Then Señora Gonzalo snorted. Then giggled. Then let out a cackle so loud and wheezy that all the kids fell over. She laughed so hard her glasses fell off. She laughed so hard she sat on a forgotten squeaky mushroom and didn't even care.
Then Pepito, dressed as a giant chicken, waddled in and handed her a cupcake with a single candle. “For you,” he said, voice shaking. “Because you deserve to laugh more than anyone.” Naughty Adventures Of Pepito Book 2
From under the floorboards, the Snortlepig let out a confused whimper. It began to shrink. The green glitter faded. The invisible beast curled up, not from defeat, but because—for the first time—it was laughing too. Then Señora Gonzalo snorted
Don Ramón handed Pepito a worn-out whoopee cushion. “This is the Cushion of Truth. To re-trap the Snortlepig, you must prank it back to sleep using the Three Rules of Prank-Fu.” She laughed so hard her glasses fell off
Pepito looked at Lola. “I’ve never done a selfless prank in my life.”
“We’re going to make her laugh,” Pepito announced.
The next morning, Villa Sorpresa held its annual Town Meeting of Silence (a tradition nobody actually liked). As the mayor stood to speak, he sat down.