Tolee Joins The Crew

Tolee Joins The Crew is the first episode of the first season of Life With Tolee.

Summary
A young koala named Tolee gets adopted by an older one named Frank, and is taken to live with him.

Story
One afternoon, at the Lennonsburg Orphanage, a five-year-old koala named Tolee, who wore a red hoodie with a panda on it and panda slippers on his feet, was sitting on a chair, holding a stuffed panda.

"I'm so excited, Pandy," Tolee said, "We're finally getting a new home today! Though, I am going to miss the other kids here at the orphanage. How about you?"

Tolee moved Pandy's head back and forth as to make it seem like Pandy was nodding.

"Yeah, me too," said Tolee, "But, hey, look on the bright side, at least we'll have a new family. Besides, one of the other kids might have a stuffed animal friend for you."

Just then, the owner of the orphanage, a muscular African-American man named Chef, who wore a pink shirt, a purple tie, khakis, and brown shoes, approached him.

"Alright, Tolee," said Chef, "Come meet your new dad."

"Okay, Chef," said Tolee.

Tolee then grabbed a backpack made to look like a panda and followed Chef to the lobby, where he saw an older koala. This one was twenty-eight and wore a green shirt, blue overalls, and light tan shoes.

"Well, hi there, little fella," the older koala said in an Australian accent, "I'm Frank, your new dad."

"Hi, Frank," said Tolee, "or, Dad, as I should probably call you now."

Frank chuckled.

"It's fine either way," said Frank.

"Right this way, Frank," said Chef.

"I'll be right back, Tolee," said Frank.

Chef then took Frank into the former's office, where Frank filled out an adoption form for Tolee, who waited outside and spoke to Pandy again.

"I'm so excited, Pandy," said Tolee, "Are you?"

Again, Tolee moved Pandy's head back and forth to create the illusion of Pandy nodding.

"That's good to hear," said Tolee.

Then, Frank and Chef came back out.

"Alright, Tolee," said Chef, "everything's all set. You're going home."

Tolee smiled.

"I've waited a long time for this," Tolee said to himself.

"Well, come on, Tolee," said Frank, "Let's take you to your new home."

With that, Frank took Tolee outside to the parking lot, where a 1970 Ford Bronco was parked. After loading Tolee's panda backpack in the trunk, the two koalas got in and drove off down the road on the way to Tolee's new home. They soon arrived at a large house built to hold seven people, and Tolee saw five individuals outside. Three of them, a Scottish terrier/schnauzer mix wearing a red jacket with yellow lining and the letter "B" on the right side of the chest in yellow, and two humanoids were playing catch with a football. The first humanoid had red skin and hair and wore a white t-shirt with dark blue accents and a yellow lightning bolt logo and pale navy sneakers, and the other had magenta skin and wore an orange helmet, a violet shirt with white accents, yellow shorts with dark orange flowers, and pale blue flip-flops. There was also a purple humanoid with bangs over his eyes and wearing a red t-shirt with white accents and a white band across the chest, short black pants, and red sneakers reading a book under a tree and a small pink one wearing a magenta dress with a white flower and magenta Mary Janes with a crown and fairy wings prancing around the yard. Their activities came to a halt when Frank honked the horn, and they rushed over to greet him.

"Hey, Frank," said the mix, whose name was Beamer, "Where's the kid?"

"Right here," said Tolee as he jumped out.

"Hey, there, little guy," said the purple humanoid, who went by the name of Ongo.

"Hi," said Tolee, "I'm Tolee, and this is Pandy."

Tolee then held up Pandy and waved the latter's left arm.

"Hello, Pandy," said Ongo.

"You know, I have a toy like that too," said Rita, the pink humanoid, "only mine is a princess doll named, well, Princess."

"Nice," said Tolee.

"I'm Bello," said the red humanoid.

"And I'm Goomo," said the magenta humanoid.

"Nice to meet you all," said Tolee.

"Come on, Tolee," said Beamer, "Let's show you to your room."

"Okay," said Tolee.

With that, Beamer and Frank took Tolee inside and upstairs to a blue door. Behind it was a bedroom with blue walls, a blue bed, blue furniture, pretty much everything was blue. There was also a huge stuffed panda propped up against a purple wall, which had another blue door and a pink door.

"What's the pink door for," asked Tolee.

"That's Rita's," said Frank, "You two will be sharing a room, and this wall divides it in half."

"Nice," said Tolee.

Just then, Tolee smelled something.

"Hey, something smells good," said Tolee, "What could it be?"

His answer came right away, as a pink and white cat with blue eyes and wearing a purple short-sleeved rashguard with orange lining and the letters "D" and "R" on it, an orange belt, and a gray watch on her right wrist came into the room.

"Dinner's ready, guys," said the cat.

"Thanks, Kitty," said Beamer.

Kitty then saw Tolee.

"Tolee, I presume," asked Kitty.

"Yup," said Tolee, "Wait, how do you know my name?"

"A little bird told me," Kitty said.

"Well," said Beamer, "Guess we better round up the other kids."

"Bello, Goomo, Ongo, and Rita are already at the table," said Kitty, "We just need Mina."

Just then, an explosion was heard, and Mina, who was a blue humanoid wearing goggles on her head, a white tank top with a teal target on it, blue shorts, and blue flip-flops stumbled into the room, her face covered in soot, save her eyes, which had been shielded her eyes against whatever caused the blast.

"Well, that could've gone better," said Mina, who then saw Tolee, "Who's this?"

"This is Tolee," said Frank, "He'll be living with us now."

"Nice," said Mina.

"By the way," said Frank, "Dinner's ready, so get washed up."

"Yes, sir," Mina said.

"And clean up whatever mess you just made while you're at it," said Frank.

"Will do," said Mina.

As Mina went into the bathroom to clean the soot off her face, Frank, Kitty, Beamer, and Tolee went downstairs and while Frank, Beamer, and Tolee took their seats at the table with Bello, Goomo, Ongo, and Rita, Kitty went into the kitchen and came back with a pot of macaroni and cheese just as Mina arrived and took her seat.

"Oh, boy," Tolee said, "Mac and cheese, my favorite!"

"Well, I see someone's excited," said Kitty with a giggle as she filled everyone's bowls.

Soon, everyone had been served, and Tolee was just about to pick up his spoon to start eating when Frank stopped him.

"Whoa there, bud," said Frank, "We gotta say grace first."

"Oh, okay," said Tolee.

"Ongo, would you like to do the honors," asked Frank.

"Sure," said Ongo.

With that, everyone closed their eyes and bowed their heads.

"Father, We have gathered to share a meal in Your honor," said Ongo, "Thank You for putting us together as family, and thank You for this food. Bless it to our bodies, Lord. We thank you for all of the gifts you’ve given to those around this table. Help each member of our family use these gifts to your glory. Guide our mealtime conversations and steer our hearts to Your purpose for our lives. In Jesus’ Name, Amen."

"Amen," said everyone else.

"So, I take it you guys are Christians," asked Tolee as they started to eat.

"Yup," said Beamer, "Always have and always will be one with the Lord."

"Me, Bello, Goomo, Ongo, and Mina never knew about Jesus originally," said Mina, "But then our parents died in a bus accident, and Frank, Beamer, and Kitty took us in and taught us everything about him."

"Yeah," said Bello, "Are you a Christian, Tolee?"

"Yup," said Tolee, "Both my parents were raised Christian. They died in an avalanche while they were on vacation in Switzerland when I was three, and I lived in the orphanage for most of my life. Well, until today, anyway."

"Wow," said Frank, "You were very brave just then, Tolee."

"What do you mean," asked Tolee.

"He means that usually, kids your age don't like to talk about the passing of their parents because it scares them," said Kitty.

"Well," said Tolee, "I was sad and cried a lot at first, but then I learned that they're not completely dead in spirit, since they had accepted Jesus as their Savior and are now living with him and God in Heaven, now it doesn't affect me as much anymore."

"Cool," said Beamer.

Later, after everyone had eaten, Tolee went upstairs to unpack his stuff, and Ongo helped. It wasn't long before they were all done.

"There, that's all done," said Ongo.

Just then, Bello and Goomo came into the room.

"Hey, Ongo," said Bello, "Goomo and I are going down to the game room to play foosball. Wanna play with us?"

"Sure," said Ongo.

"You guys have a game room," asked Tolee.

"Yup," said Goomo, "It's right this way. Come on!"

With that, the boys led Tolee downstairs to Ongo's room, which was in the basement. From there, they led him through an L-shaped hallway until they reached the game room and went straight to the foosball table. Tolee was amazed.

"How were you guys able to afford all this," Tolee asked.

"Frank's a potter," said Ongo, "He's got a studio in the backyard and owns a pottery shop in town where he sells everything he makes."

"Nice," said Tolee.

"And it's very popular around the locals," said Goomo, "which is why we're able to have all this stuff."

"Cool," said Tolee.

"Well," said Bello, "let's play!"

"Wait," said Tolee, "How am I supposed to play? I can't reach."

"Oh," said Bello, "I guess I never thought of that."

"Hold on, Tolee," said Ongo.

Ongo then left, and came back a few minutes later with a step stool, which he then placed on the spot Tolee was standing. Sure enough, when Tolee stood on it, he was able to reach it. Once Tolee was in position, the game officially began, and ended with Goomo and Bello beating Tolee and Ongo. They played two more matches until bedtime, and as Tolee slipped under his blankets, he took out Pandy.

"Well, Pandy," said Tolee, "We finally have a new home. You like it?"

Once again, Tolee made Pandy nod by moving his head back and forth.

"Me too, pal," Tolee said, "Me too."

Tolee then fell asleep, happy that he finally had a new home and a new family.

The End