There was no time to wait as the first raindrops
- There was no time to wait as the first raindrops started falling. He grabbed his coat and rushed to the door. Where should he start looking?
- He tried to think back: The salesman had said to plant the magic beans before the first rain; he'd bought 12 for $399.99. But where had he put them? He ran through the rain to his
- grandma's house. She was in bed & greeted him with a wolfish grin. "Grandma - did I leave the magic beans with you?" "Oh yes," she replied, "I made porridge from them. It was just
- delicious." Grandma daintily expelled a magic fart & slavered foaming drool. "I also made a 3 bean salad, it's on the table." Relieved, he rushed to the bowl but the 3 magic beans
- were slow burners. He didn't feel any effect, and was dissapointed. Meanwhile Grandma retired to her bedroom to pitch a dutch oven. Round 'bout midnight, the ruminating beans
- became sentient putting to bed that old adage that sentience precedes rumination. Once sentient the beans recalled Pythagoras and his ilk. "Ptah", said one of the beans, an early
- adopter, was not indeed the usual A2 + B2 equals C2 type chap. In fact, this particular bean was flat out done with mathematical certiainties and equational thinking. "I am who I a
- -lways have bean," he confirmed within himself as he sent his tendrils running up the trellis. he fully believed that he could conquer the world with his little runners, but all he
- rbaceous annual plants tend to have dreams that are wild in nature. However this was no has-bean - more of a will-bean, and as he climbed the trellis higher and higher he knew
- the thousands of hours he'd invested in listening to motivational speakers was finally paying off. When he reached the top, he shouted, "I've FAILED my way to the TOP! YEEE-HAAWW!"
- Started
- 2014-09-26 12:50:47
- Finished
- 2019-06-28 11:13:29
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angelfish Jun 28 2019 @ 15:29
Loved this ending PurpleProf!
PurpleProf Jun 28 2019 @ 20:20
Thank you, AngelFish! :)