The Giant's Garden (another college assignment) by Cr1chton, literature
Literature
The Giant's Garden (another college assignment)
There was once a giant who had a beautiful garden. It was full of sweet-scented flowers and tall, shady trees, and a bubbling stream ran through the middle of it. It was a wonderful place to play in, but the giant would not let anyone in to enjoy it.
One day, as he frolicked joyously through his hard-earned property (for so he was fond of calling it), he stumbled upon a sight so terrifying, that he found himself hoping it was a prank. Under normal circumstances, such an act would enrage him: for humour alone (in addition to trespassers, birds, quadropods, music, literature, and people who wore shoes) acted as an instant catalyst to the fuse
The Merchant and Time (old college assignment) by Cr1chton, literature
Literature
The Merchant and Time (old college assignment)
Some time ago, on a fictional date in the not so fictional city of Verona, lived a fictional merchant with a personality not nearly as fictional as his being. His cause was simple, and it revolved around comfortable survival over all else, with emphasis on maintaining life – as all living things – and a craving for a life wrapped in pleasantries – as all living humans.
It was a simple cause, and it made him tread carefully about his city, sometimes listening but rarely speaking, never engaging in a noble fight or even seeing nobility in fight, and never minding the business of others lest it threatened his own. In fact, he w