Snow Globe Essay

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I picked up the large snow globe, admiring the precise detail of the miniature town inside. It showed the whole town just as it was today. Meyer’s, Target and Kohl's were all lined up as usual. Everything was the same. Except for one major detail. One, it wasn't filled with water and two, on the west side of town, instead of the store I was currently in, there was a golden gate. It had a tiny keyhole where you could unlock and open it. You could swing open the gate and take whatever was in the snow globe out. Compared to the gate’s small surroundings, it was huge. But to me, it was the size of a board eraser.

Now curious to why the golden gate was in the snow globe, I headed up to the store clerk. As I walked I scanned the shop, intrigued …show more content…

My eyes flicked to his nametag. It read Phillip”

“Bob.” I continued.“The sign on the door states that everything in this shop is handmade. So you made this.” I held up the snow globe. “Do you mind if I ask why there is a gate in it. I know it's a stupid question, but i'm currently in college and I'm majoring in marketing. Why did you think the public would like this snow globe? What material did you use to make it look so old and appealing?”

“ Well,” He glanced at my name on the cover of my notebook.” Gwen, this snow globe is handmade. Just not made from my particular hand. The thing is ancient. Been in the store for years. 'Twas made back before even I was born. My great-great-great granddaddy found it back when he was a young un. Though I suspect it was made way longer back than even that. Now, you may be wondering why it shows the current town. The town is a recently new addition. See, you can open this little golden gate here with a key and take out whatever's inside. I've not any clue what was in it before that. The base is what's old. Made of some strange wood. Likely extinct now but that's just a …show more content…

It’s Gwen.” I said.

“Gwen has a key.”

“ Well, this chit chat is all good, but I warn you,” Ernie said as he looked at his digital watch.” We’ve only got about four minutes left of freedom.”

Then it became chaos. We all rushed toward the gate in panic. Then I looked up and found that the keyhole to the gate was too far up for us to reach.

“ Go to Kohl's,” Plantes yelled. “ Grab all the books you can.”

After a bit, we all returned with armfulls of books. We stacked them up until it was at least ten feet taller than us.

“ Phew. Now unlock it.” Plantes said.

Then we realized. Nobody was on top of the books.

“ Two minutes.” Ernie said.“Why don’t we just get a ladder?”

Stacy hurried off and returned with a ladder. We set it up against the wall and I climbed up as fast as I could. Then Ernie began to count down.

“ Seven, six, five…”
I plunged the key into the hole and turned it. A deep rumbling came from inside the gate and it begun to swing open. While it was swinging open it pushed my ladder off and I fell to the ground. I stood up and brushed myself off. I ran, and just at the last second, scrambled out of the snowglobe. The stretching feeling came again and befor I knew it I was the right size. The people from the snowglobe were all crowded around me. I grabbed the snow globe from the shelf and smashed it to the

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