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Question: The Inevitable Death of Jack!?
After surviving an encounter with an apocalyptic dust bunny, satanic 'Dumpire' (Thanks, TWK), and a sadistic troll at the bottom of a well Jack, the would-be hero of my new children's book series, is going to bite the dust!.
"The coven of chewed on Were-pencils closed in on him and Jack couldn't help thinking of all the times he chewed on his pencils at school!. The messages they wrote to him recounted hours of painful torture being ground by the teeth of elementary school students!. He knew he was one of them!. As a green were-prencil grabbed his leg and began to gnaw Jack knew he would not escape!. At the tender age of eleven he came upon the shocking reality that sometimes learning your lesson isn't enough to save your life!. All his limbs were being chewed now!. His bones sounded like rifle shots when they cracked, and when he tossed his head back to shriek in pain he saw the open mouth of his own pencil closing swiftly around his head!."
Fitting end for Jack!? Good lesson for kids!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
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My hero! If you don't write this book, I'm abducting you until you finish it!. Think 'Misery' by Stephen King!.
Glad to hear that the hapless Jack won't slither out of his inevitable doom!. More young adventurers should die, don't you think!?
I'd like to see a sinister, sunglass-wearing pencil with an Austrian accent, called 'The Eraser'!. There might also be rumors of a pacer who, sniper-like, fires 0!.2mm leads from afar!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Why stop there!? Why not have pens and pen caps get in on the action!? Does Jack not gnaw on every writing utensil he has!?
His only possible safety comes from the tribe of erasers and white out!.!.!. but can they put aside their differences in time to stop Jack from being chewed alive by the angry writing utensils!? Only time will tell!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Well, I'm kind ot thinking that even though they are angry because they have been chewed on, a pencils best weapon would be its eraser!. The fate we meet at the hands of those we harm does not necessarily have to be identical to that which we inflict!.
Perhaps the pencils could kidnap Jack and put him in the Rubber Room!?
Edit) Interesting, Ilerya!.
I've never thought of pencils and erasers as being at odds with one another!. In fact I have always thought pencils to be fortunate to exist with a built in part capable of correcting their mistakes!. I have often wished for a cosmic eraser of my own!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Oh, no! Poor, luckless Jack is to be rubbed out!? I think it's fitting, but he still has the potential to be a poster child from whom other children could learn great lessons!.
Perhaps you could wait to kill him off and instead teach another valuable lesson in this story: obey your mother and father!. In other words, his own pencil is descending and suddenly he hears his parents yelling for Jack to come to dinner!. He says, "I'll be right there" and, thus, is saved from the were-pencils!. His immediate decision to obey saves him from these horrible lead monsters!.
Then again, it just might be my pathetic attempt to safe Jack's life!. Oh, well!.!.!.
Another good one, TheVet!Www@QuestionHome@Com