Hamato Sirani (a tmnt little sister book)

Kitchen mishap

Day seven

"Hey, Siracha, wanna see some magic?" Leo grinned as they sat together at the breakfast table, waiting for Splinter to finish cooking the eggs.

She looked up from her bottle curiously. 

Magic?

Leo scooted up in his chair excitedly and held out his juice box. "See this apple juice?" He pointed at it. "I'm going to make it DISAPPEAR!"

Sirani didn't know what 'disappear' meant. Or 'apple juice'. But Leo seemed excited so she should be excited to. 

   Mikey leaned closer as well. 

Now that Leo had captured the younger two's attention, he was ready. 

  "Behold!" He took a huge sip of the juice, opened his mouth to show them it was there, and then waved his hands dramatically. Quickly, he swallowed it and open his mouth again. "Magic!" 

  Sirani's eyes were huge!

 How had he made the juice disappear?!

Where did it go?! 

She tried to stand up from her seat. 

Mikey was frowning curiously. 

Leo stood proudly, hands on his hips. "I know, I know, it's amazing." 

"Again!" Mikey ordered, slamming his hand on the table. 

 Sirani babbled something along those lines and copied Mikeys actions. She slammed her hand onto the table as confidently as she could. She NEEDED more

"I guess I'll give the people what they want!" Leo shrugged casually,  continuing his phony magic act. 

  "Mikey, E, that's not REAL." Donnie stressed, looking to his father for back up. When he received none he continued. "There's not such thing as magic. What it IS is science!" 

"No, it's magic!" Leo crossed his arms. 

"Science!"

  Raph watched Leo and Donnie argue back and forth, unsure of which side he should be on. On one side, he wanted to watch Sirani and Mikey be entrance by the trick, and on the other he wanted them to know that's all it was: a trick.

He decided the best bet was to watch it play out. 

Keep it neutral. 

"It's science and you know it!" Donnie yelled. 

"Im sorry that magic is too complex for you to understand." Leo rolled his eyes. "But they like magic more than they like science!" 

  "Not true! E sat with me yesterday while I read her a book about the digestive system!" 

"And she AND Mikey both sat with ME while we watched a magic show on tv!" 

"Tv doesn't count! Every kid likes Tv!"