The Magical Hat
¡§Goodbye!¡¨ This was the last time my friends said goodbye to me.
¡§And don¡¦t be late again next time!¡¨
With that goodbye joke, my key made a small noise to open the door of my
flat. Once the door cracked open, one voice shouted, ¡§Greetings!¡¨
Trying hard to hold myself from falling, I found a box on the floor.
There was something inside singing a poem. I remembered hearing it before. It
was about a hat which gave its owner magic powers, but the owner had to return
it to the box within 24 hours or terrible things would happen. How could I
resist this?
On my double I lifted up the cover and there was the legendary hat laying
under my nose. Without hesitation I put it on. Immediately something flowed into
me. I felt powerful. Now, what magic powers could it give me? Let me try. I
tried to levitate the chair in front of me. The world suddenly blackened for a
second, then the chair was floating in the air. ¡§Wow!¡¨ I had to exclaim.
Next, I tried if I could fly. Everything went black again, and something lifted
me up. The next second I was flying!
I was getting excited when I, without any reason, felt someone watching
me. I looked around, but no one was in my flat. I comforted myself, ¡§Don¡¦t
scare yourself! No one would be here!¡¨ So, I ignored the feeling and flew out
through the window.
Using the power the hat gave me, I filled my flat with coins and notes, I
got hold of a piece of cloud, I flew with the birds in the sky, and many other
absurd things. However, when I caught sight of a clock far under me, I was aware
that I did not know how long I had been out of my flat. And, more importantly, I
did not know how much longer I could have the hat on my head. Giving way to my
curiosity and inquisitiveness, I hurriedly went back to my flat.
I reached my flat shortly afterward, but I found that all the stuff I had
hoped for were flooding my flat. I could not find the box. I tried to use the
power to get me to the box, but it failed me. Then, darkness crept into my flat.
I could see nothing, except the formation of a furious face with two haunting
eyes and a bloody mouth. All the function of my body stopped. I could just stand
there as still as a tree. That thing chuckled and hissed, ¡§I¡¦ve warned you
never use the hat more than 24 hours. Now, you will go away with me to the
darkness.¡¨
Then, I saw my body laying dead on the floor, and my spirit was forced to
float away with that thing to the darkness.
By NTC@4D_02/03