As I was walking down the street, I noticed a weird shaped thingamabopper. I stepped over to it and picked it up. To my surprise, it was fairly light.
I put it in my shirt pocket and kept walking. I figured someone must know what it is.
As I walked along I came upon an old lady. I asked, "What is this?"
She replied, "What is what?"
Then I remembered, grinning sheepishly with a reddish tinge on my cheeks I pulled the thingamabopper out of my pocket. "This," I said.
"Oh," the lady replied. "Why didn't you tell me that in the first place?" Then without waiting for an answer she said, "Well it looks kind of green to me."
So I walked on feeling reassured that someone knew something about my thingamabopper that is now known to be green.
Walking by the local grocery store I noticed a young lady, probably in her 20's.
Concentrating on not forgetting to take out the thingamabopper I took it and held it out so she could see it. I waited a few seconds for a response when she said, "Nice," and walked off.
How could I be such an idiot?! I asked myself as I slapped my head.
"OUCH!!" I exclaimed. That thingamabopper is not only green, but sharp too! I'd better not slap my head with it anymore.
As I looked around me, I noticed people staring at me. I couldn't figure out why, but I grabbed my chance and walked up to one of them and asked, "What is this?" quickly remembering to hold up the thingamabopper.
"Well it certainly looks sharp," he replied.
Wow! He certainly is smart to figure that out so quickly. He must be on mind steroids or something!
Remembering my manners, I told him "Thank you." And received a look like I belonged in a mental hospital or something. Gees, some people must not believe in good manners these days.
I was on my way home, satisfied with a days work when I noticed a sign for the carnival that comes once a year. I decided that I should go.
When I got there, I went to the fortune cookis booth and bought a few cookies. The first fortune said, "You can find information in the least likely places."
Intrigued, I stepped out of the booth and opened another, it said, "Turn over a new leaf." So, I walked to the nearby forest and found afreshly fallen leaf. Then I turned it over. Noticing a penny I picked it up and shoved it in my pants pocket.
Nope, no information here I thought. I stepped back and noticed a penny very similar to the one I stuffed in my, oh yeah, these pants don't have pockets and I picked up my penny and put it in my coat pocket.
The third cookie I poened said, "You are getting hungry, maybe you should eat."
Man, I thought I was smart, but this cookie is just too smart! Since it was so wise I put it in my shirt pocket with my thingamabopper.
I decided to walk on to the cotton candy booth to get some food. I played a few games and then went home.
After I went to sleep I had a dream. There was this huge ugly monster that said, "You will forget!"
"Forget what?" I asked, thoroughly baffled.
"Gosh, you're too easy," he replied, "I'm used to a challenge." And he faded away. After that I had a relatively peaceful sleep without many dreams.
The next morning I awoke totally unaware of what I was supposed to forget. I didn't even know if I really forgot it or if I accidentally forgot something else. And that bothered me; I hate forgetting the wrong things!
At the end of the week I was going through my clothes before I put them in the washing machine when I pulled out the sharp green thingamabopper. Then I remembered! (It's too bad I finally ended up failing to totally forget, but at least I know that I fogot the right thing part of the time.)
But soon I noticed that my wise fortune cookie had disappeared! This no good, piece of hunk, sharp, green, thingamabopper must have eaten it! That made me mad! I was determined once and for all to find out what this thingamabopper really was!
I pounded down my front steps with a mission, remembering a little too late that I don't have front steps. I fell in the constructions workers' hole.
Furiously I climbed up out of the hole, stopping only to slikde back down the hole again. When I finally got back up out of the hole I was steamed! And I had good reason! When I fell down I broke the pipe that goes into the neighbor's sauna!
They have no excuse for this, I silently thought, fuming. They should have put up a sign! Oh . . . they did. Well then, they should have nailed my door shut!
Oh well. Back to my first task. I decided to ask one of the other unfortunate people who fell in this huge hole. Looking around I noticed nobody else had fallen in! Oh well, I guess I'll just walk on down to the school playground; some teachers might know the answer.
When I got there I asked the first teacher what it was.
He replied, "Um, um, well, uh, it looks to me like a thingamabopper."
"Thanks," I replied, "that's what I think too."
I walked to the next teacher and asked my question.
She replied, "WEll, um, I think its scientific name is Thingius Amabopperus."
"In English please," I requested.
"Oh," she replied, "that's thingamabopper to you non-sciencec folks."
Well, I thought, these teachers all agree with me so maybe I should ask a student.
I came upon a young child perhaps in the second grade and asked what he thought my thingamabopper was.
"Well," he answered, "I'd say it is a glop of really stale, petrified, and moldy, wise fortune cookies."
What a revelation! That explains where my wise fortune cookie went! I went home, careful not to fall in the hole. When I got there I put my former sharp, green thingamabopper and presently super stale, petrified, moldy, wise fortune cookie glob on my table like a trophy and a reminder of what you can do if you persevere.