Any day may be proclaimed a holiday where our authors are concerned; and just what have they dreamed up for our ‘boys’ this time?
Not all of these stories were written with April Fools’ Day in mind, but that doesn’t stop them from being included as part of this collection.
Click on the title to reach the story.
April Fools’ Day (aka All Fools’ Day)
A Dark Night’s Tale by the Tahoe Ladies
Summary: Joe hears things that ‘bump’ in the night….
Rating: K Word Count: 1200
A Misconstrued Statement by Bluewind Farm
Summary: Hoss attempts an explanation to Ben of who is coming down the street, and why.
Rating: K+ 900 words
And So the Sad Tale Begins by JoanS
Summary: Ben comes home to find trouble in the house.
Rating: K 6,270 words
Does Clemmie Get Her Man? by Krystyna
Summary: Are the rumours and newspaper reports circulating among Virginia City’s citizens concerning Ben and Clementine Hawkins true? Or, might there be something more sinister afoot?
Rating: K+ 5,400 words
Fools Rush In by Donna
Summary” Two brothers brace themselves for the inevitable…or is it?
Rated T 1,100 words
He Had a Bad Day by Freyakendra
Summary: No bad day could ever compare to Joe’s bad day. Next time you have a bad day, read this and suddenly it won’t seem so bad after all!
Rated: K+ WC 6400
House Hunt (by BettyHT)
Summary: Retaliation for a prank leads to revenge and a mystery which relieves some of the boredom of a long snowy winter.
Rating: PG Word Count: 3,079
Indignity of it All (The) by Terina
Summary: A routine day of rounding up stays turns into a comedy of error for Adam.
Rated: T WC 1800
It’s a Serious Business Being Funny by The Giggly Sisters
Summary: A fond look at some classic comedy moments from life on the Ponderosa.
Rated: K+ WC 1500
Let’s Try That Again by Puchi Ann
Summary: Have you ever had a day that started on the wrong side of deluge of water . . . and went downhill from there? Join Little Joe Cartwright as he struggles to reach the end of one particularly problematic Monday.
Rating: K+ (15,600)
Physics 101 by Tahoe Ladies
Summary: Adam becomes the ‘butt’ of a joke…
Rated: K+ Word Count: 730
Rumor Has It by Bluewind Farm
Summary: What happens when Adam and Joe have time to kill until the stage arrives? A Chaps & Spurs Challenge inspired story.
1,030 words Rating: K+
Smelling a Rat by Heike
Summary: Rats in the classroom? Miss Jones sent her students home early, but is little Little Joe to blame for it?
WC 1700 Rating: K
Snipe Hunt (The) by SusanG
Summary: Joe pulls Hoss into another prank that could cost more than he bargained for.
Word Count: 27,300 Rated: T
Topsy Turvy by DebbieB & JennieA
Summary: When seventeen year old Joe wakes, the sun is shining bright, the birds are singing and everything is prefect in his world, that is until his bedroom door is pushed opened by a strangle little kid who looks somewhat like his older brother, Hoss. Ben suddenly appears, babe in arms and when his father refers to the infant as Little Adam, Joe realizes that his world has just been turned Topsy Turvy.
Rated: G 9,300 words
Topsy Turvy by JennieA & DebbieB
Summary: When seventeen year old Joe wakes, the sun is shining bright, the birds are singing and everything is prefect in his world, that is until his bedroom door is pushed opened by a strangle little kid who looks somewhat like his older brother, Hoss. Ben suddenly appears, babe in arms and when his father refers to the infant as Little Adam, Joe realizes that his world has just been turned Topsy Turvy.
Rated: G 9,300 words
Additional stories might be located via the following:
Humor Category
Think about it, when one of our boys had a bad day, was it really their fault? Might it just have been a prank gone wrong?