The Talking Serpents
By: Tyler Nichols
There once was a small family of mutant snakes that could talk. They lived deep in the rainforest were no man had ever been, well, at least until they started chopping it down. The snakes dreaded the day that the humans would get so close that they could see them. If the humans heard them talk they would then take them to a place more dreaded than man itself—the circus. Some old parrots had told the family just how they had to sit there and talk into a thing called a microphone. They told them that it was one thing to see parrots talk, but talking snakes? The crowd would pay millions! When they were a big hit, the circus would make them say a bigger and bigger part. Eventually, they might even make you announcers! All of the snakes believed this, so they were very wary.
“Wow! I didn’t think that they would do that bad of sssssstuff to us!” One of the little snakes said.
“Rark! Yes they would, at least that’s what they did with me!” The old parrot said.
“But then how did you get back?” The same snake asked.
“Rark! Who me? The people eventually lost interest in me. They got bored from listening to a parrot speak. So the circus finally released me!” The old parrot said. “But if they ever got there hands on you guys, then as I told you they would make millions and never release you back to the rain forest!”
“Never! Ever!” All of the little snakes said at once with surprise.
“Rark! Well they probably would release you if you died, but otherwise, no.” The parrot said.
“Mr. Parrot, Pleasssssse Your sssssscaring the little onessssss.” The mom snake said.
“ Rark! Well okay.” The old parrot said “See you tomorrow! Rark!”
As soon as the old parrot left the little snakes had
to go to bed. The night went by smoothly. Every one was tired because they had
been celebrating story-telling day. Every one in the forest celebrated late
into the night by telling stories. They would start with the more boring ones
and get to the better ones. This way the more gruesome stories would only be
told to the people who could stay up that late. That night- June 18th-
old parrots would come and tell their adventures to the other animals in the
forest. They told adventures of all kinds of things form escaping from zoo’s
all the way to
The next day the snakes woke up to the smell of delicious rat. They found there dad with breakfast all laid out for them. Each of them had a portion of rat suitable for their needs of hunger. The little snakes each had a third wile their mom and dad each had a whole rat to themselves.
“I think Ssssssabaka got more rat than I did!” Jepon complained
“Oh PA-lease! We each got the same amount of rat compared to our stomachs!” Sabaka said back.
“Well oh well, BUT YOU SSSSSSTILL HAVE MORE!!!!!!!!” Jepon was furious.
“Jepon! No breakfast for you young man!” Jepon’s mom Yelled at Jepon. “Be back in 15 minutesssssss making sssssssssure that your not doing anything fun!”
“But, but- Jepon staggered back
“No Buts! Go to your room!” His mom cut him off.
“Ugh! Why doesn’t Sabaka ever get in trouble? Ugh ugh ugh!” Jepon muttered to himself as he stormed up to his room.
“Hello. How do you do?” An unfamiliar voice said to Jepon.
“Who are you? And why are you in my room?!” Jepon said angrily at the thing in his room. The thing had shut his door and was apparently inside. Jepon opened the door inside was a strange looking thing that had two legs, two arms and one head. Wait a sec, Jepon thought Two legs two arms no tail and one head? HUMAN!!!!
“Ahhhhhhh!!!!!! Don’t take me to the sssscircus! Don’t take me to the sssscircus!” Jepon yelled as he stood against the wall.
“I’m not going to take you to the circus. The human said. “I simply wish to speak with you.
“You, you don’t want to take me to the ssssscircus?” Jepon said cautiously.
“No I don’t” the man said. “Come here, I know that you can speak English.”
“So, what did you want to talk to me about?” Jepon
wondered.
“I wanted to talk to you about controlling your anger. You can get out of control sometimes.” The man said. “Come, coil up next to me and close your eyes.” Jepon did as he said. “Now clear your mind of all of your thoughts.” Jepon again did as the man said.
“I feel like I am levitating.” Jepon said.
“That is because you are.” The man said.
“I am?” Jepon wondered. He opened his eyes to see that he was about two feet from the sealing.
“You should not have done that.” The man said as Jepon started to fall.
“Oof!” He said as he hit the hard wood floor.
“I must go now.” The man said. There was a blue swirl and POP! The man was gone. Jepon heard the sound of a slithering snake and lied down and put a frown on his face.
“Jepon, you can come out now!” It was Jepon’s mother.
“Okay!” Jepon yelled. Jepon came out of his room and his mother handed him what was left of his rat.
“Thankssss, mom, I feel better now. He said.
The End
#2
By:
Tyler Nichols
There once was a man named Joe that had physic powers. He could see people’s futures, move objects with his mind, read people’s minds, and teleport himself back to his home. Using his powers this man ran a self operated fortune-telling shop. One day a man came in with a large shotgun in his hand. The man was dressed in a hunting shirt and had something in his other hand.
He slammed the thing down on the table and in a gruff voice said: “Can you tell me the future of this peculiar snake? Is he going to meet death or live a long life?” Joe turned around and said to the man,
“Ah, that snake shall live a long, carefree life. You shall not catch him, nor any other hunter.”
“What!!!!!!” The man said outraged.
“Only three men have ever gotten close to them, but they were simply to take pictures of them. Those snakes can talk, you know.” Joe said in a strange accent.
“Is there any way that I could distinguish them from other snakes? You know just in case your “powers” failed you?” The man said.
“There is a was to distinguish them from other snakes. See that orange band around the tip of its tail? No other snake has that band around its tail. And my powers didn’t fail me. One week two days 21 hours 14 minutes and 38.5 seconds from now you will be back asking the same question except with an “Are you sure?” in it.
Sure enough, one week two days 21 hours 14 minutes and 38.5 seconds later the man was back asking the same question, except with a “Are you sure?” in it. As the hunter walked in the shop, Joe pressed a button on a large clock. It was actually a long-time timing device under the WEEKS it said 1. Under the DAYS it said 2. Under the HOURS it said 21. Under the MINUTES it said 14. And under the SECONDS it said 38.5.
“Ah!” The man said, “It was as you said!”
“Yes, my power’s did not fail me.” Joe said calmly in his strange accent.
“Arag!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” The hunter said, “I don’t believe in this magic hocus pocus stuff that you’re doing! Arag!” The hunter charged Joe. Joe not even moving a muscle Joe pinned the hunter to the wall with his powers.
“Feel free to use the designated exit located near the entrance.” Joe said still very calm. He slid the hunter along the wall and shoved him out of the door. “I must pay this snake a visit, my fortune- telling is not always correct.” Joe said to himself.
He grabbed his coat and set off for the nearby rainforest. Were he would find the talking snake family. It was a long walk to the tree in witch they lived, an hour or so by his own estimation. On the way he saw monkeys, parrots and even a jaguar!
After what had felt what hours of walking, Joe reached a great tree with many knots in it. At the base of the tree he found a hole that was about seven inches across. He spotted the snakes nearby and carefully inched through the small hole in the trunk. Joe carefully climbed up the tree into one of the snake’s rooms. He sat on the floor with his legs crossed, waiting for one of the snakes.
After waiting 15 minutes or so, one of the snakes came into the room with an angry look on his face.
“Hello, how do you do?” Joe said
“Who are you! And why are you in my room?!” The snake said, after pausing for a moment the snake yelled outraged:
“Ahhhhhhh!!!!!! Don’t take me to the sssscircus! Don’t take me to the sssscircus!”
“I not going to take you to the circus.” Joe said “I simply wish to speak with you.”