The Virtual World Of Dr Eelerfant Summary

The Virtual World of Doctor Eelerfanté

Dave woke up in his kitty-cat pajamas. He had dreamt of cats. This boy was quite peculiar. He went downstairs to eat breakfast. While he was pouring himself a bowl of Cheerios, he glanced at the microwave clock. “It’s already ten o'clock?!?! How could I be this late for school?” He knocked over his cereal, milk and all, and rushed out of the house. He ran to his bus stop and sat down. “Darn it! I forgot my pants!” He was standing there in his underwear in the middle of October. He ran home put some pants on, and as he opened the door his mom grabbed his shirt and said, “Davis Jacob Johnson! What are you doing with your backpack. You are 13 years old, and should know better than to go to school on
a Saturday,” scolded his mother “I th-thought i-it wa-w was t-tuesday.” “No it’s not Tuesday!” his mom replied “S-sorry M-man, I mean Mom.” “Look, Dave. I just need you to remember that I can’t always stop you from making mistakes. I’ll try to, but I can’t,” said Dave’s mom. “I’ll try my best to remember. Hey, can I go over to Jim’s house?” “I think you mean Mr. Eelerfanté. But yes, you may go over to his house, he got a new puppy I heard.” “Mom, he’s a Dr., and thank you.” ...
So, Dave went to his friend’s house. He noticed a small piece of macaroni on the ground as he walked in. Had he been cooking? “Welcome Tom,” called Dr. Eelerfanté. “Ummm, my name is Dave.” “I know, I know. So, Kimmy, where was I?” asked the doctor “You haven’t said anything yet.” “Oh, well in that case, I welcome you,Bernard to my laboratory.” “Actually, my name is…” He was, once again, interrupted by the doctor. “As I was saying Betty, I have invented a virtual world, my son,” said Eelerfanté. “I create anything in it. But, I can also do terrible things. I can take anything I have created inside my world and then create it in real life. I could create an atomic bomb, and print it out with the press of a…” The doctor trailed off. Dave could tell something was wrong, for he was not in his right mind. Had he hit his head? “Yes, yes, I could do that,” muttered Eelerfanté. “No!” screamed Dave. “You can’t create a bomb, it’s not right!” Right a that moment, Morgan Freeman burst into the door holding a cat in his arms saying, “Look what I found! I’m gonna call him Jimmy!” The doctor fainted from fear, and as he fell, he pulled a lever, which sent Morgan and Dave into nothingness. All they could see, besides each other and Jimmy, was white.
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“Where are we?” Dave asked. “I think we are in the virtual world of Dr. Eelerfanté,” replied Morgan.
“Are you seriously going cuckoo, or was that a diversion?”
“I was acting crazy so I could make him faint. Do you expect me to ever go crazy like that?” “No, I guess,” said Dave a little embarrassed. “Now, what is your name again, son?” asked Morgan in his unusually awesome narrator-like voice. “My name is Dave.” He paused. I- it’s a pleasure t-to, um, to meet you Mr. Freeman.” Dave was so awestruck, that he did not notice the small tree that had sprouted behind him. “Dave, is that a tree, or am I hallucinating?” “ It is a tree, is that an apple?” Dave grabbed the red, juicy-looking apple from the tree intending to take a bite, when it burst open revealing a tiny blue square. It had no dimensions whatsoever. No matter what angle you looked at it from, it was a flat square. It didn’t even have any shading. It looked so fake. “Hello, my name is Azul,” said the square. I wish to help you, do you have any troubles?” “Well, besides being trapped in a great white box while a mad-man tries to blow up the entire world, no, no we don’t have any problems at all,” he said sarcastically. “I could use something unexpected though.” And at that moment exactly, a cat burst from the ground, leaving a hole gouged in the seemingly empty surface of this mysterious place. It was white with glasses and could talk. He burst out and said, in an oddly deep voice, “my name is Bundin McFlabberton. I think we should jump into that hole.” So, Dave, Morgan Freeman, the two cats and a blue square jumped into the hole with no clue where it lead to.
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They landed with a thud. They looked around and saw nothing at all, except for some annoying gnats flying around. They were everywhere. Hundreds of them buzzed in and out of view. “Gosh, I hate gnats,” said Flabby. “I’ve never seen green ones though, have you?” “Green gnats?
No, I don’t believe I have,” replied Morgan Freeman. As they took a closer look to examine the green “gnats”, they found that they weren’t gnats at all. They were little green ones and zeroes zooming in and out of sight. This confirmed Morgan’s suspicions about their surroundings. They were indeed trapped in the virtual world of Dr. Eelerfanté. “Didn’t the doctor say we could conjure anything we could think of?” asked Dave. “I think he did,” said the cat in Morgan’s arms. They all jumped back in surprise. This was a normal everyday cat, how could it talk. “How are you talking?” asked Flabby. Before the cat known as jimmy could answer, Azul piped up and said, “I believe that the cat, the one you call ‘Jimmy’ wished he could talk. This confirms that we certainly can conjure anything we want to.” “wait!” Dave exclaimed. “He also said he would create a nuclear bomb!” “Atomic, it’s an atomic bomb,” said Morgan. “Why does that matter?” asked Flabby. “It just does,” said Morgan Freeman in an oddly pouty (and not at all narrator-like)
voice. Their argument had ended as abruptly as a roller coaster coming to a stop. The zeroes and ones moved into stationary positions. They began to change color. Some turned blue and others green. They began to form trees and other things. The group wondered what was happening, but just by seeing each other's expressions, they knew that they were all thinking the same thing. This world was filled with the unknown.
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It was dark out. Dave was laying in his bed, sleepless. It was late, midnight maybe. He got up. Was it just a dream or… Crash!
Something had fallen. He went downstairs. There it was lying on the cold kitchen floor. The item that had caused the ruckus lay on a black tile close to the sink. It was a mouse. It was not a living mouse, nor a dead one. It was a computer mouse. He reached out for it when the floor split in two. Fractured, they glided away from each other. He looked into the gap and saw nothing, nothing but… stars! He was in space! How long until I suffocate? Will I survive! Thoughts like these flew through his head. Wait, none of this is real. I’m still in the virtual world. I need to find the others, but first I need to get that mouse. He ran backwards, began to speed forward, and threw himself as far as he could. He felt a sharp pain in his nose followed by a trickle of blood. He had broken his nose. He grabbed the mouse and before he could move he was frozen solid. He was suspended in
mid-air. Then, he began to fall. He saw his team below. He was going to land on Morgan Freeman! “Get out of the way he yelled and had impact with the ground. He was now bruised on both knees and a shoulder. His ribs felt broken. He rubbed them with his hand. They were okay, just bruised. “I take it you had the same fantasy, if it really was a fantasy,” said a bruised and tired Morgan Freeman “Yeah, I think so,” replied Dave as he stood up. He was still clutching the mouse. “What happened? We were standing in the field and then, not a second later, I was lying in my bed at who knows what time. “I’m not sure what’s going on in here,” began Jimmy, “but I don’t like it, not at all.” “Anyway,” piped Azul, “I’ve checked my database and I believe we are still quite far away from escaping.” “You’re a computer?” asked Flabby. “Yes, yes I am” “Anyway, we should head that way,” commanded Dave as he pointed to an open field. He had barely finished his sentence when the green “gnats” began to come out of nowhere. The trees caught on fire and the ground turned to ash. The world was turning to dust. As the once fresh vegetation disappeared from reality, they began to walk. Dave had just noticed the cold computer mouse was still clutched in his hands. “Hey guys!” he exclaimed. “Look what I found!” “Hmm. I think it might be important. Hold onto that,” commanded Morgan. “What would happen if I clicked the buttons?” asked Dave, but without an answer, he clicked the right button anyway.
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They were hurled into darkness. Something brushed against Dave’s foot. Then,with a loud THUMP, they landed on a cold floor. In unison, they rose to examine their surroundings. They saw nothing but black. As their eyes adjusted to the darkness, they noticed a silhouette. It was a distorted shape, similar to a human body, but it was all wrong. The head was tilted upside down. Arms sprang from every inch of the torso and the joints in its legs were backwards. It looked hideous.
“Ahhh!” Dave gave a deafening squeal. Then, before they could reach it, the mouse began to glow. He clicked it as hard as he could and the creature gained color and began to distort even more. All around them colors shone brightly.
The world looked like the one he knew, only messed up and twisted. A man stood in front of him. With all of his might, he threw the mouse at him. He had no other choice. The mouse pierced through the body, but there was no blood. It fell and disappeared into nothingness. The voice of the doctor rang throughout the whole place. It seemed to be inside him.
“I’ve almost completed the bomb, and you have no escape.”
Dave took charge and said, “Imagine the real world. Imagine you’re in the lab. We can escape.”
They all looked as if they were statues, petrified in fear, and still in thought.
With a loud CRACK, they found themselves standing in front of a door. Morgan grabbed the handle, thrust his arm, and charged into the room. Dave and the two cats grabbed the doctor. Azul and Morgan took control of the bomb the doctor had been holding.
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It was all a blur. It had happened so fast, and the world was at stake. They were heroes. They saved the earth. It was a month later, and this team of heroes was congratulated with a parade. They all stayed together as much as they could, because they were friends. Dave, Morgan, Azul, Jimmy, and Flabby were best friends.