3x3 Stories

                 “Big Foot has been sighted near that big tree over there,” our guide told us as we flew over the forest. “You’re sure you’re ready for this?”                I nodded at him. My partner looked worried .                “It’s easy,” said the guide. “Just remember to pull this right here. Ready? Go!”                I jumped out of the plane , enjoying the feeling of free fall for a few seconds before I pulled the chute and glided down the rest of the way.                We landed near a bridge that led towards the northern part of the forest. Slowly, not much faster than a turtle , we crossed over and headed in ...

                                    Penelope was sound asleep when her phone rang.                “The turtle is out again,” said the voice on the other end.                “Darn it,” Penelope said. “I was having an amazing dream that I was in Egypt. The pyramids were amazing.”                “This is no time for dreaming! Get up and go find that turtle!”                Penelope was not worried . She knew exactly where it was. There was an apple tree down by the bridge and the turtle loved to eat the apples that had fallen down. As she made her way down the hill...

                 The once was a young shepherd boy who longed for adventure. So at 4 am one day, he said goodbye to his favorite sheep and snuck off in the early morning.                Not knowing where to go, he followed the moon until it vanished with the sunrise then sat down and at the small breakfast he had packed. While he sat in the grass, a plane flew overhead and he watched, wishing he was one of the passengers. Since he had little money, he continued walking towards the horizon to see where he would end up.                Eventually, he came to a structure that resembled a small pyramid . Curious, he walked over to it and around it, examining it for clues as to what it was and where it might have come from. There was a small door on the back side that was...

                 Once upon a time there was a happy drama student , named Sara, from Thomas Edison High School. The mascot, for some reason, was a lightbulb , which most of the students thought was hilarious and extremely lame simultaneously. Sara, not being the brightest bulb of the bunch, thought it was the best mascot on the planet. She made a lightbulb costume for Halloween, begged to wear the mascot outfit during football games, and decorated her room using lightbulbs of various shapes and sizes.                One day, while wearing her costume for no apparent reason other than the pure joy it brought her, Sara went for a walk in the woods near her house. She crossed over a bridge and wandered deeper into the trees than she ever had before until she came across tower .           ...