{"id":1214,"date":"2018-06-15T12:29:43","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T12:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/?p=1214"},"modified":"2018-06-15T12:29:43","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T12:29:43","slug":"killing-a-puppet-a-short-story-by-jackson-moleux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/killing-a-puppet-a-short-story-by-jackson-moleux\/","title":{"rendered":"Killing a Puppet: A Short Story by Jackson Moleux"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pld-like-dislike-wrap pld-template-2\">\r\n    <div class=\"pld-like-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"pld-like-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"1214\" data-trigger-type=\"like\" data-restriction=\"cookie\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-heart\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-like-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\">    <\/span>\r\n<\/div><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jackson Moleux<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Killing a Puppet<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10 bullets shot- Times Square New York. BAM! BOOM! CHCKCKCKCKCKCCKCKKCKCKKBOOM!! Everyone ducked and ran except for one man. For Elmo could run no more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0************ 30 minutes later: detectives arrive at the scene.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c10 bullets through the body Doc McStuffins, you think you can heal him?\u201d said Peppa Pig, lead detective.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI think he needs some warm soup and hugs, and when it really gets bad we could sing a song!!!! YAY!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said doc. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDoc this is no time for playing, lets go search the rooftops!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0****** 20 minutes later<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Peppa Pig and Doc McStuffins arrived at the seen there was tons of cops running around and a huge \u00a0set up of assault rifles uzi\u2019s and sniper rifles. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhoa Peppa I don\u2019t feel to safe. I&#8217;ma sit at the wall over there and sing myself a song to clear my head.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAlright Doc.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEveryone listen up! I need the DNA fingerprints anything you can find on this guy!\u201d screamed Peppa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And all the cops came running over with items from the seen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHere I have some cookie crumbs found at the seen but these cookies are \u201cspecial cookies\u201d if you know what I mean. The lead suspects are Cookie Monster and Barney. We believe Cookie Monster is a suspect because his trademark is cookies.. But we believe it\u2019s Barney because the \u201cspecial stuff\u201d we think it came from his tail, like last time. But the biggest clue was there was going to be a big cookie and money deal going on tonight between the two of them, of which Dora was going to orchestrate. All of this is explained in the letter to the police from Elmo.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThank you officer, what else?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf you look over there you\u2019ll see the wall has been tagged recently right?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peppa turned her head to see a big mural which had a postman Elmo dead with 10 bullets and a letter in his hand. It was midnight at the time, you could tell by the clock for a moon shining bright over New York. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe believe that it is code for an address and a time. So we have coder Thomas the Tank Engine tying to crack the code.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peppa rubbed her chin in deep thought when Doc Mc.Stuffins ran up and asked<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSo what&#8217;s happening at 12:00 73 sesame street? It looks pretty Important, after all\u201d and then she pointed at the letter and the time of the moon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BAMBAMAMAMMAMAMAMAMMAMAMAMMMMBABABABBABABBBABABABBABABBABABMMAMANAMABAMBAM<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20 shots from the roof garden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And then Doc McStuffins was suddenly swimming in blood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTell Dolly that she didn\u2019t have just a cold, she has terminal lung cancer, I was just being a good friend.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then doc froze. Her eyes rolled back. Then she started shaking violently and blinking excessively, drool and blood leaking from her mouth. Then she shrieked and screamed. Then it all came to silence once more<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCheck the roof deck and everywhere around it for evidence! NOW!!\u201d yelled Peppa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They looked and they looked but all they could find was a new Dora gang tag on the ground. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWould someone PLEASE bring Dora in for investigation?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0********* 1 day later, the interrogation room<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDo you know anything about the murder of Sir Elmo Richardson or the murder of Doc McStuffins?\u201d calmly questioned \u00a0Peppa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNope\u201d she leaned back in her chair and put her hands back behind her head.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peppa leaped forward pushed all her papers onto the ground and threw her chair at the wall. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWE HAVE EVIDENCE THAT YOU WERE AT THE CRIME SCENE, ALRIGHT???\u201d screamed Peppa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBut, we are nice people so we are going to give you two options. You can either turn yourself and everyone else in and we will cut time of your jail time. Or you don\u2019t tell us who\u2019s involved and you will find yourself with 5 extra years. So what\u2019s it going to be?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI know who wrote the letter, and who killed Elmo.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jackson Moleux \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Killing a Puppet &nbsp; 10 bullets shot- Times Square New York. BAM! BOOM! CHCKCKCKCKCKCCKCKKCKCKKBOOM!! Everyone ducked and ran except for one man. For Elmo could run no more. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0************ 30 minutes later: detectives arrive at the scene. \u201c10 bullets through the body Doc McStuffins, you think you can heal him?\u201d said Peppa Pig, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1215,"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1214\/revisions\/1215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}