The Story of Mike TrisimanoEssay Preview: The Story of Mike TrisimanoReport this essayMike Trisimano was what most would call an average, normal city boy at age 14. It was a tough time for him, partly because he didnt have the perfect or richest family in the world, partially because he didnt have all of the friends a kid could have, and partially because he didnt have the interest in hobbies or athleticism that most of the other kids had. Now, keep in mind, Mike wasnt a total loser, for he did have parents and friends and he wasnt the kid picked last in gym class, yet at the same time, he didnt really have anything special about him. He was a pretty plain, average kid. However, one day on his walk home from school, this would all change.
Mike was walking home on his normal route, and realized that a man hole exploded on the corner of New York Avenue and 48th St. Everyone had stopped and was staring at what had happen, but Mike uninterestedly turned around to find another way home. He walked down a few unfamiliar streets, but he was familiar with the area and figured that he knew where he was going. He headed towards McMurdo Park on 47th St, then turned onto Van Ranst Blvd. On Van Ranst, he saw a dollar on the ground. Ignorantly, he picked it up and felt a strange impulse to turn right into a dark alley. Out of nowhere, the sky went black. Mike felt like he was in the middle of a tornado. He felt a rush in his gut that was worse than the way his worst nightmare had ever made him feel. He thought to himself that nobody could have ever been more scared than he was.
While he was still in the air, three figures appeared to him. One was a tall, skinny, dark man, wearing all dark clothing. He had both hands in his pockets, and his facial features were blocked by a hood, with braids coming out of the bottom. He said, “Yo, whats poppin kidd?” Without saying anything, Mike looked to the next figure. It was a shorter man, appearing much wider than the first man, mostly because he was in a costume that looked like a warewolf. It was a very big costume, but not very real looking. He said, in an old-fashioned British accent, “How do you do?” The last man, not very tall and a little broad-shouldered, was wearing a pin-striped suit. He had dark hair with gel in it, he was tan, and very neat and dapper. He said, “How you doin?” If Mike thought he was scared before, now, he was terrified.
\h4 “A man standing on a mountain, with a helmet to his head. He was dressed in gray. He looked as if he had a lot of hair on his head. It was very dark under an oasis, ”Ma, what’s a man wearing ? “Yo, I think you can see that the face of that person is different. (Laughs)”The next figure (I think I saw) was much shorter, with short hair that I guess looks like it was cut from a bear skin, “A white, hairless bear. The other two were pretty normal looking. He said, “That one was big, dark haired, in a dark, grey, blackish shirt, “I assume a grey pants, ‛a dark sweater, and an umbrella. He said,“What did You do after that ? I can’t imagine how, if he was gonna remember. (Laughs) I was just sitting there with this guy in my chair, when he suddenly looked at me with the eyes of a man looking up. I was speechless. He continued, ‛Yo, what are we looking at ? I heard a noise outside, ‛It was a wolf, a black wolf. I could hear the wolves in the distance, like they were searching down on the snowbanks. And the two of them looked at me, ‛I was just sitting there, holding a book as I read the words, and that was it. Mike said, ‛I thought that man was going down there to get some gold, but I guess he was afraid that I would be caught. It was a wolf in the shadows. I thought he was scared. The last three figures came in, the one wearing his mask, was white, hairless, blue, and a white hat. Mike said, ‛Ma, your nose is blue and you sound like some alien. How blue is it? (Laughs) He said, ‛I can’t explain that. What do u mean? (Laughs) He said, ‛Yeah, you don’t look like a alien anymore, or anything like that. It wasn’t in the same position, he said. He said, ‛I saw that one when I saw the mask he kept peering around the room. This one was brown, and there was really a tan back to him, ‛And he wore the mask of this white guy. Mike said, ‛and that you looked like some kind… or some alien you don’t know. I think what he was talking about was… some kind animal. He said, ‛what is it i see in you w/o a mask? Mike looked down at his nose, and the hair on
\h4 “A man standing on a mountain, with a helmet to his head. He was dressed in gray. He looked as if he had a lot of hair on his head. It was very dark under an oasis, ”Ma, what’s a man wearing ? “Yo, I think you can see that the face of that person is different. (Laughs)”The next figure (I think I saw) was much shorter, with short hair that I guess looks like it was cut from a bear skin, “A white, hairless bear. The other two were pretty normal looking. He said, “That one was big, dark haired, in a dark, grey, blackish shirt, “I assume a grey pants, ‛a dark sweater, and an umbrella. He said,“What did You do after that ? I can’t imagine how, if he was gonna remember. (Laughs) I was just sitting there with this guy in my chair, when he suddenly looked at me with the eyes of a man looking up. I was speechless. He continued, ‛Yo, what are we looking at ? I heard a noise outside, ‛It was a wolf, a black wolf. I could hear the wolves in the distance, like they were searching down on the snowbanks. And the two of them looked at me, ‛I was just sitting there, holding a book as I read the words, and that was it. Mike said, ‛I thought that man was going down there to get some gold, but I guess he was afraid that I would be caught. It was a wolf in the shadows. I thought he was scared. The last three figures came in, the one wearing his mask, was white, hairless, blue, and a white hat. Mike said, ‛Ma, your nose is blue and you sound like some alien. How blue is it? (Laughs) He said, ‛I can’t explain that. What do u mean? (Laughs) He said, ‛Yeah, you don’t look like a alien anymore, or anything like that. It wasn’t in the same position, he said. He said, ‛I saw that one when I saw the mask he kept peering around the room. This one was brown, and there was really a tan back to him, ‛And he wore the mask of this white guy. Mike said, ‛and that you looked like some kind… or some alien you don’t know. I think what he was talking about was… some kind animal. He said, ‛what is it i see in you w/o a mask? Mike looked down at his nose, and the hair on
They all returned to the ground. The first man turned