"What's in the box, Tay?" asked Isaac.
"I dunno," Taylor replied. "But it has the Hanson symbol on it."
"Really? Let's see," said Zac.
They opened up the box. Inside were three rings. They pulled them out.
"Hey look, this one had a piano on it," Isaac commented.
"And this one had drums!" exclaimed Taylor.
"And this one had a guitar," then Zac turned his head an grinned at Fred. "Aww, poor Fred, there isn't a kazoo."
Fred just shrugged.
"Here's the drums, Zac," Taylor said, swapping. "And now you have the guitar, Ike."
"And you the piano," Isaac added.
"Here, you can have the box, Fred," Taylor grinned, tossing it at him. "Remember, you shouldn't litter."
Fred ignored the taunt and looked at the box. Aside from the Hanson symbol, there were some words on the lid. They were "The Rings of Hanson".
Fred opened the box and looked inside. He knew his brothers had taken out the rings but - hey what was this? A secret compartment! He looked inside and there was a fourth ring. And it had a kazoo on it.
Delighted, Fred slipped it on, but decided not to tell his brothers.
After they were rested, they continued down the mountain.
"Y'know sumthin'?"
"What Zac?" asked Isaac.
"These rings remind me of that... that cartoon show, what was it? I forget. But they remind me of that."
"I have no idea what show you're talking about."
"Oh, you know the one! There were these rings with powers and they would say-"
Zac would have continued, had it not been for the cry of the griffin echoing over the mountain, having realised his captive had escaped.
"The griffin..." Taylor trailed off.
"Run!" Isaac yelled.
The four pelted down the mountain. It was much easier going down than up. However, they were not all that far from the bottom when the griffin showed up.
"Umm, Zac power!" Zac yelled, thrusting his fist towards the griffin, the ring glinting in the sun.
The griffin screamed as drumsticks appeared out of nowhere and started hitting him.
"Hey cool."
"Hmm, Isaac power?" Isaac said tentatively.
Guitar stings appeared out of nowhere and started tying the griffin up. The griffin yelled in annoyance.
"Taylor power," oh gee I wonder...
A piano fell on his head. The griffin groaned.
"Cool!" the three said.
"Let's get out of here," Isaac said.
"Actually," Zac said thoughtfully as they continued on their way. "I don't think they actually said 'power', they just said what it was. Oh well. Who cares? Still works."
"That's right," Taylor agreed.
Fred just followed from behind, wondering what his ring could do.