The objective this week was to write a story about a character's journey to their favourite place. I had tooth ache all weekend and it was the only thing I could think of and thus this story was born.

The best place in the world is just beyond that pink horizon. I’ve heard that you can get every kind of food there. There is a special spa treatment as well, rumour has it they cover you in a minty paste then buffer you till you’re mellow and clean. It’s even been said that you then get sent down some water rapids that change colour. To reach that place would be a dream come true.

Been trying for days to reach the world beyond the pink but my attempt has failed. At one point I thought I’d made a breakthrough, only to get an ache and collapse on the floor. I finally got my first taste of freedom when I cracked the surface, I was ecstatic. Then something from above invaded my happiness by poking around and I felt a lot of pain.

Attempt two: I have not given up, I will reach the place where dreams come true. I realised that the thing that invaded me before doesn’t like pain, so in an effort to reach the world above, I have redoubled my efforts by climbing up with my pointed tips as this hurts the invader. My attempts have gotten more desperate.

Attempt three: I am sad I am but a shell of the happy traveller I was before. The world beyond the pink horizon is but a hairbreadth away yet I still cannot reach it. What’s this? Something hurts, but oh wait, I can see beyond the pink horizon. I have made it into the world above, wait, put me down!

Oh no, I think I over did the pain, this doesn’t look like the world anymore. They’ve taken it from me. Ahh I’m falling! Oh no it’s dark, I don’t like it. Oh look a bagel!

So the tooth learnt what a mistake he’d made for he’d been so excited to break through the gum and into the mouth beyond that he’d been surgically removed and ended his life within a dustbin.