~~~

Poppy, Branch, Barb, Cooper & D, Biggie, Legsly, Smidge, And Riff Went Out To Find Hickory.

"Anyone Spot Him???"
Poppy Looked Through Her Binoculars.

"Nope"
Smidge Replied.

"Nah"
Barb Replied.

"Nowhere"
Biggie Replied.

"Meep-"
Dinkles Saw Hickory In Sight.

"WHERE!? WHERE?!?!?!"
Poppy Had Her Binoculars Looking At Branch's Butt.

".___."
Branch Moved Her Head Up To Where Hickory Was Spotted.

"Ohhhhh! THERE HE IS!"
Poppy Finally Saw.

Branch Facepalms.
"🤦‍♂️"

Poppy Took Out Her List.
"Okay On This List I Wrote Down What Gets Hickory Annoyed. First We'll Try Contant Singing While Doing Silly Stuff Around Him. Everyone Got It?"

"GOT IT!"
Everyone Replied.

"Gotchu!"
D Held Up A Sledgehammer.

Poppy Blinks.
"Uhhhh D, That Won't Be Necessary"

"Dang Girl, Why You Gotta Mess With My Hype Like That"
D Threw The Sledgehammer Away At A Bird.

"SQUAWK-"
The Bird Died.

"Don't Sweat It Brotha 😔"
Cooper Pats D's Back.

"......I Can See How You Two Are Related-"
Barb Said.

"LET'S GO!"
Poppy Zoomed Away.

Hickory Picked Up Some More Wheats For Himself.

Hickory Looked At Himself In A Puddle And Sighed.

"HICKORY! :D"
Poppy Popped Up.

"AH! What In The Horseshoe- Poppy?"
Hickory Said.

"HEYYYYYYYY HICK MA BOY!"
Poppy Waved Rapidly.

"Was There Somethin' You Want?"
Hickory Asked.

"Oh Noooo Not Really. Just Wondering Why That Frown Isn't Upside Downnn"
Poppy Poked His Cheek.

"What?"
Hickory Raised His Eyebrow.

"I'm Saying Why Aren't Ya Smiling? It's A Beautiful Day!"
Poppy Grinned Wide.

"Oh Uh, Cause-"
Hickory Said.

"Causeeeeee?"
Poppy Said.

"Cause- It's Personal Things I'm Goin' Through Young Gal. Alright?"
Hickory Said.

"Ahhh, So There IS Something Bothering You!"
Poppy Said.

Hickory Rolled His Eyes.
"Poppy, I'm Ain't Talking To You About This"

Hickory Walked Away.

Poppy Smirks And Turns To The Gang.
"Perfect! Okay Guys, That's Our Cue! 👍"

Poppy Jumped In Front Of Hickory.
🎵 Why move so fast?🎵

Hickory Stopped.

🎵 Lets take our foot up off the gassss🎵
Poppy Mimicked A Car Driving.

Hickory Raised His Eyebrow.

🎵 Slow down the motor and relax
Have fun
Be wild
And love!
Soakin all the little things up!🎵

Suddenly, The Gang Circled Around Hickory Doing Silly Stuff.

🎵 I just Wanna make you smile for me!🎵

🎵 Smiiiiile for meeee!🎵

🎵 All I wanna do is make ya ya-🎵

🎵 I wanna make you smile
for me!🎵

🎵 Smiiiiiile for meeee!🎵

🎵 Every thing is better when ya ya ya ya-🎵

🎵 Smiiiiileeeee!🎵

🎵 All i wanna do is make ya ya ya ya ya-🎵

🎵 Smiiiiileeee!🎵

🎵 When you do, I do it with ya ya ya ya!🎵

Hickory Watched Them, Not Smiling.

Branch Rode A Tricycle Around Him.
🎵 Take out the traaaash, load it up leave it in the paaaast!🎵

"WHOA WHOA OOF-"
Branch Fell Off.

🎵 Start over feel the breeze!🎵
Biggie Jumped Roped While Having 12 Books On His Head.

🎵 The sun!🎵
Smidge Juggled 4 Glasses Of Milk.

🎵 Its free to love!🎵
Legsly Bounces Up And Down With Her Long Legs On A Pogo Stick.

🎶 Soakin all the simple things up 🎶
D Filled His Mouth With Dumplings.

Cooper Slapped A Pie In Branch's Face. 🥧

🎵 I just wanna make you smile for me!🎵

🎵 Smiiiiile for meeee!🎵

🎵 Every thing is better when ya ya ya ya-🎵

🎵 Smiiiiile!🎵

🎵 All I wanna do is make ya ya ya ya-🎵

🎵 Smiiiiile!🎵

🎵 When you do, I do it with ya ya ya ya!🎵

Hickory Wasn't Amused.
"😐"

🥁 You like it don't ya!🥁
Riff Played His Drum Sticks On Hickory's Head.

Barb Shot Confetti At Hickory.
🎸 Looks so good on ya! 🎸

Poppy Stuck Her Tounge At Him.
🎵 I love it when you smiiiileeee! 😝🎵

(Photo Art From Lee_La_Jolie)

Hickory Just Stood There, Still Not Smiling.
"😕"

Poppy Stopped.
"CMON BUD SMILE! 😜🤪"
She Did A Funny Face Towards Him.

Hickory Moved Back.
"I Know What You're Doin' Poppy. And It's Not Gonna Work"

Hickory Walked Away From Them.

"Dangit-"
Poppy Faceplams.

"Well That Failed"
Branch Said.

"Oh Well"
Barb Shrugs.

"Don't Worry, There's Still Another Thing We Can Try"
Poppy Took Out Her List.

~~~

At The Karaoke Club, Poppy Had A New Idea To Get Hickory To spiLl tHe tEa. ☕

"NO NO LET ME GO! THERE'S NO WAY I'M DOING THIS YOU CRAZIES!"
Dickory Shouts.

Poppy And Branch Was Dragging Dickory Backstage.

"C'mon Dickory! One Of The Things That Gets Hickory Annoyed Is When You Square Dance"
Poppy Said.

"THATS THE PROBLEM! You Don't Understand When He's Angry! HIS TEMPER IN YELLING GOES EXTREME!!!!"
Dickory Said.

"And That's Exactly What We Want"
Branch Said.

Dickory Sighed.
"I'll Never Understand Pop Trolls's Way Of Life....."

Poppy Peaked Through The Curtain.

Hickory Was At A Table By Himself, Drinking Some Apple Cider Shots.

"There He Is!"
Poppy Points.

Branch Saw.
"Okay, So What Do We Do"

Poppy Put A Cowboy Hat On Branch.

Branch Blinks.
"Uhhhh- What?"

Poppy Was Wearing A Cowgirl Outfit.
"Did I Mention Me And You Are Joining Dickory In The Square Dancing?"

".....Oh Sweet Cheese N Sardines..."
Branch Sighed.

🔊 ALRIGHT KARAOKE CLUB, LET'S GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO QUEEN POPPY, BRANCH, AND DICKORY TO PERFORM................THE SOUTH SQUARE DANCE ROUTINE!🔊

Hickory Heard That.
"What???????"

The Audience Claps As The 3 Come Onto Stage.

Hickory Glared At His Brother.
"Dickoryyyy -.-"

Dickory Sweats.
"Heh, Heyyyyy"

"You Know How I Feel About Your Square Dancin! -.-"
Hickory Formed A Fist.

Dickory Chuckles Nervously.
"HEH HEH HEH.........oh gosh"

"HOWDY PARTNERS! IT'S TIME FOR THE SQUARE DANCE SOUTB ROUTINE! WHICH WILL HAVE SOME HOOTIN' AND HOLLERIN'! WHOOOOO! YEAH! BANG BANG BANG! COWBOY NOISES AND SUCH YAYYYYY! YEEE-HAWWW"
Poppy Shouted.

The Crowd Didn't React.

Branch Cringed At Poppy's Imitation.
"🤦‍♂️....."

"Y-YEAHHHH! SO NO GUY NAMED HICKORY, SPECIFICALLY MY BROTHER, SHOULD NOT GET MAD AT ME CAUSE THIS WASN'T MY IDEA HAHAHAHAHA"
Dickory Laughed Out Loud.

Hickory Crossed His Arms.
"-.-"

"START THE BEAT! 🤠"
Poppy Cues.

A Country Banjo Riff Started To Play.

"WHOO! PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER!"
Poppy Yelled.

The Audience Slowly Clapped Along.

Poppy Started Singing.
🎵 Ain't no place it ain't goin' onnn-🎵

🎵 It's goin' around like a vagabooond🎵

🤠 It gets in your bones like you caught the fluuuu 🤠
Dickory Joined In.

🤠 Nah, there ain't no cuuuure!🤠
Dickory Sung.

🎵 You just gotta move when you feel the groove!🎵
Poppy Sang.

The 3 Began Square Dancing.

🎵 Now people on the left!🎵
Poppy Points To The Right.

🎵 On the left Ya'll!🎵
Branch Sung.

🎵 Shake your south side!🎵

🤠 People on the right!🤠
Dickory Points To The Right.

🎵 Everybody on the right siiing!🎵
Branch Sung.

🎵 Shake your south side!🎵

🎵 Every single girl!🎵
Poppy Sang.

🎵 Every single giiirrrllll~🎵
Branch Sung.

🎵 Shake your south side!🎵

🤠 🎵 All around the wooorld!🎵 🤠
Poppy And Dickory Sang.

🎵 All around the worlddddd!🎵
Branch Sung.

🎵 Shake your south side!🎵

Hickory Groaned And Stood Up.
"-.- Poppy! Gal, Whatever You're Trying To Do, Stop It! This Ain't The Time-"

"CMON HICKORY! DANCE ALONG!"
Poppy Smiled Wide.

Hickory Glared.

"UNLESSSS THERES A REASON NOT TOOOOOO 😏"
Poppy Smirks.

Hickory Formed 2 Fists.
"Enough!"

"SPEED IT UP NOW!"
Poppy Shouted.

The Music Sped Up.

🤠 People on the left!🤠

🤠 Shake your south side!🤠

🤠 People on the right!🤠

🤠 Shake your south side!🤠

🤠 Every single girl!🤠

🤠 Shake your south side!🤠

🤠 All around the world

🤠 All around the wooorrrrld!🤠

🤠 Shake your south side!🤠

Branch And Dickory Danced To The Pace Of The Song On Stage.

While Poppy Dance Around Hickory.

"Dance Hick! Cmonnn!"
Poppy Said.

Hickory Held In His Temper.
"No 😤"

The Music Went Faster.

🤠 People on the left!🤠

🤠 Shake your south side!🤠

🤠 People on the right!🤠

🤠 Shake your south side!🤠

🤠 Every single girl!🤠

🤠 Shake your south side!🤠

🤠 All around the world

🤠 All around the wooorrrrld!🤠

🤠 Shake your south side!🤠

Branch And Dickory Couldn't Keep Up With The Song.

"I-I-I CAN'T KEEP UP!"
Branch Danced Fastly.

"TOO FASTTTTT!!!"
Dickory Yelled.

Poppy Poked Hickory While Dancing Alot Around Him.

"SPILL HICKORY!"
Poppy Said.

"N-NO! 😤😤😤"
Hickory Held It In.

"CMONNNN!!!"
Poppy Said.

"NO! STOP IT...."
Hickory Squints His Eyes.

Poppy Danced More.
"CMON! TELL ME! WHAT IS BOTHERING YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW!"

"ENOUGH POPPY! 😠"
Hickory Said.

Poppy Went Close To Hickory's Ear.
"TELL MEEEEE!!!!!!!"

"ME AND DELTA SPILT APART!!!!!!!!"
Hickory Finally Blurted Out Loud.

Everyone Gasped As The Music Stopped.

"And We All Oop :O"
A Random Spider Said.

Poppy Eyes Widen At His Reveal, As She Started To Frown.

Hickory Glared At Everyone Angrily And Stormed Out The Karaoke Club.

Dickory's Pants Fell Down.