He peeked his head in, when he heard his name being called."Hallooo Fred!"
The voice was coming from high up by the ceiling.
Fred craned his head up and spotted a little yellow star shaped thing waving ecstatically.
"Fred! Halloo, its me Steve, the wild and wonderful, fantabulous explorer, death-defying acrobat, Steve Starshine!" Steve shouted from his great distance.
Fred looked up at this little yellow star in complete bewilderment.
"That's Steve, isn't it?" thought Fred, "what is he doing?"
Fred couldn't hear what he was shouting very well.
Fred just kept his eyes straining up to see what was happening.
"I, the dangerous, life enhancing Steve Starshine, will be performing my most dangerous feat yet!"
Just then Fred heard another voice shout out, but it came from right beside him, "Don't do it, Steve!"
"You're an eejit!" the voice said more quietly.
"Hello, " said Fred, realising it was Ronald the Rubber duck.
"Oh, Fred can you talk some sense into that silly starfish?" pleaded Ronald."What's he trying to do?" enquired Fred, getting rather concerned Steve might be about to do something rather stupid.
"Uh, he's a nightmare. He was sitting around all bored, said he was sick of taking baths! So he tried hiding away for a while in a wee corner, but he was only getting dusty. So suddenly said, 'Right! I'm going to do something exciting, even if you won't!'
"I mean, really, what's so wrong with baths? We've always had baths. It's our thing. Now, of course he thinks he's better than bath-time, thinks he's some kind of daredevil."
Suddenly Ronald turned and shouted "Why don't you jump then?!" up at Steve.
Regretting his flash of anger Ronald cringed at the thought of Steve actually jumping.
"Roll up, roll up!" shouted Steve again, mistaking Ronald's anger for excitement.
"The show will soon commence, and I will attempt a mid-air somersault into the empty bath!"
Steve waved his arm in a flourishing manner that he thought typical of a circus performer.
"Wow," he said, "You's look awfully small from up here." Starting to regret his rather reckless decision on a new career path. "I've no formal training," he thought "will I be doing it right?"
Looking down on his friends, he tried to imagine excitement and anticipation in their faces, rather than what was plainly fear and worry.
"Never fear for I am a master!" he shouted.
"Too late now," he thought, "fake it till you make it!"
And jumped.
Steve fell quickly, and landed in the bottom of the bath with a loud splat.
"Oh no!" squealed Ronald, "I can't look!"
Fred attempted to comfort him but was vastly unsure of what to say.
Steve didn't stir.
Fred and Ronald held their breaths, unable to say the dark worries that were building up inside their minds.
Suddenly, Steve jumped up with a flourish, and said "Ta da!"
"Phew!" Fred breathed out again, "thank goodness he's alright."
They ran over and hugged him, just glad he'd survived okay.
"Don't ever do that to me again!" ordered Ronald.
"But it was fun! I'm an acrobat!" squealed Steve excitedly.
"But what if you weren't made of sponge and fabric, you could've died!" Ronald retorted.
"Tell him, Fred," said Ronald.
They turned around but Fred had already slipped away, anxious not to get involved in another one of their domestics...
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