Adventure of Paperman (2001)
Hello, Paperfans! In the spirit of nostalgia and inking my heroics into the history books, I would like to post my original adventure! It was written on April 20, 2001 (what is now celebrated in Paperworld as Creation Day) when The Writer was in 4th Grade. I don’t want to brag but I think I was just as awesome then as I am now! In fact, I may be more amazing now! I was born to humble, heroic beginnings, which you will see in my first encounter with my archenemy Rip. You may also notice that The Writer did not get my name right the first time around and made it two words. I have since corrected him and it now reads as one word since it is my name, not some weird, made up alter-ego! But I digress. Here is the original Adventure of Paper Man for your reading pleasure!
One day a drawing decided he wanted to go on an adventure, so he jumped off his paper and went out the bedroom door. Little did he know that a gang of old, torn pictures was following him. Their leader’s name was Rip and they wanted to get rid of Paper Man.
“I think I will explore the kitchen first,” said Paper Man.
“Ah, so he’s going to the kitchen,” snarled Rip, “Let’s follow him.”
“I think I’ll check out this counter first,” said Paper Man, but the counter that Paper Man had picked was right next to the oven.
“All right, men,” Rip said, “We’ll sneak up on Paper Man and push him into the oven, then Shred, another picture, will turn the oven on and then there will be no more Paper Man!”
As soon as the gang of picture got into position they pushed Paper Man, but Paper Man was smart. Before he hit the ground he grabbed one of the old pictures and threw him into the oven. Shred, thinking it was Paper Man, turned the oven on. After looking through the window and seeing it was an old picture he quickly scrambled up the counter and turned off the oven, but it was too late. He had already burned up.
“I must get to the other counter,” thought Paperman.
Then he spotted a spatula on the counter. He quickly climbed up onto the counter and snuck behind the nasty gang of old pictures and grabbed the spatula. Using the spatula, he flung himself over to the sink. Lucky for him he landed on top of the sink or he would have fallen into the disposal.
“I found him!” shouted Shred excitedly.
“Then follow him,” commanded Rip.
So all of the old pictures flung themselves off the counter with the spatula toward Paper Man, except for Rip and Shred. Thinking quickly, Paper Man turned on the water in the sink. After doing this Paper Man made a dash for the office. Each picture that fired off the spatula hit the water and fell into the disposal.
“He’s getting away, we have to follow him,” yelled Rip.
When Paper Man reached the office he quickly climbed on top of the desk.
“We’ve final caught you,” snarled Rip as he backed Paper Man toward the paper shredder.
“Shred, go turn on the paper shredder,” commanded Rip.
When Shred did so he got sucked into the shredder and turned into paper scraps.
“It’s just you and me now,” snarled Rip as he grabbed a pair of sharp scissors. “You have messed with me for the last time.”
“That’s what you think,” said Paper Man grabbing the end of the scissors. He then flung the scissors over his head toward the paper shredder with Rip still hanging on.
“You haven’t seen the last of me,” shouted Rip as he got sucked into the paper shredder. Then Paper Man ran back to the bedroom and jumped back into his nice, cozy piece of paper. That was enough adventure for one day.
And there you have it, ladies and gentlemen! My very first adventure and the beginning of my bitter rivalry with Rip! As you can see (if you have read my books, which are available for purchase on my website) Rip was correct in saying that I had not seen the last of him. For some reasons villains never die. I suppose it’s so heroes don’t get too bored and always have something to do. But those thoughts are for another time. Check back next week for more of my awesome adventures!