26
December 2013
Lessons
Learned
Every
morning that Alfie and May woke up they stretched and yawned and
headed downstairs for breakfast. On the way down Alfie would always
hit his head on the archway of the kitchen. This happened like
clockwork every single morning. Every single morning he yelped in
pain and every morning he rubbed the hurt spot and cursed the
archway.
“Alfie,
why do you hit your head every single morning. Don't you remember
each day that it hurts” asks May to a grumpy Alfie.
“Of
course I remember it hurts May but it is so low that I always end up
hitting it. I ought to just rip out the archway and make room for my
large head!”
May
thought this was incredibly illogical and aimed to fix the Alfie
Archway Incident the next morning. The next day, as routine, they
awoke only this time May was ready. As Alfie groggily waltzed to the
kitchen and headed straight for a painful head bump, May pushed
Alfie's shoulders down just in time for him to miss hitting his head!
“May
what in the world are you... hey! I didn't bump my head!” Alfie
rubbed where he normally hit his head and was so delighted that for
once he missed the archway.
And
so this continued, Alfie went downstairs and May pushed his shoulders
down so he wouldn't hit his head. They lived in humorous harmony
except for when May went out of town.
27
December 2013
The
Roly Poly
Roly
Poly had a home across from the large lake at Clement Park. He sat in
the grass everyday and munched on various types of delights with his
family. He always dreamed of going to live by the great lake but he
lived on the opposite side of the great cement walkway the people
used.
One
day Roly Poly decided he was grown up enough and packed his things.
He kissed his mother and father and said goodbye to all his siblings.
Once he said his goodbyes he began his journey. He crossed the
anthill where he played as a kid. The ants there were nice because
the people and other animals left plenty of food for them so they
never tried to eat Roly Poly. The ants kindly gave him a piece of
pretzel for his journey.
He
soon came to the great cement walkway. He looked both ways and began
to cross. As he was midway across he heard a loud whirring sound.
There was only a jogger to the left, as long as he paid attention he
could avoid the jogger. When he looked to the right he saw a gaggle
of children the length of the sidewalk all of rollerblades. Roly Poly
was terrified! The wheels would surely crush him! With quick wit,
Roly Poly did his duty and rolled into a little ball and rolled into
the crack of the sidewalk.
Whoosh!
Whoosh! Whoosh! The
children raced by, narrowly missing Roly Poly and really irritating
the jogger. “Phew that
was close!” he thought
as he climbed out of the crack. The rest of his journey was without
incident. He said hello to spider who let him pass as spider was
waiting for his dinner to stop moving. He asked baby duck where the
best water front property was that wouldn't flood and he sat with
turtle for a minute while turtle decided when to run towards the
lake.
Finally
he was there. With his pretzel in hand, Roly Poly set up his bug
chateau or cozy hole in the ground. He watched the sunset and dreamed
of meeting his perfect multilegged girlfriend and the life they would
share. He was in paradise!
28
December 2013
The
Drop
“Okay
men, it is time for our decent. In just 60 seconds you are each going
to burst through that cloud and fall with as much as you can muster!”
yelled the commander to his very chubby fleet.
“Sir
yes sir!” yelled the chubsters in unison.
The
cloud was swelling. The sky grew darker and darker with only bursts
of lightening to fill the air and the drum of thunder rolling by. Any
moment now and it would be time. Each one would be released through
the cloud and their girth would surely make an impact. This wasn't a
normal drop. No, this one was more extreme, there were more of them,
the clouds were bigger and the static of lightening made the earth
stand on edge.
“Okay
guys now is the time! Go! Go! Go! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE!” the cloud
opened up and each fat rain drop burst through the sky like the
clouds themselves were falling. Mission complete, they saturated the
dry and scorched earth for the beasts below.
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