Originally Posted By kmsandrbs Nate The Snake Far back at the beginning, when the earth was created, God created a giant Lever which controlled the fate of the earth. Just like with platypi, we don’t know why. Being smart, God placed the Lever in a chamber at the center of the earth so it was far from the reach of mankind. God also placed a giant snake there named Nate to guard the Lever, in case anyone over got down there. Nate was pretty happy to be created. And even happier to be given such an important task. Nate knew that the fate of the world was in his hands. Well, being a snake, not literally in his “handsâ€. Of course, since this was at the center of the earth, and it was just Nate the Snake and the Lever, it got pretty boring. If he’d had hands, he might have written something or scratched the eons on the wall. As it was, he pretty much just sat there. And sat there. And sat there. You get the picture. Anyway, up on the face of the earth, people were created. These people then created more people, who created more people, and so on. Pretty soon they lived all over the exterior of the planet. And they started to develop things, like fire, the wheel, and churros. In fact, a lot of these people dedicated their life to finding better, faster, cheaper ways of doing things. And the earth is pretty big. It turns out that it takes quite a bit of time and money for the people on one side of the earth to get things to people on the other side, or to go visit friends who live across the globe. And gas was getting really expensive. “AHA!†Some people thought. “We learned in physics that the quickest way between two points is a straight line. If we want to get to the other side of the planet faster, we should go through it, not around it!†So they lobbied governments all over the world to fund and promote “The Really Big Super Colossal Ginourmous Digâ€. And they started digging. From both sides. People all over the world were following their progress. I mean, we had all been lead to believe that th e center of the earth was molten lava. So tunneling through that was going to be quite a challenge. Newscasts were giving weekly updates, and several websites were created to track the dig. As any major construction project, they hit some snags. People complained that the project would never be completed, but they carried on. As they made progress, they received commendations. Major shipping and transportation companies were immensely interested in the project, and investment in its use after completion was high. Now, the tunnel wasn’t very big around. It couldn’t be much bigger than the size for a train to be able to travel through, because of costs. But that was going to be enough. And, with no traffic, a super-high speed train was developed to do the transporting. As the two ends of the tunnel neared each other, anticipation was very high. It became a daily story to project the actual completion date. Suddenly, everyone was buzzing with THE NEWS! A chamber had been found at the center of the earth (NOT molten lava) and in that chamber was a giant snake! As much of a shock as this was for the people of earth, it was nothing compared to what Nate experienced. At first, he thought something was coming to attack the Lever. Needless to say there were some tense initial moments, especially as most people don’t have warm feelings in their hearts for giant snakes. But after a few minutes of just staring at each other, Nate finally asked “Who are you?†After getting over the surprise of finding a giant, TALKING snake at the center of the earth, the people explained who they were and what they were doing. Nate was immensely relieved. And the happiest he had been since he had been placed to guard the Lever. He had other creatures to TALK to! It was exciting. And, of course, the whole world was following the story. Pretty soon, everybody knew about Nate the Snake and the Lever at the center of the earth that protected the planet. Overnight, he became a world hero. Every country offered him official thanks for the hard and lonely work he had done since the beginning of time. And, of course, people wanted to visit him and the Lever. This was a boon that the original tunnel developers had never even dreamed of! So they planned a stopping point near Nate and the Lever, where tourists could come and talk to Nate (which he loved). Again, they didn’t have a lot of space for maneuvering the train tracks, so they ended up pretty much running right by Nate and his Lever. Which Nate also enjoyed, because it gave him some room to stretch out. The tunnel was a great success. One day, a year or so after the tunnel was completed, a train of tourists and powdered jello was on its way through the tunnel. Of course, a stop was planned at the center of the earth. Now, you must remember that these were VERY fast trains. When the train reached the slow down point to begin braking for the center of the earth, something went wrong. The engineer tried everything he could to slow it down, but to no avail. Generally, this wouldn’t have been much of a problem, as they could have slowly coasted to a stop somewhere before the other side of the planet. However, as they neared the center chamber, which was a short way after the usual stopping spot, the engineer noticed that Nate had curled up ON the tracks, right next to the lever! The engineer was very skilled, and could make the train jump the tracks, but, of course, the only space other than the tracks was the Lever! But hitting that would destroy the earth! For the brief moments that he could, the engineer agonized over his choice, but in the end, stayed on the tracks, running over the worldwide hero Nate the Snake. The planet went into mourning. Inquiries were set up. Everyone wanted to know from the engineer - why Nate? Why? And the engineer replied: “Well, I had little time to make the call, in those few seconds I struggled but quickly decided ... ... Better Nate than Lever.â€
Originally Posted By pacomama Oh... My... Gosh... I saw that one coming from a mile away but thought, "that can't be it because there surely was a shorter way to get there." LOL. You could give friendofdd a run for his money. Not sure if that's a good thing, though.
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP wow... I'm begining to believe you actually make these up... and I don't know if that impresses me or scares me!
