COMEDY OR TRAGEDY

 

Comedy or tragedy

Holidaying in Italy and having a great time. Last evening we had attended the theatre, first to listen to a comedy, and then a tragedy. The two masks made me shiver; I hate masks of any kind, believing they can be evil.

As we left the theatre, people seemed happy and were smiling. I did think then that a smiley mask might have been nice.

Outside we emerged upon a slight covering of snow and we looked back at our foot prints.

We passed by a statue with a cupid and his arrow was slightly covered by snow and it glistened, adding more glamour to the image.

We came to a fountain – we find water splashing is magical. We felt really happy.

Something in the sky caught our eye and it was as if someone had waved a magic wand, as we could see the northern lights, but not just this: we saw fire rainbows dance in between the green and red of the aurora borealis.

The atmosphere was enchanting. However, we did not relish returning home and facing up to the work that had piled up while we were away.

We rose early to catch the flight back to Britain. Our memories were still full of the wonders we had enjoyed on our holiday.

As we glanced out of the window, morning had just broken the glorious night’s spell. The sky had been full of stars, and one star shone out from all of the others.

We were amazed to see that bright large star was still shining. It was an odd shape more like a scarab beetle form. Other passengers were passing comments about this star. The shape grew closer to the plane. I sat back in shock and fear, as two alien faces, which were not nice to look at, were staring at us.

A couple of people screamed when they saw them. The pilot made an announcement saying for folk not to panic.

One man took with a heart attack and was attended to by a doctor that happened to be on board.

As passengers looked through the window again, the scarab beetle craft was no longer there.

It left food for thought, as all of the newspapers were full of the story. Folk switched on their TVs to watch the news from the world.

A reporter announced that governments now had to admit that there is proof of alien beings.

Most folk shouted at their TVs, “We already knew that! So what?”

Josephine Smith

This story arose from some of the same cubes that inspired Illusion... you will recognise the fountain, the scarab, the comedy and tragedy masks - which give the idea of a theatre - and the magician's wand, as well as the alien face...