Winning Entry for 9/16/06, by notashamed
Assignment: Create a story which features the following objects: A pencil, a dune buggy and a seismograph (instrument for detecting earthquakes).
Woody could tell that the day was going to be special when he woke up. He got out of bed and started his normal morning routines: doing a crossword, balancing his checkbook, and getting all the fuzz off his head. He wanted to go for a ride today. His roommate always had the keys to the dune buggy, and so he couldn’t get a ride without him. His roommate always seemed to have all the fun and be in control of everything in Woody’s life. Woody didn’t mind though. He was not a take charge sort of guy.
Woody lived high on a tabletop plateau. It seemed like there were always earthquakes were he lived. He always wished he had access to a seismograph, but that just wasn’t his lot in life. He knew the frequent earthquakes were a result of the four shaky legs of his plateau. The dog would run by and it would shake, or a door would slam and once again he would feel like he needed to hang on for dear life.
That all changed on this day though. Woody was right that today was going to stand out among all the days of his life. His roommate picked him up (so he did get to ride in the dune buggy after all) and drove a long while. His roommate stopped to get gas, and Woody fell out of the car onto the pavement! Then his roommate drove off without him. Woody didn’t mind though. He was excited to have this new experience. Here he was, only a small pencil, in a great big world. He did not know what would happen next, but he couldn’t wait to find out.
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Woody could tell that the day was going to be special when he woke up. He got out of bed and started his normal morning routines: doing a crossword, balancing his checkbook, and getting all the fuzz off his head. He wanted to go for a ride today. His roommate always had the keys to the dune buggy, and so he couldn’t get a ride without him. His roommate always seemed to have all the fun and be in control of everything in Woody’s life. Woody didn’t mind though. He was not a take charge sort of guy.
Woody lived high on a tabletop plateau. It seemed like there were always earthquakes were he lived. He always wished he had access to a seismograph, but that just wasn’t his lot in life. He knew the frequent earthquakes were a result of the four shaky legs of his plateau. The dog would run by and it would shake, or a door would slam and once again he would feel like he needed to hang on for dear life.
That all changed on this day though. Woody was right that today was going to stand out among all the days of his life. His roommate picked him up (so he did get to ride in the dune buggy after all) and drove a long while. His roommate stopped to get gas, and Woody fell out of the car onto the pavement! Then his roommate drove off without him. Woody didn’t mind though. He was excited to have this new experience. Here he was, only a small pencil, in a great big world. He did not know what would happen next, but he couldn’t wait to find out.
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posted by dorkelf | 7:25 PM
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