Old story from middle-school health class notebook - date on the back said Feb 18, 2011
Alien narrator
Outside of Blue Ridge Summit, on a lonely road, there was a lonely broken down shed with a broken down ‘60s army truck right outside and an old man strumming away at a worn guitar on a rocking [chair] that looks as if it will fall down any moment. The guitar was singing old, lively, country music and the chair was creaking as the old man rocked and swayed to the music.
There was an unusual rustle in the trees, and the old man acknowledge it. He paused his playing and listened for a moment. He laughed, showing most of [his] teeth and started playing again. This time he sang along with it. It was [even] livelier than before, but it was cut short by a tranquilizer dart.
Quickly out of the shadows of the trees, five men came. Two took the old man back to the trees where a spaceship was hidden. The other three men continue[d] onto the shed. They remove[d] a pile of blankets to reveal a hidden trap door with a panel lock. One of the men entered a code which opened the door and all three men filed in.
Inside was a black room with red lights swirling about ...
As the now 22 year old author, I have no idea where 13 year me was going with this, but it sounded interesting! Also I backdated this to the original writing, the blog was not active at that time and the ‘real’ publication date is May 9, 2020.
