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When Elephants Dance on Wooden Floors by: Steve Brunkhorst Imagine that you've just won a vacation to a beautiful tropical island. You are told it's a magical place where all your dreams will come true. The only requirement is that you must visit a secret cabin hidden in a mystical enchanted forest, and watch a special presentation from beginning to end. You are told that you will see the most incredible life-changing show you've ever seen. On the first day of your visit, you and several other guests walk into the enticing cabin secluded deep in the woods. Inside, you find yourself in a large room. You are standing on an old shaky wooden floor. It creaks with each step. Some of the boards look as though they could be loose, and you feel very uncertain about it's safety. You begin to become hesitant about staying, but you agreed to this. After-all, it will be a life-changing show! You notice an open door to your left. Inside the door are steps that you imagine lead down to a dark basement. You are very nervous by now, and begin to fear crashing through the old floor. Who knows what could be down there! Just then, your tour guide, standing safely outside, shouts, 'And now, the elephants!' Suddenly two huge elephants appear, the biggest ones you ever seen. They begin dancing around on the creaky old floor. So animated, they even seem to smile at you. They are bigger than life. You think you must be dreaming. It's simply unreal! The elephants are wearing huge signs, telling how all your dreams of wealth and financial freedom are about to come true with no effort on your part. You think, 'Not if this floor gives way!' Just then, one of the old, loose floor boards breaks through and crashes into the dark basement, sending dusty smoke up into the room. The elephants continue to dance and smile. By now you are completely skeptical of this whole situation. Rather than risk your life, you high-tail it out just in time to hear a huge crash. Dust and smoke poor out of the cabin as the elephants and the other mesmerized guests go crashing down into darkness. Luckily, you got out in time. The tour guide seems oblivious to the destruction, and tells you not to worry - that he's decided to give you a second chance to see the show for free if you see it by midnight. Have You Been to Fantasy Island? If you're like me, you've seen plenty of advertising hype. The headline or copy looks like a 'fantasy island' on paper. 'You Will Make $'30
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