By: The Young Stork
This morning I went downstairs and found a pair of magic shoes. They were yellow with blue stripes and when I put them on they made my feet run in place. I floated above the ground and my feet ran at full speed in a big circle. The crazy thing was that I wasn’t moving at all. I was suspended in the air and my body was still but my feet and legs were a crazy blur!
I called for my dad to come help stop my feet and he screamed when he saw me floating in thin air.
I yelled, “Dad! Get down here and get my legs to stop moving!”
The only thing he could think to do (which in hindsight wasn’t a great idea) was to grab a broom and smack my legs. All it did was make me flip over so now I was running in place upside down. I looked up to the ceiling and saw my feet still running in place.
I yelled, “Mom! Get down here and get my legs to stop moving! Dad tried but all he did was flip me over!”
The only thing she could think to do was to throw a bucket over my feet to try and slow them down. Also a bad idea as the bucket went flying and hit Dad in the head.
I yelled to the cats, “Get down here and get my legs to stop moving!”
All they could think to do was to jump on my feet but when they did the cats went flying and also hit my dad in the head.
Next, I yelled to my Gecko and Bearded Dragon, “Get down here and get my legs to stop moving!”
They ran down the stairs and tried to use their sticky tongues to pull the magic shoes off my feet. Unfortunately, their tongues were too sticky and they got stuck to my shoes, and their bodies, like Yoyo’s, kept smacking my dad in the head as I ran in place upside down.
Next, I yelled to my snake, “Get down here and get my legs to stop moving!”
He slithered down the stairs, at first not that interested, but then made his body into a lasso, tied my legs tight, and used his mouth to pull the magic shoes off. When he did, I fell back to the floor on my head and couldn’t stand up because my snake still had my legs tied tight.
When the shoes fell off my dad used the broom to push them in mom’s bucket and then she quickly threw the bucket out the door into the yard.
Last we saw of the magic shoes a family of squirrels was dragging them towards their tree. I hope they don’t put them on their feet. If so, they are in for a big surprise