TJ and Sam were playing a game of Capture the Flag. TJ was sneaking around the corner, and spotted Sam's flag.

"That little guy is nowhere to be seen," chuckled TJ to himself, "this is going to be a piece of cake." TJ didn't hear the snap of the twig his little brother stepped on while sneaking up on the fox--he was too engrossed in his apparent victory.

Just as TJ stepped out from his hiding hole, Sam called, "Freeze!" TJ stopped dead in his tracks. Sam pointed his Nerf gun at TJ, grinning evilly. "Where's your flag?" Sam asked.

TJ gulped. Wanting to be assured of victory, he had hidden the flag well--in the trunk of their mom's car. She had just left to the grocery store a few minutes before. "It's not here--it's in the car," TJ said.

Sam grinned. "I guess we'll need a replacement then." Sam thought for a few moments, "Your shorts should do the trick."

"Please, no." TJ pleaded to his brother, "everyone will see my..." TJ couldn't bring himself to say the "d-word", "my underwear..."

Sam chuckled again, "Hand them over, or I'll tell mom what a little cheater you are."

TJ, not wanting to get in trouble, slipped his shorts down, and handed them to his weaselly little brother. He tried to pull his shirt down over his "underwear" as his brother took him by the shoulder, and led him to the big tree in the field behind their house, calling out the victory song so everyone would regroup and begin a new round of the game.

Art ©  LilChu
TJ and Sam © me
Nerf © Parker Brothers
Capture the Flag © just about every kid in the world