Clawback 3:
Warning; Children
Once upon a time, the Children of Humankind were at play in
the Heavenly City. Ever since being Raptured there, they had nothing else to
do. All thoughts are material in Heaven, and all desires are granted, and the
Children missed their parents; so their play was energetic indeed.
Tyrannosaurs battled Godzillas, and flying saucers exchanged
blaster fire with giant robots. That was mostly due to the Boys. The Girls made
burgeoning flower-banks wrench apart the Heavenly City’s golden pavements, and
redwoods topple its marble halls. The Heavenly City swarmed with goblins, gremlins,
griffins, golems, zombies, mummies, ogres, werewolves, vampires, Blobs and dragons.
Suddenly the vision of an Angel appeared over the City. The
Angel proclaimed, “O innocent ones, your playtime is now over!”
The Children all went, “Awwww!”
The Angel protested, “Alas, it is so! Your parents
insisted. Most forcefully insisted!
They made us an offer that we could not refuse!”
The Children all went, “Awwww!”
The Angel said, “So though you be sinless, still you must return
to sinful Earth! You shall each go straight to your parents, wherever they are;
they insisted, and we can do it… with difficulty… but it must be done, and it shall be
done! So mote it be!”
The Angel closed its eyes and prayed. With a whooshing
noise the Children of Humankind all Raptured back to Earth. The Angel opened
its eyes, surveyed the wreckage of the Heavenly City, and sighed.
Moral: Guests and fish
stink after three days.
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