Quala the Koala in the Cupboard

by M.S.

Once upon a time there was a brilliant boy named Mitchell. He was working on an invention that would make stuffed animals come alive. He was finally ready to try it out! He took his second favorite animal, Quala! He put him in and shut the door. Booooommmmm, bbaannnngggg, cccrrraaaaccckkk! Wwwwiiiiiiizzzzz? That was a sound that was not supposed to happen. Every think stopped, Almost like time had frozen itself. A shadow fell upon me. I was terrified! A cute little koala came up to me and held out a coke saying” Wan’ t a coke mate!” I reached out and grabbed the coke and drank it. Then I took the bear and the cupboard up to his bedroom where he could have some privacy. As soon as he got there Mitchell asked the bear what his name was. The bear replied,” Quala’ s the name selling Coke is my game”. Mitchell said “ I need to keep you secret for a time because Brian could steal the invention that made you alive. For now your name will be Bob and you will have to act like the animal because the cupboard was supposed to make you alive. Not so you could talk.” The bear yawned and said, “ You know koalas, they sleep almost all day.” I fixed him a bed thinking that I need to find him a job that he can sleep all he wants. Quala lay down and within seconds he was snoring. I looked out the window. There was a black blanket over the land. I laid in bed thinking tomorrow was going to be a busy day… “Wake up mate” I heard a voice say. I opened my eyes. Where was the Quala? I ran down stairs. There was Quala eating the last of my favorite cereal. My mom said he was cute. I ran to school. I had to figure out what job Quala could have? After math the light bulb went on. I had a great idea. “ I got it!” I yelled. I ran home after school. I ran up to my bedroom. I was horrified with what I saw. Brian was holding Quala by the neck. I quickly grabbed a handful of army men and put them in the Machine. It did all the normal sounds. The room filled with men. The general yelled fire. Smoke filled the room as I heard a ccccccccccccccccccrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! The men yelled Brian’s dead! I returned the men and I told Quala my idea. He thought it was brilliant. The job I thought of was a job that he could sleep whenever he wants.
And that is how the Coke Company started.