The jester rushed to Jon's house, and tried not to notice the chaos of the cartoon world around her. Mallets were put in use indiscriminately; clowns, monsters, animals, and other crazy things walked around on two legs. The world had gone bananas.
Karyn pulled up to Jon's hose in Jester-mobile and quickly rushed into his room. She was surprised to see big neon lights pointing to Jon's shoebox beneath his bed.
WISHING STONE HERE! The sign read.
Karyn had never been a big cartoon watcher when she was little, so she didn't think when she pulled out the shoebox or when she touched the stone. Had she stopped, the jester may have realized that big neon lights are a sure sign of a trap.
She touched the wishing stone, but before she could utter a word, a string fell down from the roof. She looked at it for a moment. Then saw another string. And another. Five in all came out of the sky. Karyn looked at them for a moment. Then, the strings all shaped themselves into hands.
Karyn screamed and tried to rush out the door. But the strings grabbed her. The encircled her and tied her up. She fought back and tried to get away, but only caused a cloud of dust to form. When it settled, Karyn was hanging from the ceiling, strings tied around her joints, and only her face could move.
"I should have known Jon would booby trap the stone."
