inkling teen magazine 2021 - Flipbook - Page 12
BEATEN,
BATTERED,
RESCUED,
I came tumbling down from my home,
crashing to the floor. Why had someone
knocked me off my luxurious shelf? I had
no time to think, though. Martha grabbed
me from the floor, and went around
fluffing things up before she tossed me
aside on a table. Her sudden cleaning
obsession seemed odd, but made more
sense when I heard my best friend,
Cinderella, whispering that Allie, Martha9s 5
year old daughter, had friends coming
over.
Just minutes later, the doorbell rang.
Martha jumped up and answered it, and in
came the people. Oh no - not him! Yep, it
was him. Despite his small size, Archie was
my worst enemy in the whole world. When
he came in the door, I cowered in fear.
Now, let me explain why I don9t like Archie.
Wait, no. 8Don9t like9 is much too light of a
word. I DESPISE Archie. The boy is a
MONSTER! And I9m not even exaggerating.
The last time he came over, he knocked
down a vase of flowers onto a book. She
was my good friend, Little Red Riding
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Hood, too! Then, to top it off, he started
ripping pages out of her and chucking
them to the floor. The next day, it
appeared that Little Red Riding Hood had
disappeared. The Three Bears thought the
wolf had gotten to her, but I knew the
truth. It was the dreaded RECYCLING BIN!
Once his coat and boots had been
removed, Archie came into the living room.
Allie picked me up and opened me to page
1. The story of Snow White. All of the
sudden, Archie JUMPED up from where he
was sitting, and LUNGED at me! I tried to
escape, but, well, my lack of legs prevented
me from moving much. Archie kept pulling
and pulling and then… R-I-I-I-P!!! There was
a huge scar where my beautiful page had
once been.
Then, he went in for more. This time, he
grabbed 2 at a time, then 3! Finally, Allie9s
mom managed to pull him away and took
the pages from his grasp. She put the
pages back in me, placing me on a high
shelf.
Archie9s mom came by, and she and her
