Plink in the city
Plink is and excitable little street urchin who resides in
dark alley in the middle of a “get lost in five minutes city”. During the day the city is a buzzing hive
full of deli sandwich bars, business lunches, insolent kids who think it’s
funny to kick pigeons and people scurrying from A to B all smart in their
expensive suits.
In this world of madness sits Plink in his dark, damp HI-FI
box. sure it was battered and the roof
flaps leaked but Plink thought it had a nice smell so spent most of his time
there planning his next adventure in the big city. As the evening draws in and the city becomes
a ghost town, Plink arises and goes hunting for treasure and anything else
that’s been lost in the city that day, he spends all night collecting then
brings all his treasure back to his box, lays them out and examines them, “What
have I found tonight” squeaked Plink…..
mmmh a shiny watch, a kazoo, a pound coin, a used lipstick and a smiley face
badge. “Not a bad haul” Plink grunted contently. It had been a busy night and
it had reached 5am, “time for 40 winks before the sun comes up” thought Plink. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
After his 40 winks, Plink set about sorting out his
treasure, the watch was amazing and so shiny, the pound coin was cool but the
lipstick not so cool!, the kazoo was nice and red but had had some strange
drool type stuff on it, so that just left the badge that was yellow and had a
great big happy smiley face on it, it was of the best items of treasure Plink
ever found. Plink knew it was perfect
for a certain someone. See Plink wasn’t
greedy, he was a thoughtful little monster and gave his findings to people in
the city who he felt needed cheering up.
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| Plink is a happy little guy. |
He had his focus on one guy that he saw every morning
walking past his alley. The guy in
question was Marley, he was 29 and lived in a small apartment in the middle of
the city. He was really unlucky, this morning he burned his toast and knocked
his coffee all over his new mobile phone, just another normal morning he
thought as he tripped down the stairs on the way to work. Marley worked countless hours for minimum
wage in a rainbow paint factory his boss was called Tyson he was wicked and
made Marley’s life a living hell by
giving him the most demeaning jobs and
abusing his power at every available opportunity. Marley hated it but jobs were scarce in the big city so he
grinned and beared it. Plink knew this guy needed cheering up so Plink decided
to leave some of his treasure for him and immediately thought of the special
smiley badge , “YIP, YIP, YIP” yelped Plink.
So the next morning Plink watched intently from the entrance
of his alley and waited for Marley to appear, as soon as he came around the corner
Plink rushed out like lightening, left the badge right in Marley’s path and
scurried right back to his box.
Marley saw the badge from the corner of his eye and bent
down to pick it up “Wow” he said “that’s awesome, it must finally be my lucky
day” he smiled as he pinned it to his shirt and for the first time in ages
Marley felt on top of the world.
Although it was only a badge it put things in perspective for him, he
decided to take charge of his life and stick up for himself.
That day at work he decided to tell his rogue boss Tyson
exactly what he thought of him and stormed out of his job, that same day he
went to the city university and enrolled on the ‘How to be a Zookeeper’ course
he had always wanted to do and on the way home he past his favourite take away
“Quan’s Taco Emporium” In the window there was a HELP WANTED sign, he hopingly
went in to ask for a job and as Mr Quan knew him well he decided to give him a
go. Marley couldn’t believe his day he
thought back to the morning and looked at his lapel, “my smiley badge, it
really was lucky” he thought.
Plink kept
his eye out for Marley and saw him the very next day with his head held high
and a super smile on his face, after Plink saw Marley, he scurried quickly back
to his box and on the way, POP, POP, POP!!!! his tentacles sprung out with
excitement, he spun round in circles “YIP, YIP” he squealed “Job done, time for
a sleep” and continued back to his HI-FI back for another 40 winks
The End
Thank you for reading.
