We had to write a story about an inventor today! The opening line "He tried to make himself invisible" and the word "Unpepperator" were mandatory elements of the story. Mine was a little Roald Dahl-ish, but I'm still proud of it nonetheless!
(I wrote this in 15 minutes)
He tried to make himself invisible by inventing the invisimator. Before the device was even fully operational, he had blown half his life's savings on a patent for it. This was going to be his moment before the world.
He imagined all sorts of scenarios in his head while he worked. The invention would sell remarkably well, making him the country's richest man, the King would hear of his genius and would want to honor him of course. He would call him to a podium in front of thousands and drape a rich purple cloth, embrace him and tell him how wonderful he was.
As the King would be about to bestow the highest honor upon him, his wife who had left him because she did not share his belief in invisibility, would come running and beg for his forgiveness. He would turn his head away and scorn her.
He chuckled with delight at his childish reverie.
Two days later, the invisimator was ready. He set up a tent with some free food for his neighbors in his back garden, ready to rumble for a demonstration. Driven more by curiosity rather than admiration, they trickled in.
WHIZZ! PHISTLE! BANG! The invisimator made a series of noises. Shaped like a giant metallic squid with a body of a discarded dentist's chair, it was a fearful sight.
In a puff of smoke, he disappeared, but not completely. Just his head was gone. Everybody panicked.
"Hey! His head! It's gone!"
"Oh god, he's been beheaded!"
"No, I'm still here, " a dismembered voice shouted from the invisimator.
A brave little boy picked up the pepper shaker and emptied it over his head. It stuck to it and took its shape, giving him a rather fearsome look.
"AAAAAA! IT BURNS!"
"At least we can see you completely" someone snorted. They began throwing little pebbles at him and booing him. Soon they got tired and left. He tried to rinse off the pepper but somehow the chemicals from the invisimator had reacted with the pepper and was officially now a pepper-head.
"I need to invent an 'Unpepperator'," he sighed miserably to himself.
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LOVE IT!! Haha it's so cute and original.
ReplyDeleteIt reminded me of The Invisible Man, sci-fi book by HG Wells. Read it! The invisible guy wears clothes and bandages his face and hands up so they could be 'seen'
Hahaha thanks! I tried. But Roald Dahl was a master children's book author. It's pretty tough to write for kids, I discovered.
ReplyDeleteI'll go look for the HG Wells book. It sounds eerily like Hollow Man, except that movie was a terrible Hollywood slasher/sci fi flick. Heh