“Okay, you can remove your blindfold.”

Adjusting his eyes to the light, Bob jumped in terror. He was locked in a cage with a massive grizzly bear.

She looked down noticing that her toddler was no longer by her side.

The dragon who wiggled towards them, opening and closing its massive jaw, had danced its way into the crowd.

The mother searched frantically, calling out her son’s name. She passed grills barbecuing kebabs and performers playing folk music with pan flutes. In better times she enjoyed the ethnic celebration.

An intercom announcement prompted her to hurry to the admin office. Her child sat silently when she arrived.

I was training to beat the world record for the most Skittles in your mouth at one time. This is harder than you might think, because you’ve to get them in and out fast enough they don’t start melding together into one giant rainbow skittle.

So I was training with my team and I’d just beaten my personal best when I started to choke. Everyone thought I was celebrating. By the time they realized I’d turned blue and fallen unconscious, it was too late.