Rubik's Cube: A Short Story

“Howdy Emmett” Said Joseph. Then Emmet replied “Get to work and quit messing around.” “You know I’ve been thinking I’m going to tell I want a better place to stay, higher wages and less work hours…… I’m going to request to meet with him” Said Joseph. Emmet bewildered spun around with such speed it slightly spooked trampas and yelled “You Fool, three people have already tried to talk to him and he refused to even meet with them then he fired them!!!” “I think those are just rumors, everyone’s just to chicken to try.” Said Joseph. Annoyed Emmet glared at Joseph and said “Your job, if you lose it, it’s not my problem.” Emmett finished saddling Destiny and he rode to work with Joseph riding closely behind. They reached their destination dismounted and went their separate ways. A half hour later Joseph came up to Emmett dragging his feet and sullen. “Emmett” said Joseph. Emmet looked up from finishing his inspection. “What?” Emmett grumbled. “You were right, I just lost my job. He wouldn’t even meet with me” Joseph replied. Emmett glanced at him then said “What did I tell you?” “Yes, I know, you warned me. I’m going home” said Joseph. He walked over to Trampas, mounted him and rode off. 15 minutes later Jeff, Emmett’s co-worker came up to him and whispered “We are having a meeting 11 o’clock tonight at my place. Be there. Don’t ask any questions, just show up.” Then he walked away.

So now I deserve to hear your story.” “Okay,” he said, “I just turned “24” three weeks ago.” “Cool,” she interrupted, “go on.” “I found out i got this job last week and was told to come into work today, that I already would know what to do, but I have no idea what I’m doing this job was a favor from my old boss. He was with me when I lost this bad boy.” He was showing his prosthetic leg, and said, “I lost it in an accident.” “Oh really must have been an accident then to have lost your leg.” She said with a face that seemed slightly weirded out. He told her the story about how he lost it trying to keep the truck from rolling off the hill and how the electric co-op paid his bills and him the rest of his salary for the year then gave him the job he currently has now, and her response was. “Wow you are kind-of amazing, but you never told me how you actually came to work for the co-op in the first place.” Then he said, “well to be honest I guess it is because I really liked electrical classes in school.” he was interrupted by the waiter bringing their

Our Rube Goldberg Machine consists of exactly fifteen steps. It includes all fifteen required areas of physics.

The students ranging from high school to college are encouraged to use teamwork and problem solving skills to complete the task.

One day, Ocean Man and Lake Boy were finishing up saving a dog from falling out of a fire house when they got a signal from headquarters. “Buh da, buh da, buh da!” went the emergency siren. “Oh no! Someone’s in trouble!” said Ocean Man as he and Lake Boy ran to headquarters. When they got there, Alfie, their secretary, told them about the issue. “Cindy and Mindy are stuck on top of the roof because their ladder fell over,” said Alfie. “ You will have to go to their house and save them.” After hearing that news, Ocean Man and Lake Boy went straight to Cindy and Mindy’s house. Upon arriving their, Lake Boy went right up to the top of the girls’ house to retrieve them. As he did that, Ocean Man went to investigate on how the girls got stuck. When

They were talking about Papa’s business. Maples closed his eyes and began to recall a faint memory he had with Papa Miller too. The memory was getting stronger and Maples could smell something delicious – Papa Miller’s fear. He recalled how he watched as Papa’s eyes gazed downward and how he fidgeted with his hands – tucking them in his pockets. It had been a long time since Maples the Golem had tasted adult fear. Although the fear wasn’t as sweet as a child , it had a savory salty flavor that was quite satisfying. He remembered how he slipped through the crack in the window sill and stood on Papa Miller’s shoulder. “ Your business will fail. You will lose all your money and the bank will take away your house. You were stupid to think you could start your own business. Your brother is right, you are a triple dripple loser.” At first glance Papa Miller appeared surprised, then he had a hard time catching his breath. Mama Miller grabbed the telephone and dialed the emergency number. Soon after, the ambulance arrived with all the horns and lights blazing. Maples grew so fat that night that he had to sleep on his back, since his belly was too large. The next day he came back looking for another huge meal, but this time, Papa was sitting peacefully rocking in a chair and reading a book. Nothing Maples whispered in his ear made a difference. Papa Miller swatted him. Yes, he swatted him

Henry walked up to the counter. “ Yes we were hoping to speak to a Ms. Ava Badeaux .” The lady lifted the counter bar up walking up to him , she had a white cut off on and gold silk pants like you would see in the Arbian Knights . “ Who's asking to speak to her?” “ My name is Henry Lambert , this is my girlfriend Colleen Bourgeois .” “ We have a close friend , who is in a lot of trouble right now , we keep trying to find answers and she gave us your name to look into.” The lady pulled out a cigarette lighting it , blowing the smoke up in the air. “ What kind of trouble?” Colleen pushes Henry out the way. “ Look miss , were sorry to bother you , but we really need to speak to Ms. Ava , our lives depend on it.” “ Clown trouble?” They both looked at each other confused , Henry then replied. “ How did you?” “ I'm psychic , I also have a lot more powers.” “ Ms. Ava Badeaux at your service.” She reaches her hand out to shake. They both shake her hand following her into the a back room. The back room was a blood red wallpaper with gold fleur de luis on it and stained wooden

"We found him." Mushroom Man said in a whisper. "Wait," Kevin said. There's more than one person in there with him." Right there, beside the robber, was what looked like a kid. "Is that a kid?" Jessica said. "No, it's not." Mushroom Man said. He walked closer to the robber and the little figure, Jessica and Kevin right behind him. "Excuse me sir, but I don't think you're supposed to be here." Mushroom Man said. The man turned around and look at Mushroom Man. "Well, well, well," he said. "Hello old friend." He said. "Wait," Mushroom Man said. "H-henry?" "Oh, good to know you still remember me." The man said. "And don't call me Henry, my name is Dino Guy." Jessica and Kevin looked at the man. He was wearing a dinosaur mask, and clothes that had scales on them. "And I see you brought back-up." Dino Guy said. "Who are these kids?" Jessica walked up to Dino Guy. "My name is Jes- I mean Banana Queen." Jessica said. "My name is Bomb-om boy." Kevin said as he walked up to Dino Guy. "Mushroom Man here wanted us to help him catch the robber, and I guess we found him." Suddenly, the little figure came out from behind Dino Guy. "You won't be catching anyone." He said with a giant grin on his

In my Rube Goldberg project had 8 energy transformations. My first energy transformation was elastic to gravitational, it started with a rubber band which is elastic potential but when the rubber band was streaked and released and hit the Jenga blocks the energy transformed into gravitational. The second transformation is gravitational to electrical, this happened when the Jenga blocks fell onto the switch on the fan which creates electrical energy. The third energy transformation was inside the fan it was electrical to mechanical. The electrical energy was from the outlet which was turned on by the switch in the fan, the transformation took place when the turbines in the fan started to spin creating mechanical energy. The fourth energy transformation

The outlet mall was about half an hour to an hour drive from where we stayed. Philip told us before we got off the SP bus, “Meet back here in a hour.” After we got SP bus, the six of us scattered the mall. After an hour went by, Trey and I headed towards the bus. When we got to the SP bus Philip told us that someone had broken into the SP bus. They somehow unlocked the bus that broke the lock. Ten minutes later, a state cop came to file the report. The state cop asks, “Sir, are you missing

It’s the next day, a chilly, yet humid Saturday. We only have that one piece of bread. Poppa didn’t eat yesterday. I can tell he’s acting a little differently. Fleetwood’s crabbier than yesterday, and that takes a lot to be worse than yesterday. I don’t even know what to do. It was later, at around 11:30, and Poppa and Fleetwood were in an argument, God knows what about. I was in the basement, because some dust got inside, and I was using cloth to cover up the holes. I heard my name get thrown around multiple times, so I went up the stairs to hear more. “You can’t let all of us suffer like this!,” Fleetwood shouted. “There is nothing I can do. It’s the matter that I can’t even walk around the house to check the chickens!” I feel bad, because this isn’t a good time to be living in this house. At the same time, both of them said the worst thing possible. “Send

After deep thought and an hour of wasted time consisting of snapchatting and laying in various parts of my room, Lily suggests that we go down to The Dollar Tree and get some funny, random toys to quench our desire to do something, anything! I lived on the corner of Lindsay and Brown and the dollar store was located on Lindsay and University, so the mile distance was a short, doable journey. On our way back, our new-bought silly string in hand, Lily and I ran ahead of the three others that accompanied us, and we headed back to my house. When we arrived home, we hid behind the pillars and patiently waited for the others’ return. As we could hear their voices morph from a slight mumble into a real conversation, we jumped out and surprise attacked the girls with a silly string invasion. What Lily and I thought to be a harmless, funny act, really upset the three of them, especially Rachel. They would not come inside my house and insisted we go away from them. As me and Lily now sit in my room laughing and trying to forget about the drama that was on the rise, I began to hear scurrying noises downstairs accompanied by “oh my gosh” and “she’s gonna be so mad”. I walked out of my room to find Rachel covering my house with the purple slime she bought at The Dollar Tree. Everywhere I looked, it was there: rubbed into the hallway carpet, spread down the walls, down the laundry shoot, on the towels, and in the refrigerator, as if it were rapidly multiplying throughout my house. It was something out of a cartoon and I couldn’t believe this was actually happening. I know we were young and immature, but this took it to a new level, and I couldn’t contain my anger. Tears automatically came running down my face as I knew I’d be dead when my parents came home. “Get out of

Is there any coffee left?” Ernest asked, holding up his cup. “Sure,” Don said and filled it. “I don’t know if you knew it, but once Butch healed, he was the sweetest dog, I have ever seen. He lived in our home for years until we gave him to my nephew for his son.” Ernest smiled and said, “I never knew that. It was funny at the time you scared the hell out of me when you told me you gave no one discounts. If anybody asked for one that you charged them double.” “I remember the expression on your face was priceless.” “It surprised me when you told me, your name was Don and to never call you doctor again.” Ernest said, "It sure didn’t take you long to decide you wanted the sick animals, and I could have the healthy ones until we found homes for them. Was that your original plan?” “Oh, no, when I saw you with the injured dog, I knew at once, we could work together, and the stories around town about you were bullshit,” he said, as the phone rang. “Dr. Kelley, my I help you,” answering the phone, he said. “What’s wrong with Fluffy today?” “Sure, I’ll come by after work. It will not be necessary to bring Fluffy to the

Don, the ugly duckling ran as fast as he could(2). Dwight the bully was chasing after him for his lunch money. Then Don raced into an alleyway and Dwight ran right past him.. Don had lost Dwight once again. Don has been ugly all his life and only has one friend. His one and only friend is his pet rat, Dale. Don got Dale on his 8th birthday and they've been best friends ever since. The weird thing about Don is that he can understand what Dale is saying! Of course no one believes him though. So 21one day when Don arrived home from school he went up to his room to see Dale. But when he got into his room Dale wasn't in his cage! Don felt so sick he felt like he could die right there(3). So Don resolved he had to go find Dale. When Don got outside, he saw Dwight running away with Dale in his arms! Don ran as fast as he could but Dwight was too fast for him. So Don went home having little hope he would ever see Dale again, but suddenly he had an idea! He would disguise himself as Dora the explorer and go save Dale(9). The next day Don fastened his Dora the explorer costume on and went over to Dwight's house. ¨Hey Dwight let me have Dale back!¨ Don yelled at Dwight's window. Maybe they weren't home Don thought so he went over to his house and got a ladder. Then, he went back to Dwight's house and climbed up to his window which was already opened. Don crawled inside Dwight's room and saw Dale in a bin. Whoosh(5)! When Don went over to get Dale, the floor collapsed beneath them suddenly and Don and Dale started to fall to their doom. But when Don and

When Kristina and Brandon got married they decided to open a CrossFit Prevail Gym in McHenry Illinois. Brandon dressed and went downstairs to eat breakfast then headed out the door to get to the gym to coach the 5am WOD class at the gym then head to his job afterward. When Brandon left it was 4:45am Kristina lied back down and fell back to sleep. When the second alarm went off at 6:45am Kristina found a little munchkin in bed with her it was Chase. He had snuck into her room to give her morning cuddles. After morning snuggles both Kristina and Chase got up and went to wake the girls for school. Running in and jumping on his sisters Chase finally awoke them and they all headed down stairs for breakfast. While all three children ate their cereal and watch cartoons. Kristina went up to take a quick shower and dress herself to take the kiddos to school. After finishing their cereal, the three children all went upstairs to get dressed. Madison the oldest dressed herself, made herself a lunch and packed her bag for school. As Madison was finishing packing her bag Makenna came down the stairs to pack her bag. After dressing Chase Kristina came down stairs to help her children. Kristina made Makenna a lunch and packed Chase a snack for preschool. “Get your shoes on” Kristina yelled as she turned off the lights and television. By the time that everyone got out of the house and into the car