita had come together in Daisy‘s car. So she got up and started to look around the store.
After finding a few dresses she liked Webby went into the fitting-room. Meanwhile Scrooge sat outside trying figure out the lista of items that were needed for the pageant. After she tried on the first dress Webby stood in front the full-length mirror admiring herself. She detto to herself, “I think I look pretty in this. I wonder what Victoria would think if she saw me?”
All of a sudden she heard a familiar, “Hey Weirdby.”
She turned around and saw Victoria stand there. “V-v-victoria what are te doing here?” she stammered
“Shopping for the pageant, like duh. And you’re here because…?” Victoria detto arrogantly
“Um… I’m shopping the pageant too.” Webby detto nervously. “I took your consigli and got my uncle to me sign up and…I gotta go!”
Victoria called after her, “Well, good luck.” Then she muttered, “You’ll need it.”
Webby ran out of fitting room. Once outside of she saw Scrooge sitting in the chair Leggere the list. She ran over and jumped in his lap. He was concentrating so hard that he didn’t notice her coming. And the big puffy gonna of the formal dress she was wearing hit him in face, knocking his glasses to floor.
Back in the dressing room, Laura had over heard the conversation between Webby and Vicky. She shouted, “Vicky, where are te and who the heck were te talk to?!”
Vicky yelled back, “I’m over here da the mirrors Laura, and was just talking to…”
She was interrupted da a sharp, “What did we talk about last night?!”
“Sorry mother.” She detto haughtily, “To answer your domanda I was talking to Webby. She a really weird girl I met at school this week. Says she’s in the pageant too.”
“Webby, as in Webbigail Vanderquack?” Laura asked curiously.
“How the heck should I know? All I know is she’s weird, and think she lives with her uncle.” Victoria answered
Laura snickered and detto arrogantly, “That sounds like her. Come dear let’s go welcome the newcomers.”
Outside a blind Scrooge and a tense Webby were crawling around on the floor, trying to find the missing glasses. The whole time they were down on the floor Webby was trying to tell him about the experience she had just in the fitting room. “Victoria was back there, she called me Weirdby again, and then…”
Scrooge trying to reassure her interrupted, “Don’t worry dear. I’ll have a word with that wee devil, as soon as we find my spectacles.”
Webby found the glasses and handed them to him. Then she looked up and saw Laura and Victoria standing over them. She stammered “W-w-well, te better think of what te want say quick. ‘Cause she’s here, and I think her mommy’s here too.”
Now able to see again Scrooge looked up, and saw the two them standing there looking down on him and Webby. Feeling a little embarrassed that he should been like this he quickly jumped up and brushed himself off. Vicky started to laugh at him. Laura glared and elbowed her, then she detto sweetly, “Mr. McDuck, please forgive and forget my little Vicky’s behavior.”
Scrooge replied sharply, “Well I suppose I can forgive her this once, as long as she doesn’t send me darling lass home crying again.”
He stared at Laura for a few moments trying to place her face. Then thought he remembered seeing a foto of her on the Lil’ Miss Duckburg website. So he asked, “Ye wouldn’t happen to be Laura Quackson, director of Lil’ Miss Duckburg?”
“Why yes I am.” she detto still trying to sound sweet, “And I would like to invited the two of te to attend The Annual Mother Daughter Pre-Pageant Luncheon. It takes place in the mall food-court at noon tomorrow.”
Feeling a bit confused Scrooge said, “So… da mother daughter I’m assuming ye mean the contestant and her guardian. Otherwise ye would not be inviting Webbigail and me.”
Laura giggled and said, “Oops! I didn’t think about that I guess I’ll have to change the name of it. Anyway it takes place in the food-court tomorrow at noon, the seats are arranged according to the mo… I mean, adults last name so you’ll be at tavolo M2. It’s highly recommended that newbies come, and bring your coach so she can take notes. Can we count on te attend?”
Feeling even più confused he answered with a simple, “Aye, we’ll be there.”
‘Wonderful.” Laura said, “Now we must be going, goodbye.”
As they left Victoria called “Bye Weirdby.”
“VICKY!” Laura growled,
“I mean Webby.” Victoria corrected herself,
As soon as they were gone Scrooge collapsed in the chair and buried his face in his hands. Webby, thinking that he probably shouldn’t be disturbed, sat down successivo to the chair. They sat there for a several minuti without saying anything. Finally the silence grew to awkward for Webby so she tapped him on the shoulder asked, “Uncle Scrooge, are te okay?”
It took several taps to get him to respond. But finally he looked over at her with very tired eyes and said, “I’m fine dear. But are te sure that ye want to do this pageant? I’ve read through the lista and none of it makes sense. Also apparently we need to find a coach for you, and I don’t know where to begin looking for one.”
“Yes, I wanna do it.” Webby detto firmly
Scrooge sighed, “Alright, let’s go look at some più dresses.”
While Minnie was looking through the department store, she was trying hard to keep her mind off of how angry she felt toward Mickey and Daisy. Yet, somehow it seemed like everything she saw reminded her of them. She found herself in the girls’ formal section admiring a dress and thinking, “Oh my, these dresses are so beautiful close-up. Daisy’s right it would be fun to enter a girl little in a pageant.” She detto to herself
Minnie once again feeling sad, after thinking about Daisy, couldn’t stand to look at the dress any longer. So she turned around and started to leave. But as soon as she started to walk out of the girl’s formal section she heard two familiar voices coming from behind a clothing rack.
“What do te think of this dress?”
“I think it’s lovely, dear.”
She stood there and trying to place those voices. Then she realized they sounded like Uncle Scrooge and Webby. Minnie wondered, “Why would those two be shopping for formal dresses?”
Minnie curiously looked behind the clothing rack saw them with their back to her examining dresses. “ Hello Uncle Scrooge, hi Webby! What are te doing here?” she called
A bit startled Scrooge jumped, then turned around and saw Minnie. “Why, hello Minnie. Well, at the moment I’m not really sure what I’m doing te see…”
Webby, who was eager to brag about being in a pageant, interrupted “We’re shopping for Lil’ Miss Duckburg!”
“Really?!” Minnie exclaimed, “I just Amore pageants. margherita and I watch them all the time! I was just thinking how much fun it would be enter a little girl in one!”
Scrooge, unable to believe his ears, could barely speak, “You do?! te were?! Um… Well we could really use the help of someone who is knowledgeable about these pageants!” After calming down from his sudden burst of excitement he asked, “Minnie, would te like to be Webby’s coach?”
“Oh My, I’d Amore to!” Minnie exclaimed
Webby hugged Minnie, and yelled, “ Yay! Thank you, Miss Minnie!
