Apparently I wrote this story when I was a kid. Apparently the Challenger explosion had an impact on my early work as a writer.
My mom found this and scanned it and sent it to me. I’ve asked her to send more.
The name of this troll is J.H.L. (standing for Jerry, Harry and Larry.) He is the kind of troll that wouldn’t like to hurt anybody. He crawls to get around and moo-o-oos like a sick cow. The only food it eats is rabbits tails and feet.
One day J.H.L. got sick of the planet L.O.I. (meaning Land of Idiots), so he slithered to his capsule and took off. He crashed on the planet Earth. He liked Earth ways, but people were mean to him. They took him to court and pressed charges. He did not want a war so he made an announcement. He said if they fixed his ship, he would leave. So NASA did and the next night he took off. When the people watched it made a flash and blew up. Some say NASA did it on purpose, and cleaning people for NASA said they heard ghostly moo-os, but who knows.
THE END
“The Ballad of J.H.L.” May his moo-os live on forever.
But who knows? I like your extensive use of acronyms.
Did you write this when you were in the third grade or a little while after the Challenger explosion? This is pretty intense for a nine-year-old.
Yeah, I’m thinking 3rd or 4th grade and down in the dumps.