Sweet Susanna Hill has a new contest for us!
The Contest: Write a Valentines story appropriate for children (children here defined as ages 12 and under) maximum 214 words in which someone is grumpy! Your story can be poetry or prose, sweet, funny, surprising or anything in between, but it will only count for the contest if it includes someone grumpy (can be the main character but doesn’t have to be) and is 214 words max (get it? 2/14 for Valentines Day) You can go under the word count but not over! Title is not included in the word count. No illustration notes please!
Here's my entry coming in at exactly 214 words. Happy Valentine's Day!
The Three Billy Goats Valentine's Gamble
By Lauri C. Meyers
Billy Goat, Baby
Goat, and Mama Goat have valentines to deliver in the sweet green valley, but a
hungry troll guards the bridge.
“I have an idea,”
Baby Goat says. The goats huddle to hear the plan.
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| Baby Goat & Billy Goat (img; Loretta Humble, freeimages) |
Baby Goat
scrambles up the bridge.
“Who’s trip-trapping
over my bridge?” Grumpy Troll growls. “I’ll eat you right up!”
“Don’t eat me! My meatier
brother is coming soon.” Baby Goat skips to the valley.
Billy Goat hoofs
up the bridge.
“Who’s trip-trapping
over my bridge?” Grumpy Troll roars. “I’ll eat you right up!”
“Don’t eat me! My sweet
mama is coming soon.” Billy Goat gallops over the bridge.
Mama Goat climbs
the bridge.
“Who’s click-clacking over my bridge?” Grumpy Troll
asks. “I’ll eat you right up!”
“Hi, I have a valentine
for you,” Mama Goat says with a wink.
“What a glittery
heart,” Grumpy Troll says. “It sparkles like your pretty shoes.”
“Would you like to
deliver valentines with me, Mr. Troll?” Mama Goat asks.
“I’m busy guarding
this bridge,” Grumpy Troll says. “Would you join me for a snack on your way
back?”
“Of course!” Mama
squeals. “Happy Valentine’s Day!” She click-clacks down the bridge.
Grumpy Troll jumps
under the bridge and starts cutting hearts for a valentine and whispers, “I
could eat her right up.”
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She is a beauty!(img; Colin Bamford, freeimages) |
