Thanks TogetherAgain,
Chapter five
‘Muppet Babies it’s going to be just like Muppet Babies living with Drusilla, Robin thought. ‘Drusilla's probably going to be just like Baby Piggy. As I already didn’t have girl troubles!'
Pepe and Rizzo quietly left Robin’s room snickering.
“D’at was kind of mean to tease him like d’at," Rizzo said.
“Si, si, but the look on his face was priceless okay?" Pepe said laughing. It was at that moment that Kermit had just come up the stairs and heard Pepe’s comment.
“The look on whose face?" Kermit asked him.
“Uh Kermin! What are you doing here?" Pepe asked.
If Kermit had eyebrows and was able to arch one of them he would of, but since he didn’t have eyebrows he crossed his arms instead.
Rizzo sighed, Kermit was going to find out anyway. “We was just teasing Robin about Drusilla," Rizzo said, then he went on to tell Kermit what had been said. Kermit shook his head in disbelief.
“Not funny guys!" he said. “Piggy and I want Robin and Drusilla to be friends and that’s not going to happen if Robin’s going to be afraid to go near her!" he said before going into Robin’s room. Robin was sitting on his bed imagining how horrible it was going to be living with Drusilla.
“Robin?" Kermit said tapping him on the shoulder.
“Ahh!" Robin cried jumping off the bed. “Get away from me! I don’t want to be kissed!"
“Robin!u201D Kermit said sternly.
“Oh Uncle Kermit! I thought you were Drusilla for a minute.”
“Robin, Pepe and Rizzo were just teasing you.”
“But what if she’s just like Miss Piggy was in Muppet Babies!"
“Muppet Babies was just a cartoon show. I didn’t meet Miss Piggy and the other until much, much later in life.”
“But what about the time we spent Christmas at Mrs. Bear’s house and saw that old home movie of you and the other as babies celebrating your first Christmas together?"
Kermit looked up and started into space for a few seconds before saying “That’s not important right now. What is important is giving people a chance before you meet them.”
“I guess so," Robin said sounding unsure.
“Why don’t we call Piggy and ask her what Drusilla’s like and you two can talk on the phone," Kermit said.
“OK at least she can’t hug and kiss me though the phone," Robin said.
Kermit scrunched his face, but didn’t say anything.
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Piggy and Drusilla were walking along the beach.
“Why don’t we set and rest for awhile," Piggy said leading herself and Drusilla to a large rock. Drusilla opted to set on the sand instead. They both sat in silence. Piggy couldn’t help thinking about last night
“Listen” Gideon had said. ‘What did he mean? Was he trying to tell me something or did he want me to listen to something?" She looked down at Drusilla. The little piglet had found a small piece of driftwood and was drawing a picture in the sand. Suddenly the tune of the ‘Entertainer’ broke the silence. Piggy took her phone, Kermit was calling.
“Hello Kermit.”
“Hi Piggy. Robin and I are almost ready to go, but Robin was wondering what Drusilla was like.”
Piggy almost dropped her phone as Kermit said the last part.
“Oh Kermit! I forget to tell you when I called earlier. Drusilla has PDD.”
“OK, what is that?"
“It stands for Pervasive Developmental Disorder.”
“Oh," Kermit said for lack of a better word. He wasn’t expecting that. “And that is?"
Piggy sighed “PDD is a group of disorders that have delays in the development of socialization and communication skills. Gideon says…I mean said, Gideon said she’s more of a prodigious savant because she a prodigy when it comes too art, memory, and math.”
“OK so is PDD like autism? Can she talk?"
“It’s sort like autism, but it’s not. She sometimes has trouble using and understanding language and she also has trouble relating to people and things. She can talk though, some days she’s fine and other days…”Piggy trailed off for moment looking down at the little piglet. Drusilla had stopped drawing in the sand and was now laying flat on her stomach looking out at the ocean.
“Piggy?" Kermit said as he rubbed the back of his head this put a whole new light on the Drusilla situation.
“She's in her own little world and now with Gideon gone if she goes back into that world she may never want to leave it.”
“We’ll help her, Piggy all of us will. It’ll be OK Piggy. Everything will be OK.”
“When will you be leaving?"
“Soon, I’ll call you when we board the train.”
“Alright goodbye Kermit.”
“Bye Piggy.”
Robin knew something had to be wrong by the way his uncle’s face had changed, the tone of his voice.
“Uncle Kermit?" Robin said once Kermit was off the phone. “Is something wrong?"
“No," Kermit said slowly. This wasn’t going to be easy. “Robin, do you know what autism is?"
“Yes, I learned about it in Frog Scouts. Mrs. Appleby’s grandson Willard has autism.”
“Drusilla has something like autism called PDD. You see she has trouble talking and understanding what people are saying and she might act differently then your friends do.”
Robin nodded.
“And that might seem funny…”
“I wouldn’t make fun her," Robin said understanding what his uncle was trying to say. “Why would I? I never make fun of anyone. I don’t even laugh when Fozzie tells a joke. Gee Uncle Kermit, I may not want her to hug and kiss me, but I’m not going to make fun of her just because she different," the little frog said sounding insulted.
Kermit sighed Robin was still convinced that Drusilla was going to fall in love with him, but at least he knew better then to make fun of her or anyone else. “Are you all packed yet?"
“Almost, I still have to pack some toys.”
“Did you pack your suit?"
“Yes.”
“Pajamas?"
“Yes.
“Good, come down stairs when you’re ready.”
“OK, Uncle Kermit."
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