Tuesday, July 28, 2009

The Story of the Magic Boxes

Once upon a time, in not-so-far-away Courthouse Castle, there sat six magical boxes with three in each row. Those who entered these magical boxes were instantly (well, sometimes) taken away to their destination of choice. But, something strange would happen to special people when they stepped into one of the boxes.

You see, these special people were in Courthouse Castle for an important reason: they were paying for the crimes they had committed. While this isn't necessarily a glamorous reason for being in Courthouse Castle, these special people must ride the magic boxes to their final destinations.

The magic boxes are activated by brightly lit buttons that are typically pressed by the people in need of being taken from place to place in Courthouse Castle. However, after the special people board the magic boxes, they expect it to take them exactly where they need to go. Once they arrive at the floor they need (or pretty much on any floor), a look of extreme surprise crosses their face at where they have arrived. Other times, the special people stare at you like you're supposed to know where they are supposed to go and then ask you if they can get off on your floor, which happens to be a floor with no courtrooms at all. Or, these special people walk onto the magic box and proceed to get angry with you because they got on the magic box that is going up instead of down or vice versa.

Today was a special day, for this lowly peasant intern rode in a magic box with the King of Courthouse Castle (aka the Boss Boss, the District Attorney). 'Twas fate, it was. For this intern had mistakenly exited the magic box onto the wrong floor and had to wait for another magic box to pick her up and take her up two more floors. This intern was lucky, for this magic box's steel jaws opened to reveal the Boss Boss, who started to walk out of the magic box only to realize he was not on the floor he wanted to be on. Laughing, the Boss Boss joked with this intern about wanting to get out whenever the little bells chimed.

So, the King of Courthouse Castle and the lowly peasant joked and talked for the next 45 seconds until they reached their final destination. Then the intern was hired four years later after she completed law school.

And they all lived happily ever after.

The End.

1 comment:

  1. Your pragmatic posts about life are much more interesting.

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