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."I’m Luke Skywalker," Jake said, bouncing down the ladder, "and you’re Darth Vader.""Why am I Darth Vader?""We have to duel for Princess Leia," he said, as he picked up the light saber and pointed it at my chest."Then I’ll be Princess Leia," I replied, stepping out of striking range.Even Jake would have to agree that my voice sounded a lot more like Carrie Fisher than James Earl Jones."You said you’d play any game I wanted, and now you’re taking it back.""I’m not taking it back.I just want to play a different part.""Noooo," he whined."Then who’s going to play Princess Leia?""Mommy.She always plays the princess."I couldn’t object to that.And it could’ve been worse.He could’ve forced me to play Chewbacca."Why don’t you let Sean and Tony guard your light saber while you change," Jill said, grabbing it by the blade before Jake could send a stack of freshly washed dishes crashing to the floor."I’ll be up in a minute to help you with your costume."Jill only had to threaten him twice more before he ran up to the loft."I suppose you’re going to tell me I have to change too?""I’m afraid so," Jill said."Anything black will do."That part would be easy.I trudged down to my tent and swapped my jeans and sweatshirt for black pants, a black wool sweater, and Captain Bailey’s black galoshes.When I returned to the cabin, Jake was jumping around the living room in his long underwear with one of Jill’s white button-downs, which reached to his knees, double belted around his waist.Sean and Tony were still playing cards at the dining room table."Don’t you guys have something better to do?""Not really," Tony said."We wanted to see the first female Darth Vader," Sean added, and grinned at me."Well, you’ve seen her.You can go now.""Spoil sport," Tony said, as he pushed back his chair."May the force be with you," Sean intoned, sending himself and Tony into a laughing fit as they made their way out the cabin door."Okay, Jake, let’s get this over with.""Your costume’s not finished."I looked down at my all black outfit."It looks finished to me.""You need a helmet," he said."Sorry, I left all my helmets back in L.A.""Mommy can make you one.""You look good," Jill said, when Jake and I joined her in the office."Thanks.I was afraid these pants would be tight, but all the hiking around the island must be working." I certainly wasn’t losing weight from my diet."I meant you make a good Darth Vader.""Oh." I wasn’t sure if that was a compliment or an insult."Don’t you have to put on your Princess Leia costume?" She was still wearing her khakis and flannel shirt."No, I’ve got a report I need to finish, so Princess Leia’s going to be hiding on another planet while you two duel to the death.""Excuse me, but has either of you even seen Episode VI?" I didn’t want to give away the ending if they hadn’t, but they needed to know that Luke doesn’t kill Vader.He only dies because he forces Luke to take his helmet off."I meant pretend death," she said."Come with me."Jake and I followed her into the kitchen, where she placed a large silver mixing bowl upside down on top of my head.I had to push the rim up just to see."What’s this for?""That’s your helmet," Jake said.I turned to Jill, who nodded confirmation."Isn’t Darth Vader’s helmet supposed to be black? Besides, it’s too big." I shook my head from side to side so the bowl slid around."See.It’ll fall off as soon as I move." Not to mention I no doubt looked like an idiot with a mixing bowl on my head!"Well, sometimes we have to use our imagination when we dress up.Right, Jake?""Right," he said, and made the "wah" sound as he flipped the switch on his light saber, causing the white plastic blade to glow fluorescent green.I lifted the mixing bowl off my head and set it on the counter."Well, I can’t fight without a light saber." I’d hoped I’d found the fatal flaw in their make-believe plan.What was Jill going to substitute—a rolling pin? I’d clobber the kid.The ever resourceful Jill just pulled the cardboard tubes out of two paper towel rolls and cinched them together with duct tape."You’re giving me a cardboard light saber? There’s no way I can win with this."Jill gave me a quizzical look."Sydney, he’s six."Oh right.I was new to this big sister stuff.Jill packed the paper towel rolls with balled-up scrap paper to keep them from getting crushed, then covered the cylinder with red construction paper, and drew a black handle on one end.After Jill finished my light saber, Jake insisted I put my helmet back on.I argued that since my hair was dark, I didn’t need one, but ultimately agreed to put it to a vote.I lost two-to-one along family lines.After I twisted my hair into a bun, Jill grabbed another belt and used it to fasten the mixing bowl to my head.When Jake complained that I was missing the cape, Jill returned with a black rain slicker, the arms of which she tied around my neck.Once I donned my sunglasses, Jill pronounced my outfit complete and Jake pulled me outside to the trail."We can pretend it’s a walkway on the ship.""You mean the one in Episode V where Darth tells Luke he’s his father?" I always loved that scene."I don’t know," Jake whined.Jake may have had the better outfit, and definitely the cooler light saber, but clearly I was the bigger fan.After I followed him down the hill to a small flat area where the wood planks hadn’t yet buckled, he stopped and pointed the light saber at my head."Release the Princess now, Vader, or prepare to die."That line didn’t even sound familiar."Time out," I said, and lowered my paper towel rolls."What episode are we in?""Sydneeeeey! You’re ruining it.""I’m sorry, Jake, but I need to know my motivation.I can’t play Darth Vader if I don’t know what’s going on.""We fight and Luke Skywalker kills the evil Darth Vader and saves the Princess.""You know it doesn’t happen like that in any of the movies, right?""Sydneeeey!""All right, all right.I’ll just follow your lead."Jake made the "wah" sound again and raised his light saber, and I raised mine."Are you going to release the Princess?" he asked."No," I said, lowering my voice in my best Darth Vader imitation.I even added some heavy breathing to replicate the sound effects."If you want the Princess, then you’ll have to kill me to get her.""Then prepare to die," he said and jabbed me in the chest."Ow! That hurt."Jake stabbed me again, this time in the stomach.So I raised my light saber and dueled.His plastic saber was stronger than my cardboard one, but I had the height advantage [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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