Written by: Francisco Torres-Torres
Edited by: Juan Mato, Deanna Cannizzaro
Illustrated by: Rebecca Taubitz
Dun-dun. Dun-dun. Dun-dun.
Benches shook. Monitors clattered off uneven tables. Reagents jangled and tumbled, spilling down the giant’s mile long limb. The scientists, so enthralled in their thoughts and experiments, had forgotten how high up they really were! They buzzed around the ivory towers encrusted like pale honeycomb along the giant’s monstrous shoulders.
Where is Uncle Sam going now… one scientist wondered, looking over the foggy mountain range. Villagers stirred like ants as the giant lumbered closer. Some admonished the giant, some welcomed the intrusion. Others went along with their day.
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