THE MONSTER'S
FOOT.
No one knew
where the strange creature came from or what exactly it was. It
appeared one sunny day from the ocean and walked up to a beach in San
Diego.
The monster
was as tall as a 50 story building. It was shaped something like an
ape that walked upright but the head looked something like the head
of an octopus with large yellow eyes. It was gray and hairless and
had scales like a fish.
The people
on the beach ran away as they saw the huge thing rise from the
ocean. As it walked toward the beach it blocked out the sun for
several blocks ahead.
It walked
passed and away from the beach and walked toward the city.
There was a
panic as it walked down the street of city. Cars crashed into each
other as people tried to speed away and those crashed ended up
blocking the traffic and cars were unable to be driven away from the
creature as it stalked through the streets.
Many people
abandon their cars and ran away.
John
Stockton was one of those people. He had crashed his car into the
back of a taxi. The monster was very close and he run out of his car
toward a building to shelter him self away from the giant beast.
But as
Stockton ran across the crowded street he tripped over a blind man
who had fallen over as the crowd pushed him aside.
The great
monster was now nearly over him. It seem as if it was going to step
over him.
They said
that just before a person dies their life flashes before their eyes.
Stockton
remembered something from 30 years ago. He was about five years old
at the time.
Everyday
after breakfast Stockton's mother would send him out of the house to
play so that he would be out of the way while she did the house work.
The first
thing he did each day after his mother pushed him out of the house
was to go over to the corner of the patio where there was a big crack
in the cement.
There was an
ant colony under that crack. Young Stockton would go there and stomp
up and down on the ants. First starting with the stray ones away from
the colony and then he would stomp on as many as he could as the ants
ran about in circles trying to get away from the feet of the young
man. He would do that till he got bored.
That is what
he remembered as he watched the giant foot of the monster fall down
upon him as it walked along the street as the crowds ran around in a
panic.
THE END.
Copyright 2014 By Teel.
