Aurora 2021 Mag

Rhonda Daniels

The True Story of Humpty Dumpty

Did you ever have questions about Humpty Dumpty? Like, how did he get his name? How did he come to fall? And what was he doing on that wall anyway? Well, wonder no more, I will now tell you the true story of Humpty Dumpty. First, his real name was Tyrone, but because he was down in the dumps and depressed every hump day, they called him Humpty Dumpty. Finally, one hump day, Art Therapy Intern Egg suggested he attend her art therapy session for therapeutic improvements. Her studio was plein air on top of the highest wall where the vista was belle vue and where she painted graffiti on the walls. So, Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall taking art therapy with Art Therapy Intern Egg. They were going to start a mural on the wall when, all of a sudden, Humpty took a huge 100-pound blue marker and started writing on the top of his head that he was no good, clumsy, and a failure. Art Therapy Intern Egg asked him to consider using positive words to describe himself and she gave him a paint brush to paint over the bad words. Humpty grabbed the paint brush with his right hand. However, Humpty refused to let go of the big blue marker in his left hand. The big marker dragged him downward off the wall. It not only sent him tumbling downward, but also Art Therapy Intern Egg went tumbling downward after Humpty. This was because she had been holding on to the paintbrush that Humpty had in his right hand. As they were twirling downward, Art Therapy Intern Egg reached into her smock’s pocket and took out some canvas and told Humpty, “Take my canvas and use it as a parachute to land safely.” But, when she tossed it to Humpty, the canvas blew away with the wind. Then, Art Therapy Intern Egg said, “Take my beret and use it for a soft landing.” But Humpty could not catch the beret because he still had the heavy marker in his left hand. Then Art Therapy Intern Egg threw him her palette, and Humpty asked, “What is this for?” Art Therapy Intern Egg replied, “I don’t know, I’m just giving it all I’ve got.” There were ten eggs on the top of the wall who were egging Humpty on. So Humpty looked up as he was falling and, just then, he could see the clouds and saw a little cloud that looked like it had a silver lining. Humpty had time to think as he was falling. He thought, “I’m not so bad after all.” He then shouted to Art Therapy Intern Egg who was still falling behind him, “You know what? I’m not so b.....” And then there was a loud SPLAT! Humpty had hit the ground and was cracked into two pieces, and the bad words he had written on top of his head were separated from the rest of his eggshell. Then, there was a second louder SPLAT! as Art Therapy Intern Egg crashed to the ground. The ten eggs on top of the wall started to cry. The SPLAT! noises were so loud that...

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