Like Toy Soldiers {Gaby}
Apr 10, 2018 7:48:18 GMT -5
Post by Unitato15 on Apr 10, 2018 7:48:18 GMT -5
Micheal McCalister
This morning, after Mom woke me up with her super loud cleaning, (and I ate some breakfast, of course, because, as Mom always says, "I'm a growing boy"), I immediately ran out of my family's little house, slamming our door behind me (Mom hates it when I do that, but what does she know?), my little pail full of the ugliest rocks I own clattering in my hands. Today, I'm going to shoot something that isn't a tree. Today, I'm going to shoot .... a cabbage.
Normally on days like today( warm Saturdays), I use my slingshot or arm to take aim at abandoned house windows, with finger painted targets painted on to make it real hard. But today is different. Today I attack.... THE VEGETABLES. I hate them and I just KNOW that they're bad for you, no matter what mom says. Nothing THAT gross can be healthy. Bleh.
Most of the time, I just don't eat them and that's my revenge. Or, mom makes me eat them, I crunch them real hard so that they know just how much I hate them. But then, a few days ago, after I'd broken every window of my usual aiming place, I found the PERFECT target practice street. It had just been abandoned and there was barely any dirt so I could see through the windows and everything. I'd crawl around and pretend to be a peacekeeper, breaking through windows to fight the meany rebels. It was really fun!
Until I figured out that the neighborhood right behind it had people in it. And one of those people had a garden. With VEGETABLES. I almost got sick. I'd had to leave a full three destroyable houses because of it. But today, I fight back. Today, I destroy those cabbages.
Holding my breath, I find a weak point in the garden's fence: a wooded piece with two little holes in it. I imagine a giant caterpillar eating the holes into the wood. It's perfect. I squat myself in front of it and pretend I'm a peacekeeper again. Looking through the hole I highest hole, I see that the way is clear. I hear voices though and do my best not to make a sound anyway, just in case. The bucket jangles when I put it down beside me. I giggle a little because I'm excited. like peacekeepers when they're nice, but when they get angry I get scared. I know that they would get mad at me if they knew I was attacking this cabbage so I cover my mouth with my hands so no one can hear me.
Everything's suddenly quiet, so I take my slingshot out of my pocket, grab an ugly pebble from bucket and take aim through the lowest hole. "I'm the only one who can protect Panem now", I whisper to myself.
I pull back the rubber band with the rock in it and then let go. Hearing a clunk I jump up, excited to see my enemy, Captain Cabbage destroyed. Instead though, there's... a lady. She's really tall and I think I might have hit her in the head. She must have moved in front of it at the last second!
"I didn't mean to! I'm sorry! Please don't tell the peacekeepers!", I cry.
This morning, after Mom woke me up with her super loud cleaning, (and I ate some breakfast, of course, because, as Mom always says, "I'm a growing boy"), I immediately ran out of my family's little house, slamming our door behind me (Mom hates it when I do that, but what does she know?), my little pail full of the ugliest rocks I own clattering in my hands. Today, I'm going to shoot something that isn't a tree. Today, I'm going to shoot .... a cabbage.
Normally on days like today( warm Saturdays), I use my slingshot or arm to take aim at abandoned house windows, with finger painted targets painted on to make it real hard. But today is different. Today I attack.... THE VEGETABLES. I hate them and I just KNOW that they're bad for you, no matter what mom says. Nothing THAT gross can be healthy. Bleh.
Most of the time, I just don't eat them and that's my revenge. Or, mom makes me eat them, I crunch them real hard so that they know just how much I hate them. But then, a few days ago, after I'd broken every window of my usual aiming place, I found the PERFECT target practice street. It had just been abandoned and there was barely any dirt so I could see through the windows and everything. I'd crawl around and pretend to be a peacekeeper, breaking through windows to fight the meany rebels. It was really fun!
Until I figured out that the neighborhood right behind it had people in it. And one of those people had a garden. With VEGETABLES. I almost got sick. I'd had to leave a full three destroyable houses because of it. But today, I fight back. Today, I destroy those cabbages.
Holding my breath, I find a weak point in the garden's fence: a wooded piece with two little holes in it. I imagine a giant caterpillar eating the holes into the wood. It's perfect. I squat myself in front of it and pretend I'm a peacekeeper again. Looking through the hole I highest hole, I see that the way is clear. I hear voices though and do my best not to make a sound anyway, just in case. The bucket jangles when I put it down beside me. I giggle a little because I'm excited. like peacekeepers when they're nice, but when they get angry I get scared. I know that they would get mad at me if they knew I was attacking this cabbage so I cover my mouth with my hands so no one can hear me.
Everything's suddenly quiet, so I take my slingshot out of my pocket, grab an ugly pebble from bucket and take aim through the lowest hole. "I'm the only one who can protect Panem now", I whisper to myself.
I pull back the rubber band with the rock in it and then let go. Hearing a clunk I jump up, excited to see my enemy, Captain Cabbage destroyed. Instead though, there's... a lady. She's really tall and I think I might have hit her in the head. She must have moved in front of it at the last second!
"I didn't mean to! I'm sorry! Please don't tell the peacekeepers!", I cry.
