Wow, landing is harder than it looks!
I think Ill get better at it with practice. Its not that complicated a process, you know? All a landing really is, is a controlled fall. Anyone can fall! Its easy! Sure, sotis you have to push them from the ledge of a high rise or throw them off a bridge to get the process started, but once gravity got its hooks in them, only good things were bound to happen!
Still, I dont think I went about doing it the right way. When I decided to land, I just cut off the magnetic field and let myself drop from the sky. I fell pretty quickly. Much faster than I thought I would. Ha, I can laugh about it now, but man, its a good thing axes dont have bladders!
You know, you can think about a surprising number of things in the fifteen seconds or so it takes you to plumt screaming to the earth. Friends, family, foods you havent had in a while, movies youd like to see again, wondering if you rembered to lock the door when you left for work that morning, oh wait, you got killed, its not your apartnt anymore, oh gosh, I sure hope no one checks my search history when they get their hands on my computer
Good, goodness! Sunshine and sparkles! This fruity-toot thing nearly took my bumbling head off! said a slightly squeaky voice. Where did it co abumbling from?
It done co abumbling from the sky, Papa! said another voice. I sawd it! And it nearly got your head!
Abumbling from the sky, you say? Well, thats not anormal! exclaid the first voice. Axes dont fly from the sky in Honeydew adow!
Okay, I didnt know who these strangers were or why they spoke with those odd accents, but in that mont, it didnt matter to in the slightest. BecauseI loved them! I loved them and I wanted them to keep speaking like that forever!
By generating a smaller magnetic field, I plucked myself from the ground and turned around to give these people a good look. And I was amazed by what I saw! They were mice! Gigantic, anthropomorphic mice, about three feet tall and wearing clothes! Big, talking, farming mice! WITH ROUND BELLIES!
Was this paradise?
Oh, Papa! That bumbling axe is abumbling through the air! squeaked a little one in a dress. She definitely had to be a girl, because she was dressed in a very gender-affirming shade of pink and even had a ribbon on her head! RAAAAAGH! I wanted to hug her until she burst into shapeless chunks in my arms!
I see it, Lucy! You justn let your pa handle this! said the older one before he turned to face . He dropped to his knees, cut himself with a pocketknife, then held his bleeding paw towards and said:
Ooohhhh souless dweller of the forest, I beseech thee! Spare my youngn! I have no offering of flesh to give other than my own! Ifn my lowly blood might sate thee, oh dark one, then partake of it and go in peace!
Oh, gosh, what a silly little mouse-man!
Hey, you nutter butter! Im not a demon, Im an axe!
B-but youre an axe that floats! Are you not held aloft by an invisible power that seeks to devour the innocent and profane the holy?
Gosh, no, silly! Im a magical axe! And I think youre wonderful! Whats your na?
Well, now, Im Billy! Billy Bubblebelly! And thisn little one here, shes my littlest daughter, Lucy!" he said, as he arose and tied a bandana around his injured paw. "Oh, that bumblin' stings it does! Heh, wish I'd known you was friendly sooner!"
Hi, Billy! Hi, Lucy! Im so happy to et you!
Well, gosh, Mr. Axe? Aint you got a na to call yourself? said little Lucy Bubblebelly.
Hmm. You know, in all my travels throughout the land, I've never even thought about it! Hmma na, a na, a na. Well, you know what? I just cant think of one!
Oh, thats so sad! said Lucy. Why, everyone should have a na of their own! Oh, can I give you one?
W-what! Youd give a na? For real? A n-n-na of my very own? Yippy! Ill take it! Give a na, Lucy! Give a na! Gimmie-gimmie-gimmie! I happily demanded.
Lucy laughed in delight, then said: Okay, Okaymmm. Oh, I know! Max! Ill call you Max! Do you like it?
Do I like it? I asked her. DO I LIKE IT? No, silly! I LOVE IT! Hurray! Hurray! Im MAX THE AXE!
I spun rrily though the air, pleased as could be with my brand-new na!
Lucy clapped her hands and cheered as I flew around. Then she turned to Billy and asked:
Oh, Pa! Cann we take Max ho with us! I love him!
Hmmm, I dont know, Lucy. A magical axe sure must be a big responsibility! Theyre people not pets, yonderstand? Maybe its best we just leave him be.
What the Hell, Billy? Lucy said she wanted to take ho! We want to play and sing songs and go on adventures and stuff! Why are you screwing with our newfound friendship? You think youre a big man or sothing? I could spread you over the ground like fresh jam, and it would be the sa color too, you worthless piece of
Oh, but Papa! He looks so bumbling lonely now! Are you sure? pleaded Lucy.
Billy tried to stand firm, but he was clearly no match for her. Awww, pet, I cant say no to you! All right then, Max! Why dont you co on ho with us? Always more room at the farm in Honeydew adow!
Really? Oh gosh, do you an it? I asked him.
I do, Billy said with a nod and a smile.
Hurray! Lucy, we get to be friends!
Hurray for Max! she said.
Hurray for Lucy! I replied.
Hurray for us! we both said at once.
Now, co on you two! Hos a bumblin' while away!" Billy said as he led the way.
And that was the beginning of my ti in Honeydew adow!
It was a magical ti!
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