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Bob the Horse vs Jeff the Flea

  • Oscar Bhabani Bhattacharyya
  • Mar 20
  • 5 min read

Once upon a time, in the year 3333, there lived an 8-year-old horse named Bob. Bob loved to relax on his comfy marshmallow bed, which felt as soft as a cloud. One day, his mom called, “Bob, clean your room!” Bob replied, “I’ll do it later!” Instead of cleaning, he poked at his yucky meal of goop and suspiciously muddy chocolate. After poking at it for a while, he finally dumped it out of the window. “Done already?” asked his mom. “Yeah,” groaned Bob. Bob wore a pair of dusty blue jeans that were so ripped they looked like he had been in a fight. He lived in a castle called Big Ben under Elizabeth Tower. The castle had shiny floors and crystal walls, but there were also dark tunnels where the prison was.


After World War 5, 333 years ago, in the year 3000, humans were eating all the animals. A group called the scavengers ransacked everyone's food but live animals for some reason. so the humans made a claw machine similar to the one in the arcade. When they entered an animal's name on a keypad the nearest animal requested was captured by a claw machine and killed. So the animals adapted and became smaller, smarter and faster. They even created a whole new civilization under Elizabeth Tower, also known as Big Ben.


One day Bob got bored of eating scrap food and drinking leftover sewer water so he asked his dad about the outside world. All he knew about the outside world was moving pictures. His dads name was Hoonter because he always liked hunting even as a baby. His dads job was to scavenge for food in the outside world. Hoonter said “the outside world is dangerous and to go out there you need to be sneaky because of the th-th-th-things” Bob wanted to know what he meant by that but Hoonter looked like he’d seen an army of zombies rise out of the underworld so bob let it be.


After the talk, Bob felt intrigued and couldn't stop thinking about the so-called ‘things’ so he decided to ask his Mum about it. His Mum's name was Hannyl and her job was to heal all animals in need, except for bugs, which she is extremely scared of. She dislikes the outside world and keeps everyone safe from it. Bob asked his Mum what the ‘things’ were and why they scared Hoonter. “Those things are claw machines that grab you and kill you, so don't get any silly ideas about sneaking out," said Hannyl. This made Bob even more intrigued and he couldn’t stop thinking about it.


That night, Bob put his plan into action. He got to the exit but there was a sleepy sloth security guard.. Bob felt unsure and wanted to quit. He wasn't going to give up so he waited until the sloth fell asleep and got outside. He was beginning to enjoy the gentle breeze and the fresh taste of the air for the first time ever. This was cut short when a  human saw him and entered horse on the keypad. Bob saw the claw coming towards him so he ran back to his home. He didn’t realise that a flea saw him and followed him in through the hidden tunnel.


Flea is 30 years old and his name is Jeff. He was rejected from all the flea lands and hiding spots with a group he lead, so he had to wander across the world avoiding humans. Jeff was known to steal property across the land. So when Jeff saw Bob he knew the legendary animal civilization that was thought to be a rumor was actually true.


Jeff started to formulate a plan.. He wanted to possess most of the animals and throw most of them in prison. He would possess them by grabbing their hair and using it like a joystick. When there was only two animals left he would possess the mayor and make him throw the other one in jail then he would rule over the castle. 


After a quick snack, Jeff put his plan into action. First he possessed the sloth security guard and made him go crazy and hit his friends and himself really fast. Then the sloth security guard was put in prison by other security guards, who didn’t know that he was possessed by Jeff. 


After the first one Jeff possessed another animal whose name was Drang and he was a tiger. He was also put in prison by the security guards. Jeff possessed more and more animals, eventually half of the population was in prison. The other half of the population was so confused why was everyone going crazy, maybe it was a disease. They even made a betting game to see who would catch it next.


While all this was happening Hannyl tried to figure out the cure for the so-called disease. Flea saw this and decided his plan was too valuable to risk, so he possessed Hannyl. When Hannyl didn't come back to the castle, Hoonter went out into the dark tunnels of the sewer to find her. He came back with a grim face and he looked like black goo. Bob asked what happened, Hoonter said that Hannyl was in prison. Dun dun dun!


Bob recoiled in shock then he made a decision he was going to visit every one of the prisoners and figure out what was going on once and for all! It was a long tiring walk to the tunnels but Bob finally made it to the prisoners and told them to talk. “I felt like someone was possessing me” said one of them "same same same same said all of the prisoners Bob kept a mental note of that. “Ok bye” said Bob and he left.First of all Bob got the tools he needed which was nothing because animals can’t hold tools! Then he started searching for the flea (Jeff). One hour later Bob was ready to give up. He had searched the entire castle with no results and to make it worse he was in the damp, moist prison tunnels but then he saw a small glimmer in the sunlight…..


“Oh no, that annoying horse spotted me,”Jeff said then Jeff possessed Bob. In Bob’s mind Bob was a dog and he was on a leash going towards a cage. Then Bob realised that he was possessed by Jeff and shouted “NO!” Then Jeff got startled and fell off Bob. Jeff flew behind Bob and tried to repossess him but Bob realised and farted on him. Jeff fell to the ground paralyzed.


In all the commotion the mayor (a lion) came to see what was happening. When he saw Jeff groaning on the ground and Bob smiling he trampled all over Jeff. Then he released the prisoners and called a party for that night. That night the party was going wild because Hoonter had raided a party store. Then the mayor called a toast “to Bob” he said “Bob if it weren't for you we would have all been in prison and Jeff would have ruled over this land. I hereby nominate you as the new mayor. “Cool” said Bob “my first command is let’s party! 


Unknown to Bob’s city an army of fleas was planning revenge for their fallen general.




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