CHAPTER 7: THE COMMON ROOM
After Larry, CD-Ron and Whiny had finished their delicious dinners with the rest of Griffin Snore, they were instructed to go to their house common room by Mrs. McDonalds, who Larry had recently discovered was the head of Griffin Snore after having an interesting conversation with CD-Ron's two mischievous brothers, Porridge and Ted, the clowns of the school. Always ready to crack a joke or two, you couldn't cross them without them attempting to make you smile.
Larry, CD-Ron and Whiny tagged behind the older students of Griffin Snore as they made their way to the common room. They passed through hallways whose walls were decorated with a vast array of pictures that moved around inside their frames.
After about five minutes, Larry saw a sizeable picture set into a wall which closed off the hall, creating a dead end. On the picture was a watermark painting of a twig like, skinny lady, and she was humming softly to herself and sitting down on a rocking chair. Next to the painting was a small, silver box with a number of blinking, flashing buttons on it.
One the older boys stepped outside of the group and began to speak, "I would like to have a word with all the first years as to how this system works. All who know how to operate the box, please pass through. Nearly all of the students made a line in front of the flashing device, and one of them typed in a five digit code. As she pressed blue button down the bottom of the machine, the painting swung inward and allowed her to go inside.
"As you may have just seen," continued the boy, "your only way of entering the common room is by means of typing in your respective password in that small box over there. Now, I only ask that you go up to the box and type up a five digit code using any letters or any numbers. This will be used as your password for the remainder of the year. Choose wisely. Please make a line."
All the first years formed a line in front of the box. The student at the front punched in a couple of digits, and instantly, the painting swung open to let her through. The next person to choose their password was named Johnny. Johnny had a reputation for being a little rude sometimes, and this was represented in his password choice. Larry glimpsed on the box the letter d at the start and the letter k at the end, and when Johnny pressed the blue button down the bottom, the machine came up with the message: ERROR. NOT LONG ENOUGH, to which Johnny burst out laughing. Larry didn't know what he was laughing about, and he just stared at Johnny questioningly as he typed in a new password.
Note to Minors: Yes, I know this is a K+ story, but I just had to use that joke. Will you forgive me? Of course you will. Next!
A couple of minutes later, everybody had entered in their new passwords and were now inside the common room. Larry found a bed, threw himself on to it and fell into a deep sleep.
Outside, Satan was trying to break into the Griffin Snore common room. He had done it before, but the trouble was, he couldn't get in as he had forgotten the last digit of his code. "Hmmmmm," he mused to himself, hmmmmming aloud. He had already entered in the first four digits, 6666 but what was the fifth? He cursed the devil (himself, WT?) and flew away.
It was early in the morning when Larry woke to the sound of birds dying because of poor environmental conditions. Our climate is important! SAVE THE BIRDS!
Ok, back on track. Larry looked about himself, and saw that nobody was awake. Because nobody was awake, he went back to sleep. The end of Chapter 7.
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