It was the summer of 1959 in a small Canadian town.
Bam! The door banged shut! Jason just lammed the old farm door. He was sad because he found out that his grandfather was sick and dying and he didn’t know what to do.
Jason ran into the forest where he liked to go when he wanted to be alone. He climbed his favorite tree. When he was closed to the top, he heard a big cracking sound. The branch broke and Jason fell down to the ground.
He woke up with a big bump on his head and he was shocked to see an ugly, smelly, old horse, licking his feet. Jason looked at the horse and said, “Where did you come from, and why are you licking my feet?”
The horse just stared at him, then spoke, “What are you doing out here all alone boy?”
This was crazy for Jason. He knew that horses didn’t talk and this horse looked so old and ugly that it should be dead. Jason said, “I must be dreaming.”
The horse said, “Hey kid, you’re not dreaming and you really should wash your feet more often.”
The horse started to walk away from Jason. Jason got up to his feet and said, “Where are you going? Don’t leave me here alone, it’s getting dark out.” Jason ran after the horse.
The horse stopped walking and asked Jason if he could keep a secret. Jason said he was good at keeping secrets.
The horse said, “My name is Alfred, and I have magic powers.”
“Yeah, Right!”, said Jason, “Prove it.”
The horse wacked Jason right in the bump with his tail. Jason fell back onto his butt and said, “You call that magic?”
“Yes”, said Alfred, “I just made your bump go away.” Jason put his hand on his head and sure enough, the bump was gone.
Alfred told Jason that he could help his grandpa get better, but he needed his help first. Jason agreed to help and they headed off towards the rising moon.
They arrived at some waterfalls and Jason said, “Why are we at these falls and what am I supose to help you with Alfred?”
The horse said, “I need you to help me get my key back.” Right after Alfred said those words, a huge oak tree fell in front of them and crows flew away. The horse looked past the fallen tree and yelled, “Run, boy run, it’s the Buncher!”
Jason and Alfred ran away for about a half of a mile, then stopped and asked, “What the heck is a Buncher?”
He turned around just in time to see a cute little bunny hop up to him. As he leaned down to pet the bunny, he said, “You call this little bunny a Buncher, Why?”
Just then the Buncher opened his mouth and snapped at Jason’s hand with super sharp teeth that almost took off four of Jason’s fingers. The Buncher opened his mouth for a second bite and inside the bunny’s mouth, Jason saw a key.
Jason said, “Oh man, it can’t get harder than this.” All of a sudden the Buncher started to grow into a huge monster bunny.
Jason said, “That bunny loves proving me wrong.”
Alfred said, “Now you see why I needed your help, we have to beat the Buncher and get my key back.”
Jason came up with an idea. He pulled some old stale carrots out of his pocket and threw them towards the Buncher. The Buncher bent down and ate the carrots in one bite, then fell over and threw up all over the ground, just missing Jason and Alfred. The Buncher opened his mouth one more time and the key was not there.
The boy quickly looked around the pond of vomit for the missing key. Jason easily tricked the smelly old horse into getting the key out of the pond of vomit so he wouldn’t have to. On the bad side, the horse was even more smelly than before.
Alfred said, “Hop on my back and let’s get out of here.”
Jason said, “No, you are to stinky, I’ll walk instead.”
The horse said, “Have it your way.”
When they got to Alfred’s house, Jason said, “What did you need the key for anyway?”
Alfred said, “I’ll show you.” The horse use the key to open the barn door to his stall.
Jason said,”What, you only needed the key because you were locked out of the barn?”
“Yes”, said Alfred, “And now I will use my magic to make your grandpa better.” The horse wacked his tail into Jasons head and Jason feell to the ground and got knocked out.
When Jason woke hop, he was lying on the couch in his grandpas cottage and the smell of bacon and eggs filled the room. There was his grandpa in perfect health, making him breakfast like he did every morning. Jason looked around to see if the horse was there, but all he saw was and open cottage door.
THE END!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!