Once upon a time, in the land of BookLikes, there lived an author, storyteller, and bard named Gavin H. Although Gavin was good at entertaining the people of the land with his stories, he was jealous of others and wrote a nasty review of a story written by his archenemy, Joe G. Then, he requested an audience with the ruler of the land, Evil Queen Shelby, and her court of trolls and flying monkeys. There, he regaled them with tales of Joe’s mischief-making, sock-puppetry, and lies. Queen Shelby was so enraged, she issued a royal decree:
Go, my trolls, my flying monkeys! Go seek out this Joe and serve him justice for what he has done. Go fling your poo at his face and his stories until no one will hire him henceforth. Go!
And they went. And they did her bidding.
Meanwhile, a valiant knight named Sir STGRB, who happened to be passing through the land of BookLikes, noticed that not all was right with this Gavin fellow and that he was very talented at telling tall tales. Sir STGRB noticed that perhaps Gavin, himself, was guilty of the very same mischief as his archenemy, which was sock-puppetry in the Kingdom of Goodreads, and that he was also guilty of acquiring fake followers in the land of Twitter that he claimed was due to charity work he had done. So, Sir STGRB warned everyone in all the lands, showing them evidence of Gavin’s hypocrisy and lies. But Evil Queen Shelby didn’t want to hear it, and instead of listening to Sir STGRB, she chose to overlook Gavin’s lies because he was her friend:
Then, one day, a peddler passed by Evil Queen Shelby’s court and asked her if she knew of a man named Gavin H. who had stolen money from an old lady in the United Kingdom:
Upon hearing the news, Evil Queen Shelby became angry once again and banished the peddler, while Gavin stood behind her and whispered into her ear, denying that he was the same man:
But something wasn’t quite right and Evil Queen Shelby knew it. So, she went to Sir STGRB and looked at his evidence, and then… something changed…
End of Part 1. Stay tuned for Part 2 of the continuing story of Once Upon a Time in the Land of BookLikes.
