Once upon a time there was a young boy named James Smith who was invited to his friend Matt Jones 10th birthday party for April 16, 2019. James got ready to go and took a short cut through the Dollerington Forest.
He entered the well-worn path his feel knew so well. After about an hour he realized he somehow lost his way. Sitting on a mushroom he rested. His eye caught a hamster dressed in jeans with a blue jacket and red shoes running under a juniper berry bush.
‘’How odd!’’ James spoke into the air. He got up and followed the colorful hamster, who led him out of the forest two years into the future, 2021.
‘’Where am I?’’ he questioned, feeling scared he took his favorite stuffed toy out of his back pack. Lisbeth the red lizard.
A ghost appeared, James asked the ghost ‘’what is this place, it looks familiar.’’
The ghost was not a nice ghost; he is a stuffed toy eating ghost.
‘’Today is April, 16th 2021.’’ Said the ghost keeping his eye on Lisbeth.
James noticed the neighborhood was familiar, he recognized the trees but not the houses. The houses are made of cheese and biscuits, peas and carrots, eggs and potatoes, red peppers and sausage.
‘’I am hungry’’ James forgetting to hold on to Lisbeth and started nibbling a little from each house.
The hamster was watching and the ghost grabbed Lisbeth put her in a cage to save her for a barbeque.
‘’Lisbeth’’ shouted James. He turned to the ghost. ‘’ That’s my toy?’’
The ghost just shrugged.
‘’Give Lisbeth back to me.’’ cried James.
The ghost flew high in the sky with Lisbeth locked in the cage.
‘’Wait ghost I know a toy store where you can eat as many stuffed toys as you wish.’’ Said James.
‘’ store is where I came from, lead the way and I will show you where it is.’’ Said James.
This was a very greedy, not nice ghost and agreed to lead the way to this delicious store.
Ghost said ‘’No fooling around or I will eat Lisbeth!’’
‘’No fooling around, I will show you.’’ Promised James.
hamster in jeans and ghost with Lisbeth in a cage marched forward through Dollerington Forest, past the juniper berry bush back to the familiar path out to where James began.
‘’Come ghost, follow me, the toy store is just one block away.’’ Said James.
There it was, the toy store filled with every toy a child would want including a stuffed toy display of hundreds of juicy, yummy, delicious stuffed toys. Enough to fill a ghost’s tummy.
Ghost was so amazed and astonished he dropped the cage with Lisbeth. James grabbed her and ran away.
Ghost slipped though the building as ghosts do and started eating toys. He got so fat that he could be seen by everyone and so bloated he could not move.
James ran to Matt’s house just in time for cake and candles. He tried to tell what happened to him but no one would listen except Matt.
‘’How is that possible?’’ said Matt.
Before James could answer warning sirens blasted, the local volcano was erupting and a tornado of unusually smelly wind whipped around the neighborhood.
James and Matt and family and friends made it just in time into the basement for safety.
Strange sounds and smells of rotten vegetables oozed through the slivers of openness between the doors and doorframe.
No one said a word out loud; luckily there was enough preserved food to feed every one there. Two years later they left the basement. It is now the year 2021.
Completely taken by surprise the neighborhood changed. The trees had not changed but the houses were made of cheese and biscuits, peas and carrots, eggs and potatoes, red peppers and sausage.
Hamsters wearing jeans and blue jackets and red shoes ran in and out of juniper berry bushes and ghosts eating stuffed toys flew in and out of trees.
As it is sometimes people like James who are lucky to visit the future and come back to talk about it.
The next time someone tells you their story no matter how strange, don’t dismiss it, just listen you may be hearing some extraordinary prediction of the future.
Georgia
4.16.21
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