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Faterella Short Story 2025 Version Part 3

At the royal ball, the party is on as the elite and noble get rowdy and drunk as they all dance the night away having the times of their lives. King Champion and Alfred Champion sit on their thrones as they watch Prince Champion struggle to flirt with a sea of women. “Why doesn’t he pick one already?” asks Alfred. “Now Alfred, he must find the right woman. After all, after tonight he would have chosen his wife to marry,” says King Champion. Alfred grumbles as he gets off his throne and leaves into the shadows. Prince Champion is surrounded by women, but not the woman he wants. The one he loves. He knows who he wants to marry, but he’s slowly realizing she might not come tonight. Prince Champion makes his way out of the crowd of women like he’s almost parting the red sea. Prince Champion feeling heartbroken his beloved didn’t even come, as the royal ball is nearly over, sees someone new and a person he doesn’t recognize, but in his heart, she feels so familiar. Prince Champion locks his eyes on Faith as they both eventually spot each other from across the room. 

Prince Champion and Faith run towards each other as they both stop to inspect the other. Faith curtsies before Prince Champion as he reaches his hand out to her. “Would you like to talk in private, miss?” asks Prince Champion. “Faith. My name is Faith. I would love too,” nervously blurts Faith. Prince Champion is a bit taken a back because of her new looks, but deep down, he knows this is his beloved Faith. No matter what size or weight, he can recognize those beautiful eyes anywhere. “Follow me to the garden. We have much to discuss,” says Prince Champion. As the royal ball slowly wraps up, Faith and Prince Champion spent the whole night holding hands as they talked in the royal garden as an unaware Faith has no idea the spell that turned her thin will end in merely five minutes. “Faith, there’s something I need to tell you about. A secret that I have been dying to confess,” says Prince Champion. Before Prince Champion could reveal his secret, more memories flooded Faith’s mind. Memories of a former flame, The Wild Man. Faith begins to remember The Wild Man, someone who didn’t care about her looks. Her first real boyfriend. As she thought about her beloved Wild Man more, Faith grew worried about him. Faith broke their vow to leave the carnival together. Faith feeling conflicted, follows her heart. She sighs and let’s go of Prince Champion’s hand as she slowly makes her way out of the royal garden. Prince Champion not wanting Faith to leave, chases after her. “Faith where are you going?” asks Prince Champion. Faith turns around and looks at Prince Champion as she makes the tough decision that is the right decision because it’s what her heart wants her to do. “Look, your highness. You are kind, caring, handsome man. But we’re clearly not meant to be. I like you more had just a little crush on you at first and now that I met you, I will admit the attraction is there. But I love another,” says Faith. Prince Champion sighs and walks over to a tree as he looks up at the full moon. Prince Champion climbs the tree. “You need to listen to my secret first. Then I will know for sure who your true love is,” says Prince Champion. 

Then the clock tower rang signaling midnight as Faith rapidly began to transform back into her old obese self. But Faith wasn’t the only one going through a transformation. Faith heard screams of pain atop the tree and as she slowly looked up, she saw Prince Champion becoming a hairy monster. Faith’s gut instinct told her to run away, but her heart told her to stay. Faith was glad she stayed because she had been reunited with her true love the whole time. Prince Champion jumped down from the tree, but not as the handsome, regal, prince, but as her beloved Brian a.k.a. The Wild Man. “Brian, you were Prince Champion this whole time?” asks Faith. “I’m sorry. I should have told you the truth sooner,” said Brian. “So, you aren’t a prince then?” asks Faith. “I am a prince. My name is Prince Brian of the Champion Kingdom. I wasn’t raised by wolves, my family sold me to the freak show when I was 17 because they were ashamed of me,” said Brian. Faith cries and then embraces Brian only for their reunion to be interrupted by a drunken Alfred Champion holding a black magical staff in one hand and a bottle of vodka in the other. “Alfred are you okay?” asks Brian. “No, I never was okay. I used to be the favorite child. I was the sole heir to the bloody throne until father saw my magical powers and made me them to turn you into a pretty boy,” said Alfred. Alfred takes a huge swig from his vodka bottle and throws it aside. Alfred aims his magical staff at Faith and Brian as he evilly snickers. “I’m finally doing it. I’m going to kill you brother. And Faterella is just a bonus. Then the throne will be mine,” cries Alfred. Before Alfred fires off his magical staff, Faith starts charging towards Alfred. Faith tries to attack Alfred only for him to snap his fingers which freezes Faith. Faith suddenly stops dead in her tracks, now motionless, and as she begins to twitch. Alfred grins and cackles as he starts to wave his hand to control a now mindless Faith like a puppet on strings. Faith rapidly begins to transform into a huge hulking red skinned demon as she sets her eyes on Brian. Faith starts to roar and growl as she slowly approaches Brian. Brian tries to calm Faith down, but he knows this isn’t the woman he knows, this is a monster, animal, a beast. “What have you done to her brother?” asks Brian. Faith strikes Brian and pins him down on the ground. Brian pleads with Faith to remember who she is and who he is, Alfred walks over and continues his evil laughter as Faith stares at Brian like nothing more than a piece of meat. “Oh brother, there’s one thing you should have known about your beloved Faterella. As you’ve probably figured out by now, Faith isn’t human. She’s a demon,” says Alfred. 

Then the clock tower rang again, but now in a deep, demonic, tone which signaled the entrance of Dark Mark, the King of the Demon Realm. Dark Mark emerges out of the ground through a portal from Hell arriving at the Champion Castle grounds wearing his battle armor which is so black and dark it has no shine. Dark Mark moves so silently, the only sound coming from him is the noise from his rusty blood covered battle armor as he walks. Dark Mark taps Alfred on the shoulder to get at his attention. “You have awakened her without me. You dare betray me, my apprentice?” asks Dark Mark. Dark Mark pulls out his sword as Alfred gulps and begs for his life. “Master, I still did thy bidding. I just wanted my brother out of the picture first so that I can assume the throne. I just thought it would be even crueler if Brian was taken out by his beloved Faterella instead of me,” cries Alfred. Dark Mark begins to fume with anger as Alfred shakes with fear to the point he’s now pissing himself. Faith is about to slaughter Brian only for her to regain control of her mind. Faith releases Brian from her grip as they both stare at each other in shock and confusion. “Brian, what’s going on? What happened to me? What have I become?” asks Faith. Dark Mark out of nowhere stabs Alfred in the chest, killing him right before Faith and Brian’s eyes. Dark Mark pulls out his sword as after Alfred dies, he just turns to dust. Dark Mark laughs and points his sword at Faith. Dark Mark snaps his fingers, and when nothing happens, he snaps them again. “I should be controlling her like a puppet right now. What’s going on?” asks Dark Mark. Faith suddenly attacks Dark Mark as they begin to wrestle with each other in the middle of the Champion Kingdom castle grounds. Faith pins Dark Mark to the ground as anger covers her face. “You, I know who you are. You killed my parents,” roars Faith. Dark Mark laughs and smiles as he looks up at Faith. “Faith, my sweet Faith. Nick didn’t tell you the whole story. I’m not the one who killed your family. I am your family. I’m your father,” laughs Dark Mark. Faith shocked releases Dark Mark as she looks at her hands which are now demonic claws. “I’m sorry. Dark Mark is telling the truth. He is our father,” said a mysterious yet familiar voice. It starts to rain, eventually becoming a thunderstorm. Faith gets up and looks around the Champion Kingdom castle as she slowly begins to change back into her true human form. Faith turns around to see Nick standing next to Brian. “I should have told you sooner. I was just trying to protect you from our father Dark Mark. Like I said, I’m your guardian angel, big sis,” said Nick. Faith falls to her knees and starts to cry. While she is down on the ground, Dark Mark pulls out his sword and is about to murder Faith. Before Brian could warn Faith to look out, Brian looked to his side and Nick was gone. Faith is surrounded by heavenly light as she turns around to see Nick, with fairy wings, holding Dark Mark back with a large battle axe. “I’m more of a writer than a fighter. But when you hurt my family, I’m ready to defend,” says Nick. Nick pushes Dark Mark to the ground. Before Dark Mark could get up, Nick swings his battle axe into Dark Mark’s back. Dark Mark falls to his knees and moans in pain. As Nick is about to do the finishing blow, Dark Mark pleads for his life. “Please son, don’t kill your old man. We both want what’s best for your sister. Now I can give you anything, what would you like me to do?” asks Dark Mark. Nick slams his battle axe to the ground and whispers into his father’s ears “Get out”. Dark Mark, now wounded and beaten, flees back into his Hellish portal back into his domain. After Dark Mark exits, Nick rushes to check on Faith and Brian who he finds are now both in a romantic embrace. Nick smiles and sheds a tear, as King Champion and the royal ball party goers emerge from the castle to witness the young freakish lovers embrace. Nick writes in his journal and slowly disappears as King Champion walks over to his son and Faith much to the shock of the party goers. “Brian?” asks King Champion. Brian realizes that he and Faith are no longer alone as he becomes pale. “Dad, do I have a lot to catch you up on,” said Brian. I’m opening my yapper again to explain what happened to everyone after the royal ball. Brian told his subjects of the Champion Kingdom that night he is in fact The Wild Man, even though some were disgusted by appearance, they all still respected him as their prince. King Champion eventually told Brian the truth of how it was his evil uncle who was the one who sold him to the carnival behind his parent’s back. 

And that it was no coincidence that the traveling carnival wound up back in the Champion Kingdom because his parents demanded it. Brian and the Champion Kingdom royal family laid Alfred to rest yet told their kingdom of the crimes he had committed in life. Brian and Faith are still together after they reunited at the royal ball. In fact, Brian and Faith are now engaged. Of course, Dark Mark returned to the Dark Realm where he belongs but this time he’s not alone. Because Dark Mark now has Alfred Champion for company alongside his army of demons. I later explained to Faith that she, like me, is in fact half-demon and half-fairy. With our father Dark Mark being a demon and our deceased mother being a fairy. I will eventually show Faith the wider magical world someday and explain in more detail how our parents met. But currently I have two jobs that I need to do first. Continue my role as Brian Champion’s royal advisor. And lastly, finish the book I’ve been writing about my sister Faith. For you see, it has been I, Nick, who has been the narrator of this tale, and this is as much of the tale as I can tell of it to ye old mortals. For you all, it’s happily ever after for us. But as for me, Faith, and Brian, our adventure has only just begun.

THE END?

Faterella Short Story 2025 Version Part 2

“I’m still fat and ugly. Why am I still like this?” asks Faith. Nick laughs and takes out a gold coin. Nick flips the gold coin and then tosses to Faith. Faith catches the gold coin. The gold coin reads on both sides “Good for one wish”. “What am I supposed to do with this? And you never answered my question Nick,” asks Faith. Nick gives Faith a hug as he slowly fades away. “To answer both of your questions, you’re wish will be granted the night of the royal ball which is tomorrow morning. You will become thin tomorrow, but only for 24 hours then you’ll change back into your old self. Second, that coin is good for one wish, and you can use it when I’m not with you. Good luck, big sis,” says Nick as he fades away. Nick disappeared as Faith stood in confusion. Faith flipped the gold coin herself only for Aunt Kim and their carriage back home to arrive. “Faterella, we’ve been looking everywhere for you. It’s time to go home. Now get your fatass in here right now,” yells Aunt Kim. Faith puts the gold coin in her handbag and goes into the carriage with her Aunt Kim and her cousins. As they ride back home, Faith begins to feel funny. Once they are all home and Faith makes her way up to the attic, she passes out and falls into a deep sleep. 

As Faith lies in bed snoring loudly, unbeknownst to her, Aunt Kim is in the basement watching Faith through her crystal ball. Aunt Kim isn’t alone in the basement though as two figures emerge. The first figure to appear is Alfred Champion. The second figure is a hulking demonic king wearing dark battle armor with a skull necklace with the letters DM written on the skull’s forehead. “You’re both here. What should we do next, Mark?” asks Aunt Kim. “Yes, what should we do Dark Mark?” asks Alfred Champion. Dark Mark pulls out a large sword and points it at the bookshelf. “I feel my son’s presence here. You two leave, I want to have a word with my son,” says Dark Mark in a gruff haunting voice. Aunt Kim and Alfred Champion quickly disappear as Dark Mark lowers his sword. Then Nick enters as Dark Mark looks lovingly at him. “Hello, Nick,” says Dark Mark. “Hello, Dad,” says Nick bitterly. Dark Mark pulls up two chairs and then pours two glasses of rum. “Sit son, we need to talk about your sister,” said Dark Mark. Nick sits down and takes the glass a glass of rum from his father Dark Mark. Nick takes a swig of rum and right away spits it out. Dark Mark laughs as Nick sets the glass of rum down. Nick snaps his fingers to a glass of lemonade which he then takes a huge swig out of. “If we’re talking about Faith. The only thing I want to say to you is to stay away from her,” shouts Nick. Dark Mark takes sip of rum and grins. Dark Mark reaches his hand out to shake Nick. Dark Mark and Nick shake hands only for Dark Mark to break Nick’s hand by just squeezing his hand so tight. “No deal,” says Dark Mark. Dark Mark, still holding Nick’s hand, slams him to the ground and beats him up. Dark Mark pulls out his sword to kill Nick, only for him to disappear. Dark Mark slams his sword to the ground in anger and roars in the night. Dark Mark’s roar attracts demons to flock to the mansion only for the sun to rise and they flee cowardly away. 

The next day, Faith wakes up feeling a little different than usual. Her pajamas are oversized and don’t fit her anymore as she makes her way out of bed. Faith barely awake start to workout but she doesn’t feel as strong as she normally is. As Faith gains her consciousness, she sees that her hands are thinner than normal. Faith shrieks and falls to the ground taken aback. Faith looks at her now thinner hands again as she begins to rub them. Faith slowly turns her head towards the mirror in her bedroom and when she sees her reflection, she’s not sure it’s her own. The girl in the mirror is no longer obese, homely, and large, but she is now a thin, tall, and curvy. Faith looks at the mirror as she slowly realizes this thinner girl in the mirror is her. Faith smiles with glee as she takes the poster of a similar looking supermodel down and does a side-by-side comparison. “I’m beautiful,” says Faith. “You were already beautiful before. Now you’re just thinner,” said a mysterious yet familiar voice. Faith turns around to see Nick sitting on her bed reading a comic book. “Thank you so much my guardian angel. You granted my wish. How can I ever repay you?” asks Faith. “By reuniting with your real true love, Brain,” says Nick. Faith laughs as she continues to look at herself in the mirror. “What do you mean Brian is my true love. I haven’t seen him in years,” said Faith. Nick stops reading his comic book and sighs. “Faith, you damn well seen Brian recently. And I need to confess something. I’m not your guardian angel. I’m your little brother,” said Nick. Faith laughed again as she makes her way downstairs. Nick blocks her way. “Where the Hell do you think your going? Did you hear what I said earlier? Don’t you care at all about finding out that you have a brother?” asks Nick. Faith pushes Nick aside and runs downstairs. Nick gets up off the ground and starts to chase after Faith. Nick, out of breath after running down a marathon of stairs from the attic, finds Faith in the kitchen inhaling her large breakfast as Ashley and Kate stare at her in shock. “Wow, how can she eat so much and maintain that figure?” asks Kate. Nick taps Faith on the shoulder and she then let’s out huge burp. Faith ignores Nick and goes in for a second helping of large plate of ham, eggs, and bacon that could feed an entire village. Nick taps her shoulder again and as feelings anger and fear come across his face. “We’re not safe here, Faith. Now stop eating and let’s go,” cries Nick. Faith sighs and stops eating throwing down her fork. Faith gets up and heads towards Nick only for a loud cough to be heard from behind. Faith turns around to see Aunt Kim holding a suitcase. “Who’s moving?” asks Faith. Aunt Kim throws Faith the suitcase and she catches it. “You Faterella. Get out of my house,” shouts Aunt Kim. Faith feels conflicted because even though her Aunt Kim and her cousins Ashley and Kate were cruel to her, she still respected them and loved them because they were her the only family she ever had. Her Aunt Kim is the one who raised her, even though her aunt was evil, it’s good that Faith turned out alright and grew into a caring soul instead of a malicious person. After Faith briefly changes into one of her cousin’s beautiful dresses, which she stole behind their backs before she left, Faith had finally been freed from her prison as Nick escorted out of the old mansion into the busy and crowded streets of Champion Kingdom. 25 minutes after Faith was kicked out of her childhood home and hours before the royal ball, Faith and Nick eat together at a diner as Nick tells Faith her true origins. As Nick ate a sandwich and drank his lemonade, he told the tale of how they both came to be. With some visual aids he created using his magical powers of course. Faith became fascinated by Nick’s story, learning that there’s an even a secret magical world unknown to mortals and the fact that magic is real. That her parents were lovestruck wizards and that her mother sadly dead in a tragic accident while slaying a demon. And that her little brother Nick was raised by fairies in another realm. As Nick catches Faith up, while she listens to Nick, she begins to have flashbacks to her past that she has long since repressed or memories that were erased that are now returning all at once. “Faith are you alright?” asks Nick. Faith begins to rapidly grow demonic horns and a demon’s tail barely finishing her food. Nick gulps and rushes to Faith’s aid. Nick says a magical incantation as waves his magical staff over her. As Nick performs this strange ritual much to the shock of the diner patrons and staff who are witnessing this, he successful turns Faith back to normal while also keeping her thin. Nick puts his magical staff away as Faith slowly wakes up confused and of course now remembering nothing about what had just happened. “What happened, Nick?” asks Faith. “I’ll tell you more as we continue to get you ready for the royal ball. Check please,” says Nick. Faith and Nick exit the diner only for Nick to come back in and snap his fingers which causes all the people in the diner to become unconscious. “When I snap my fingers again. You’ll all forget what you just witnessed here. Okay,” says Nick. Nick counts to three and snaps his fingers again with the diner patrons and staff having no memory of the prior events and they just continue their day as usual. 

During the evening, only two minutes until the royal ball, Faith and Nick make their way to Champion Castle. Faith now looks stunning with her new slick red dress, her freshly cut, and shoes to match. As they approach the Champion Castle gate, Nick takes Faith aside to next to a tall tree. Nick hugs Faith as lovingly as any brother would and Faith whispers thank you into Nick’s ears. Nick wipes away the tears, but he then gets a serious look on his face. “One thing you must remember Faith, is that the key to finding Brian is Prince Champion. Love you, have fun, and remember, just be yourself,” says Nick. Before Faith could say bye to Nick, he vanishes away faster than the wind. Faith sighs as the castle gates open. Faith makes her way up a long staircase as she gets closer to entering Champion Castle. Two large manly guards keep an eye on who enters and who leaves the royal ball. Faith finally makes it to the top and the two large manly guards go from being tough and ruff to being in awe of Faith’s beauty. Faith shows the two large manly guards her invitation and they let her into the royal ball.

Faterella Short Story 2025 Version Part 1

Once upon a time, in a faraway land. Man, that’s such a corny line to start out with. Even as a writer that line always makes me cringe. Let me tell you the story about two carnival freaks named Faterella and The Wild Man. Yet, those are just their stage names, their real names are Faith and Brian. Each night, their freak show exhibit steals the show down at the rundown rusty crusty “Mr. We’s Traveling Carnival”. The Ferris wheel and the roller coasters ain’t got nothing on Faterella and The Wild Man. Faith quite earned her nickname of Faterella due to her weighing in at an astounding 750lbs. Even though her large tough appearance make her appear to be mean and frightening, Faith is a kindhearted and caring young woman. As for Brian, he’s called The Wild Man for a reason. He’s covered in heaps of wild matted fur; he has two sharp frightening fangs alongside claws just as sharp as his personality. He’s in many ways like a wolf, not just because of the fur that surrounds his body, but because he walks on all fours. Faith and Brian have traveled the world together and a close relationship soon formed. 

One that started off as friendship, which led eventually to one of love. Now, you may think that Faith and Brian loved life traveling with the carnival, yet that could not be further from the truth. They and their fellow freaks were abused by the greedy short chubby carnival owner, Mr. We. Mr. We, whom alongside his ghoulish goons, whipped the freaks, fed them rancid food, and treated them more like animals than humans. Faith and Brian dreamed that they could run away from the carnival. Faith unfortunately had no home of her own after she lost both her parents at a young age. She had no desire to live with her evil Aunt Kim and her evil cousins Ashley and Kate, who sadly are the only family she has. Even though she lived with her Aunt Kim until she was 15, her wicked aunt sold her to Mr. We’s Carnival for a quick buck before her 16th birthday. As for Brian, he was sold to Mr. We for a high price after being found roaming around the woods next to his carnival by two lumberjacks, so that makes his true origins unknown. Faith and Brian made a vow to escape the carnival together, but however, one day would change both Faith and Brian’s lives forever. Once the traveling carnival stopped at a wonderful kingdom known as The Champion Kingdom during their tour across the country. The Champion Kingdom is where Faith lived her life before the traveling carnival. While in the kingdom, Faith and Brian were separated by force. Due to her father’s recently discovered legal will. According to her father’s will, both Faith and her Aunt Kim share co-ownership of his mansion estate because Faith had inherited the majority of his estate. To sum things up, Faith was forced to move back in with her Aunt Kim to her childhood home, which is a decaying mansion in the countryside of the Champion Kingdom, because for her Aunt Kim to still live her brother’s mansion, Faith is required to live there too because of her co-ownership of her father’s estate. Even though Faith doesn’t know that she in fact has way more ownership in her father’s mansion than her aunt does, but the less Faith knows, the better for her Aunt Kim. Now she lives in a home of both physical and emotional abuse by the hands of her aunt and her cousins who bully and belittle Faith every day. Faith feels a little awkward too because she isn’t as pretty as her conventionally attractive aunt and cousins who all look like supermodels. As for Brian, he remains trapped at the carnival without his beloved Faith. Eventually, years would pass, and Faith’s life changed quite a lot. Faith, by age 24, became a world champion sumo wrestler and local Champion Kingdom celebrity, but under the name Faterella of course. A name which has brought her fame but causes her heart to break every time she hears it shouted by large roaring arena crowds. In the end Faith’s dream was never to be a sumo wrestler. That came faster to her because of her build and large appetite. 

No Faith wishes for something else. What are Faith’s dreams? That’s not for me to share with you of course. Who am I you’re wondering? Let’s just say that I’m a loving figure and someone who will protect Faith no matter what. But this isn’t my story, it’s Faith’s story. So, let’s move along here and I’ll shut my yapper to let the words on the page themselves to tell you this tale. In the present, back at the decaying old mansion owned by her cruel aunt, now devoid of color and beauty. Up in the worn torn attic filled with rats and raccoons. Faith lives up in the attic all alone in a dusty makeshift bedroom. As she writes in her diary at her desk, chewing on her pencil, wishing for a better life. The sound of the morning rooster crowing signals the start of the day. Faith gets up and slowly walks over towards a punching bag, with a picture of her Aunt Kim taped on. Faith beat the ever-living shit out of the punching bag, making it hard to tell if it was her strength or anger shining through. Faith begins to get tired and falls fast onto the remains of her bed which are at this point is just the mattress and some pillows at this point because her large frame broken to the point of no return. Faith breathes heavily and sighs as she pulls out the latest fashion magazine with her latest fan girl crush on the cover. Faith has eyes on the latest pretty boy heartthrob, but luckily this one ain’t going away nor would he probably be a fad. Faith’s fan girl crush is the eldest son of King Champion and first in line for the Champion Kingdom throne, Prince Champion. As Faith placed the magazine against her loving heart in a room surrounded by posters of Prince Champion and supermodels. Faith gets herself up and looks at herself in the mirror and frowns. Faith looks up at a poster hanging on the ceiling in her room of some random typical attractive girl next door supermodel, whom she longs to be, but can never really be. Not that it’s impossible for her to lose some weight, but due to her low self-esteem, she will never feel as pretty as that supermodel in her poster. Remember that old saying, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, it appears that society has forgotten to get that memo. Faith, like anyone, can change her appearance, but that’s easier said than done because you can change your appearance, the rest of the fight is for her to change her self-esteem. Fat or thin, it doesn’t matter in the end for Faith or for anyone, no matter what size, just loving herself is the real battle in the end. Heck, all those supermodels she looks at in her magazines are probably facing the same issues as her, they may be thin but does that mean like anyone that they are truly happy in the end. Deep down, inner beauty matters, they say judge someone based on their character and not appearance, but again, society has forgotten that memo too. As she looks away from the poster of the supermodel hanging on her ceiling, Faith then looks at her large mitts and makes a fist while holding back her tears as she says to herself “Someday, but not today,”. Faith works out for a few more hours until she looks at the clock and realizes it’s time for breakfast. Faith sighs and makes her way down a long staircase from the attic to the kitchen. 

As Aunt Kim makes Faith more and more food, like preparing to fatten up a pig for the slaughterhouse, her cousins Ashley and Kate heckle and bully her from across the table. With her thinner prettier cousins Ashley and Kate barely eating anything due to them trying to maintain their figures and fronts, Faith arrives to see a huge pot filled with beef stew and three plates of corn bread waiting for her. Faith just sits there playing with her beef stew just swirling the spoon. Aunt Kim snaps her fingers and stares angrily at Faith. “Faterella, eat your food. Because one, it’s expensive, and two, you have a match tonight, so you need to get into fighting shape,” yells Aunt Kim. Faith sighs and then she begins to chow down at a rapid pace, just inhaling food like there’s no tomorrow. Faith finished her meal so fast that would make any competitive eater’s jaw drop. “May I be excused now?” asks Faith. “Yes, but before you leave. Please clean up your mess,” said Aunt Kim. Faith started picking up the dirty plates as she made her way to the sink. “If you weren’t the breadwinner of our family Faith. I would have kicked you out years ago,” cruelly said Aunt Kim. Faith is visibility starting to get angry as she washes the dishes. A look of horror appears of Aunt Kim’s face as she escorts her daughters Ashley and Kate out of the kitchen. “Come on girls. We need to leave to Faterella alone as she does her chores. I’ll help you both pick out your outfits for today. Oh, and Faterella, after your chores begin your training for your match tonight. After all you want to win tonight,” says Aunt Kim. Faith breaks a plate in and screams out loud in anger “My name is Faith,”. Suddenly Faith’s screams cause a huge quake as lighting engulfs her entire body. Before Faith could go further into her strange outburst, Aunt Kim snaps her fingers and says a magical incantation that knocks Faith right out. Faith, now lying on the ground in a sleep like state, her Aunt Kim walks over and places her hands on Faith’s head. Aunt Kim says the same magical incantation again while holding Faith’s head her hands begin to glow. Ashley and Kate then walk over to their mother as they both shake in fear. “Why does Faterella have to live with us still? She’s a threat to us and the entire kingdom. I mean another outburst like this and…,” says Ashley. Aunt Kim releases her grip on Faith as she is now calmer and asleep lying on the ground. Aunt Kim gets up from off the ground and sighs. Aunt Kim then turns to face her daughters and says “The less Faterella knows about her magical powers, the better. I fear she’s becoming just as powerful as her father who is the true threat here. I erased her memory of this magical outburst just like I did all the others. Out of sight and out of mind. Come on girls, this poor creature needs her rest. I will revive her before her match tonight,”. Eventually, many hours later, Faith woke up alone inside the kitchen none the wiser of the events that had happened earlier. Faith looked around her kitchen and it was a mess. Faith stretched her arms and cracked her neck before she went to meditate. While Faith was meditating, the kitchen began to magically clean itself. But was it Faith using her powers to clean it up? In the shadows a mysterious slender, male, nerdy figure wearing a red hooded wizard’s robe waved a large magical staff as it turned out he’s the one cleaning the kitchen on behalf of Faith. Faith awakes from her meditation to spot this mysterious figure cleaning the kitchen by waving his large magical staff while singing a magical spell. Faith slowly gets up from the ground and walks over to the mysterious figure. As Faith walks closer to the mysterious figure, he lowers his hood to reveal a 20-something slender nerdy brown-haired male that looks a little like a slimmer male version of her. “Who are you?” asks Faith. 

He then took his robe to reveal a pair of wings on his back which causes a heavenly glow engulfing him and he then snaps his fingers to play some classical music. “Sorry to keep you waiting. Trust me, I know your life’s been Hell. My name is Nick. I’m your guardian angel. Your protector from above. I came here to help you out. To grant you any wish you request and to teach you how to hone your magical powers,” says Nick. As Nick flies around the kitchen showing off his magical powers like the ability to fly of course. He brought life to the soulless objects of the room like the stove, the kitchen table, chairs, brooms, forks, spoons, and knifes to life. The lively objects dance around the kitchen as Nick breakdances on the ceiling. Faith watches in awe of her guardian angel’s showing of his magical skills, but Faith senses a dark presence inside the kitchen. Faith walks around as she hears odd sinister fowl noises in the kitchen cupboard. Even though these noises would sinister mysterious noises sound like gibberish to most, Faith closes her eyes and listens to a conversation between some very dark souls and understands every word of it. Faith is then taken aback as she starts to get a headache. Faith rubs her head to sooth her headache only to realize that demonic horns are growing out of her head. Faith feels the horns on her head and screams in bloody horror. Which didn’t just get Nick’s attention but made two horrible, monstruous, blood hungry, mindless, demons jump on of the cupboard and pounce on Faith. The kitchen objects once filled with life, having stopped dancing and have become soulless tools of the mortals again. Faith wrestles the two demons off her only for the whole kitchen to be filled with demons from left to right. Nick whistles and throws Faith a magical wand. “What am I supposed to do with this?” asks Faith. Nick glasses transform into sunglasses then he snaps his fingers, and the once calm peaceful heavenly classical music is replaced by demonic heavy metal. “It’s battle time,” says Nick. Nick spins his large magical staff and shoots lightning bolts at the demons. The show boating Nick kills a horde of demons like it’s no breeze. As for Faith, she hits the demons on the head with her magical wand. But the more Faith holds the magical wand, a mysterious untold feelings and memories emerge. Faith yells a loud battle cry and being a fast learner, uses the magical wand to zap demons to death like it was nothing. 

After a brawl with demons that felt like an eternity, but was just only 15 minutes, finally ends with Faith and Nick defeating their foes as they watch them as they retreat from back to once they came. Faith and Nick celebrate their victory by flying around the kitchen. Faith and Nick land back on the ground as the shake hands. “Thanks again my guardian angel. I just have three questions, what the heck happened just now? Who are you really? And why should I believe any of this?” asks Faith. Nick gulps and says “Like I said my name is Nick and I’m your guardian angel. Now how about I grant you a wish, would that make you feel better? So, what is your first wish going to be?” asks Nick. But before Faith could even speak, only for her Aunt Kim and her cousins Ashley and Kate to enter the kitchen. Faith tries to state her first wish, but just as fast as Nick arrived, he vanished without a trace. Faith looks around the kitchen to see that it’s spotless as her Aunt Kim taps her foot. “Faith, the carriage is here and we’re going to be late for your match if you don’t get moving,” shouts Aunt Kim. “Right, my match tonight. Time just flies by, doesn’t it?” says a very confused Faith. Faith rubs her head as she exits the kitchen realizing her demon horns have disappeared. Faith is the first to leave, followed by her cousins, but before her Aunt Kim exits, she spots a demon’s hand coming out of the ground holding a letter. Aunt Kim takes the letter out the demon’s hand and opens it. Aunt Kim reads the letter as she heads to the carriage to Faith’s match tonight. Before the day is truly over, as the night is still young. Inside huge stadium the sounds of spectators cheering loudly as they watch with glee the main event of the evening. Faith, a champion sumo wrestler vs. El Killo, the world heavyweight wrestling champion, in a publicity match of sumo wrestler vs. professional wrestler. As Faith and El Killo grapple in the ring, it looks like Faith is going to be the clear winner. After all, Faith is stronger and larger than the dimwitted masked muscular luchador El Killo. Yet, Faith and El Killo look like they are having a grand old time in the ring, both enjoying what they do best, wrestling. Faith pins El Killo for the win as the crowd cheers erupt as they start chanting Faterella with pride for their kingdom’s champion. 

As the referee raises Faith’s hand in victory, El Killo lays beaten on the ground with a look of disdain and vengeance across his face. Faith bows down to the crowd and is about to leave the ring only for El Killo to pull a sneak attack and hit her with a folding chair. Faith falls as El Killo repeatedly whacks her with the chair in the back to keep her down. Faith cries out in pain as the crowd laughs and cheers on El Killo. Suddenly as El Killo was about to do the final blow, until someone in the crowd shouted “Faith” and started running out of their seat and into the ring. Who is this hero from the crowd? It's the rugged, manly, strong, handsome, Prince Champion of course. Prince Champion enters the ring and gets the chair out of El Killo’s hands. El Killo shakes in fear and flees the ring. Faith looks up to see her crush Prince Champion reaching his hand out to help her up. “It’s okay. You’re safe now, Faith,” says Prince Champion. Faith is stunned and curious how Prince Champion knows her real name, because the public only knows her by her stage name of Faterella. Faith to scared to ask and in awe of Prince Champion kneels before him. “Your highness. Thanks for your help. No one has ever been this kind to me,” said Faith. Prince Champion blushes and then he hears the clock tower ringing. Prince Champion looks at his hand as fur slowly grows. Prince Champion mumbles a quick goodbye to Faith as he storms out of the stadium. Faith is lovestruck after meeting Prince Champion, but soon the crowd begins to boo her and throw tomatoes at her. Faith gets covered in the garbage being throw at her by the crowd as she’s shocked why they suddenly turned on her. Elsewhere, in the stadium parking lot, Prince Champion is talking with his younger evil brother, Alfred Champion as Alfred says a magical incantation to make Prince Champion’s hand fur go away. “Thanks again Alfred. I owe you one,” said Prince Champion. “I don’t get why you had to play hero in the ring and save your ex-girlfriend. She’s so ugly. When I first saw her, I thought she was a man. Why her? And do you really love her?” asks Alfred. Prince Champion slaps Alfred across his smug face and then lifts him up off the ground. “Look you little weasel. Don’t you ever insult Faith again. She cared for me when you and Dad didn’t. Let’s just go home and….,” says Prince Champion. Before Prince Champion could beat the ever-living snot out of his brother Alfred, he hears intense crying nearby. And this cry is familiar to him, because it’s the familiar try he’s heard before in a prior life. Prince Champion drops Alfred and follows the sounds of the cries of his beloved. Alfred coughs and dusts himself off. “I’m telling Dad about all of this. He’ll never let you be with her you know. And we should probably get going because we must prepare for your royal ball tomorrow. Or you know what, screw you and your ex. I’m dealing with a lot of things myself right now. Who am I talking too?” asks Alfred. Alfred shrugs and walks towards a gorgeous gold royal carriage waiting for him. Prince Champion finds Faith crying next to a dumpster outside the stadium. Prince Champion slowly sits next to Faith and puts a royal envelope out of his pocket. Prince Champion grabs Faith’s hand and hands her the envelope. Faith wipes away her tears and looks like a confused puppy at the gift she’s just received. “Your highness, what’s this envelope? Do I owe money?” asks Faith. “No, it’s an invitation to the Champion Royal Ball tomorrow. I really hope you can come Faith,” says Prince Champion. “How do you know my real name?” asks Faith. Prince Champion gulps and stutters a bit when just in time his royal carriage arrived to take him home. “I’ll tell you how I know your real name when the moment is right. Good night,” says Prince Champion. Prince Champion kisses Faith’s hand and goes to his royal carriage. 

After Prince Champion rides off in his royal carriage. Faith smiles brightly and giggles. “OMG, I’m going to the royal ball. What should I…” says Faith. Faith sees her reflection in a puddle and looks at the royal ball envelope again. “Like I could ever land a prince looking like this. I wish I could be thin,” said Faith. Faith gets up off the ground and dusts herself off when somehow Nick appears before Faith. “Did I hear you wish for something?” asks Nick. “Wow, you can see and hear everything. You can make me thin and beautiful?” asks Faith. Nick pulls out his magical staff and waves it across her body while talking in tongues. Smoke immerses Faith as she begins to glow in a bright golden aura. Nick slams his magical staff to the ground and shouts “She is a believer,” as the smoke slowly clears to see that Faith still looks the same.

Spotty’s Random Film Festival Cancelled Book Teaser

Spotty’s Random Film Festival is a short story collection with a twist. During the last day of operations for a bankrupt movie theater multiplex in a small New Hampshire town. After their boss leaves, with zero customers in sight, the employees decide to have a little fun on their last day of work. When the custodian, an anthropomorphic talking dog named Spotty, finds a box of old film reels he figures his co-workers should watch these movies until closing time before everyone is laid off. As this wacky cast of characters watch these movies, since we can’t watch the movies alongside them, we read them. This book contains original short stories in multiple genres ranging from sci-fi, fantasy, superhero, comedy, true stories from the author’s life, and so many more. The best part for you the reader is that you can literally start this collection from anywhere you want. 

The Cast of Spotty’s Random Film Festival: A Short Story Collection:

• Spotty 

• Stork 

• Lion 

• Mr. Raccoon 

• Chillie Chinchilla 

• Binky Bear

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Bucky's World: Thinking Is Hard

 

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Evil Pig Short Story 2025 Version

In the year 2041, in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, a scientist named Professor Walter Loue who is a lonely, single, scrawny, nerdy man who never had time for a wife or family, but not just because of his looks, but also because of his obsession to cure dwarfism because his own little brother is a little person. He is currently working on a cure for dwarfism which is being funded by his family’s pharmaceutical company named Louse & Stewart. His older sister Holly Louse is the current CEO of Louse & Stewart, and she’s continuing Louse & Stewart reign of being one of the largest pharmaceutical corporations in the world that always outsmarts their corporate rivals at every turn. Holly may look like a beautiful thin, blonde, stereotypical supermodel on the outside, yet underneath her beauty, she has a cruel, greedy, sinister heart like her cruel father and mentor who was the CEO before her. Even though the company he works for bares his last name, Professor Walter doesn’t care about the money, nor does he have access to his family’s vast fortune. He only cares about helping the world get healthier and making it a better place for all. Because of climate change, nearly half of the planet is now nothing, but enormously hot deserts and water is the currency that would make someone who had a large supply of water both a trillionaire and powerful. He works night and day in his air-conditioned laboratory as he just continues working on his research to make the cure for dwarfism a reality. He’s currently testing his cure on animals, but he did it for science and mankind, even though deep down he thinks that animal testing overall is cruel along with the fact that due to the current state of planet Earth, nearly every animal species went extinct. The only animals that currently remain are dogs, cats, rats, bugs, snakes, cows, chickens, and of course pigs. 

But the only problem with Professor Walter Loue’s cure for Dwarfism is that only one animal could be used to test it. For some reason pigs were a perfect candidate for testing. But Walter Loue needed to find the right pig both for the purposes of his research and in price because pork is also a very rare commodity. After doing his homework and watching the local news, Professor Walter Loue drove to the farm which was covered in the local TV news piece, which is in what remains of the beautiful farmlands in the state of Ohio that hasn’t been devastated by climate change. Using company funds, he bought himself the chosen pig to receive his cure from a farmer who, for some mysterious reason, was dying to get rid of him. The pig Walter bought was the runt of the litter and he knew this pig, who happened to be the world’s smallest pig according to the record books, would be the perfect candidate to test his cure for dwarfism on. 

Two days later, Professor Walter Loue with the aid of his lab assistants who helped the little pig stay still would eventually inject the cure for dwarfism into the small, cute runt pig, which Professor Walter had named Andre after his beloved uncle, and after Andre was given the cure, he slowly began to grow. Suddenly day by day Andre began to grow larger and larger. Professor Walter Loue’s cure seemed to be a success as Andre eventually grew over 10 feet tall and weighing a staggering 851 pounds. Yet, before Professor Walter could share his cure for dwarfism with his sister and start to begin human trials, Andre not only wouldn’t stop growing, but his brain began to become criminally insane. Andre was slowly growing into a giant monster which Professor Walter’s lab assistants nicknamed “Evil Pig”. Eventually, three months after Professor Walter bought Andre a.k.a. Evil Pig and given him the wonder cure, Evil Pig had escaped from his lab and went on a rampage throughout the entire city of Cleveland. Evil Pig just started to destroy everything in the city, every building, every skyscraper, and even ate the people who lived there because of his now large appetite. The United States military with all their advanced weaponry had failed to take down Evil Pig since his skin became stronger than steel, thanks to the cure he was injected with. As Evil Pig continued destroying the city, Professor Walter Loue and his sister Holly went to visit their little brother. Professor Walter’s Loue’s little brother was a mafia boss named Big Tony who runs the biggest criminal empire in all of Cleveland. Big Tony was the reason why Professor Walter wanted to create the cure in the first place because he wanted cure his brother. Professor Walter and Holly fearfully talked to their little brother and offered to give him the cure for dwarfism, only if he would go out and slay Evil Pig. Big Tony responded without hesitation and said, “Brother, I would do anything not to be a midget anymore. Please give me the cure and I’ll get rid of that pig for ya,”. “Thank you, Tony. But this is a last resort, and you also are the only other perfect candidate for the cure because it was made for you,” said Walter. 

Soon Walter injected the cure into Big Tony and like Andre before him, it only took a few days for his brother begin to grow into a giant as Big Tony not only lived up to his name, but slowly mutated into a gruesome green skinned reptilian giant. After Big Tony’s transformation was complete, he headed over to confront Evil Pig as a long battle would begin between the two. As Big Tony and Evil Pig’s battle raged on for six weeks, the outcome wasn’t what was expected. Big Tony and Evil Pig both unexpectedly died from a heart attack during their battle. With the city of Cleveland now in ruins, the U.S. government began an investigation into Louse & Stewart. After the investigation was finished, both Holly and Professor Walter were sentenced to life in prison with possibility of parole for their part in the destruction of the city of Cleveland and because the U.S. government discovered during the investigation that the Louse & Stewart Corporation had committed tax fraud under Holly’s leadership. 

With little funding from FEMA because in the current U.S. economy, the U.S. government is near bankrupt, it seemed like the city of Cleveland would be gone forever. Luckily the city of Cleveland would find a way to get funding to rebuild their city from the Louse & Stewart Corporation, because the judge ordered both the Louse & Stewart Corporation and the Louse family to pay for all the repairs to fix the city Cleveland. Within only four months, the city of Cleveland was successfully rebuilt into a city of the future. Because of the huge fee in the rebuilding of the city of Cleveland, both the Louse & Stewart Corporation and the Louse family had been forced to file for bankruptcy within a day after the city of Cleveland’s grand reopening. All of Louse & Stewart’s assets were sold to their business rivals as they gleefully absorbed parts of Louse & Stewart which led to the end of their Louse & Stewart’s monopoly in the pharmaceutical market. Not only would Holly and Professor Walter spend the rest of their lives in prison, but after the bankruptcies, the Louse family fortune dried up after the company that their very great grandfather founded decades ago was no more. Now penny less and prisoners, Holly and Professor Walter’s lives were turned upside down as they both had to adjust to their new lifestyles. As for the rest of the Louse family along with their extended family members, they would all become homeless overnight and remain in poverty until the end of time. Sometime after he was sent to prison, Professor Walter later discovered that Andre’s corpse and his brother Big Tony’s corpse were collected by the U.S. government after their battle destroyed the city of Cleveland before it was rebuilt into advanced technological utopia. Professor Walter was offered a lighter prison sentence if he would aid the U.S. government into their research to cure dwarfism, but he shockingly refused their offer. As of now Professor Walter wanted nothing to do with trying to cure dwarfism anymore after the death of his brother and the death of his beloved pet pig Andre because his passion was gone, thus he remains in prison for the rest of his life. Or will he? Three years later, as Professor Walter and his sister Holly were mopping up their prison’s floors with other inmates, a lone, older, gruff, male prison guard walked in and tapped Professor Walter on the shoulder. “Walter Louse,” shouted the older male prison guard. “Actually, it’s Professor Walter Louse and..,” said Professor Walter. The older male prison guard hit Professor Walter beside the head with his nightstick and yelled, “Shut up smart ass and listen. Because of your good behavior the parole board wanted me to inform you that you’re now on parole. Now let me escort you out of here as you are now a free man, unless you screw up or miss your any parole officer’s meetings, you will end up back here. Do you understand that maggot or do I need to beat it into you?”. Professor Walter gulped and asked, “Yes, I understand the rules of parole. But before you escort me out of here, may I say a quick farewell to my sister?’. “Proceed, but keep it short,” cried the older male prison guard. Professor Walter cleared his throat and gave his sister Holly a huge hug. The hug wouldn’t last for long as Holly pushed him to the ground. As Professor Walter got up off the ground and started to dust himself off, he gave an apology to his sister Holly for ruining their father’s legacy and his hand in causing their family’s vast fortune to disappear because of his failed cure for dwarfism. After Professor Walter’s apology, Holly only responded to his apology with two horrible words, fuck off. Hours later, Professor Walter was a free man once more as he is now under parole. Currently living in a halfway house, Walter, no longer a professor after his degree was revoked by his university because of his crimes, just slept in his room alone all day because of his depression becoming worse every day. Walter struggled to readjust to his life on the outside and struggle to find work. Happily, Walter would find job as a farmhand and now he helps with the pig farming. Raising pigs until they are ready for slaughter. One day while Walter was working in the farm, which is in fact the farm where he bought Andre, his boss walked up to him and pointed to the biggest pig in the pig shelter. “Walter, I never told you this when you were hired, but that big pig over there is the son of Evil Pig. We learned Evil Pig matted with a pig named Besty before you bought him. Funny enough, that pig is named Walter after you. Pretty funny the son of that runt turned out to be giant of a pig himself. And through no drugs either,” said Walter’s boss. Walter now stunned after learning his pet Andre had a son speedily shouted out loud, “Genetics,” yelled Walter. “Boy what the Hell were you talking about?” asked Walter’s boss. “How old was Andre when I bought him?” asked Walter. “What you mean Evil Pig? Why does that matter?” asked Walter’s boss. “Because depending on Andre’s age, he may have not been a runt at all,” cried Walter. Walter’s boss sighed and placed his arm over Walter’s shoulder. “Walter, since you are figuring out on your own, it’s time that I told you the truth about Evil Pig. He was never the runt of the litter. In fact, Evil Pig was just a baby. Because pigs can mature faster than humans, like all pigs, Evil Pig reached sexual maturity only within a few months days before you bought him. And a little after you bought Evil Pig, we learned that Betsy was pregnant with Walter, I meant the pig Walter and not yourself by the way,” said Walter’s boss. Walter taken aback by this information swiftly fell to his knees. “So, in the end, Andre didn’t need my cure at all. It was all a lie. Why? Why did you lie to me and the news about Andre?” cried Walter. Walter’s boss sighed and helped Walter up as he explained the truth. Walter’s boss said he lied about Andre’s size as a publicity stunt to save his farm from going out of business. By claiming that Andre was the world’s smallest pig and along with getting Andre in the record books for this false claim, people all over the country flocked to come to his farm to see the world’s smallest pig. Due to that lie, not only would he make a profit from tourism dollars, but demand in his product grew too. After discovering the truth from his boss and Andre’s former owner, he rose up from the ground and shouted, “Why did you sell your cash cow to me then?”. “Because you were trying to cure dwarfism and if your cure worked, which it did in a way, it would of course give more publicity for my farm. Sadly, it was all about the Benjamin’s in the end. If I hadn’t sold you Evil Pig, my farm would have gone out of business within a week. Plus, like his name, I noticed early on Evil Pig, or as you called him Andre, was evil. Andre was a wild animal in the end. Andre was untrainable. Sorry about all of this, Walter,” said Walter’s boss. “No, I’m sorry,” cried Walter. Out of nowhere, Walter punched his boss in the face and began to beat him nearly to death before the other farmhands intervened. After beating his boss to a bloody pulp, not only was Walter fired that day, but he ended up losing his parole and was sent back to prison. Walter reminded in prison for the rest of his life, and he would eventually pass away at the age of 106. He lived to be the age 106 because of improvements in medicine, everyone has a long lifespan than usual. Walter died before he learned that his science would end up leading to the demise of all of planet Earth. Because the U.S. government was just as corrupt and greedy, they studied Andre and Big Tony’s corpuses, not to continue researching a cure for dwarfism. No, the U.S. government through the military wanted to make more giant Evil Pigs to aid in future warfare. They wanted an army of super soldiers, and it was just cheaper for the military to make super pigs instead of super people. Not that surprising in the end, after this army of pig super soldiers were created, it would lead to end of all mankind. Humans were no longer the dominant species on Earth as they were dethroned by these super pigs. Thus centuries after the extinction of the human due to the super pigs, the descendants of these super pigs not only grew stronger, they grew smarter as well. As the descendants of the super pigs’ intelligence grew over centuries, pigs replaced humans and created a similar society to humans. Pigs took over the cities left behind by humans and pigs lived lives like humans. These super intelligent pigs had jobs, families, religion, technology, government, media, and of course, science. Oddly enough, a descendant of Andre currently works as a scientist as he works to resurrect humans long after their extinction. 

This lone scientist pig, with funding from his government, attempted to resurrect humans by cloning them. This experiment was successful, and the first human cloned came from a surprising source. The first human ever cloned by pigs was done so using Walter Louse’s DNA after the pigs discovered his grave. Walter Louse is back, or at least a clone of him is back, and now that pigs have successfully cloned a human, will it lead to their demise or do these pigs no better? When you think about it, are they no better than us? Because pig scientists like human scientists centuries ago do experiments which they feel would help their world, but usually it leads to something worse. Because we’re all animals in the end with flaws and so any outcome is likely. No one can predict the future, we can live in the present, but we usually ignore the past which effects both the present and future. Sadly, by ignoring the past, those who don’t learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.

Birds City Short Story 2025 Version

New York City is one of the biggest cities in the world. New York is full of vibrant people, huge skyscrapers, and a unique style of pizza. Like how the people of New York are made up of immigrants who come from across the world to live there, so too are the many birds that live in New York. One new bird that just immigrated from Paris, France is a pigeon named simply Pigeon. Pigeon is a young, very cocky, street smart, bird who came to New York for a better life. His mother still lives in France and because he’s a momma’s boy, he visits his mother on occasion. Pigeon’s favorite food is popcorn which happens to be a very expensive cuisine for birds in New York. Popcorn is a food, a luxury, and a form of currency for birds in New York, and whoever has the most popcorn is the most powerful bird in New York. And the most powerful bird in New York happens to be Don Woodpecker, who’s the head of the Woodpecker Crime Family. Don Woodpecker is your stereotypical mafia boss and dresses to the nines. Don Woodpecker eats the finest breadsticks outside the best pizzerias in New York. Don Woodpecker also owns a cat, a cat named Tony who is a tabby cat who is the enemy of Pigeon and all the birds who live under his reign. Tony has eaten many of Pigeon’s friends and foes and is a very fat cat. Tony currently lives in an animal shelter and is hoping he’ll roam the streets of New York once more. Even though Pigeon acts like a street-smart hooligan, he is in reality is just kind of a shy geeky little bird. Pigeon and his friend, the wannabe rapper and low-level seed dealer, Carl Cardinal, work under Don Woodpecker as seed dealers. Carl Cardinal is a literal drug addict, and like Pigeon, an outcast. Another stranger in a strange land. Carl Cardinal became a drug addict because he would steal the pills out of old ladies’ bags which he confused for bird seed. Pigeon and Carl Cardinal sold seeds in Queens for the Woodpecker Crime Family. Pigeon and Carl Cardinal weren’t proud of what they did for a living and they both wished for a better life. Pigeon always wanted to be a teacher and of course Carl wanted to be a hip hop artist. I bet you’re wondering why Pigeon and Carl just quit and leave the Woodpecker Crime Family for good. 

Well, both are stuck working for Don Woodpecker for a few reasons. Mainly because they in financial debt to Don Woodpecker along with the fact Pigeon came to America illegally and Carl is an ex-con, two groups which are treated aren’t kindly in general not only by just human society, but in bird society too. Pigeon is saving up his money to repay Don Woodpecker along with saving some on the side to go to college to earn a degree so his dream job of becoming a teacher can become a reality. One day would forever change Pigeon and Carl’s lives forever, when they were both about to lose everything and learn about a huge police sting against Don Woodpecker which could end up in the downfall of Don Woodpecker. On one hot Tuesday afternoon, Pigeon and Carl were dealing seeds when both of them ended up being arrested by the Bird Police of New York. The Bird Police of New York works similarly to the New York City Police Department but for birds, and like its human counterpart, it’s full of corruption with a few good apples in charge. Because The Bird Police were so desperate to get Don Woodpecker behind bars for good, they ended up striking a deal with Pigeon and Carl to work alongside them investigation into the Woodpecker Crime Family. They offered both Pigeon and Carl a full pardon if they give testimony in their case against Don Woodpecker. Pigeon and Carl happily agreed, but since they were the lowest of level members in the Woodpecker Crime Family, it take some time for the police to arrest all the key players alongside Don Woodpecker. 

The next day, Pigeon and Carl went undercover wearing a wire inside the Salt Saloon to meet with Don Woodpecker’s righthand bird, Bruno Blue Jay, who was having dinner with his bodyguard Tito Turtle and billionaire bird businessman Mellow Mockingbird. Mellow Mockingbird is the CEO, founder, and owner of the Mellow Mail, one of the largest delivery companies in the world with millions of birds under his employ. Pigeon and Carl joined in on Bruno and Mellow’s business dinner. As they snacked on the finest breadstick and drank the fanciest wine, Pigeon and Carl were recording the whole evening. “So, I take it you like being the only game in town still Mellow? Because I hate for the upstart Dagger Deliveries to dethrone you? You of course heard that they were offered that huge contract with the second largest retailor Snail Shopping, right?” asked Bruno Blue Jay. “Damn that Rachel Robin, she used to work for me only to start Dagger Deliveries because I didn’t give her a promotion. Now she may very cause my downfall. But luckily, your men of course will take care of her and her company while I resume negotiations with Snail Shopping to get that contract, right?” asked Mellow Mockingbird. Mellow Mockingbird pulled out two huge pieces of popcorn and handed them over to Bruno Blue Jay. “We’ve got it taken care of. Now my main man Tito will whack Rachel Robin tonight and thus that contract will be yours. Along with us stalling some Dagger Deliveries if you catch my drift,” said Bruno Blue Jay. Mellow screamed and asked, “I don’t want Rachel whacked. What would ever give you that idea?”. Bruno and Tito both laughed as a waitress came over with a huge slice of cake as dessert. Pigeon raised his wing as Tito nudged Bruno. “Yo, why are those seed dealers here, Bruno?” asked Tito. “They are here Tito my friend because they were hired to whack Ms. Rachel Robin. And I dare wonder why question Mr. Frenchy Pigeon has for his superior, now dare I ask Pigeon, what don’t you get about the fact that you and Carl are going to whack Ms. Rachel Robin for my dear friend Mellow Mockingbird?” asked Bruno Blue Jay. Pigeon clears his throat and asks, “It appears Mellow doesn’t want Rachel to be whacked. Why does Rachel need to be knocked off if it’s to prevent a simple business contract from going to her company?” asked Pigeon. Tito pulled out a gun and aimed it a Pigeon and Carl. Carl yelped and jumped underneath the table as Tito kept aim at Pigeon. “Yo Bruno, these two are wearing wires. Let’s whack them off before the cops get us,” cried Tito. Bruno laughed and then slammed his hand on the table. “Tito, you idiot. Why would the cops be working with these two morons? After all, Don Woodpecker has Bird Police Chief Kongons under his pocket I doubt they would ever begin an investigation into us. Don Woodpecker owns this city. Now you two have your orders so get rid of Rachel Robin. And if you’re wondering why you’re whacking Rachel off is because she’s the largest donor of Matt Mayfly’s upcoming mayoral campaign against our guy, current Bird City Mayor Jones, that if the brass young goody two shoes Mayfly loses her campaign donations, our guy good old Mayor Jones remains mayor of Bird City thus my man Don Woodpecker remains the true king of Bird City,” says Bruno. “So, if Rachel is gone, Mellow Mail gets the contract and as a bonus, Don Woodpecker’s other key players within Bird City stay in power basically?” asks Pigeon. Bruno laughs and takes a huge bite out of the slice of cake. Mellow grabs a bite of the cake as Tito hands Pigeon a picture of Rachel Robin. “Bruno gave you idiots your assignment, stop asking questions and get it done. Here’s her picture and you’ll get paid once the job is done,” said Tito. “Thanks, Mr. Turtle. We’ll get right on that,” said Pigeon. Bruno snorts bird seed like cocaine as he, Tito, and Mellow continue their dinner. Pigeon and Carl exit the Salt Saloon as the Bird Police rush in to arrest the criminals inside. With the arrests of his right-hand man Bruno and one of his loyal goons Tito Turtle, along with Mayor Jones, Police Chief Kongons, and Mellow Mockingbird keeping their distance from him, Don Woodpecker’s criminal empire is about to end. And upon learning that it was Pigeon and Carl who ratted out his men to the Bird Police, Don Woodpecker would not only keep the hit of Rachel Robin, but now Pigeon and Carl were on the hitlist as well. Now that they were all walking targets Pigeon, Carl, and Rachel befriended each other. With Pigeon and Rachel eventually becoming a little more than just friends. A week later, a Pigeon, Carl, and Rachel hide out in Rachel’s ritzy apartment in Manhattan with heavy police guard protecting only for Tony the Cat to make his grand return as he slaughters the bird police officers who were protecting the key birds who can finally end Don Woodpecker’s reign of terror, Rachel knows someone who could get rid of Tony for good but she’s currently behind bars, so now it’s up for Pigeon, Carl, and Rachel to free her. Who is Rachel’s friend behind bars? It’s fellow shelter pet Donna the Dog and she’s currently in an animal shelter sixteen blocks away from her apartment. Pigeon and Carl agree to come with Rachel to free Donna the Dog from her shelter prison as they must outrun not only Tony the Cat but all of Don Woodpecker’s henchmen. Hours later, our heroes finally made it to the animal shelter and before they could free Donna the Dog, Don Woodpecker flies in and kidnaps Rachel. 

Pigeon and Carl free Donna the Dog so she can take care of Tony the Cat. Pigeon and Carl fly off to rescue Rachel alongside the rest of the Bird Police as Don Woodpecker is keeping her held up at his Manhattan mansion estate. As the Bird Police have a shootout with Don Woodpecker’s goons, Pigeon and Carl sneak into the mansion to rescue Rachel. Just as Don Woodpecker was about to whack Rachel himself, Pigeon swoops in and wrestles the gun out of Don Woodpecker’s wing. As Pigeon and Carl tackle Don Woodpecker to the ground, the Bird Police rush in to finally arrest the biggest crime lord known to all of bird kind. A week later after a speedy trial, Don Woodpecker was found guilty on all counts and was sentence to life in prison. Now Don Woodpecker was behind bars alongside his friends, Bruno Blue Jay, Tito Turtle, Mellow Mockingbird, the now ex-mayor Mayor Jones, and the ex-Bird Police of New York chief Chief Kongons. Pigeon and Carl were given not only full pardons for their part in getting Don Woodpecker arrested, but the newly elected mayor Matt Mayfly gave each of them the key to the city. Months later, with peace being restored, everything was looking good for both Pigeon and Carl. Carl was signed by a major record label and his first album sold a million copies. Carl earned a peanut album (A peanut album is like getting a platinum album for humans, but peanuts are worth more in value to birds than platinum). Rachel’s company Dagger Deliveries lands the Snail Shopping contract as it continues to grow. With a charitable grant, Pigeon goes to college to study to become a teacher. Pigeon and Rachel’s love continued to blossom as the pair would eventually get married. Pigeon finally began to live the American Dream and became the up standing citizen he’s always wanted to be. No longing living a life a crime and with a loving wife by his side, all things are looking bright for Pigeon. Pigeon finally became a US citizen, and he even moved his mother to New York aiding her in getting US citizenship as well. Pigeon future is looking bright and proves anything is possible if you work hard enough, with luck, and by just knowing the right birds.

Spotty’s Random Film Festival Epilogue

Twelve hours later, after staying long after closing hours, Mr. Raccoon finally turns off the projection as he sheds a little tear. The audience inside the theater made up of the four now former employee give a loud thunderous applause after they just finished every short film in the box. Mr. Raccoon began begrudgingly packing his belongings into a cardboard box, because he sadly remembered he had been laid off. As Mr. Raccoon was carrying his belongings down from the rafters, he tried to collect himself and put on a happy face. Deep down however, being the second oldest employee at the theater with the realization that he is now laid off. Mr. Raccoon slowly cried until it finally turned to insane sobbing. As tried but failed to enjoy each step as he was coming down from to return to the lobby to say his final goodbye to his young co-workers. Feeling woe and dread as it was difficult for him to leave the place he worked at for twenty years. Mr. Raccoon’s first job was being a movie theater projectionist as that’s all he’s ever known as a trade. Since he was older too, he knew finding another job with little experience in any other trade. Mr. Raccoon knew job hunting would be hard and daunting task that he had to do to survive. He doesn’t have enough money saved for retirement. Mr. Raccoon never finished film school which means he doesn’t have a college degree. Along with the ageism running rampant in the job market in general. Mr. Raccoon couldn’t stop thinking about his future, feeling fear that he will lose everything he has. Mr. Raccoon finally enters the lobby to see an amazing sight. Mr. Raccoon was filled with glee seeing his co-workers Spotty and Stork doing their jobs. Spotty and Stork were also holding back the tears as they slowly moved their mops back and forth as depression filled their hearts. “Stork, I just wanted to say that I enjoyed working with you here at Lion’s Grand Theaters. You will and always have been, my only real friend. I love you my bird brother from another mother,” cried Spotty while mopping up the years old vomit he finally noticed on the lobby floor. Stork dropped his mop and rushed over to Spotty. Stork gave Spotty a huge hug and said, “Want to smoke a joint with me Spotty?” asked Stork. “No, I don’t smoke. Have fun though and I hope we can still be friends outside of here. Both in the real world and on social media. Since I’m unemployed, I finally have time to become what I’ve always wanted,” said Spotty. “What job did you always want to have?” asked Stork. “To become a janitor at Chimichanga Charlie’s Mexican Restaurant. Only because you get an employee discount working there. So, I can have all chimichangas I can eat. It’s the American dream my brother,” said Spotty. 

Stork let go of Spotty and made his way to the concession stand. Binky Bear checks the cash register one final time and as usual the theater didn’t turn a profit again. Binky Bear closed the cash register and resumed eating a huge bucket of stall popcorn. Chillie started to pace around the concession stand after getting a sugar high from eating the remaining candy before it went stale.  She sang a rock song while moving rapidly at superspeed to the point where she was becoming a blur. Chillie clearly was going through a sugar rush due to with all candy in her system as she sensationally sipped a large size caffeinated cola. Stork walked over to say his final farewells to Binky and Chillie before the theater closed for good. Binky finally broke down in tears as he was continuing to stress eat his tub of popcorn. Stork tapped his wing on the counter which got Binky and Chillie’s attention. Binky reached out his buttered covered paw to shake Stork’s wing. Stork and Binky shook hands as Binky reached over from the counter to embrace Stork. “I’m going to miss this place. I don’t want to go back to working a Dandy Dan’s Car Dealership. I can’t work for my father Dandy Dan dude. I suck at selling cars and can never live up to my father’s legacy. Along with the fact I don’t have a driver’s license. My Dad will always think I’m a failure,” cried Binky Bear. “That sucks Binky that you need to go back working for the man who happens to be your dad. Hey, sorry to ruin this love fest. But I was wondering if I could get a hotdog with ketchup only along with a medium orange soda. I have a wicked case of the munchies right now and my hunger can’t be stopped,” said Stork. “Sure, thing Stork. Also do you have enough weed to go around?” asked Binky Bear. “Does a bear shit in the woods?” asked Stork. Binky slapped Stork in the face as he cried, “That’s offensive stereotype to my people Stork. We’re proud to shit in the woods when nature calls. Only we’re not savages, we know what indoor plumbing is, you damn hippie bastard. Not all bears, Stork. Not all bears. Don’t focus on stereotypes because it will only lead to bad results. You baby deliver,”. Stork started to rub his face as Binky started prepping his hotdog and orange soda. “You know baby deliver is an offensive slur to my people, right Binky?” asked Stork. “Yeah, but you called me a wood shitter, so yeah, I think that makes us even. Here’s your hotdog and medium orange soda. That’ll take payment in some sweet Mary Jane please,” shouted Binky Bear. Binky gave Stork his snack while slipping a joint to Binky as payment. Mr. Raccoon whistled and waved goodbye. “Well, my shift ended hours ago. It’s hard for me to leave this place. Not only because of my love of cinema. But because of you all. I wanted to say thank you for all your hard work today. Also, if any you would like to be one of my references as I now seek employment, that’ll be great. In conclusion, anyone interest in the items in this box? If you are interest in my old nick-nacks I am willing to sell them for the right price. Or is the pawn shop down on Macy Street still open this late?” asked Mr. Raccoon. Spotty raised his hand and asked politely, “Sorry, I would love to buy one of your bobbleheads, Mr. Raccoon. Because money is tight for me right now and for the rest of us. You do remember we all just got laid off tonight, right?”. Mr. Raccoon sighed as he making his way to the exit. 

Before they could follow in Mr. Raccoon’s lead, out of nowhere, their boss Lion had returned. As Lion fiddled with his keys, slowly a large crowd of customers rushed into the theater. Everyone, except Lion, stood in shock as this near bankrupt movie theater had more than one customer in decades. Spotty and Stork picked up their mops and resumed working. Chillie rapidly handled out tickets to customers as she was still affected from her sugar rush. Binky was overwhelmed with customers who were buying popcorn and soda like they haven’t eaten in years. Lion laughed and walked over to Mr. Raccoon who stood silent while being in awe of the theater filled with folks who want to see movies. Lion patted Mr. Raccoon on the back as he stated, “It looks like you kept everything in order while I was away. I’m going to give you a raise Mr. Raccoon,” said Lion with joy. “Sir, how can you afford to give me a raise? Wasn’t your theater going to close tonight for good? And what’s with all these customers?” asked Mr. Raccoon. “Where do you think I’ve been. I was out marketing the last day of operation by passing out flyers and free tickets. When the citizens of Summer Top heard my theater was closing, donations came by the boat loads. Since apparently, we’re one of Summer Top’s biggest employers, the city gave me funding because they couldn’t a afford to lose us. I have enough money to the point where we can finally make those repairs and finally renovate the theater to get it out of the stone age,” laughed Lion. “Plus, I remembered there are a lot of hit new movies playing now that aren’t available on streaming too. That might of have drummed up some ticket sales as well,” stated Mr. Raccoon. Lion grabbed Mr. Raccoon and gave him a huge bear hug. “Along with that raise, Mr. Raccoon. I’m going to give you a promotion. How does it feel to be my assistant manager, my old friend?” asked Lion. Mr. Raccoon began to cry tears of joy after hearing he had gotten a huge promotion. After Lion released him from his grip, Mr. Raccoon jumped up and down and then kissed the ground. “I take it you accept the promotion. Now we need to hire some more projectionists to meet these demands. Heck, I need you to help me recruit more employees too. With the huge line outside, I need more than just five employees working under me. I’m going to put the help wanted sign up while you get back to work. This place is a full house, and those movies don’t project themselves,” said Lion. Mr. Raccoon picked up his box of nick-nacks and rushed back up to the rafters. Mr. Raccoon set his box of nick-nacks down once he entered the projection room. A smile covered Mr. Raccoon’s face as he looked through the small projection window out into the theater as he saw it was filled to capacity which it hadn’t been in years. Mr. Raccoon shed a tear as he dimmed the lights and as the movie started to play. During the movie, he pulled out his MP3 player. He put on his headphones and listened to some Mozart as he laid back in his chair. 

With the theater saved from bankruptcy and customers returning in droves. Lion’s Grand Theaters last location is here to stay. Lion extended his theater’s hours on what was supposed to be their last day of operations. Only for the tide to turn because even with TV, streaming services, and video games, the movie theater is still survived and adapted with us. And if there is still a movie going public, movie theaters will live forever. Before Lion’s Grand Theaters would close luckily now for just the night instead of for good. And I would say they all lived happily ever after, but this isn’t a fairy tale after all. But movies do feel magical though. Because everyone likes to hear a good story and hopefully you’ve enjoyed these stories. Yes, I’m breaking the fourth wall now. Since I’m the writer of this book, I have the power to end this story anyway I want. Now I bet after reading these 133 pages you feel like you’ve just gotten off a roller coaster. So, with that I say, thanks for reading and I hope you’ve enjoyed the ride. Now let’s all go to the lobby and grab ourselves a snack. 

THE END

Spotty’s Random Film Festival Prologue

In early May of 2024, with spring about to vanish and summer vastly approaching, there was a movie theater multiplex in a small New Hampshire town named Summer Top that was on its last legs and struggled financially since the pandemic. The movie theater multiplex is called “Lion’s Grand Theaters”. It’s your stereotypical movie theater multiplex chain from the 1990’s. Oddly enough, it appears to have remained in the 1990’s with little updates and refurbishment because of its cheap greedy owner Lion, which the movie theater chain, of which only one location that exists today, bears his name. Lion is an anthropomorphic talking Lion who opened the small movie theater multiplex chain to cash in while the industry was hot, but he never cashed out. 

Today is May 5th and it’s the final day of operation at the last functional Lion’s Grand Theaters location. You think on the final day of operation and with having 24 theaters inside it that the theaters would be jammed pack with customers, right? Well, think again because it’s half an hour before closing time and not a single movie goer has appeared in sight. As Lion moans and groans in his office, smoking heavily, his five valued employees are bored out of there minds. Two employees work the concession stand, the first is a young male anthropomorphic teenage nerdy slim bear named Binky who eagerly keeps the stand in order like a good employee should. The other employee is a young female anthropomorphic chinchilla college student with headphones always in her ears named Chillie, who listens to music as she flips through an entertainment magazine chewing gum like she doesn’t give a fuck.

Due to the theater being quiet and not a customer in sight, the theaters two forty something custodians, the first whose name is Stork who is a male hippie anthropomorphic stork, who’s probably the only stork with his feathers on the back of his head in a ponytail. The second whose name is Spotty is a male, man child, that happens to be an anthropomorphic brown furred spotted mutt. Spotty is a labrador retriever and a beagle mix with a simple mind. The duo is currently playing floor hockey on the theater lobby floor with brooms as the hockey sticks and a urinal cake as the puck. As the bird and dog have fun, and the younger employees Binky and Chillie do their own thing at the concession stand. There’s just one more employee that remains. His name is Mr. Raccoon, a sixty something anthropomorphic, uptight, film buff, raccoon, who happens to be the theater’s sole projectionist and the second oldest current employee in age other than the theater’s owner Lion. 

Mr. Raccoon, up in the rafters next to a movie projector, sits sipping tea while he reads the local newspaper as he listens to classical music on the radio. Until he and Lion hear the loud thud of Spotty and Stork crashing into each other from downstairs. Mr. Raccoon rolls his eyes and exits the projection room. Lion, now furious, storms out of his office. Back down in the lobby, Binky checks to see if Spotty and Stork are okay. “Spotty, Stork, please stop playing floor hockey in the lobby again. This is our last day of operation, have some respect,” says Binky. Spotty and Stork slowly regain conscious, they get off the ground and dust themselves off. “Good game Stork,” said Spotty. “Good game indeed, Spotty. Same time tomorrow?” asks Stork. Suddenly a loud roar is heard as Spotty, Stork, and Binky spot their boss Lion and Mr. Raccoon standing behind. “There is not going a tomorrow, you morons. Like your fellow employee Binky said, this is my theater’s last day of operation and after today, you’re all going to be laid off,” said Lion. Spotty and Stork both gulp then start to clean up the mess they made. Lion taps Mr. Raccoon on the shoulder. “Mr. Raccoon, keep an eye on these two idiots along with the slightly useful teens, okay,” said Lion. “Yes sir. And I would like to say it’s been an honor working with you for…” says Mr. Raccoon. Lion grunts and slaps Mr. Raccoon in the back of the head. “Don’t be a kiss-ass. Now do your job and keep an eye on the other employees,” says Lion. Mr. Raccoon sighs and says, “Yes sir,”. Lion then makes his way back to his office. Mr. Raccoon turns around and yells at Spotty, Stork, Binky, and Chillie. “You four, birthday party room meeting now!” hollers Mr. Raccoon. 

In the theater’s birthday party room, Mr. Raccoon stands next to a whiteboard as he writes a list of rules. As the other employees are doing their own thing with Spotty and Stork arm wrestling each other, Binky is doing his homework, and Chillie is still listening to music. Mr. Raccoon claps loudly which gets everyone’s attention. “Now, do you know why we’re having this meeting right now?” asks Mr. Raccoon. Spotty raises his hand and says, “Because it’s my birthday today,”. “Why do you think it’s your birthday today Spotty, no wait let me guess, is it because we are currently meeting in the birthday party room because we don’t have any conference rooms here,” asks Mr. Raccoon. “Actually, that and because the calendar says so,” said Spotty. Mr. Raccoon facepalms as Chillie raises her hand. “Yes Ms. Chinchilla, you have a question?” asks Mr. Raccoon. Chillie removes her headphones and asks “You do know that this is our last day, right? Then why do we need to listen to you?”. “Because our boss said so?” said Mr. Raccoon. “You do know it’s almost closing time and we haven’t had a single customer today, right,” said Chillie. Mr. Raccoon angrily flips the table over with Spotty, Stork, Binky, and Chillie having no reaction to it. “Can’t you guys do anything right? I wonder why Lion hired you idiots in the first place?” asks Mr. Raccoon. Spotty raises his hand and Mr. Raccoon points at him. “Speak, what do you have to contribute to this conference that’s become pointless?” asks Mr. Raccoon. Spotty wags his tail happily as he pulls out a huge box filled with film reels. “Where did you get those reels?” asks Mr. Raccoon. “From storage, since it’s our last day I thought why don’t we have some fun and watch some movies. It’ll be our own little film festival,” says Spotty. Everyone in the room began to smile, even Mr. Raccoon. “Who agrees with Spotty that we should just watch movies until our theater’s demise say I,” said Mr. Raccoon. Everyone says I and Spotty picks up the box of film reels and hands them to Mr. Raccoon. Mr. Raccoon grins as Spotty, Stork, Binky, and Chillie exit the room. “I’ll make some popcorn. That’s not fresh from the concession stand,” says Binky.

With the theater just ten minutes away from closing and their boss Lion having left the building, the inmates now run the asylum as they hold a film festival for themselves inside their place of work and watch movies which we are going to see with them. Or in this case, read with them. Enjoy the show!