Sunday, December 28, 2014

Short Story- "Sand Trap"

Bill was working outside his cabin when the object came down about 50 feet away. Bill walked over to investigate. Whatever it was landed with such force that it left a small crater.

Bill looked at the bottom of the hole. An object about the size of a softball lay at the bottom. Bill reached down and picked it up. The object was metallic and looked manufactured. Possibly from an airplane or a satellite he thought.

Bill left the thing on his porch and went to bed. Sometime during the night he was awakened by an extremely bright light. Bill put on some clothes ad walked outside. An immense craft of some kind hovered over his cabin.

As he was watching, a creature descended from the craft and walked up to him. The creature was somewhat humanoid in appearance but was dressed in a wild assortment of colors. Somehow the creature began to communicate to him.

The creature pointed at himself and said something that must have been a name. Bill pointed at himself and said his name. For some reason Bill was not at all afraid. Maybe it was shock taking over he thought.

The creature began talking about a game. The rules of the game   made no sense at all until the alien pointed to the ground and said "sand trap". Bill began to understand. The creature was playing a cosmic version of golf and Earth was some kind of obstacle.

Bill retrieved the object that had fallen earlier and gave it to the alien. The creature bowed and smacked the ball with some type of high-tech club. The ball sailed into the sky and presumably out of the atmosphere.

Before leaving, the alien handed Bill something and then ascended to his ship. The next morning, Bill decided the whole incident must have been a wild dream until he noticed the hundred dollar bill still in his hand.







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