Surprise!!!

Once upon a time, there was a family. The family decided not to be at home, to ignore their oldest daughter when she came to grace them with her presence upon a lovely January morn. That family was rather silly to not be in attendance for this great event and so, thus, there were some dire consequences. The daughter, seeing that her arrival was not greeted with multiple hugs, kisses and other displays of affection, was put to thinking that perhaps she ought to ensure that in future there would be no such lapses in care for her. So she hatched a clever plan. Stealthily (i have no idea how to spell that word!!!) she gathered up the elements required for her little escapade. Dad's pants, a jean shirt, a winter cap, Lauren's pillow, a spare blanket, someone's winter boots and a little tuft of fake hair recovered from the play clothes trunk in the basement. All these items were cunningly fashioned into a replica man.
This man was then carefully positioned on the throne of the new bathroom (the adjective new being used loosely because it is now probably over 15 or 20 years old but that's the way it's always been referred to in this household). He held his own position remarkably well and decided since he would be there for quite some time, to start on the sudoku puzzle, joining the sudoku craze like half of the world! What a trendy fellow! And so he sat, and sat and sat (in the dark with the door slightly ajar to dismiss any suspicions which may initially have arisen). He was waiting for someone. And there came the first victim... Dad. He, alas, didn't scare too easily and he merely gave the daughter a phone call inquiring as to whether this was her handiwork or not. The daughter of course, firmly denied all involvement and was secretly glad inside that he knew it was her. For that meant that despite no one's being home, they truly did know and love her!
The second victim was not so fortunate or calm. The daughter had been on the phone conversing with her maternal figure and inviting her over for a cuppa tea. The mother assented and went to get ready to depart the homestead. Alas and alack, she opened the bathroom door and there was a mysterious presence in there with her! She screamed and proceeded to call the daughter back and create shrieks of terror and indignation on the phone. "You were lucky i didn't have to go to the bathroom any more than i did!!!" Hah, number two victim was a success. As was victim number three,the youngest sister. She likewise was alarmed and erupted with screams of fear as she discovered the man on the can. So the moral of the story is: Always make sure that you are home when the daughter visits to avoid any future surprises of a crazy nature.