Domestic Drabbles

Disclaimer: I do not own Artemis Fowl

"What is this?" Myles asked holding up his fork which had a glistening black lump resting on it. Artemis looked up from his own plate across the table.

"It's a mushroom, eat it" he said. Myles slid the mushroom off his fork and onto a napkin. Next to him Beckett made an exaggerated gagging noise as he ate a piece of Bok Choy. At least he ate it, Myles had already banished his supply of the Asian vegetable to his napkin.

"What about this" Myles held up another suspect ingredient this time it was Butler who spoke.

"Bamboo shoot" He said a little brusquely not at all liking the way the twins were reacting to the meal he had prepared. Luo Han Zhai was a vegetarian dish that Butler had learned from his Chinese mother and had made this particular night to accommodate Holly. Forgetting that the twins like all five year olds hated vegetables.

So far Myles had refused to eat anything other than the thin slices of carrot and roasted cashew nuts while Beckett greeted each mouthful with choking and gagging sounds. He had even pretended to die twice.

To their eternal credit Butler Holly and Artemis barely batted an eyelid at this display except to tell Beckett to sit up strait and get his face out of his plate and inform Myles what was currently on his fork.

"What is this" Myles demanded holding brandishing his fork which now held a small whitish rectangle and before Artemis could inform him that it was a piece of tofu and was good for him Holly cut in.

"It's Spider" She said. Myles' eyes bugged and Beckett did a double take.

"Spider?" he exclaimed. Holly nodded.

"Yep fried Spider, that's a slice of the abdomen." she speared a water chestnut with her fork.

"This is a piece of the thorax, nice and crunchy" she popped it in her mouth and began to chew. The twins stared at her dumbfounded for a few seconds.

Then they began to shovel forkfuls of the vegetarian casserole into their mouths as fast as they could. Decimating their Tofu and Water Chestnuts and everything else that got in their way.

Now it was Artemis' turn to be dumbfounded. He stared blankly at the scene before him not entirely sure that his brain was correctly translating the information his eyes were sending it. Beckett and Myles were eating their vegetables without so much as pulling a face.

Beckett and Myles never just ate their vegetables, never. His parents had tried everything his father had even unbeknownst to his mother resorted to bribery on more than one occasion but even then there were the predicable complaints.

Artemis stared at Holly who winked at him before eating a piece of Tofu.

STORY NOTES

Luo Han Zhai: More commonly known as Buddha's Delight Luo Han Zhai is a Chinese Vegetarian dish made from many ingrediants which vary from region to region.

Spiders: This entire chapter is based on a Calvin and Hobbs strip in which Calvin refuses to eat his dinner until his father tells him it's fried monkey brains which causes him to shovel it down like there's no tomorrow.

Anyway I hope you enjoyed this chapter I apologuise for my poor spelling and punctuation. Feel free to tell me what you thought

Ari Out!