Enter The Contest Read & Rate Entries View Past Winners Free Typing Test Writing Resources Home | Contest | Write A Book | Write Ebooks For Cash | Be A Travel Writer | Write Children's Books Write For Newspapers | Write An Ezine | Write A Blog | Writing Skills & Tips | Novel Writing Software Please take a moment to bookmark this site and join our free hot tips list. Read & Rate Our Writing Contest Entries! See what other people have written, and rate them on a scale of 1 to 5. This is an opportunity to view a wide variety of short stories and see what kind of original material is being submitted to us on a daily basis. After you rate an entry, you will be randomly redirected to another entry to rate. You may read and rate as many entries as you wish! The user-rating system is simply a fun way for writers to receive a public opinion of their work, and does not affect the judging for the cash prizes. If you wish to enter the contest, you may enter for free here. Rate This Contest Entry: Contest: June 30th, 2005 Author: Wesley C. Froelich It was cold and early that Saturday morning. He had been waiting there for about fifteen minutes when finally the store owner arrived. She unlocked the door and he followed her. He was both nervous and excited, for the store itself was unlike anything he had ever seen. There were balloons everywhere, everything from animal to cartoon characters. Then, behind the counter, it just got weirder, costumes of all kinds: nurses, an old stripping Grandpa and a gorilla. This enchanted store was called Balloon Magic, where balloons were sold and delivered by costumed characters. This was to be his first day working as the gorilla but the farthest he would travel was to the curb outside. He was to don the costume, which included face paint, a colorful vest, a different colored visor and an ominous-looking gorilla mask. When he gazed upon himself in the mirror, he did not recognize the image staring back. There was no longer a human standing before him but a ridiculous looking monkey in a vest and hat. His name was Coco the gorilla, the official spokes-“monkey” for Balloon Magic. He was told to stand on the corner and simply wave at the cars as they drove by, in any way he saw fit. It was hard, at first, to separate himself from the monkey, in other words, to remember that he was Coco now. No-one but he and the store owner knew or cared who was in that suit. They just wanted the monkey to entertain them. After a while, he became comfortable with the situation and so, while listening to his music, he performed for the masses, until eventually before he knew it, it was over. The store owner said it was time to come back inside. He was sad but relieved, for he was tired. Even though he worked there for six months, wore many costumes and became many characters, he has never forgotten Coco, the gorilla. Rate This Entry! Warning: fopen(/home/writingc/public_html/entries/b3_rating/b3r_data/.txt) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/writingc/public_html/entries/b3_rating/b3_rating.php on line 69 Error opening file. Use browser's back button and try again people have rated it so far. Warning: fopen(/home/writingc/public_html/entries/b3_rating/b3r_data/.txt) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/writingc/public_html/entries/b3_rating/b3_rating.php on line 69 Error opening file. Use browser's back button and try again is the current average. Warning: fopen(/home/writingc/public_html/entries/b3_rating/b3r_data/.txt) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/writingc/public_html/entries/b3_rating/b3_rating.php on line 69 Error opening file. Use browser's back button and try again Warning: fopen(/home/writingc/public_html/entries/b3_rating/b3r_data/.txt) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/writingc/public_html/entries/b3_rating/b3_rating.php on line 69 Error opening file. Use browser's back button and try again Skip to another entry

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