Now Daniel had pulled many pranks in his day but this was to be his final one at the orphanage and he wanted it to be special. Everyone needed to benefit from this.
It was night now and Daniel was awake in his bed staring at the ceiling while Frank snored in the bed next to him.
Maybe he would just duct tape Frank to his bed Daniel thought. No, that wouldn’t be big enough even though it would be enjoyable. This had to be on a grand scale it couldn’t be like anything he had ever done before. All he had to do now was think of something and then plan it out and go with it.
I could put LSD in the faculty coffee pot this time, Daniel thought. No that’s to extreme and possibly dangerous. I know I could let thousands of mice loose through the building. No, it would take to long to get that many mice and I don’t have that much money to buy them. It has to be something fun.
“I’ve got it,” said Daniel. “Now all I need is some glue.”
The next day during Daniel’s lunch period and tracked down the custodian who was sitting in his little office in the basement.
He was old and mostly bald with a few gray hairs that clung to the side of his head. He wore blue overalls and carried all the keys to the orphanage around with him on a little belt clip that jingled as he walked. He was in charge of almost all the maintenance of the orphanage and had just about anything you would need to fix anything down in his basement storerooms.
Daniel had stolen a skeleton key from him a few years back and the guy didn’t even notice and luckily no one had found it because he didn’t keep it in his room. No one would think to check behind the picture of the headmaster than hung in the hallway near his office.
“Excuse me,” said Daniel.
The custodian looked up from the wall clock he was working on and squinted at Daniel through his silver rimmed spectacles.
“Yeah, what do you want to you little trouble maker?” asked the custodian.
“Well it’s just that I was making this pot in art class and I accidentally broke it and I was wondering if you had any super glue or anything like that?” asked Daniel.
“Nope all I got is a few buckets of super adhesive industrial glue,” said the custodian motioning to a stack of three five gallon buckets. “You don’t want to use that stuff. If you weren’t careful you could glue your hand closed.”
“Ok well I was just wondering if you had some,” said Daniel shrugging. “I can just make another one.”
“Ok then. Now get out of here,” said the custodian looking back down at the clock.
Daniel had already discovered what he had already suspected. He would need some tough glue to pull off what he wanted to do and he would make sure to wear gloves if the stuff was that strong.
The next thing Daniel had to do was track down Steve. He found him in the cafeteria and sat down across from him.
“Hey I need you to meet me tonight outside of the headmaster’s office,” Daniel whispered to him.
“I thought you said I wasn’t going to be doing any of the work,” Daniel whispered back.
“Ok so I lied a little bit so what,” Daniel said. “What’s the worst that can happen? It’s not like they can kick you out of this place. Where would you go?”
“I don’t know about this,” Steve said as he played with his macaroni.
“Come on don’t be a little wuss you know you want to help me out,” Daniel taunted.
“Fine I’ll meet you tonight just lay off,” Steve said trying to ignore Daniel. “What are we doing anyway?”
“I told you. You’ll find out later,” Daniel said.
“I still have a bad feeling about this,” Steve said.
“You have to be more confident in yourself Steve,” Daniel said. “We’ll have some fun.”
The rest of the day passed without incident. Steve mostly ignored Daniel for the most part. He was still a little mad at him for pressuring him so much but he was anxious to find out what they were going to do that night.
The hours ticked by and finally it was night time around midnight to be exact and Steve was outside the headmaster’s office where he had agreed to meet Daniel.
What the hell is taking him so long, though Steve.
Steve had been waiting there for almost twenty minutes and he was starting to get worried. The halls were dark and cold and only a small bit of moon light shown through the few windows in the hallway.
Suddenly, Steve heard a faint clanking coming from down the hall. Steve froze in place. There was no where to hide in the hallway.
I’m going to get caught, Steve thought as he pressed himself against one of the walls in the darkness.
Beads of sweat started forming on his forehead as the clanking sound got closer and closer.
Damnit, damnit, damnit, damnit, Steve thought.
He stared intently into the blackness trying to make out a shape or something but he couldn’t see anything. All he saw was a dark scary hallway. All of a sudden he thought he saw the outline of a person. It seemed to be moving slow but it was moving toward him and than he felt something cold and hard hit his stomach.
“Is that you Steve?” said a voice. “Can you help with this ladder?”
“Daniel?” said Steve softly.
“Of course it me who did you think it was the boogie man or something. Now help me with this ladder,” said Daniel.
The metal ladder had hit Steve in the stomach. Daniel had been carrying it in his arm and didn’t see Steve until it made contact. Steve grabbed the ladder from Daniel and put it up against the wall.
“So what are we doing already?” Steve asked.
“Oh nothing special,” said Daniel. “Just put on these gloves and follow me.”
Daniel and Steve worked through the night setting up the prank. It was 5:30 a.m. before they were finished and stole back to their rooms to get one last hour of sleep before chaos consumed the school.
Daniel woke up to the sound of voices in the hallway and feet running. It seems like everyone had found out what they had done. Daniel slowly got up got dressed, combed his hair and brushed his teeth ate breakfast and then walked to his first class with a huge smile on his face.
“Good morning ma’am,” said Daniel cheerfully.
“And what is so good about it?” his first period teacher shot back. “I’m sure you had something to do with this.”
Daniel than looked up at the ceiling and gazed at his handiwork.
Every single desk chair and table was hanging from the ceiling. It was like someone had turned all the rooms upside down. It was like standing on the ceiling and looking down at a classroom.
“I’d never do something like this,” said Daniel. “Besides I’m only one person. How would I be able to do all of this in one night?”
A voice blared over the intercom.
“Daniel Smyth report to the headmasters office at once,” said the voice.
Without a word Daniel still with a smile on his face walked down to the headmaster’s office and right through Mr. Hedge’s door.
“I think you know why you are here Daniel,” said Mr. Hedges.
“No I don’t but aren’t you going to offer me a seat?” said Daniel with a giant grin on his face.
Like the rest of the classrooms Mr. Hedges ceiling was a mirror image of his former office.
“Be quiet. You know what this means Daniel,” said Mr. Hedges. “You are going to take everything down by yourself and than you are going to report to the field to dig the holes for the new baseball dugouts. Now do you think this little joke was worth it?”
Daniel stood there silent still grinning.
“Well do you?!” yelled Mr. Hedges.
Daniel took one more look around and then stared Mr. Hedges square in the eye.
“Yes.”
It was night now and Daniel was awake in his bed staring at the ceiling while Frank snored in the bed next to him.
Maybe he would just duct tape Frank to his bed Daniel thought. No, that wouldn’t be big enough even though it would be enjoyable. This had to be on a grand scale it couldn’t be like anything he had ever done before. All he had to do now was think of something and then plan it out and go with it.
I could put LSD in the faculty coffee pot this time, Daniel thought. No that’s to extreme and possibly dangerous. I know I could let thousands of mice loose through the building. No, it would take to long to get that many mice and I don’t have that much money to buy them. It has to be something fun.
“I’ve got it,” said Daniel. “Now all I need is some glue.”
The next day during Daniel’s lunch period and tracked down the custodian who was sitting in his little office in the basement.
He was old and mostly bald with a few gray hairs that clung to the side of his head. He wore blue overalls and carried all the keys to the orphanage around with him on a little belt clip that jingled as he walked. He was in charge of almost all the maintenance of the orphanage and had just about anything you would need to fix anything down in his basement storerooms.
Daniel had stolen a skeleton key from him a few years back and the guy didn’t even notice and luckily no one had found it because he didn’t keep it in his room. No one would think to check behind the picture of the headmaster than hung in the hallway near his office.
“Excuse me,” said Daniel.
The custodian looked up from the wall clock he was working on and squinted at Daniel through his silver rimmed spectacles.
“Yeah, what do you want to you little trouble maker?” asked the custodian.
“Well it’s just that I was making this pot in art class and I accidentally broke it and I was wondering if you had any super glue or anything like that?” asked Daniel.
“Nope all I got is a few buckets of super adhesive industrial glue,” said the custodian motioning to a stack of three five gallon buckets. “You don’t want to use that stuff. If you weren’t careful you could glue your hand closed.”
“Ok well I was just wondering if you had some,” said Daniel shrugging. “I can just make another one.”
“Ok then. Now get out of here,” said the custodian looking back down at the clock.
Daniel had already discovered what he had already suspected. He would need some tough glue to pull off what he wanted to do and he would make sure to wear gloves if the stuff was that strong.
The next thing Daniel had to do was track down Steve. He found him in the cafeteria and sat down across from him.
“Hey I need you to meet me tonight outside of the headmaster’s office,” Daniel whispered to him.
“I thought you said I wasn’t going to be doing any of the work,” Daniel whispered back.
“Ok so I lied a little bit so what,” Daniel said. “What’s the worst that can happen? It’s not like they can kick you out of this place. Where would you go?”
“I don’t know about this,” Steve said as he played with his macaroni.
“Come on don’t be a little wuss you know you want to help me out,” Daniel taunted.
“Fine I’ll meet you tonight just lay off,” Steve said trying to ignore Daniel. “What are we doing anyway?”
“I told you. You’ll find out later,” Daniel said.
“I still have a bad feeling about this,” Steve said.
“You have to be more confident in yourself Steve,” Daniel said. “We’ll have some fun.”
The rest of the day passed without incident. Steve mostly ignored Daniel for the most part. He was still a little mad at him for pressuring him so much but he was anxious to find out what they were going to do that night.
The hours ticked by and finally it was night time around midnight to be exact and Steve was outside the headmaster’s office where he had agreed to meet Daniel.
What the hell is taking him so long, though Steve.
Steve had been waiting there for almost twenty minutes and he was starting to get worried. The halls were dark and cold and only a small bit of moon light shown through the few windows in the hallway.
Suddenly, Steve heard a faint clanking coming from down the hall. Steve froze in place. There was no where to hide in the hallway.
I’m going to get caught, Steve thought as he pressed himself against one of the walls in the darkness.
Beads of sweat started forming on his forehead as the clanking sound got closer and closer.
Damnit, damnit, damnit, damnit, Steve thought.
He stared intently into the blackness trying to make out a shape or something but he couldn’t see anything. All he saw was a dark scary hallway. All of a sudden he thought he saw the outline of a person. It seemed to be moving slow but it was moving toward him and than he felt something cold and hard hit his stomach.
“Is that you Steve?” said a voice. “Can you help with this ladder?”
“Daniel?” said Steve softly.
“Of course it me who did you think it was the boogie man or something. Now help me with this ladder,” said Daniel.
The metal ladder had hit Steve in the stomach. Daniel had been carrying it in his arm and didn’t see Steve until it made contact. Steve grabbed the ladder from Daniel and put it up against the wall.
“So what are we doing already?” Steve asked.
“Oh nothing special,” said Daniel. “Just put on these gloves and follow me.”
Daniel and Steve worked through the night setting up the prank. It was 5:30 a.m. before they were finished and stole back to their rooms to get one last hour of sleep before chaos consumed the school.
Daniel woke up to the sound of voices in the hallway and feet running. It seems like everyone had found out what they had done. Daniel slowly got up got dressed, combed his hair and brushed his teeth ate breakfast and then walked to his first class with a huge smile on his face.
“Good morning ma’am,” said Daniel cheerfully.
“And what is so good about it?” his first period teacher shot back. “I’m sure you had something to do with this.”
Daniel than looked up at the ceiling and gazed at his handiwork.
Every single desk chair and table was hanging from the ceiling. It was like someone had turned all the rooms upside down. It was like standing on the ceiling and looking down at a classroom.
“I’d never do something like this,” said Daniel. “Besides I’m only one person. How would I be able to do all of this in one night?”
A voice blared over the intercom.
“Daniel Smyth report to the headmasters office at once,” said the voice.
Without a word Daniel still with a smile on his face walked down to the headmaster’s office and right through Mr. Hedge’s door.
“I think you know why you are here Daniel,” said Mr. Hedges.
“No I don’t but aren’t you going to offer me a seat?” said Daniel with a giant grin on his face.
Like the rest of the classrooms Mr. Hedges ceiling was a mirror image of his former office.
“Be quiet. You know what this means Daniel,” said Mr. Hedges. “You are going to take everything down by yourself and than you are going to report to the field to dig the holes for the new baseball dugouts. Now do you think this little joke was worth it?”
Daniel stood there silent still grinning.
“Well do you?!” yelled Mr. Hedges.
Daniel took one more look around and then stared Mr. Hedges square in the eye.
“Yes.”
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