Flonkers
All was dormant and peaceful in the land of Trottingham. The quiet whispering of the wind, the peaceful echoes of the forest creatures and the majestic mountains perfected the scene of the kingdom. The sky was clear and blue as could be. Marcel looked out the window to see the glorious day, the great God had created for the valley today.
�Wow,� he sighed in awe, �it doesn�t get much better than this.� The calmness was short-lived because it was broken by a loud, �HONK!� followed by many more. The next thing he knew he was outside to see what the ruckus was about. There were dozens of �flonkers� on his lawn. Just in case you were wondering, a �flonker� is a little orange ball with a mouth, legs, eyes, and a long nose that says, �HONK!� �HONK,� is the only word that flonkers use, although it has millions of meanings.
�What is the purpose of this?� asked Marcel, who luckily was a fluent Flonkenese speaker.
�The King kicked us off of the kingdom land,� a flonker honked loudly.
�So, uh, why are you here?� he asked the flonker rudely.
�We have no other place to go for miles,� the flonker honked very annoyingly.
Marcel was getting sick of all the honking. �STOP HONKING!� He screamed so loudly, the whole kingdom could hear, and a women baking a pie a few miles away was startled and dropped the pie on the floor. �Get off my land!� Marcel screamed again after the echoing stopped. The honking stopped abruptly.
�But we have nowhere to go!� the flonker honked emotionally.
�Then you will have to take that up with the King,� Marcel retorted. �I for one couldn�t care less.�
�We are just so insignificant that he wouldn�t care,� honked the flonker sadly.
�So I�ve noticed,� Marcel said dryly.
�Well we aren�t leaving until you take it up with the King!� threatened the flonker.
�Okay!� Marcel screamed, not quite as loudly though, �I�ll go. We can take him on.� The flonkers all honked with elation, and this continued until Marcel gave them a sharp look. With that they walked through the forest to get to the kingdom.
The Pie Lady
After a few hours of walking in silence, they came to a fork in the road.
�HONK!� honked a flonker, which meant left.
�Left?� asked Marcel, �are you sure?�
�No,� honked a flonker. But they went left just the same.
The odd group soon came to a house. It said �Fresh Pies� on a sign outside the fence that wrapped around the house. Marcel thought they could ask for directions there. The garden had one of the largest assortment of flowers they had ever seen.
�This garden has one of the largest assortments of flowers I�ve ever seen.� commented Marcel. The house was a little hut, and, oddly enough, shaped like a pie, with a straw roof. They went to knock on the door, but it was already open. They went in and saw a woman with what seemed like hundreds of pies in piles. She was carrying a pie. She seemed to be a pie fanatic.
�HONK!� a flonker honked which meant �Hi!�.
�Eeeeeekkkkk!� she shrieked, startled. The pie she was holding flew into the air. It hit the roof with a bang, and fell down on to her head. �Ahhhh,� she shrieked shrilly, �my head!� She started running around wildly and then ran into a pile of pies. The huge pile of pies toppled over, and started a domino effect, until it knocked over the stove. The stove was on and cooking more pies, and caught the floor on fire.
�AHHHH!� she screamed running out of the inferno, Marcel and the flonkers not far behind. She caught her hair on fire, on the way out the door.
�Stop, drop, and roll!� Marcel yelled. She quickly complied.
�What were you thinking!� she screamed as she got up from the ground. �You�ve ruined my house!�
�Is it a bit late to ask for directions?� Marcel asked quietly.
�Yes!� she hollered. There was an awkward silence and then they ran as fast as they could from the pie lady, who, at the time, looked criminally insane. �I�ll get you!� she squealed.
After running as fast as they could for almost twenty minutes, they slowed.
�That was really weird,� Marcel stated.
The flonkers agreed with a synchronised, �HONK!�
They kept walking for many miles until they were completely sure that the absurd pie lady was not chasing them. They soon came to a cavern in the woods.
