The Crinkly Fortress

I slipped through the sliding doors of the busy post office and scrambled straight beneath the parcel packaging counter. Resting on a lower wooden shelf sat an enormous roll of brown bubble wrap, split down the center like an ominous cavern! Clambering inside, I dragged a discarded heavy wooden ruler across the shelf to prop the plastic folds open like the barrel of a siege cannon. Waiting in breathless suspense... three... two... ONE! I stomped my plush foot hard against a bulging pocket—*POP-BANG!* The loud report cracked like gunfire, and I thrust the wooden ruler forward, baring my teeth in a grand theatrical roar!