My mom was going through a stack of papers that had been stashed inside an endtable back when a relative was about to visit a couple of decades ago. She just presented me with a few things that were from my school days back in 1983, so I was 12. If the world was as it should be a scholar or mercenary publisher would be finding these things and making them public, but instead I have to excavate them myself. Here's something I dashed off for school as a seventh grader.
Herbie, and the Epic Story of Hair and the Comb
Herbie was a god with nothing but a shiny bald head. Everyone in Herbie's time had no hair. Also, everybody in Herbie's time was a man.
One day, a shiny light erupted from the darkness. It grew and grew. It became so hot the men needed no overcoats, but just a pair of shorts.
The sky exploded! And out of it came a flock of beings unknown to man! Not only where they unknown, but they were also much prettier. One person was inclined to say, "Whoa, man!"
Another man decided, "That's it! We'll call them woman!"
With all of their physical differences, one was shocking. They had hair!
Herbie, a short little man said, "Do teach us to grow hair like yours!"
One woman, the prettiest one named Brunette, touched Herbie's head and the others, and hair of brown grew down to their collars.
"Oh, wow! This is most incredible! I could just die!"
All of the men ran their fingers through their brand new hair. All but one.
Herbie picked up a broken stick and brushed. His hair stuck back in wings. One of the women floated down from the sky to Herbie and kissed him long and hard. Herbie screamed with excitement! "AAAAAHHHHGGG!," were his exact words.
All of them got sticks and made their hair into wings which encouraged the women to love forever on the earth.
And there you have it. A literary prodigy, no doubt about it. More to come.
