Jack Peach Tree Short Story

This is another story about Jack when he went out traveling about looking for some work. He was walking down this road, whistling and whittling on an old branch he’d found. He’d carved that branch into a big paddle thinking he might find someone to trade it to for a bite of lunch later on. Jack was just putting some finishing touches on that paddle, when he saw a great big peach tree on the side of the road. Jack was especially fond of peaches, so he walked over to see if there was a nice ripe one or two for a snack. Some of the peaches had fallen to the ground and were beginning to rot. On one peach, he saw seven really big black flies making a meal. Jack raised up his paddle, and Whap! He killed every one of those flies with just one …show more content…
Jack was going to walk over toward the mountain until he was out of sight of the Sherriff and then he planned to take his thousand dollars and slip on down the road. But just as he got out of sight of the Sherriff and the deputies, that unicorn caught Jack’s smell and came a bellowing. Jack backed up against a huge oak tree, and tried to look invisible while he shook with fear. That unicorn didn’t need to see Jack, they have and excellent sense of smell. The unicorn came racing up over the hill, mane flying like whirlwind, snorting like a locomotive, hooves making sparks on the rocks and that horn shining like a spear in the sun. It was a terrible sight and it charged toward Jack. The unicorn bowed its neck and pointed its horn right at Jack and charged as fast as it could. Just before the unicorn stuck him with the horn, Jack dropped to his knees to say one last prayer, and the unicorn ran headfirst into that big old oak tree. The horn went right through the tree and the tip was sticking out the other side. Jack jumped up, ran around the tree and grabbed a big rock. He banged on the tip of that horn with the rock and bent it over like a nail in a board. Try and try as he would, that unicorn couldn’t pull himself free from the oak tree. Jack turned and walked back to town to inform the Sherriff that the creature was