"why are you beeping?" asked Marius "they have stopped you taking orders now haven't they, you dont need chores now you are a free agent."
They walked to the park, talking. For reasons Marius could not explain talking with Gracie made him feel very content, maybe because unlike most humans she never wanted anything from him.
When they got to the area where Mb and the dwarfs were, his good mood was broken. He knew when the words sugar and soda were mentioned it was a bad thing. the commotion before his eye was typical in the life Of Marius.
Doc (normally the most sensible of the dwarfs) was stood on a box while bent over a trash can being very, while not far away Happy was finding this so funny he was on the floor laughing. Not far away Sleepy was sleeping in-between a set of automated doors that were banging him in the head, while across the way Grumpy was making all kinds of bad language because someone had pinned him to a dart board.
that left MB, Bashful, Sneezie and Dopey who had got themselves so many sodas it was hard to count and had started a farting and burping contest.
"sigh! you know considering these guys are older than my grandfather you would think they would learn to grown up!. It's no wonder Snow is so good at dealing with naughty kids."