The Adventures of Elevator Lance:
Lance and the Elephant Story
As usual, Lance woke up ready for another hard day at the office. After his morning routine of showering, getting dressed and eating breakfast, he headed down the hallway to the elevator. As he got in, he was greeted by the blank stare of a ten year old boy who was slowly eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. As Lance pushed the button and the elevator began moving, the kid just stood there, staring at him as he slowly chewed.
After several floors, Lance finally got tired of being stared at. "Would you please stop looking at me?"
The boy kept staring.
"Stop it!"
"Have you ever been to the circus?" the boy asked him.
"Huh?"
"I went to a circus once," the boy continued.
"Are you sure you weren't IN the circus?" Lance mumbled.
"At the show I saw this elephant that had a dwarf for a trainer."
"A dwarf trainer?" Lance asked, giving the boy a weird look.
"Uh huh…and he made the elephant wear a ballerina costume."
"What?"
"And he would make the elephant stand up and spin around. There was a rumor that the trainer and the elephant were lovers."
"Huh? Now I know you're making this up."
"Its all true. The elephant eventually squashed his trainer one day. The owners had to shoot the elephant. I heard that the two were buried together."
Lance moved slowly towards the panel and tried to activate the stop button.
"They had a great big tombstone," the boy continued.
Lance frantically pushed the stop button, but it wouldn't work.
"This one time I went to a freak show and saw these Siamese elephants. They were joined at the end of their trunks like that." He held up both of his hands, touching his fists together.
Lance started pressing buttons randomly.
"And their trainer would make them stand up on their hind legs and stretch their trunks out. Then this little monkey would come out and dance the Merengue across their trunks."
Lance pounded on the control panel. "There is something seriously wrong with this kid," Lance thought.
"I felt sorry for them because when one would sneeze the other's eyes would get real big."
The elevator finally stopped and Lance quickly said good bye and left the kid alone. It wasn't long until Lance ran into Allura and Hunk.
"I really think we should have security personnel in the elevators," he told them as he tried to catch his breath.
"Why?" asked Hunk.
"Way too many freaks running around this place," Lance said."
A short while later, Pidge, who was running late, got on the elevator. As the doors closed he noticed a boy in the elevator.
"You ever been to a freak show?" the boy asked.
Pidge could have sworn the kids eyes flashed red.
The elevator began to move before Pidge could get out.