Promised Land -- Is this Elvis?
by William Babcock
Disclaimer: Russell, Nathaniel, Claire, Joshua,
Hattie and Dinah Greene and Erasmus Jones from "Promised Land" are
property of Martha Williamson and CBS. I am actually using Elvis as a
fictional story. I am not making any money, and it was written only for the
enjoyment of myself and other fans.
Rated G
The Greene family came to Chicory
Creek and stopped at Erasmus Jones' residence. When the Green family came into
his house, the television was on. They were listening to the news, and the
reporter had mentioned Elvis being alive. The news mentioned that Elvis had
faked his death, and he had been sighted. The news also said Elvis would appear
at the high school next week. The question was "Is he really Elvis or is
this another imitator."
Hattie said, "I've read
those stories about Elvis being alive in every tabloid paper in the
supermarket. I don't know why they just don't leave him alone. I think people
are seeing the look alikes."
Erasmus said, "I have been a
fan of Elvis since he started singing. I know lots of people will imitate Elvis’s
songs and make themselves look-alike."
The Greene family went to the
supermarket to get a few things. When they got to the check-out counter, they
were looking at the tabloid papers. Joshua said, "I wonder how they get
those stories. How about the story "Bigfoot Kidnaped My Wife" and
"Elvis is Alive." I surely would like to know how they invent stories
like that."
Hattie replied, "I'll bet
that I could send any ridiculous story to them, and it would be out in those
papers."
Joshua bought four tabloid
papers. He said, "I'm really carious about those stories. I think I could
find good jokes from those stories."
Russell replied, "People
that write those stories or read them must be out of their mind. These should
be called "Junk Papers”.
The Greene family got back from
the supermarket. Joshua, Nathaniel, Dinah and Hattie each grabbed a tabloid
paper and read it. Nathaniel said, "This is interesting story. 'The Ghost
of Elvis Saved My Life'. There's another interesting story. 'A Space Alien
kidnapped My Sister'."
Hattie added, "How about
that story. 'UFOs are Time Travelers from the Future'."
Joshua said, "Listen to
this. 'An Indian Spell Turned a Teenage into Horse'."
Dinah laughed, "I've got a
real dandy. 'My Grandmother is a Bigfoot'."
Russell replied, "Those
stories in Junk Papers are nothing but rubbish."
A week later, The Greene family
and Erasmus attended the Elvis concert at the high school auditorium. Before
the concert, the television news came to ask audience members their opinions
about Elvis. A news reporter approached Joshua, "Do you think that he is
really Elvis and did fake his death or is this an imitator?"
Joshua replied, "He's
probably being an imitator. Why would Elvis have faked his own death?"
A news reporter asked Hattie,
"What's your opinion about Elvis?"
Hattie Replied, "I'm just as
curious. I have watched TV specials about Elvis. Some people thought that he
could possible faked his death to do undercover work for the Drug Enforcement
Agency."
A tabloid reporter came and said
to Russell, "Do you think Elvis faked his death? If you think he did, what
do you think was the reason for that?"
Russell replied, "I'm not
giving you any comment. You've not going to take my story about Elvis and
rewrite it to make it more ridiculous. You can just get someone else to give
you a story for your Junk Paper."
Elvis came to the stage and sang
"Hound Dog." After that, he sang "Can't Help Falling in
Love" and "Heartbreak Hotel." Elvis said to the audience,
"I'm sure if you were wondering if I really faked my death." Elvis
was now glowing and said, "I'm an angel sent from God. The truth is that I
did die at that time. I have died before my time and now I'm working as an
angel. It happened when I was addicted to a prescription drug. My assignments
are usually to council people with drug problems or those who think about
suicide. The message is that God loves you all. It's sad that teens are getting
into drugs and killing each other. There have been subliminal messages on
today's rock music. That's what has been causing hate and drug problems with
teens. What needs to be done is to get music from the 50's and early 60's back
again. Lots of that music was more inspired back in those days. I'll answer
your question if you have one."
Elvis had been answering
questions from the audience. Elvis had called on Claire. Claire asked,
"Have you ever met angels named Monica, Tess or Andrew?"
Elvis replied, "Yes, I met
Monica when I was a teenager. She had told me that my music would change the
world. That's what started me on my music career. When I died, I had met
Andrew, known as an Angel of Death. Andrew had advised me that, since I died
before my time, I can work as an angel. So, I accepted those assignments."
After Elvis answered other
questions, he told the audience, "Let's hold each other's hands and sing
one of my favorites. This song is "There'll Be Peace in the Valley."
This song will give you an uplifting feeling. Remember, God will be with
you."
The audience left the auditorium
very inspired and uplifted.
A week later, the Greene family
went to a supermarket. When they got to checkout counter, they looked at the
tabloids again. Joshua said, "I wonder if they wrote the story about Elvis
as an angel." Joshua looked in the tabloid and found the story about
Elvis. Joshua commented, "Would you believe he wrote the story as 'Elvis
is a Space Alien from Another Planet'?"
Claire replied, "That's just
another wild story. Junk paper reporters are probably making lots of money for
those ridiculous stories."
Hattie looked at another tabloid
paper and found a story about Elvis. Hattie said, "Would you believe that
someone wrote 'An Angel Posing as Elvis Materialized at High School'. I don't
think those reporters ever write truths for those junk papers."
Nathaniel checked out a third
tabloid and said, "Guess what? They printed my story. I sent in my story
titled 'I Met Mermaid While I was Swimming'. I was just curious to see if they
would print my story which I sent about a couple of weeks ago."
Russell replied, "Didn't you
really feel silly sending story like that? What would your friends think about
you writing a story like that?"
Nathaniel commented, "My
friends already know that. I told my friends about those jokes they write in
those junk papers. We'll probably have a good laugh at those stories."
After the Greene family got home,
they turned on a television set. They listened to a news report. A news anchor
commented on Elvis as an angel. The anchor said, "When Elvis explained
that he was an angel last week, an investigation about the subliminal messages
in today's rock music began. They have discovered that producers have used subliminal
for hate, sex and drugs. This could be the number one cause of teen violence.
They are expecting to recall millions of CDs because of the subliminal
messages. We should thank Elvis, an angel, for finding this problem."
The Greene family and Erasmus
held hands together to form a prayer circle. They prayed for peace and love for
the teens of the world.
THE END
|
|
This Fanfiction Story
is |
