Thunder And Doctor Kroger Set Up A Basketball Team

 

      One day Dr. Kroger and Thunder were talking about putting a basketball team together while they 

were having tea.  She thought it would be a way of having recreational therapy for the clients.  Thunder

took a look at the list and realized for the most part they were young.  I might add that even though he 

had young patients for the most part they would try his nerves.  Truth be known that is exactly what he 

told Dr. Kroger.

       Doctor Kroger just reminded him that he was young once too.  They then looked over the list of the

twelve animals that were written down. 

       1.) Penelope the porcupine (quite fat from playing on the computer all the time.).

       2.) Fred the bullfrog, who had a fat gene.

       3.) Rod the snake, who let life slither by him.

       4.) Jeannie the cat, who sat by the road in diamonds.

       5.) Lucy a quail, who flew in the sky with diamonds.

       6.) Scott a Billy goat, who did too much grass until it went to his head.

       7.)  Paul the pig, who had a eating disorder from eating too many donuts.

        8.) Harry the Horse, who was just ran down.

         9.) Electra the Cat, who had very little activity other than going to eat, the bathroom, and going to                bed.

       10.  Rodney the Rooster, who sang every morning at the crack of dawn.

        11.  Sandy Stone the Canary, who whistles at everyone who crosses her path.

        12.  Angela Road the Squirrel, wife of famous race car driver Rocky Road.

                    Thunder was a little nervous about the group.  As he said he did not work well with young 

animals.  Doctor Kroger told him he could do it and those animals needed him.  Thunder became more 

hesitant as he went down the list.

                    He said, "Penelope could benefit from basketball, or any exercise program.  Then again, 

she was young and could grow out of her weight.  Then he inserted did you ever see a skinny 

porcupine? My prescription for her is more exercise less food."

                    Doctor Kroger just laughed at him and told him that he was just making up excuses.  She 

then told him Penelope stays on the team, now let's move on.

                   Thunder sighed as he said "The next would be Fred he is a bull frog. No amount of exercise 

will make him skinny.  Though it might make him want to quit smoking!"

                    Doctor Kroger said, "True and one should smoke until they're 101 if then.  He is in!"

                     Thunder moved on to the next one and just shook his head as he said, "this one suffers. 

from depression.   Depression from his parents' divorce in which he blames himself."

                      Doctor Kroger started to cry as she said, "it is much worse than that, they left him in the 

wild to fend for himself.  The poor tyke has been in and out of foster care ever since."

                        Together they agreed to make him part of the team.

                         Thunder then asked about Jeanie the cat.  He said, "from what the note says, she sounds 

like a homeless cat with no reason to live.  Her life sounds like that musical I did not care to much for.  

The one that imitates a group of stray cats lives."

                         Doctor Kroger smiled and agreed with him, but said, "this is life, not an imitation of 

life. She is in."

                          Then Thunder came to the next one, and said, Lucy is basicaly the same story but can 

afford drugs."

                             Doctor Kroger smiled and said, "her parents are rich and liked the Beetles.  Hence 

the name Lucy."

                             Thunder just frowned and said, Lucy can only be on the team as long as she is 

seeking some sort of drug treatment.  The moment that she was on any illegal drugs she was off the 

team."

                             To this Doctor Kroger agreed.

                              The next on the list was Scott the Billy Goat who was advised very strongly to stay 

off of the funny grass.  He was told basketball would not help if he was smoking the funny grass.  He 

was also advised to go to Narcotics Anonymous for help and was given a NA booklet.

                              Doctor Kroger agreed with all that Thunder had said, and placed Scott on the team.

                               The next on the list was a pig named Paul.  Paul was always eating donuts, chips, 

and drinking sugared sodas.  Thunder did not leave any room for argument for he knew it all.  He 

simply told Paul to exercise more and eat less. 

                               Before Paul left the  room to join the team Doctor Kroger sold him a diet book.

                               Thunder sighed as a colt named Harry came into the room.  If he did as much 

exercise as possible it would help.  Exercise would help him with his bouts of depression. He needed to

continue to receive therapy from him.  He advised him to buy a book on Childhood Depression from 

Doctor Kroger, and he was on the team.

                                  Thunder was surprised to see Electra Katt there.  After all she had the perfect 

parents.  As far as he knew she was acting like a normal child her age.  So he asked Doctor Kroger 

about her case.

                                     Doctor Kroger told him, "that while she seems to be a normal child at her age, 

there is no such thing as a NORMAL child.  There is also no such thing, no matter how hard you try as 

a Normal parent.  Electra suffers from the single child syndrome.  She constantly tries to be pleasing to 

her parents due to the fact that she is the only child."

                                  So Thunder let her on the team advising her to buy the book by Dr Kroger on Who To Please.

                                   Thunder was not pleased with Rodney being there.  All he saw was a early

 morning singer, what was he missing?  After all there was times when he would sing.  Of course 

Jimmy would always tell him to shut up.  So, he asked Dr Kroger what the scoop was.

                                    Doctor Kroger lovingly took Thunder aside, and told him, "that Rodney was

 autistic.  His singing in the morning would wake the neighbors up, and he would not shut up when he 

was asked to.  When he did shut up he did things no one else cared about.  He also had the oddest of

behaviors."  

                                  So they let Rodney on the team.

                                   The canary Sandy Stone was the next on the list.  Again, Thunder said,

"she is a canary, and canaries whistle so what is wrong with that?" 

                                    Doctor Kroger said, it's not just her whistling it is what she does while she is 

whistling.  She stocks people, then when people commit crimes the police go to her and she sings like 

the canary she is."

                                    Thunder said, "Fine let her in, but she must buy the criminology book How To

Sing Like A Canary."

                                   Then Thunder called the last contestant Angela Road, the squirrel.  At least 

Thunder knew Angela.  He knew Angela needed therapy, but wasn't she a little to old for this group?

                                    Doctor Kroger took him aside and strongly advised him to let her into this group.

At Doctor Kroger's advice he let her into the group.  He let her play basketball as long as she bought 

the book Living with Bipolar Depression by Robert Shapiro.

                                   A week later the team was together as happy as could be.  The outfits were hand 

made by Elektra's mother.  They all looked nice in there gold and black uniforms.  They were able to 

bypass the HIPPA laws to make measurements for the uniforms.  The basic law Thunder was 

concerned about was the gossip laws.  Any one at any age could break those laws, and they were 

broken daily.  

Paul D. Eccles