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Rated: E · Fiction · Contest Entry · #2072158
A visit to an antique shop in the future.
         A few days ago as I was on my hoverboard, zooming down the street on my way to work, something on the side of the road caught my eye.

         It was a quaint little shop, smashed in between two larger stores. A neon sign carelessly stuck at an angle was in the window. I could make out the word "antique”.

         A minute later I found myself inside the dimly lighted shop, looking at things from centuries ago. In front of me sat a long and thin brown cylinder with what looked like short ropes on the bottom. Under this strange object, there was a tag that read, "Mopp. This was used as a disguise for spies. They would place the Mopp on top of their head to trick their enemies. An odd theorist once claimed that it was used to clean floors, but that theory is clearly wrong."

         I shook my head and continued deeper into the small shop. An odd flat object caught my eye near the wall. As I got closer, I could see that it was a rectangle of thick red fabric. The word 'Welcome' was etched into it. On the tag below it, written in messy handwriting, was the description "A Wrug, also known as a 'Magic Carpet'. The use of this item was debated for a period of time, until a video recording titled 'Aladdin' as found by archeologists. People in the distant past, in fact, could fly using this technology."

         Impressed by this little shop, I decided to return the next day and find out more about the "Sizz Sores", which looked like a tool used to cut things.

         The next day, I discovered how foolish that thought was. A pair of Sizz Sores was actually used as a means of transportation.
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