Story Sharing Week: The White Box

The White Box
Charlotte Chaung

In a busy mall there was a vending machine. In this vending machine there was a small boy named Mikan. He was a 12 year old boy with black hair, brown eyes and a height of 7 cm. Now, you might think that a vending machine is a boring place, but Mikan had a special little job: to push food for the people.  If he was lucky, things would fall from the sky and land on him, but that rarely happened.  Now back to the story. There was one thing Mikan lived with all his life: LONELINESS.
     Pushing food all day might sound fun but he had no friends. Every day he saw people talking, dancing, playing, or arguing. And Mikan? For him it was just pure torture. All he ever wanted was a friend. One day, as Mikan pushed a Crunchie bar out of the machine, something fell on him.
     Mikan was perplexed. What was this thing? Where had it come from? Like a scientist who had just discovered completely new, Mikan examined the ‘thing’.  It was as white as the paper you are now reading, solid like a brick, but in cube form. Suddenly, it MOVED! Mikan hid behind a nearby Toblerone and thought. Was it going to destroy him?! Mikan had to get rid of the box.
     He heaved the mysterious box over to where the people usually got their food. As the box fell over the edge, for a split second, Mikan saw a white, adorable fluffy ear. A bunny!
     Mikan had thought he had no friends. Now he was going to get rid of one. Mikan looked at the box. It wasn’t very far away. He swiped at the box but missed by an inch! Then some dental floss fell on him. What a life saver! Mikan knew what to do. He tied some to his ankle and flung himself over the edge, only just catching the box. Mikan felt relieved as he opened the box and inside found a tiny bunny. Now every day he spends some time with his bunny, being happy and not worrying about not having friends.