Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Ten Short Stories--- The Way Up to Heaven

Within a jiffy, a man arrived to repair the lift.
Meanwhile, Mrs Foster enjoyed light whisky in a tall glass. Shaking the glass, the ice cubes tinkled against the sides of the glass.
"Madam, the repair is done, but it is unsurprising bright in there," said the repair-man, before picking his tool box up. And bid farewell to Mrs Foster.
"Don't you want your money?" Mrs Foster said politely to the engineer. He collected the payment with both hands from the hands of Mrs Foster.
Getting up, she suspiciously walked towards the lift. She thought: Hmm... what could have gone wrong?
Pressing a button on the side panel, the lift opened. She faced an explosion of light. Covering her eyes with her hand, she slowly opened her eyes, tryiing not to keep them wide open. She walked towards the light, into the lift. Randomly pressing any button, the lift blasted off.
She thought: This is unusual! Since when had there been so many floors in our house? It takes so long! But the lift seems to be travelling at a rapid pace!
To confirm her suspicion, she slowly removed her hands from her face. And she realised what was happening. She was in the sky, blasting off to the middle of nowhere! After 5 minutes, she realised that she was blasted into the universe! In the midst of the planets. She looked around in awe, the astronomical system! Before she managed to finish admiring the planets, she was landed in the middle of nowhere.
Looking around, she shivered and shrieked,"Where is this?! Anyone here?!"
She was surrounded by white clouds. For a while there was no reply, no sign of human life. Then she noticed a vague shape emerging from at least 50 metres away, she strained her eyes to make out the figure...
And she slowly noticed, that the person was Mr. Foster. She ran towards him in an attempt of a hug, but she ran through her husband! Mr Foster shed fresh tears. They missed each other dearly. And then Mrs. Foster said," Dear, why can't I seem to touch you? What happened to you? How did you come here? Where are we?"
Her husband replied," Dear, this is...... Heaven. The lift will disapear and no typical human being from the Earth can touch you. Come, let me bring you to God......"
Mr. Foster grabbed hold of his wife's hand and they ambled together towards a grand wooden door at the far end of the area.
Back in their house on Earth, the driver walked curiously into the lift...

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