Janoahs' Birthday Party

Janoah’s Birthday Party



It was the day before Janoahs’ birthday party. Janoah was nine soon to become ten, tall for her age. She was a big girl now and she wanted a big girl party. She didn’t know all of what that was but she had an idea. More than any thing she had to have Ice cream and cake, plenty of ice cream and cake. This was a passion that she would never ever out grow. She noticed the computer in the den was playing all by itself. The screen displayed a peaceful seascape colorful fish swimming around. She could hear the sound of bubbles within the clear blue water. She was fascinated. She stared at the screen with her small braided head in her tiny hands, fascinated. Her arm slipped; hit the keypad and a message flashed on the screen. In red neon letters against a royal blue backdrop “A-1 Writing Academy Birthday bash blowout.” The mouse from the computer table suddenly fell on the floor. Staring at the flashing sign, she picked up the mouse to put it back on the table. The mouse was suddenly quite warm to the touch. She heard the click of the mouse. The now screen flashed “Enter at your own risk.” She felt light headed or was it sleep. She sensed a pulling at her and just like that, the small little nine year old was inside, inside the computer.

There were swirling sounds of movement. Colors were changing constantly before her. The air had the smell of cotton candy. The ground felt soft beneath her feet. Scared inside, she laughed to herself,

“This is wild. Where am I?”

Suddenly she saw a night owl with human legs walking toward her, human legs and a human face, the face of her father, “Daddy! Daddy is that you?”

“Come Come child this is your party let’s not miss it. Come Come.” He walked right past her. Looking back briefly to see is she was following. “Come come child don’t miss your own party.” He said in a cartoon character voice.

She walked down a long green hallway full of doors. “Every door had a story to tell, a story to live. Try one.” Said Mr. NightOwl. “Over here is a treasure hunt. All the candy you can eat”, he went on.

Janoah was so excited she could hardly move.

“And over here is a Ice cream and cake mountain. All you can eat, All you can eat” “That’s it!” Janoah screamed. “That’s the one.” She opened the door ran in and started eating away at the base of the cake. Suddenly she heard a rumble a shaking all about her. The giant cake was about to come right down on her. “Oh my goodness she cried terrified.” Suddenly just like that she felt a slight tapping on her shoulder. “Happy birthday baby” said daddy kissing her on the top of her head. What were you doing on the computer?





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If I Could Write

John T NightOwl