The Monster and the Maze

One day, Alligator, a monster, was guarding an exit of a maze.

He had lots of problems. He had no legs, so he could only move when he was picked up. He also had no tongue, so he could not taste anything, and he had a plastic lower jaw, so he could not talk.

He was getting sleepy and was going to close his eyes when he heard, thunk! He wondered what it was. Could it be live food? He stayed up to listen and heard a faint buzzing noise. Then he yawned and fell asleep.

He woke up to find a bird pecking at his eyes. He opened his mouth to bite the bird but only got some feathers. He kept biting the bird, hoping to get it off, but could not. His eyes fell off a few pecks later, but he told himself that they would grow back.

When his eyes did grow back, he saw he was in a nurse's office.

The nurse came in and said, "Your retired now. We fixed your jaw and gave you a body with legs. Oh, and you can communicate now too. Try it!" So Alligator did.

He said "I'm starving, can I have some food please?" He was so shocked that he said it that he jumped three feet in the air! The nurse brought him some food and Alligator ate it hungrily.

After his refreshing meal, the nurse put a map in front of him and said, "Since you're retired, you can live anywhere, and I wouldn't recommend living here. Where do want to live?" Hmm... thought Alligator. He thought of all the places he'd heard about.

"I want to live in... Brazil!" He said.

"I can arrange that for you." said the nurse, and in a few minutes Alligator  was riding in plane headed for Brazil. He settled down in Belikazuka, a small village south of a twenty foot tall waterfall with a pool at the bottom. Alligator was very happy and he lives there even now.

The End

[Editors note: Belikazuka does not exist. Don't even try to find it on the map. You'll make yourself look silly if you do.]