The Very Hungry Shopping Centre
Once upon a time,
There was a very small shopping centre.
This shopping centre was called the Forum.
The Forum had a dozen shops. It also had a small carpark but no roof.
At one end of the Forum was an office where the Architect sat, all alone. He spent all day drawing new and bigger plans.
The Forum was a very young shopping centre and it was very hungry.
In January, the Forum was so hungry that it ate the architect's office. The Forum gave a small and delicate burp. The architect moved to West Perth, to share a bigger office with other architects.
In February, the very hungry shopping centre ate the Bank.
The Forum gave a burp and the Bank was gone. All that remained was an ATM. Then the shopping centre ate the ATM and all that was left was a phone number for an overseas call centre.
In March, the very hungry shopping centre ate the Pet Shop. There were no more Cats or Dogs in the Forum but the remains of the Pet Shop were found at a puppy farm in the outer suburbs.
In April, the very hungry shopping centre ate the shop which sold Exercise Equipment. The Forum gave a large burp and added a gym, which included all sorts of Exercise Equipment which could be used by paying members of the gym.
The Forum was now large enough to add a roof.
In May, the very hungry shopping centre ate the Film processing shop. Burp!
No-one really noticed because everyone used digital cameras and looked at their photos on their phone screens.
In June, the very hungry shopping centre ate the Gift shop.
Nobody minded because everyone now ordered their gifts online.
The Forum gave a rude burp, digested the Gifts and built a larger carpark which was undercover.
In July, the very hungry shopping centre ate the Grocery shop.
the Forum gave a large belch and grew a new grocery shop at one end.
In August, the very hungry shopping centre ate the Hardware shop.
The Forum made a rather rude noise and hardware remains were found on the top shelf of aisle seven in Bunnings.
In September, the very hungry shopping centre ate the Jeweller.
The Forum pulled in its stomach and made room for pop-up knick-knack shops in its corridors.
In October, the very hungry shopping centre ate the Laundromat.
The Forum burped up a Drycleaner and grew bigger.
In November the very hungry shopping centre ate the Sandwich shop.
Now the Forum had a very sore tummy, until it belched and created several fast food take-away shops.
In December the very hungry shopping centre groaned a bit and grew even larger. It ate the fast food shops and burped up new restaurants.
January was a brand new year and the very hungry shopping centre looked rather tired.
In February The Forum seemed to be resting. Until...
In March, the very hungry shopping centre surrounded itself with a protective chrysalis. There was noise and dust and work inside the shell of the chrysalis but no-one could see what was going on inside.
And then...
in April... the chrysalis cracked open.
Now the Forum was able to escape from its chrysalis.
What had happened to the very small and very hungry shopping centre?
In May, the new Forum emerged. And it was much bigger and very new and very impressive. Everyone was amazed.
And then in June...
The new and quite large Forum stretched.
It was new and large and it was still very hungry.
And so the very hungry shopping centre looked around. And it began to eat the surrounding buildings.
And the Forum was very big and very beautiful
And some of its neighbours wondered what it would eat next.
The End
1 comment:
He he, Eric Carle EAT your heart out
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