Monday, 21 March 2011

Stories of a Time Traveler

Eric Morin was the toughest kid in school. When the kids played football everyone wanted to be on his team and no one wanted to be on the other. On my first time playing I was unlucky enough to be on that other team. Since I was one of the fastest runners in school I was picked to be a blocker. Since neither team was particularly good at throwing, the majority of the offensive plays were usually runs. The problem with that was I was positioned right in front of Morin,the quarterback, and he was not one who asks people to step out of the way. As he charged at me I squinted. The reason for doing so was because I was about to go over the peak of Disney World's fastest roller coaster. Down I went though spirals loops and banked-turns. When the ride ended I felt about ten pounds lighter. I had actually been scared at one point because three years ago at the section of the track where the ride reversed, the brakes had failed sending the car and its ten passengers into the river below. So it goes. As I stepped out of the car I found that my feet were wet and that I was no longer wearing any shoes. I was  on a camping trip with my friends in Alberta, three years ahead in time and the three of us had sneaked away from the camp to the swimming hole. I was gently floating on my back. My friend Josh asked me why I was looking so dreamily. I replied,"Well, time traveling does take it out of you." He grimaced at me and said,"Good luck with that." With that he jumped off the shore and landed next to me sending up huge waves. I found myself in Japan, 8 months later....