∞ Miles Per Hour

by Ava Lee, Dominic Hodge, Jimmie Marshall, and An Anonymous Student

It smelled like fresh air. There were feathers. There was silence. You could taste pickles. And you could touch sand and water from an organ pipe cactus. 

This was the nighttime. And there was a lesser long-nosed bat who could fly 120,000 miles in one night. And he could run ∞ miles in his life. This was how much he loved nectar! He drank nectar from the flower of the organ pipe cactus, which he helped to pollinate. The more nectar he drank, the more flowers grew on the organ pipe cactus, and that made him big and strong. 

The organ pipe cactus consisted of many stems that were all connected to one short trunk. It produced very sweet fruit, about the size of a tennis ball. It made noise when the air blew around it. It sounded like: “Chchchchchchchch. Ch ch ch. Chichica cha chicka chick chick.”

One day, the lesser long-nosed bat decided to put all of his energy into being a great soccer player. The yummy fruits from the organ pipe cactus gave him the energy he needed. 

He wanted to be a striker and score goals, and this is the story of his big game . . .

They ran ∞ miles during the game. When the bat kicked the soccer ball, the net fell down because it was going ∞ fast. They won the soccer game 60–6. The organ pipe cactus made a song when they won, because he was happy for his friend. It went: “Din din din dadadadadad din din din.” The bat drank nectar from his so-small nose. He danced the bat dance. He flapped his wings to the left, then the right, then
the front. 

He went home and danced in his living room and jumped on his bed. He held pollen and smiled. He focused on a new sport: flag football. He flew in the air to practice, and when he was tired he covered himself up with his wings and went to sleep. 

The next morning at practice, the organ pipe cactus made a new song for flag football. They won the championship! They had a pizza party. The organ pipe cactus became a famous musician. He sang a song about the plants in Ms. Jones’s class that went: “I’m gonna tell you about plants / sun, soil, air, and water / they eat all of these / and grow up to fruit and flower!” 

With piano: da dun duh!