This, my dear friends, is the tale of two goblins... In a desperate attempt to entertain themselves.
I think it's worth mentioning that I worked
at a kid's camp this summer in Oklahoma, and that this particular day in history happened to
be my day off. Now, first
off, I should introduce you to my partner in crime. My bro from another
mo.... Rylan Schmidt.
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| Rylan is on the left... Not to be confused with the other dummy in the middle... |
This tall, tan, 15yr old man is my best buddy. He's
quite a character and loves to do adventurous things. Funny story, Rylan is extremely athletic and is trying to convince me into doing P90X with him... (probably not gonna happen) So, now with that bucket of knowledge under our belts, on with the story!
Twas was the night before Christmas, err... I mean... my day off. Goodness! Let's start over please. [cue the rewinding sound] ...Twas the night before my day off, and in a secluded area of camp, Rylan and I were starting to plan things we could do the next day. I can only imagine the mischievous grins that came over both of our faces when we started talking about pulling a prank... Not familiar with the term "prank" are you? Don't worry. I'll explain it to you. When I say prank, it means that someone is going to do something to a certain person that will either A: Make them laugh hysterically. B: Frustrate them to no end. C: Force them to hate you. or D: All of the above.
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| Say "Hullo Jazz!" |
Now, the prank we decided on was intended towards a girl named Jasmine. She worked in the souvenir shop during the summer and we both decided that it was about time that she got pranked. Therefore, Rylan and I talked to her coworkers and asked them if, while Jasmine was sleeping, they would steal one shoe out of every pair shoes that she owned and give them to us. It was a pretty epic plan, and they agreed to it. What was pretty mean about it was that Jasmine would have to go to work with mismatching shoes... *insert evil laugh*
So on the morning of my day off, we acquired a nice position to view the done deed, and waited for what seemed like an eternity outside of their dorm. We waited so long that if we could grow beards, it would be time for us to shave them. But finally, they group of girls (minus Jasmine) walked outside of their dorm with happy smiles on their faces, yet, nothing in their hands. Rylan and I exploded from across the street, shouting such things as "WHERE ARE THE SHOES??" "WHAT'S THIS BUSINESS?? and "WE WOKE UP EARLY FOR THIS!" We were quickly informed that 1: They woke up late. 2: They wanted to be on time for work. 3: Jasmine was still sleeping. and 4: It was Jasmine's day off...
Baffled by what we had just witnessed, five minutes later, we
were still standing there in silence. Silence only to be broken by the
sound of Rylan's embarrassed voice asking me "What are we gonna do now?" Good question. What could we do? I'm not gonna lie. I had half a mind to just give up right then and go watch Phineas and Ferb do some cool things on tv. I was incredibly disappointed, bummed out, even frustrated. But instead of shrugging our shoulders and wallowing in self pity, we put our heads together and came up with a better prank. We thought to ourselves, "Wouldn't it be awesome if we turned the tables around and had Jasmine steal half of her coworkers shoes??"
As a result, we convinced some unnamed female housekeepers to go inside, with Jasmine's consent, and steal every right shoe inside their dorm! It took a long time, but when those housekeepers came outside with trash bags full of shoes, Rylan and I couldn't have been more excited if it had been Santa Claus himself with bags of $20 bills! Then we proceeded to sort the dollar bills... I mean shoes. And counted a number around 75ish... (girls own alot of shoes!) After that, we hid those shoes all over the campgrounds and left clues of where to find them with handwritten notes that were identically signed ...
"-THE SHOE GOBLINS"
