by Hazel Griggs
read 17th October 2015 in Orpington
They were just little seeds, a special offer from the supermarket to be taken home and store in the large glass storage jar on the window cill, a Christmas present that Emily was given. She was wondering what to keep in the jar. The shiny black seeds half filled it.
One night Mary was just going to bed and went to the kitchen for a glass of water and she noticed that the glass storage jar looked different, walking closer she realised that the jar was full little snake like serpents growing rapidly andsquirming tightly together, the seeds were really eggs.
Horrified Mary found a large empty aquarium and tipped the wriggly creatures into it and placed a tight lid on after making some air holes. she went upstairs to bed but found that she just could not sleep, sleep really escaped her, so finally she went downstairs and made herself a really nice cup of tea. The same tea that she had posted to Hazel in England, and watched a game show on television, whilst nibbling some meringues which she had bought to eat with strawberries.
Strange how the shock of seeing these squirming snake like creatures had made her so wide awake. The frightening thing was their rate of growth, they were the size of eels, perhaps they were eels and should be placed in a river.
Still feeling apprehensive Mary took a photograph of these tightly packed squirming slippery grey creatures.
These were sent to scientists all over the world.
At last they seemed to have stopped growing, but Mary locked the kitchen door before creeping upstairs to bed.
Waking late the next morning Mary hastily showered and dressed before waking Emily. Downstairs they went to have some breakfast and quietly unlocked and opened the kitchen door. but there was no sign of the eel like creatures. Emily did not really believe the story that Mary told her. However Mary persuaded Emily to help look for them. They were just going on holiday so Mary helped Emily to pack after their breakfast and off they went in Mary s car for a camping holiday.
However they dismissed this worrying experience as they drove off to the countryside near a river. they found a nice area with beautiful views to build their tent and the weather was nice enough to just wear T shirts and shorts. the birds seemed extra colourful and their song beautiful. They knew their were no crocodiles and dangerous snakes in this area so they could really relax in the warm Australian sunshine and had many picturesque walks.
They switched on the television when they returned from their camping holiday to hear that some one in London had found a nest of eel like creatures underneath their bird table and they were growing rapidly just like Mary and Emily’s. More reports of similar creatures occurred in Australia. Identification by expert on the photographs recently taken by Mary proved inconclusive, they not typical eels apparently.
About a month later all these creatures turned into chrysalises hanging fro from flower plants before reappearing as beautiful butterflies. a TV crew investigating the countryside for their next film about a murder mystery discovered the dry empty chrysalises hanging down from any plants making the foliage black. Large areas of blackened countryside appeared and were increasing. The government required urgent information, scientists took samples and did their best to monitor the situation. There was a fear that food may become affected.
However a scientist in Australia discovered that if you caught these creatures and kept them in large aquariums they would produce eggs looking like little black seeds, they were just like Emily’s little black seeds. However it was found that these seeds contained oil, which could be used to drive cars, power lights and heating in houses and be used to cook. a very useful commodity in these days of oil shortage and very cheap to have.
in fact people were already buying these special greenhouse to provide their own oil.Mary and Emily were soon interviewed by TV companies and spoke on television, they were becoming famous.
They even spoke in the Australian Parliament and were invited to meet Queen Elizabeth in London.
However all these exciting experiences had to be done in the school holidays. they were very thrilled to receive a substantial cheque each which they put in the bank. Ian thought the money should be invested in his coffee shop business. Mel felt she needed a holiday, she could leave the twins with Mary and Emily.
Mary and Emily were trying to think of something to buy, may be new clothes. Then Mary thought that it would soon be Emily’s 6th Birthday and thought that it would be a good idea to make Emily a birthday cake with 6 candles, also she would take Emily to the shops to chose as present.
THE. END. NONE OF THIS STORY IS TRUE, LOTS OF LOVE NANNA. HAZELXxxx