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Write about a character passing down their favorite childhood toy to a new generation.

Posted in Adults on Oct 26, 2022

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“Never have I ever” by Srujana Lakshminathan

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The blossoming flowers made them remember the June they spent behind school, when they were too small to understand that the time had to pass on. Every one would bring some or the other their favorite dolls to play. They never thought that the reunion would be by someone's loss. Their only one goal when they were small that they would be together forever. But Life isn't that easy, Because we all have to cope up with small circumstances which will make us even stronger than Ever before. This story is about the girl group '' Saaya's group'' wh...

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“Marbles” by Alexandra Blazhevska

Submitted to Contest #61

Sunday, day when everyone in one family is at home. So were the Johnson's family. Jack and his sister Milly were home with their parents thinking about what interesting to do this Sunday. San, their father, came up with an excellent idea." Let's clean the attic, maybe we can transform it into a new room!"" Yes dad, I would like to have my own room. I hate sharing a room with my sister!"" That's good idea, but there's lot of trash there. I won't clean that!" said Suzanne, their mother." Me and dad will clean the garbage, you and Milly can cle...

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“2-XL: The Smartest Toy Robot in the World” by Katharine Johns

Submitted to Contest #61

Maggie and Andrew were staying with Grandma for the weekend while their parents took a trip by themselves for their anniversary. Not thrilled about the prospect, Grandma lived beyond civilization in their opinion. (Granted, it was one they kept to themselves as they knew to say nothing if they didn’t have anything nice to say.) She lived nearly thirty miles away from them on an acre carved out of some woods in the hillside. Riding through all the curves and turns just to get there, nearly getting carsick, was one thing, but cell phone and in...

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“In Mama's Apron Pocket” by Heather Ann Martinez

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In Mama’s Apron Pocket By Heather Ann Martinez It was always bright and clean in mama’s kitchen. I can still smell her cinnamon rolls baking in the oven and beef stew simmering on the stove. To look at her, you would not think she had a care in the world. If she was ever stressed about anything, she never showed it. She pleasantly cooked and baked for dad, my brother Rhen and me for most of my childhood. I don’t remember a time in my elementary school years that my mother didn’t bake cookies and cakes for school fundraisers and communi...

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“Trusty Ol' Pocket Knife” by Kia Edlin

Submitted to Contest #61

The door flung open. Jamie came running into the room, opening all the drawers frantically. He stopped at the bottom drawer and snatched a pocket knife out of it, immediately holding it tightly to his chest. He then stepped slowly to his bed, attention fully on the knife, tracing Dominic’s name scribbled on it with a permanent marker. As he laid down, his eyes stayed locked on what was in his hand. Dom sat at the foot of his little brother’s bed, watching. He as well, couldn’t tear his eyes off what Jamie was holding. That pocket kni...

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“Down the Doll Lane” by Sreedevi Mahapatra

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Getting down at Vishakapatnam airport Pihu , took the first available taxi towards the inter state bus stand. She had to catch the only bus which went to her sleepy town. She was excited about the trip. Firstly going to the little town and meeting her friend Beena after two decades and to witness the ‘Rath Yatra’ the annual fair. Pihu getting on to the bus realised that nothing much had changed about the rickety bus or the passengers. Pihu took a window seat. Fortunately there was no other passenger sharing the seat with her though the bu...

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“Happiest, Luckiest Boy” by Silvia Szabo

Submitted to Contest #61

I open my eyes slowly. It seems like such a difficult thing to do... I can feel today is different. I think I might know why. I always knew this day would come, and I am happy to live it till the end.  The first thing I see is Bonny. She is there like always smiling at me, remembering me that life is beautiful and people are good. I remember the day when I received Bonny, my fluffy bunny. It was my first toy, even if I was already fully grown. Claudia gave it to me on the day my life started again. What a beautiful memory.  My ...

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“Childhood is an unforgettable” by Sumit Kumar

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As a child, I wrote my last will. All my toys were to go to our cat: my room – to Alex, the local hobo who always said "hi" to me; my etiquette textbook was to go to my brother, as we'd had a fight not long before. I brought the list to my aunt, who was a lawyer, and asked her to "apostle" it. She was a resourceful woman, so she sent copies of my list to all our relatives, crowning it all by putting the original on her desk in a frame. That way, not only my family laughed at me but all her clients did too. Once, a boy from my class approache...

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“Emerald Green memories.” by Patricia Green

Submitted to Contest #61

Susan picked up the soft, emerald-green teddy bear, with the clover on the bottom of it’s feet, which had been her favourite for many years. She cuddled it tight, as she remembered her parents fondly. This teddy had belonged to her Irish Grandmother, who had left it to Susan’s Mother, and it was passed on to her. She was determined it was not going to be thrown in the bin, not while she was still alive! Susan’s daughter had made it clear, she didn’t want any “left-over ancient trash” as she called it. Her daughter was meticulous about what...

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“story time” by Izzy Hoeing

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It was 8:30. It was time for story time the grandmother sat on the edge on Eden's bed. " Now today's story is about a little girl" said the grandma. Once there was a little girl and her dream was to become famous. she would sing and put on shows for the neighborhood. she loved it. One day after one of her small show's a man walked up to her. He said that she was phenomenal and a wonder. a few days after she was on the front page of the newspaper. She was so happy. her dream was coming true. Then she became a teenager. Her dream's changed. Sh...

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“Making Memories” by Steve McKenney

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Frank Scott had been looking forward to tomorrow, a Saturday, for seven years now. His son, Peter, would now be old enough to continue the Scott Family Tradition; the handing down of one of his favorite childhood toys to his children. He was as excited to hand down the toy that had brought him so much joy as Peter was to turn seven.           His wife, Brandi, knew a few of the toys that Frank had enjoyed when he was a kid. Her mother-in-law had been more than generous with stories about...

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“"To infinity and beyond... still"” by Sucheta Halder

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Dustin was staring at the toy in his hand for long. For the last time, he flicked the switch on the toy’s chest and it went “To infinity and beyond”. He chuckled pushing his head back and let out a huge shaky breath before getting up from his chair and walking into the living room with slow steps. As he entered the room, three little feet rushed themselves towards him. Jane, Macy and Ron charged at their grandfather. He smiled and fondled their hair. His grandchildren were around seven years old and he adored them with all his heart. Even t...

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“Bequeathing My Memories” by Omar El Batouty

Submitted to Contest #61

October 1950; the war was over. The Allies defeated the Axis and the countries began to breathe free air again and rehabilitate. It seemed all peaceful and people talked about the war proudly. But was it truly a win? It was cloudy that day, the air was stiff but it seemed a little bit changed from back then when I was a child. Maybe because of the new industries being built now and then here in London. After all, the world has changed quite much after the war. While I was sitting on my little throne where I oversaw and ran my humble toy ...

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“Just Use Bleach!” by Lisa Hills

Submitted to Contest #61

"NOOO! You can't! I won't let you! You can't take Mr. PinkBuns away from meeeee!" Childish screams mixed with frustrated sobs echoed from Emerick's room as his dad tried to detach his son's hand from a dirty but fluffy dark pink bunny. The stuffy, at first glance, seemed like an elongated walrus. A skinny, extremely sunburnt, just-rolled-in-mud walrus. Once you take a closer look at the rabbit, you'd realize it wasn't that you thought the bunny was ugly, it was that it was actually ugly. It was a disgusting shade dark pink, with large, p...

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“The Shirley Doll” by Terri Ashton

Submitted to Contest #61

My mom passed away at age 94, having lived a full and beautiful life. After taking some time to grieve, I pulled myself together and, as Trustee for her estate, started taking care of her affairs. In different waves, I worked with my sister and brother and also with my own kids to meticulously go through all of her belongings. My mom was very organized, there were no piles of old magazines, or stacks of unopened mail lying around. In fact, in her later years, she was always on top of things – no longer the procrastinator she was in my y...

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