Edward, the Loneliest Brick

Once upon a time, in a faraway Lowe's Hardware, there lived a blue-brown paver brick named Edward. Edward was always being made fun of by the other bricks because he had a faint crack running around his middle. They would taunt him and tease him every time someone set him aside for a less fractured one.

But one day, Edward was loaded up into a big blue Subaru by an elderly lady and her sluggish son with a lot of his neighbors. Edward was so very happy! He gibbered with glee with all the other bricks, and the other bricks had to agree that they were very happy as well, and he was very lucky to be there.

As the old woman unloaded the happy bricks into a Radio Flyer, she noticed Edward and gave a bitter sigh. "This one won't do, it is broken." she said, and set it aside in the trunk. The son merely grunted and kept with loading the wagon. Edward sat in heartbroken silence as the rest of his comrades slowly disappeared from view. Then it became dark as the hood came down. Edward knew he would be thrown away any time now, and cried.

But soon it became light again, and other bricks piled into the trunk. It became apparent to Edward that the old woman and the son were not good at math, and so needed more bricks to cover the area they were working on. He pulled himself out of his moping to speak to his new companions, saying how he was the only reject of a very large pile and that everyone else would be practically assured of a job. These new bricks were comforted by this, and told Edward his work must be the grandest of all if they were saving him. He cheered up a bit at hearing such kind words, and decided to look forward to the future with hope and determination, whatever it may be.

Then he was thrown out of the car to lay next to the mailbox, alone for the rest of his life save for those rare days when the crazy mailman would spit on him. The End.