The Fortune Teller

The Fortune Teller

By Charles Rachel

Once upon a time, there lived a fortuneteller named Lady Elaine. She had a crystal ball that could show her anything she wanted to see, even things that haven’t happened yet. One day as she gazed into her crystal ball, she could see that the town was about to be invaded by an army of insects. It became quite obvious to Lady Elaine what was needed. She looked into the crystal ball again. This time, she saw a man playing a ukulele. She thought the man might be able to rid the town of its insect problem by playing music. It has happened once before after all. As it turned out, the man was already on his way into town. Lady Elaine picked up her crystal ball and headed out to meet the man. She soon met up with the ukulele player and quickly explained the insect situation. The man agreed and went into town with the fortune teller. The man began playing his ukulele as he walked through the town. The insects soon began following the man as he played the soothing music. In fact, the insects followed the man all the way out of town. The man soon returned to town to let everyone know the insects were gone. On his way into town, the man past an ice cream shop and decided to go in. As the man entered however, he could see this was not just any ice cream shop. Then he met the owner of the shop, and was surprised when he saw who it was. The owner of the ice cream shop was none other then  Frosty the snow man. Frosty gave the man a bowl of raspberry ice cream, and they talked for a while. Then they wished each other Merry Christmas, and went their own ways.

Someone who Takes a Day Off and Has an Unexpected Adventure

Someone who Takes Time off of work and has an unexpected Adventure

By Charles Rachel

Once upon a time, there lived a man named Jim Brown. He worked as a computer programmer at a local company. One day, he decided to ask his boss for a day off. He was only planning to relax and take it easy. Later that afternoon, he decided to take a walk. Suddenly he came upon what appeared to be a church. He decided to take a look around. As he entered the building, he was greeted by several monks. They never actually spoke to him. Jim thought this was a bit strange. However, this is because monks are a silent religious type order. They have other ways of communicating with each other without verbally speaking.  Jim found this interesting, and asked to join them.  They welcomed him with open arms. He then stopped speaking, and embraced their way of life. He found this very exciting and adventurous. Jim enjoyed this way of life so much in fact, he decided to become a monk for good, and he never spoke again.

The Haunted Concert Hall

The Haunted Concert Hall

By Charles Rachel

Once upon a time, in the town of Sleepy Hollow, there lived a married couple named Jack and Sandy Davis, One day they heard an announcement on the radio saying, the Smashing Pumpkins were going to be performing in their town. This was their favorite band. Jack raced to the telephone, and called the station. To Jack and Sandy’s surprise, they won the tickets to the concert that night. Later that evening, Jack and Sandy arrived at the concert hall, and took their seats. Then the Smashing Pumpkins took the stage, and the concert began. They played all of their greatest hits. After a while, the band took a short break. During the intermission, the people in the audience got up to stretch, get refreshments, and take care of anything else they needed to. As some of them were walking around, they began hearing strange noises and seeing things. A few of them became curious, and began to investigate. Just then things began to be thrown around. Some of the people got frightened and ran away. Others returned to the second half of the concert and said nothing about what had happened. They were afraid some people would think they were crazy, or would not believe them. The Moral of the story, Be where of the next concert or event you attend. You may get more then you bargained for.

Why Someone would Need to Break into a Gas Station

Why someone would need to break into a Gas Station

By Charles Rachel

Once upon a time, there lived two young boys name Ted and Eric. Ted was sixteen years old, and Eric was eighteen. One night, Ted and Eric decided to go for a ride. So they jumped into the car, and headed down the road. They weren’t sure where they wanted to go, but they needed to get gas first anyway.  As they drove around, they began looking for a gas station that might be open late, but they couldn’t find one. They soon came upon a gas station that was closed however, but there appeared to be something wrong inside. Ted and Eric got out of the car to take a closer look. When they looked through the window, they could see the gas station was being robbed. They quickly tried to open the door so they could try to stop the robbers, and help the lady inside. The door was locked though, and wouldn’t open. So Ted and Eric decided to break into the gas station to rescue the woman instead. The woman was so grateful to the young men, she decided to turn on the gas pumps anyway, and let them put gas in their car. When Ted and Eric got home that night, they told their parents about breaking into the gas station. Their parents were not very happy about this at first. In fact it wasn’t until they red about it in the Newspaper that they truly understood what had taken place. Their sons were indeed heroes. I wouldn’t recommend trying this in real life though.

The Time Traveler

By Charles Rachel

Once upon a time there lived a Scientist, and inventor named Dr. Jim Miller. He had always been fascinated with the idea of traveling through time and space. One day, he decided to invent a time machine that would be able to transport anyone to the past or future, and back to the present at anytime. First however, he needed to find a place to store such a machine. One day while out for a walk, Dr. Miller came upon an old abandoned building that once belonged to a church, and was used to hold recreational activities. He decided to take a closer look at it. As he began walking through the building, he thought this would be the perfect place to build, and keep his time machine. As he began figuring out the materials he needed, he began to get very excited.  Because he realized now, he would be able to help people go back in time, to change something in the past. Or do something they wished they had done, but didn’t do.  He used his time machine to travel many times. Dr. Miller decided however, it might not be such a good idea to try to change the past. It is always best to focus on the future instead.

Letter to a Future History Class about Life Now

Letter to a Future History class about Life Now

By Charles Rachel

Life in the year two thousand twelve is ok. There are no flying cars though. It doesn’t quite look like the future I imagined. There Are no cars that fly like the Jetsons. We do have computers that help make it much easier to manage any important files, documents, or paperwork. The computer also helps us take care of any banking business we need to handle. There are even some robotic machines that assist doctors in the medical field. I don’t know what the future will hold. I might not even be around to see some of it, but that’s what it is like to live life in the year 2012.

A College Student Brings His Friend Home for the Weekend

A College Student Brings his Friend Home for the Weekend

By Charles Rachel

Once upon a time there lived a young college student named Dan. He wanted to be a computer programmer. He was best friends with his room mate John. John was a bit nerdy sometimes. One day Dan decided to invite John to come home with him for the weekend, and John agreed. When they got home, Dan introduced his friend to the family. Later that evening, they all sat down and began eating dinner. While they ate, Dan and John began talking about school. John spoke with a loud voice most of the time. It was just in his nature to do so. Everyone tried to get him to talk a bit softer, because the neighbors would start complaining about the noise. The neighbors were related to Count Dracula, so they slept during the day in coffins. Only coming out at night, Dan’s sister Jane was a bit nerdy too sometimes. It was hard sometimes to keep the noise down, but the family did they could. There were a few complaints by the neighbors, however for the most part everyone lived happily ever after.