Never to the Factory
Once upon the time there was a pineapple lump. His name was Kelly. Kelly was teased a lot.
"Oh, your name is a girl's name! Oo, Kelly is a girl. Oo, gross. You'll never get taken to The Factory!"
This scared Kelly. It was every pineapple lump's dream to go to The Factory. Stories of the elder pineapple lumps - those who remained - told of a marvellous land where the sun never shined and no stray creatures could eat them. It was paradise.
The remarks of the other pineapple lumps got to Kelly. He began to get depressed. His grades slumped, and he constantly had a 'pity me' look on his face. His mother couldn't figure out what was wrong.
"Kelly, honey, what's wrong? Why the long face?" But Kelly would turn away, saying nothing, but giving out a long sigh.
One day he sat in a cave, away from the sun, and thought. I'll never go to The Factory, he thought. The other pineapple lumps still teased him. I'll never be happy. I'll never get choosen. I hate being Kelly!
"I'll never get to go to The Factory," Kelly whimpered. And suddenly, he heard a movement in the back of the cave.
"Who's there!"
"The - The Factory..."
"Who are you?"
"Child, you don't want to go to The Factory." Kelly was shocked. Of course he did! Everyone did!
As Kelly watched, a figure came to view. At first, he thought it was another pineapple lump. But as he say the full length of the figure, he thought it couldn't be! It was far to short, with a jagged back end. But then, when the figure came into the light, Kelly saw what it was.
This pineapple lump had been mauled. It's entire back end had been torn off, and you could see the squishy yellow insides. Kelly drew back, eye wide in horror.
"What - what happened to you?!"
The pineapple lump looked Kelly in the eye.
"When I was a young lump, like you, I dreamed of going to The Factory. And then, one day, the great hand came and picked me up. At first I was overjoyed. But then, I was packed with seventeen of my friends in some sort of plastic. It was huge, and there was no way to get out. Most of us suffocated. Me, and two of my friends survived. After days, and days, the cage was opened. I tried to struggle out through the dead bodies, but I was thrown to the side as a giant hand came in and picked up one of my still living friends. I heard his scream as a pair of teeth ripped through him.
"That was the most horrific sound I've ever heard.
"Soon more of the bodies were gone, and then I was lifted up. I struggled, but I felt those teeth rip through me. I screamed.
"As the hand pulled away, I was dropped. I fell to the ground, hard. I heard a loud voice boom in annoyance, and came down to look for me. I kept wiggling out of view. Eventually, the creature gave up and went back to munching on the dead bodies. I almost threw up.
"It was many moons of struggle before I found myself in this cave, though a secret entrance I knew as a boy. And I think, I have to warn someone. But I was to weak and collapsed. And now, hear you are."
Kelly was in shock. He couldn't stop staring. And then, the other pineapple lump asked,
"Will you tell them? Will you warn the others?"
Kelly nodded, as he ran out into the sunlight, and into a giant hand.