John Taylor Races the Motor Car
A Tall Tale
by: Andrew Hatch age 7
In Wilbury Town, in what is now Arizona, there lived a man named John Taylor. John Taylor was the fastest man around. He could outrun even a horse.
One day when he went to get his newspaper, he picked it up and read,
“First Motor Car Built, Fastest Thing in Wilbury Town!”
Suddenly something zoomed past John Taylor. It was the red motor car! Inside was a man. The man turned around and parked next to John Taylor's house. The man came out of his motor car, and walked tward John Taylor.
“Hello,” said the man, “I am Zoolop, president of S-P-E-E-D industries.”
"Hello," said John, "Can I help you?"
"Yes, you can," said Zooloop. "I've heard you're the fastest man in Wilbury Town. So I want to race you with my motorcar."
John said,
" You're on!"
The next day at the starting line Zooloop said,
"You are going to lose!" John ignored.
They were off! John had a good start, he was as fast as lightning, but Zooloop was catching up. Then John tried to go as fast as he could. Suddenly, everyone gasped! They had never seen anything go so fast before. John went so fast he created a Giant Canyon. Today we call this the Grand Canyon.
Just as John was about to give up he heard cheers. Suddenly he realized he had won!
Zooloop came to the finish line. When Zooloop realized John had won he grunted. Zooloop walked up to John and said
"Nice job John, but I'll be back, with a better and faster car." John said;
"Go ahead and try." but John knew he'd never win. John knew he was the fastest of anything in Wilbury Town.



