"Well, sor....ry." He was in a huff then as he put things away. "What do you think I should do? Build an airplane and fly us out of here?"

"See, now that's thinking, you don't even want to think." She pointed a cutting knife at him.

"Watch it." He backed away then. "What's this for?" He held up the can of cat food. "We don't have a cat. In fact, I've never even seen a cat around these parts."

"Its my secret ingredient." She snapped the top off then.

"Are you serious?" He gave her a hard stare that she better not think about using that stuff.

Ellie looked at the texture of the canned meat. It smelled like tuna. It looked like chunky white tuna. Ellie smiled.

"What are you smiling about?"

"Dinner might be saved." She shrugged.

"Are you kidding me?"

"No."

"Don't tell me."

"I'm not. Go find a stupid TV show to watch. I'll tell you when its ready." Maybe she'd make tuna noodle surprise after all.