In the Hall of the Mountain King - On the Third Day (Track 9 of 9)

Aaron:

Scene opens with thief sneaking into the Mountain King's lair. Music is slow, but building. As the thief walks around in the shadows you see that the Mountain King is holding an elaborate party in the grand chamber.

The thief accidentally trips a trap that releases a giant spiked ball that rolls towards him. He runs away from it as the music gets even faster and louder. The audience fears for the thief, but at the same time, know that he will be fine. This is a kid's movie after all.

The thief manages to cut a hole through the floor, landing right in the middle of the Mountain King's lair. The music is crazy now, as the patrons run away from both the thief and the giant metal spiked ball which has fallen from the ceiling.

The Mountain Thief roars and catches the thief by the legs. The audience is slightly worried. How will the thief get out of this one? But, as the music reaches it's highest point, the metal ball comes rolling by and slams into the Mountain King. No blood, of course. Just a big bump on the head.

The thief sneaks out of the lair, grinning to himself, treasure in hand.

Audience stands and cheers. A good time is had by all.

And one 6 year old can't fall asleep that night because he feels bad for the carpenter who has to come patch up the ceiling the next day.

Ethan:

Darren was unhappy with Infinity. It had barged into his life quite unexpectedly, and it was beginning to seem like it simply wasn't going to leave. It had come in through an open upstairs window and had made its way down to the kitchen where it made itself itself a sandwich. It then lay down in Darren's favorite armchair and began watching Animal Planet on Darren's flat screen TV. This, without even saying "hello".

Darren first met Infinity a month ago, on his way home from a pub. It was sleeping on the bench at the bus stop across from Warren's Park. It had seemed so helpless and pitiful that Darren felt like he had no choice but to bring him home. He brought it back and fed it, and that should have been that. But Darren, in his slightly inebriated state, told it to come back anytime. He had enjoyed the company.

Now, Infinity seemed to be permanent company. Darren couldn't find it in himself to tell it to leave. Every time he tried to bring the subject up, Infinity would interrupt him, asking him if he wanted to order out for chinese food or if it would be ok if it heated up some of the microwave buffalo wings. Other times it would just flash him it's big puppy dog eyes and tell him how nice it was to have a friend like him. Infinity could play Darren like a mandalin, and Darren just had to take it.

So, Darren was unhappy with Infinity. He sat there with it, watching Animal Planet and eating barbeque ranch pringles, and hating himself for ever picking the thing up in the first place. On the TV, a polar bear is dying of starvation.