AAOOOSC! Playoffs

A few weeks later, Tuukka is outside on his front yard, sitting on a chair behind a table, looking like as if he's selling lemonade. He is selling something, but it's not lemonade, he's selling ponies.
"Mo-w..." El Choowe looks down at its ponies ready to be sold; they are in wide, yet shallow cardboard box.
"Don't worry, Pony." Tuukka pats its back. "We keep two ponies!"
"'Ow...!" It licks all fifteen ponies then yells in a high-pitched voice, "EL CHOOWE!!!" It sneezed, jumping in the air for a moment, spraying sparkling orange dust on its ponies.
"Pony, you okay?" Tuukka's gray eyes are wide.
"'Ow!" El Choowe smiles at him.
"Tuukka never saw you do that."
"Ohhh..." El Choowe looks around its surroundings.
Then, their first customers strolled along.
"Oh, what are you doing here, Tuukka?" Antti asks, looking down at him.
"Pony selling," Tuukka replies.
Antti makes a confused look. "What?"
"En myy ponit," Tuukka rephrases in Finnish. (I am selling ponies)
"Ja ne ovat söpöjä ponit!!!" Jonna squeals, holding up a teal pony with an orange-colored mane. (And they're cute ponies!)
Antti looks at the pony his wife is holding with a surprised look. "Mistä sait kaikki nämä ponit?" (Where did you get all of these ponies from?) He turns to Tuukka with a confused look.
"Minun poni." Tuukka brushes El Choowe's mane with his fingers. (From my pony)
"Eikö se Peyton Manningin poni?" Antti points to El Choowe. (Isn't that Peyton Manning's pony?)
"Ei, se on nyt minun, ei hänen." Tuukka pulls El Choowe closer to him. (No, it's now mine, not his)
"Saammeko tämän ponin, kiitos? Se on niin söpö, en kestä jättää taakse! Ole hyvä, Antti, kiitos?" Jonna looks at her husband with begging eyes. (Can we get this pony, please? It is so cute, I cannot bear leaving it behind! Please, Antti, please?)
"En usko, että voimme huolehtia lemmikin, varsinkin hevonen." (I do not think we can take care of a pet, especially a horse)
"Poni," Tuukka corrects. (Pony.)
"Oikea, tiedät mitä tarkoitan." (Right, you know what I mean.)
"Älä viitsi, Antti, katsokaa tämä pieni söpö poni! Katsokaa sitä!" Jonna holds the pony close to Antti's face. (Oh, come on, Antti, look at this little cute pony! Just look at it!)
Antti stares into its big black eyes for a moment, then turns around with a worried look. "Oh my, miksi se on niin söpö?" (Oh my, why is it so cute?)
"Haluat poni, sitten?" Tuukka has his fingers interlaced on the table. (You want the pony, then?)
Jonna looks at Antti with a begging look. Antti looks at Jonna with a flat look. He then turns to Tuukka.
"Hyvä on, otamme sen." (Alright, we'll take it)
"Kyllä! Kiitos, kiitos, kiitos, Antti!" Jonna gives Antti a kiss on his cheek. "Älä huoli, minä hoidan sen!" She scruffs the pony's mane. (Yes! Thank you, thank you, thank you, Antti! Do not worry, I will take care of it!)
"Paljonko se on?" (How much is it for?)
"No, olet onnea, koska siellä on myynnissä tänään: osta yksi vapaa myynti!" Tuukka flashes a big smile. "Toisin sanoen, voit jättää nyt! Hei-hei!" (Well, you're in luck, because there is a sale today: buy one free sale! In other words, you can leave now! Bye!)
"Kiitos, Tuukka!" Jonna waves at him as she walks away with Antti and the pony in hand.
Tuukka looks at El Choowe. "Yksi poni alas, neljätoista mennä!" (One pony down, fourteen to go!)
"M-oooow..." El Choowe looks ahead with an exhausted look.
A few minutes later, more customers came along.
"Hey there, Tuukka!" Sidney waves at Tuukka.
"Whoa, look, it's Tuukka Rask!" Nathan looks at him with a shocked look while walking up to him. "You're a great goalie!"
"Uhhh...thanks." Tuukka smiles.
"What are you doing here?" Sidney holds Bubby Jr. in his arms.
"Tuukka selling ponies."
"Oh yea, I remember you got a pony in Sochi! Tuukka with a pony, now that's funny! Uh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh!"
Tuukka and Nathan look at Sidney as if he suddenly is speaking a different language.
"Sorry, guys, I couldn't help it--" Sidney looks down at his arms and saw that Bubby Jr. is gone. "Oh no, where did Bubby Jr. go?" Terror begins to grow in Sidney's expression.
"'Owwwwww!!!" El Choowe taps two ponies with its hoof.
"Ponies have gorilla." Tuukka points to the box.
Sidney and Nathan peer down, seeing a white pony with a golden mane and hooves tugging on one of Bubby Jr.'s arms with another pony that is maroon-colored with a cream-colored mane and light blue hooves. "Hey, stop it ponies!"
"That pony has the Avalanche's color!" Nathan picks up the pony he is talking about. The other pony in the box lets go of Bubby Jr. "Would you be so kind and give Sidney back his gorilla?"
"M-ow." The pony opens its mouth, letting Bubby Jr. falling into Sidney's arms.
"Yay! Thanks, Nathan!" Sidney hugs Bubby Jr.
"I want this pony!" Nathan pets the pony's mane.
"You can have pony free!" Tuukka tells him.
"Really? Awesome!" Nathan turns to Sidney. "Are you gonna get a pony?"
"I don't know..." Sidney looks down at the ponies. "If you got a pony with your team's colors, I want a pony with the Penguins's colors... Aha!" Sidney picks up the pony that was tugging Bubby Jr. with now Nathan's pony. "Aw, but it's the one that was about to pull Bubby Jr. apart!"
"Same here with my pony! Just get it!"
"Yea, listen to friend, Sid," Tuukka says.
"Hey, what's going on here?" Jonathan walks next to Sidney with Patrick, Pekka, and Jonas following behind him.
"Tuukka's selling ponies!" Nathan tells them.
"Ooo...let's see what pony likes chips!" Jonas pulls out a chip from his bag of chips and puts it in the cardboard box.
Every pony ignores the chip except for a red-colored pony with an orange mane and black hooves; it eats the chip in one gulp.
"Oh, okay, I'll have you!" Jonas picks up the red pony and feeds it some more chips.
"Man, now this is an interesting thing to buy..." Patrick looks down at the ponies. He sees a white pony with a red mane and black hooves making some squeaking noises. "Oh man, dude, this is like the cutest thing ever!" Patrick picks it up.
"I'm gonna have this pony!" Pekka picks up the biggest pony out of the bunch, which is gray with a dark blue mane and yellow hooves. "Ah, it's so cute!"
"Which pony are you gonna have, Jonny?" Sidney asks.
"Hmmm..." Jonathan looks down at the ponies with inquiring eyes. "I'll have this one!" He picks up a dark purple pony with a silver mane and black hooves. "My daughter'll love it!"
"Okay, I'll keep my pony then since all of us now have ponies!!! Yay!" Sidney smiles happily.
"But man, how much for all of this?" Patrick asks.
"Free..." Tuukka says.
"Tuukka said that the ponies are for free!" Nathan says.
"Oh, cool, thanks, Tuukka!" Jonathan waves at him and walks away; the other follow him.
"Tuukka make sign." Tuukka leans over to the box that is next to him and pulls out a yellow poster and a thick sharpie marker. He uncaps it and holds it in his left hand; Tuukka turns to El Choowe. "What should sign say?"
"M-ow, m-ow, 'ow!" El Choowe replies.
"No, that don't help. I know..." Tuukka begins to write with big letters. "Buy ponies for free. Take care of ponies with love, carrots, and sleep." He caps his marker and looks down at his work with pride. "There." He leans over and grabs masking tape. He rips three pieces and tapes the sign on the edge of the table. "Okay, we good." He sits back down with a smile.
A few minutes later, three customers come along.
"Hello, there Tuukka," Martin greets.
"Hi. You want ponies?" Tuukka points to the box full of ponies.
"Ponies?!" Cam rushes to the box and picks up a gray pony with a red mane and black hooves. "This one's mine!!!" He jumps up and down with it, looking like he's about to explode with excitement.
"Great, now we're being sidetracked by ponies." Martin sighs.
"C'mon, Brodeur, I know you want one!" Cam says happily.
"Can the ponies have maple syrup?" Bernier asks Tuukka.
"Tuukka know that ponies like carrots."
"Hmmm..." Bernier pulls out a maple leaf cookie and places it inside the cardboard box.
A blue pony with a white mane and hooves starts devouring it.
"That's my pony." Bernier picks it up and feeds it more cookies.
"Fine, I'll have this pony." Martin picks up a red pony with a black mane and hooves.
"And they're for free!" Cam says, reading Tuukka's sign.
"Right!" Tuukka smiles.
"Thank you, Tuukka," Bernier tells him.
"You welcome."
"Let's go back to the base now, boys." Martin begins to walk away; Cam and Bernier follow him.
"Even police like Pony's ponies!" Tuukka tells El Choowe.
"'Ow!" El Choowe says.
"You want food?" Tuukka pulls out a carrot and holds it out towards El Choowe for it to chew on. "We have...neljä ponies. We do good, right, Pony?" Tuukka looks at El Choowe, who is too busy eating. "Okay, Tuukka don't bother you." (...four...)
"Hey there, man!" David Krejčí says in a Jamaican accent, playing with his dreads. "Whatcha doin'?"
"Tuukka selling ponies... You want?"
David turns to Patrice, who was next to him, wearing sunglasses. "You wanna pony?"
"Sure, don't mind if I do." Patrice peers into the box and pulls out a white pony with yellow hair and black hooves. "I'll take this one."
David looks inside the box as well. "This one's perfect!" He pulls out a yellow pony with a black mane that is in dreads and black hooves.
"Okay! That good." Tuukka smiles.
Patrice reads the sign, pushing his sunglasses down the bridge of his nose. "Ooo, and for free! Sweet!" He pushes his sunglasses back up.
"Thank ya, Tuukka! Bye!" David walks away, singing the Jammin' by Bob Marley; Patrice walks along with him.
"David turned to singing dude," Tuukka tells pony. "He got dreads."
"M-ow ow," El Choowe agrees.
Another customer comes along.
"Hi ya guys!" Jonas Gustavsson greets.
"Tuukka beat you. Ha." Tuukka smiles slyly at the Red Wing.
"That ain't nice now. But, whatcha doin'?"
"Selling pony."
"Ponies?" Jonas walks up to the table and peers into the box. "They are little cuties!"
"MEH!!!" A red and white pony sticks out its tongue, making a freaky look.
"Especially that one!" Jonas picks up that pony. "This once's mine!"
"Good, take it."
"For free?"
"Read sign." Tuukka points to the sign.
Jonas reads the sign. "For free! Thanks!" He walks away with the pony.
Tuukka lets out a sigh of relief. "Tuukka happy that freaky pony is gone."
"Mehhh..." El Choowe narrows its eyes at Tuukka.
"Sorry, Pony. Tuukka didn't like that pony."
"M-ow..."
So the day goes on but no one else interested in ponies did not buy that one last green and golden pony.
"Oh well, no one wants this pony." Tuukka holds up the lonely pony. "We keep, okay?"
"M-ow!!!" El Choowe jumps up and down happily.
"Okay, good. We go now. Let's go." Tuukka brings the two ponies into the house, letting them join the other two ponies that were inside his house. He then brings down his little 'stand' and goes back into this house.
To be continued in AAOOOSC!: The Mission

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