Catapult
Today Link’s class had a talent show. There were the requisite short piano pieces and songs. There were, naturally a couple of kids with enough trophies to make the whole class jealous. There was even a girl in full jazz costume who could do backflips. There were also kids who showed card collections or simple drawings on binder paper. One kid demonstrated a card trick, but his need for a flat surface meant that all the audience could see was his back. Link decided that for his talent he was going to demonstrate the milk carton catapult he built in cub scouts. He stood up there and told about it. The looks of polite interest disappeared once Link started flinging marshmallows into the audience. The audience surged to their feet waving arms and shouting “Over here!” Link’s was the only talent where everyone stood up and cheered.
Link sat back down, grinning from ear to ear. I’m so glad he got the chance to be really cool.