Five Strand of Rope 1

Day 1: Last Day of Summer

Alissa: Last summer, me and my brothers

Samuel Jr: My brothers and I

Alissa: Whatever. We spent the summer the way we always do,

Jeffery: At our grandpa's cabin.

Alissa: Yeah

Samuel Jr: While most kids are at some stupid camp

Alissa: Anyway me and my brothers

Jeffery: My brothers and I.

Alissa: Whatever

Samuel Jr: Whatever

Jeffery: We spent the summer learning old-fashioned and really cool ninja stuff... from our Japanese grandfather. Most days began the same way. Every morning he would wake us up with a different test. Grandpa's a kind of a goofball in a way. But when it comes to martial arts and stuff he's pretty cool

Michael: Yeah He could slaughter 50 guys in two seconds

Jeffery: Would you chill?

Samuel Jr: Shut up

Alissa: Keep going

Michael : We've been training since we were really little

Jeffery: You're still really little.

Michael: Jerk

Alissa: The summer was ending and we were going back to school. We all thought we were ready to be ninjas.

Jeffery: It's a good thing that we were, because that was a summer... that we would never forget.

Alissa: Hai-ya

Samuel Jr: Hai-ya

Jeffery: Hai-ya

Michael : Hai-ya Oooh

And Grandpa just disappeared in a puff of smoke and Samuel Jr says.

Samuel Jr: Where'd he go?

Jeffery: Where is he?

Grandpa: Yoo-hoo Up here

Alissa: Grandpa how'd you do that?

Grandpa: Next time, try attacking in a non-smoking section.

Jeffery: We almost had you

Michael : Yeah, we almost had you

Grandpa: Had me! Oh, Michael! -

Michael: What?

Grandpa: If I hadn't stopped the car, you would have been called "pancake" by now.

Michael: You would've stopped

Samuel Jr: Okay guys.

Alissa: What now?

Jeffery: Let's take him again

Grandpa: Ah, two lessons you have to learn from this battle. Number one: never attack... unless you're gonna win.

Jeffery : And lesson two

Grandpa: Don't climb a tree that's full of thorns

Alissa: Okay

Later We are sitting on a log and Grandpa pulls out a ugly looking mask.

Michael: Grandpa where'd you get that ugly mask

Grandpa: This mask my father gave to me on my day of names and I will continue this tradition with you

Samuel Jr: The "Day of Names" Grandpa

Michael: We already have names Grandpa

Grandpa: Ah you may have family names not ninja names