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Future Amusement Park

Tom Ball

    And so it was, that I, Rudolph, told Jeanette, “Let’s go to the famous amusement park on Mars.” She said, “Let’s go!” So, we went and the first ride we went on was the “Monster Killer,” was a ride through copied monster freaks created by scientists. Some were hideous, others attractive and a four-headed monster human spat on us both on the ride out.
    Then we went on a ride which featured souls who appeared as ghosts, and they got in our heads and really scared us. Afterwards, Jeanette said, “I don’t think I can handle another scary ride.”
    So, we went on a mind swap, in which our brains were temporarily switched to the other. Jeanette screamed after being in my mind.
    Next, we went on a ride through history. This was a one-hour ride beginning with primitive hunter gatherers living free then slowly through civilization’s history we rode. It was a true masterpiece of a World.
    Then we went on a ride of the future. This ride had us teleport a short distance just like magic. And there were androids who read our minds and said, “We are the future.” Then a group of holograms who mind read said, “We are the true future.” And then we came across a giant man who said that “Superhumans were the future.” And I thought to myself, I thought Supercomputers were the future or possibly cyborgs with Supercomputers inside of them. Who knew?
    And then we went on a ride to what appeared to be empty space, but we were both able to feel a lurking Alien presence. And strange thoughts came to our heads. I felt that all Space was alive with unseen creatures. We were both kind of confused and yet full of wonder.
    Next, we were on a ride that stunned us with pictures of newly discovered Planets and Moons, and they were very colorful, one was a blue World like Earth, but without land and some were pulsating with life seemingly. And so on.
    And next we were on a ride full of ominous music. And a horribly disfigured man told us, “You humans are all doomed.” And there were mushroom clouds visible in the distance. This ride was really scary.
    I told Jeanette, “There were still the ‘advanced’ Worlds, but I’d been scared out of my wits.” And I suggested, “Let’s leave this amusement park immediately.” So, we left. But for years afterwards, I had vivid nightmares...

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