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Pastimes : Muffy's Story: A Short Story Game for Would Be Authors -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: E who wrote (40)	6/15/1998 10:32:00 PM
From: TEDennis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 766

Norma tromped on the accelerator, burning rubber as she quickly left the curb. "Overbearing customers!", muttered Norma, quietly enough that Muffy wouldn't hear. As she continued to accelerate ... 25 ... 35 ... 45 she grinned evilly in the rear view mirror at Muffy, who was innocently reading the WSJ that had been left in the back seat by a prior cab customer. Norma turned sharply to the right at the next intersection, squealing tires as she went. The woman in the crosswalk was startled and threw up the bag of groceries she was carrying. An entire carton of eggs landed on the cab's windshield, breaking all the eggs and blurring Norma's vision. Because she couldn't see, Norma's cab swerved dangerously back and forth across the road, then Wham! She ran into a Harley Davidson and sent it flying. The rider of the Harley landed directly on top of the cab and hung on for dear life as the cab screeched to a halt. Startled by the series of events, Muffy climbed out of the cab to see what had landed on the roof. She found herself looking eye to eye with ... that stranger she assisted the first day. It was the man who had stolen all of TED's possessions! As he released his grip on the top of the car, the TED imposter slid off the cab and started to run. But, he didn't get more than a step before he realized he had broken his leg. He fell to the ground, writhing in pain. The semi-tractor-trailer that was approaching from the other direction locked its brakes, jack-knifed, and spilled 10 tons of tomatoes all over the street. Norma, shaken up by the events, fainted in the front seat. An Emergency Medical Technicial who just happened to be riding his bicycle by the area stopped to help out the TED imposter. The woman who had lost her bag of groceries started pounding on Norma's driver side door. Shorty began whining in the trunk of the cab. The columbians finally caught up with Muffy at the scene of the accident and handed her the case that was shaped like a violin, and the machete. "Thanks", said Muffy. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to get back to my WSJ article. It's about the ...."