The Discovery of Wilson Peabody

On a warm Alaskan night, Wilson Peabody, perched high in his treetop observatory, searched the night sky. Ignoring the call of his friends to come down and play spotlight, Wilson remained vigilant. “Such children,” Wilson thought. “They have no idea I’m about to make the greatest discovery known to man.” Whhoooosh. A brilliant flash of light streaked across the sky. Wilson took cover from the sparks showering down. This was no ordinary shooting star. Wilson was amazed as he could see it glowing just over the horizon . So he shimmied down the tree, hopped onto his bike and raced down the road into the deep, dark forest. The light up ahead was getting brighter and brighter until finally Wilson came to a lake where he saw the bright orb hovering just over the water. As amazing of a discovery as this was already, Wilson was not satisfied. So he jumped into a paddle boat, and pedaled furiously toward the bright orb. The closer Wilson got, the easier it was to paddle until soon he didn't need to paddle at all but was being pulled into the giant orb. "It's the smallest planet in the universe," Wilson exclaimed as he fell into the planet. Now, as amazing a discovery as this would have been, Wilson was still not satisfied. Light as a feather, Wilson slowly slid across the sky at a very enjoyable, very fortunate descent. The land below was brilliant, filled with all kinds of brightly colored plants and animals, slithering and flittering about. Wilson was speechless and absolutlely had to see more. Down, down, down Wilson fell into this strange new world. But then, Wilson looked directly below him and made a discovery that did not particularly excite him. There was a large beast with its mouth wide open. The further Wilson fell, the bigger the beast got and the more numerous the teeth. Wilson realized that if he did not alter his current trajectory that he would soon be swallowed whole. Wilson struggled with all his might to move east or west or north or south, any which way but down. But he couldn't. Desperate, Wilson looked up into the sky for something to grab onto. And there in the sky, Wilson saw the most beautiful lights he had ever seen dancing in the the sky. They stopped and started, turned and darted in all different directions, almost as if they were playing with each other. And that's when Wilson realized they were playing with each other. They were his friends playing spotlight. Wilson couldn't bear to watch. He closed his eyes and awaited his doom. AAAAA-CHOOOO!!! The beast let out an enourmous sneeze. Instead of landing in its mouth, Wilson had apparently landed in the nostril causing it to sneeze. WAAHOOO!!! The force of the sneeze sent Wilson hurling back through the sky, out of the atmosphere and all the way back across the forest, tumbling through the trees, crashing with a thud on the ground. Wilson stood up, brushed himself off and made sure he was still in one piece. Just a few hundred yards away, Wilson saw the lights he had seen dancing in the sky. They were his friends. And that's when Wilson made the most important, most wonderful discovery in the history of mankind.