Sly got out of bed."Uhhhhh."he moaned,while looking at his broken alarm clock."Uhhhhhhh...broken again."he threw the clock the a trash can.It missed and landed in a pile of other broken alarm clocks. He got up to get a drink of water."Bleh,I need some ice.."he thought as he left his apartment.He went into an elevator and went to the top floor.That was where the Ice Machine was.
He finally got out of the elevator and walked over to the Ice machine.He inserted a dime (even though it was free) and put some ice in a plastic bag he brought with.
"Mmmmmm.Ice...",Sly said groggily.He got all the ice and left.Just as he was about to go in to the elevator,there was an unexpected guest.
"Turn aound.ringtail." an unknown voice said.
Sly turned around."Eh? AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! IT'S THAT OLD MAN THAT HAS FOLLOWED ME A LOT!AND HE'S NOT DEAD!",Sly shrieked as he stared at the old man's beady eyes.
"And that Old Man is about to kill you."The Old Man said as he pulled out a pistol.
"Whoa.",Sly said as tears came to his eyes."Before you k-kill m-m-m-m-me,can you tell me your n-n-n-name?"
"Certainly.",The Old Man started."It's Wendell.
"Sly started to laugh."What's so funny?"Wendell asked."That's a funny name.Wendell.Wen...dell",Sly said,and then started to giggle hysterically."I've had enough of you,racoon.",Wendell said as he walked towards Sly.
"Oh-no."Sly whispered under his breath.Right then,Sly saw his opening.He threw the bag of ice cubes under Wendell's feet.Wendell started to slide toward an open window.He fell 20 stories and died.
"Well,I don't have to deal with him anymore.",Sly said,dusting off his hands.He started to scratch his head.He felt a key.He pulled it out."How'd this get here?",Sly said,looking at a rusty key.He shrugged and threw it out a window.
Meanwhile,20 stories down,Wendell was getting up."Uhhhhhhh,how in the name of Taft did I survive that fall?",he said,gazing at the apartment building.Suddenly,the rusty key fell and hit him in the eye,really killing him.
After Sly got off the elevator he started off for work."Let's see.",Sly said as he went looking in the apartment's parking garage."How to get to work today?" There was only a scooter. "This will have to do."Sly said as he got on."To the Police Office!"
About half an hour later Sly made it to the office."Hello,fellow workers and employees.", Sly announced.Everyone ignored him."I said: HELLO FELLOW WORKERS AND EMPLOYEES!", he shouted.This time,one person reacted."You suck!",someone shouted." Sly pretented not to hear that.Sly sat down on his desk.There was a post-it note."Ooh, a note.",Sly said while picking it up.It said: Sly,I am very much sorry that I bought your house. I talked with Lt. Bert.I told him that you are a really cool guy.He said he agrees and wants you to talk with him.So go talk to him...NOW! Love,Steve
"WOW! Steve is awesome! I wonder what Lieutennant Bert wants with me.I hope he has peanut butter."Sly thought as he went to Lieutennant Bert's office. Finally, the moment of truth. Sly reached for the doorknob. It was locked.
"WHAT?", Sly shrieked in terror. He tried to open it again."NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Sly started punding on the door and screaming "LIEUTENNANT BERT!" over and over and over for 47 minutes. "This isn't working.", Sly thought. He ran back to his desk.He began searching his file cabinet for anything to help him get in Bert's office."Need...SOMETHING!", Sly yelled as he threw papers and pencils out of the file cabinet.He looked under his desk.Something big and shiny caught his eye."If this doesn't get me in Lieutennant Bert's office, nothing will.",Sly said,picking up a fire ax."This one's for you,Steve." Sly started to hack away at Bert's office door.Once the door was nothing than a few shards of wood, Sly saw Lieutennant Bert playing with animal crackers and listening to loud music on a stereo. Sly turned the stereo off.
"Lieutennant Bert, where's my special suprise Steve told you about?", Sly asked while jumping up and down.
"Cooper? What're you doing...here?",Bert said while looking at the pieces of wood that used to be a door. "Wha..what did you do to my door?"
"Oh, that stupid thing. I destroyed it...with my ax.", Sly said proudly, while holding the ax like it was a trophy. "No,you didn't...you couldn't. It was in my family for seven generations. My Grand-pappy took it in his boat from across the ocean to get it to me. My grammy varnished it.and she died yesterday. All she wanted was me to keep the door safe.",Bert said with tears streaming down his cheeks.
"Who cares about some stupid door? Where's my super special secret suprise?", Sly asked,not noticing how crushed Bert was.
"So you want a super special suprise,do you?",Bert asked while crushing an animal cracker in his fist.
"Yes, I do want a super special secret suprise.", Sly said grinning."Are mad I busted your crummy door down? It was stupid and you can just buy a new one."
"Just a stupid door?JUSTA STUPID DOOR!",Bert said with furious instensity."You want something stupid why don't you look in the mirror?"
" 'Cause if I looked in the mirror,I'd see myself.", Sly said,still not noticing Bert's rage."And I know I'm not stupid.The mirror is though."
'You are quite possibly the dumbest-"
"Really?",Sly inturupted."What does this have to do with my promotion."
"Sly, there is no promotion. You are fired.Get out before I break you.",Bert said,controlling his fury.
"I-" Sly began.
"You broke my door. My one and only door! GET OUT! YOU'RE FIRED!" Lieutennant Bert screamed.
"YES!" Sly said to himself as he ran out the door."Now I can realize my dream!"
Sly skipped back to his apartment.
9 months later, Sly stood proudly in front of his store at the city mall."Welcome to Sly Shoes.Shoes,shoes, shoes for sale.I also sell really good shoes.", he shouted as the mall-goers started to walk faster when they walked past his store. Sly took note of this."An old friend once said;' when people walk faster,that means you're a good business man.' This must mean I'm doing good.",he thought grinning. He then went back to sniffing his shoes.
The End
