Fiction | Easter 2021
An Egg-nostic Weekend
Part II: The Mysterious Egg
This is a fictional story inspired by the magic light of children, the power of friendships and games, holidays, and creative meanings around us.
This is the second part of a multi-part series. The first part is found here at the Story Bandits publication:
Part II: The Mysterious Egg
“Aaaahhhhh!” Oli shrieks in frustration. Dusty dashes over, barking with encouragement, but it’s too late. In his worry about his pole position gained by his head start with Dusty’s help earlier in distracting Harper, Oli still couldn’t help himself but look over at Harper to see how he was doing and now lose focus himself. Not only does the ladle twist to its side and the egg flies down, it falls down against Oli’s levering knee, kicking it up full force like a paddle against a ping pong ball into his own face — stunning him for a second but not before it cracks its boiled body partially open beyond its shell. Oli smacks his own face with an empty palm, his…
