The alarm clock jolted me awake, but the excitement still surged through my body. I could hardly believe the magical journey I had just taken, soaring high above the earth as free as a bird.
It started as I strolled through the park on that sunny Saturday morning. A playful breeze tickled my skin and suddenly I felt lighter than air. I glanced down to see my feet lift off the ground as I flapped my arms. Like a fledgling taking its first flight, I wavered unsteadily at first. Then with a running start, I soared up into the boundless blue sky!
Looking down on the world below filled me with euphoria. I glided easily through the clouds, giggling as they tickled my outstretched fingers. To my delight, the puffy white clouds were made of the softest, sweetest cotton candy.
I opened my mouth wide and took a huge bite, the sugary cloud melting on my tongue. I gobbled down handfuls of the candy floss clouds until my stomach ached from the sweetness.
As I floated lazily among the clouds, heavy and sated, I began to slowly sink.
Suddenly, a flock of birds converged and carried me up into the heavens. I rode on their outstretched wings higher and higher, the earth fading into a patchwork quilt below.
The sun dipped below the horizon and stars twinkled to life in the velvety night sky. The moon loomed large, and I gasped to see it was made entirely of cheese!
Squeaking mice in tiny spacesuits offered me slices of the ripe, holey moon cheese. I gratefully accepted as we drifted through space together.
The alarm clock’s harsh beeping ended my journey to the farthest reaches of the universe. As I blinked awake in my bedroom, traces of the sweet cotton candy clouds and salty moon cheese still lingered on my lips. A smile crossed my face as I contemplated the bizarre and beautiful places my imagination could take me, if only in my wildest dreams.
