Today’s brand new story is about a kid who is stuck inside of a movie and has to find a way out. Written by a 10 year old from Texas named Logan.
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F a r m a g e d d o n
by Logan, age 10, Texas
Once upon a time exactly 217 seconds before August 14th, 2002 8:00 A.M., there lived a boy named Ethan. And Ethan loved movies. But if you’re thinking stuff like Kpop Demon Hunters, then you’re wrong, ‘cause in the 2000s, movies were utterly unhinged, like Freaky Friday, or Monster House. So, the boy loved movies. But his favorite had to be Farm Life, about a time when everyone was a farmer. But it turns out an evil warlock cursed everyone to be farmers. But maybe the movie makers slacked off, because after the main character screams ‘no’ because he has to be a farmer for eternity, it just cuts to the credits. But Ethan liked it, because he liked imagination. So, when he found a genie at the haunted antique store with absolutely no name whatsoever, he wished that the Farm Life movie was real.
But this genie had strict rules when it came to this. He said that Ethan had the duration of the movie to reach the happy ending, which meant Ethan had an hour to save the world from something that doesn’t exist (as in, it’s a fictional villain). If he prevails, things will go back the way it was. But if not, the world will stay like that forever. Now, you remember when I told you about how the movie makers slacked off and forgot to put an ending? Well, this is the consequence. Now Ethan was on his own, and he couldn’t unwish it. Even the genie disappeared, because there were no genies in the movie Farm Life. And now, it was exactly 83 seconds after August 14th, 2002 8:00 A.M..
So, first, there was the prologue, in which the hero talked about how great the farm life was. But Ethan was in a rush. So he tried to remember where the warlock’s lair was. But everyone, even his brother, Naethan, tried to distract him with the “wonders of farm life.” So, he tried running, but everyone was creeping up to him fast. So, he ran some more. Ran for his life. And he finally got there, to Cleaveux Mountain. So, he tried to figure out the password. The pad had 12 buttons to push, with 0, A, and B as 10, 11, and 12, respectively. So, with his memory, he knew the first was the top-right corner, so 4. Then, there was the bottom-right corner, so B. After that, there was the one left to B, so A. Lastly, there was B again. So the code was 4BAB. Ethan entered the code, and it worked. So he was at the climax with 50 minutes left.
At last. Twas’ time to save the world. The warlock, Cleaveux, went on with his evil monologue, which gave Ethan the perfect time to strike. It was way easier than you might have thought it would be. Alone, Cleaveux was weak, and whenever he used a spell, he had to first recite the incantation. So Cleaveux was knocked out in 5 minutes. And Ethan saved the world in exactly 15 minutes.
But that isn’t the end. In the big 2020, he reported his tall tale to the makers of Farm Life and encouraged them to make a reboot with a finished story. And they did, which wasted the company $80K. Bet those slackers regret what they did.
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