What happened in the basement

..............................You race down to the basement and open the refrigerator. The empty cake box is still there. You examine the cake box but there is no list of ingredients,just the name of the bakery. Frustrated you shove the box back into the refrigerator shelf.
But suddenly, a new container,full of fruit jelly comes up. You didn't knew about that before.

Suddenly, you have a crazy thought. If the cake made you grow, could the jelly make you shrink ? It worked for Alice in the wonderland. Some food made her big, and some made her small.

You decide to try. You grab the jelly container and take a big spoonful of the stuff and swallow it. It tastes sweet but AWFUL! You force yourself to swallow all the jelly in the container.

Suddenly you start to feel odd sensations all over your body.
Maybe it is working!!
You are getting smaller.

But suddenly something bumps your head. You glance up to see the ceiling- an inch from your nose. What's going on?
The refrigerator is far far below. Suddenly all the basement looks like a doll house. You have grown another one and a half feet. The jelly didn't make you shrink. Instead , it made you grow even faster. You are so big now that you don't even know how to exit the basement.

You peer up the stairs. The basement door leading to the kitchen is so small. Will you be able to fit through it ?
You know that the stairs won't work. You glance around the basement. You have got to get out before you are trapped inside. You have to move fast-you are still growing.

You notice a window. It will be a tight squeeze,but it is your only hope. You pull open the window. You are so big now that you accidentally rip it out of its frame. Pieces of wood and glass fly everywhere. You start to climb through.

You don't really fit . But you're already halfway out. You refuse to give up now. You can hear the house ripping and tearing as you push your way through. Torn woods scrape your skin.
At last, you fall into the lawn. You glance up to see a huge hole in the wall where the basement window used to be.

And the you hear a piercing scream.

Barney is shaking and looking at you in horror.
"Barney--" you say "It's me , your brother!"
But you are so big he doesn't even recognize you. And you can tell you're still growing.

"Help! HELP! IT'S A MUTANT ALIEN!" she screams "CALL THE POLICE!"

He is going to call the police! They've already been called about you once. If they come again, You'll be in so much trouble you'll never get out of it. You have got to stop Barney. But how?

You have got to stop Barney. You are now so big. You are afraid if you grab him, you'll squash him. You have to act quickly- he is almost at the door.
You reach out and grab the first thing your hand touches. Unfortunately , It is the rood o the neighbor's house .

With a hideous CRACK! the roof rips loose from the house. Bricks and roofing shingles scatter like falling leaves. You've opened the house up like a box. You stare at the roof in your head. Shocked, you peer into the house.

From inside,the neighbors stare up at you. They were eating lunch. Now they are screaming at terror.

"It's a monster!" the father of the family shouts.
"It's an alien" his wife screams.
"NO-WAIT!" you cry. But your voice is so loud what's left of their house shakes. The family rushes out to the street.

You search for Barney,but he is disappeared. He's probably gone for police. You feel terrible. Maybe you can fix the damage you've cased. You kneel down beside the house and carefully set the roof back in place. Unfortunately, parts of it seem to be missing. You glace around the yard for the missing pieces.

Then you hear an angry growl.

The growling turns to a nasty snarl. You feel a stinging on your ankle. You glance down to see the neighbor's dog, a rottweiler,attacking you. You're so huge it's like being attacked by a cricket.

You ignore the dog ,but now dozens of people approaching. They're holding golf clubs,kitchen knives,brooms etc.

Not good!
You turn around and start for the highway.
You have to be very careful where you put your feet-whoops! There went someone's bicycle. CRUNCH! You've just flattened your dad's car!

You hope you don't accidentally crush a person or animal.
Then you hear a frightening sound-the sirens.
You are in big trouble now. And if your own family doesn't listen to you,will the police?

You see flashing lights in the distance as the emergency vehicles race toward you. Above them helicopters buzz like angry hornets.

Where ca you go? What can you do?
And then you see it- one of the few places in the world you will be able to hide until you return to your normal size.

It's a circus.!
There will be people of all sizes at the circus. And the big top is large enough to cover you,and there are several smaller tents besides. You're sure you could fit inside any of them.

You leave the highway and start running through a field. You frighten several horses and half a herd of cattle. Then you safely reach the circus ground.

But you're still being haunted.
The police cars and helicopters aren't far behind. Quick! Which tent should you enter ?
The big top ?
or the sideshow tents ?

......................to be continued

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