Three-minute fiction

The link to the contest theme and the winner is here:

http://www.npr.org/2013/06/09/189330731/three-minute-fiction-the-round-11-winner-is

Also, you should read the two finalists (to whom they provide links) and the comments of people. What do you think of the stories chosen?

Your story should be no more than two double-spaced typed pages.

Have fun. (Should I play, too?)