“Your time is up. Better run!”

The forest was thick and lush; amazing to look at, take in, breathe in. The air was fresh and crisp, the day was just starting and the sun was peeking over the treetops. The forest was beautiful. It was also, however, horrible to run in.

“If I find you, you will fail the test. Failure of the rest will result in immediate termination of your time here. Remember that...

“Hi, I’ll take a large caramel macchiato. Whole is fine. Thank you.” He hands over a 5 and walks to the end of the counter to wait for his order. Glancing around the small shop he notices it’s awfully empty. “Weird.” He thinks to himself. “I guess I came around a good time though. Beat the early morning crowd.”

After a few minutes his drink slides onto the counter. “Large macchiato!” With a smil...