Howard Carter: A Short Story

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They park their car on the side of the dirt road in Egypt. Howard Carter opens up his door and gets out. As he gets out he trips on a rock, and yells “It’s dang 1933 and i’m still tripping, im just looking for a tomb!” He gets up and proceeds to find the sacred cheeseburger. He has worked 31 years in Egypt just to find a bun with squared meat and cheese on it. He wants to discover it first. The destination is 3.2 \miles away. He will have to drive to it, but the road ahead is dangerous. Flying monkeys scatter around him as he drives, “Why must these monkeys be inspired by birds today” As he drove out of the flock of monkeys he realizes that 15 hungry elephants are crossing the street. They see Howard and come tumbling towards him. “AHHHHHHH.” …show more content…
Well maybe in a 1000 years, bye now. He was sent flying upstairs back to the entrance to the tomb, “I really worked 31 years just to fail to see a cheeseburger.” Carter went back into his car and sent a telegram to Lord Carnarvon. “Lord I have failed to fulfill your mission of finding the sacred Cheeseburger, i have failed you and i am sorry about that.” As he was driving home he hit another rock, his car was sent flying into a ditch. His car kept rolling until he met an underground cave. He got out of his car, and opened to door in the cave. He could not believe what he found, a mummy. It was a small wrapped mummy though, he carefully unwrapped it with care. There it was, the holy grail, the golden cheeseburger. He put it in is backpack and hit road. Hit the road jack you ain’t coming back no more no more no more Howard sang as he drove away. He was going to Carnarvon's house to deliver the sacred cheeseburger to him. As he was driving he looked in his mirror and saw flying monkeys playing around. He arrived at Carnarvon’s place, he was greeted in. He was greeted by Rick Ross, Joe Swick, Lebron James, Brian Bultinck, and Carti B. Carnarvon comes up to Howard and congratulates him on retrieving the sacred

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