The Midnight Run of Epinephrine

One dark, stormy evening a young boy named Billy was lying in his bed. As he lay there his 10 yr. old mind raced with thoughts of what could be lurking the the darkness that surrounded him. Meanwhile, deep inside him resting on the top of his kidneys, a little hormone called Epinephrine (aka adrenaline) was sitting around a circle with the other hormones of the adrenal gland telling ghost stories. All of a sudden a huge bolt of lightening flashed and thunder rang though the gland. Epinephrine's eyes widened and his heart began to race, as did Billy's. Epinephrine jumped up and started running around like crazy. As Epinephrine ran Billy's blood pressure increased , blood glucose increased, and the small passageways of the lungs dilated. Now that the L-isomer has stimulated Epinephrine the body can act. Epinephrine ran through Billy's blood all the way to the brain and said he was scared. The brain sent the message throughout the body the ready it for what was to come. Once Billy realized he was scared he hopped out of bed and ran to his parents. Billy's parents hugged him and calmed him down and as Billy got more calm so did Epinephrine. Epinephrine returned to his original position in his circle of friends and they went on telling stories. With his job done he could relax, at least until something else started the whole cycle all over again. =]

THE END!