Penelope was walking down the sidewalk when suddenly a hedgehog jumped out of a tree and landed right on her shoulder. Annoyed, she swatted it away.
She walked a few more feet and another hedgehog dropped out of another tree. Slightly more annoyed, she swatted this one away as well.
She walked five more feet and then two hedgehogs dropped onto her shoulders. She was starting to become angry. She pushed them off of her, took a deep breath, and kept walking along the narrow sidewalk.
She walked yet another few feet when not two but three hedgehogs jumped out at her. She looked ahead of her and, losing hope of getting to her destination without meeting more hedgehogs, kept walking as hedgehog after hedgehog piled on top of her shoulders and head. She could tell it was going to be the longest walk of her life.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
A Rhino in the African Savannah
Penelope stood inside of the large conference center, looking out the window at the people outside. A large group of her friends were standing in a circle, engrossed in a serious conversation. Penelope decided to go outside and join the discussion.
Just as she crossed the threshold leading from inside to outside, however, she found herself transported to a grassy African Savannah. She was on a winding dirt path that led throughout the tall, dry grass. She began walking nervously, slowly at first and then faster and faster as she became more panicked. She came to the edge of a clearing and suddenly, a large rhinoceros came charging out of the grass on one side of the clearing and began furiously running in circles and snorting. Penelope was terrified. Apparently the Rhino could smell fear, because it charged at Penelope, who immediately began running away from the rhino down the winding dirt path. She ran and ran and ran until she wasn't sure she could run any more, when suddenly a local tribesman burst out from the tall grass on either side of th path. The man grabbed the rhino's horn, and began speaking Spanish to it. The Rhino calmed down instantly and refrained from charging and snorting. Penelope felt much more at home in the African Savannah after that.
Just as she crossed the threshold leading from inside to outside, however, she found herself transported to a grassy African Savannah. She was on a winding dirt path that led throughout the tall, dry grass. She began walking nervously, slowly at first and then faster and faster as she became more panicked. She came to the edge of a clearing and suddenly, a large rhinoceros came charging out of the grass on one side of the clearing and began furiously running in circles and snorting. Penelope was terrified. Apparently the Rhino could smell fear, because it charged at Penelope, who immediately began running away from the rhino down the winding dirt path. She ran and ran and ran until she wasn't sure she could run any more, when suddenly a local tribesman burst out from the tall grass on either side of th path. The man grabbed the rhino's horn, and began speaking Spanish to it. The Rhino calmed down instantly and refrained from charging and snorting. Penelope felt much more at home in the African Savannah after that.
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