The rules? We are to write a 100 word story appropriate for children using the words pumpkin, broomstick and creak, or a form of those words. It's not as easy as you think, my pretties.
My story? I was playing around with word families in an attempt to learn more re: early readers and chapter books. I decided to include a word family in my story, too, based off the long "e" sound in creak. Amazingly, it sounded rather poetic, and that, my pretties, made me happy. So here it is. Let me know what you think...
Creak, C-R-E-A-K, Keep! by Kathy Halsey
Autumn jumped.
“C-r-e-a-k.”
Have I heard that sound before?
“C-r-e-a-k…”
Was it in the basement?
Was it outside in the pumpkin patch?
Autumn grabbed a
broomstick propped by the screen door.
This MIGHT keep
the scaries away.
Sweep, sweep.
“C-R-E-E-E-A-K!!!!”
Autumn dropped
the broom.
Maybe a peek in
the
deep
dark
basement?
Stairs were
steep.
Autumn took two
at a time.
She landed on
cool cement.
Autumn inched
over to a dank corner.
She reached
something
soft and sleek.
Saw glowing eyes,
felt whiskered
cheek.
Autumn hugged
something sweet.
A big black cat, I think I’ll keep!
