"...this."
Rick opened his closet door to reveal an upside down laundry basket with a cinder block resting on it. Jim was about to ask what he was supposed to be looking at when he saw that the laundry basket was containing a small, one foot tall man. The little man had stark red hair and a pudgy build complete with a dark green suit. Jim stepped closer to get a better look at the man only to have Rick stop him.
"Not too close. He's a tricky one," warned Rick.
"What is it," asked Jim as he continued to look at the imprisoned man.
"What do you think it is, Jim?"
"It can't be that. Those aren't real," answered Jim. "Is this some kind of trick?" Jim continued to look at the little man, he was pretty sure that it wasn't a latex puppet or some other special effect.
"No, Jim, it's a real life leprechaun in my room. No tricks here, I caught him in my backyard this morning. You see, Jim, I've been after this guy for quite a while. I've seen him scampering about my yard at sunrise for the last 8 months and until now I haven't been able to catch him. I finally managed to catch him today by..."
"Excuse me," screeched the leprechaun causing Jim to jump back in surprise. "Your friend is finally here like you wanted so can we please get on with this!"
"Hold your horses, I was just getting to that," yelled Rick back at the captive leprechaun. "So anyway, I called you over here because in return for his freedom he is going to..."
