Thread:Thunderbird1InternationalRescue/@comment-25600892-20170522232640/@comment-25372003-20170530220908

Alright then:

Later, Gil was reading one of his Captain Underpants books when he noticed that the door to the basement was ajar.

"Dad must not have closed it all the way when he as done changing the lightbulb earlier," Gil thought.

Gil put a bookmark in his book, put it back on his bookshelf, and went to close the door, but was struck with an idea.

"Altough," thought Gil, "I've always wondered what was down there. Probably some old junk packed away in boxes. Still, I should take a look anyways."

Gil then ventured into the basement, where, much to his surprise, there wasnt' a lot of old junk packed away in boxes. In fact, everything that was in boxes was put on shelves. Among the things were a crib from when he and his older brother Ralph were babies, some of Gil's old books, toys, and games, and even a large white mass in a corner.

"Wow," said Gil, "look at all this stuff!"

First, Gil went over to a box that was labeled "Gil's Old Toys".

"Let's take a trip down Memory Lane first," said Gil.

Gil opened the box and found a toy Wiggles Musical Guitar.

"I remember this," said Gil, "this was one of my Christmas presents from Nana and Pappy when I was three."

Gil pressed a few buttons on the toy, and it sounded like it had just been turned on for the first time.

"I'm surprised it still works after all these years," said Gil.

Gil found some more Wiggles-themed toys as well as some photos of him holding them on his third birthday, which was themed around the famous Australian children's band.

"It's sad that Greg, Murray, and Jeff left," said Gil, "but at least Anthony's still with them! And I really can't complain about Emma, Lachy, and Simon, same with Sam."

Gil then turned his attention to the white heap in the corner.

"Let's see what's under that sheet," said Gil.

Gil took off the sheet and found a Hammond RT-2 organ.

"Wow," said Gil, "this is amazing! I wonder if it still works."

Gil plugged the organ in, dusted the bench off, and pressed a few keys. Sure enough, it produced beautiful-sounding music.

"Yup," said Gil.

Gil played the organ cover to The Doors' "Light My Fire", and soon finished.

"That was cool," said Gil.

"Hey," said a voice, "that was pretty good!"

Gil looked and saw Ralph, who had just gotten back from tennis practice.

"Hey, big bro," said Gil, "how long have you been standing there?"

"Not long," said Ralph, "I just got home from practice."

"Alright," said Gil.

"Man," said Ralph, "Mom and Dad forgot we even had this old thing."

"Yeah," said Gil, "do you know where we got it?"

"Dad said PAppy gave it to him as a wedding present on the day he and Mom got married," said Ralph, "Oh! Speaking of which, Mom called me as I was leaving the high school. She wanted me to tell you that Dad's working the graveyard shift tonight and that she's on her way to the airport to catch her flight to Vermont."

"Swell," said Gil, "So, what do we do for dinner?"

"How does pizza sound," asked Ralph.

"Sure," said Gil, "why not?"