The Eggplant Fiasco

Write a Mini-Saga was the topic for the first Portfolio activity in the Story section of Dan Pink's "A Whole New Mind", so I decided to take a whack at it. Here's what I came up with:

She excitedly sampled the fresh eggplant everyone raved about. As the hours passed, her stomach began to rumble in dissent. In the eighth hour all hope was lost as she ran outside, flushed and queasy. It was mighty tasty going down, but coming back up resembled a hideous, slimy concoction.

This happens to be a true story. I was working a job and was coerced into taste testing the eggplant, which I had eaten many times during my childhood. As you might have guessed, it did not turn out as well as I had hoped. Such is life.