Write about someone who goes to great lengths to avoid being pranked on April 1st, only to realize they had the date wrong and it’s already April 2nd.

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“Mr. William’s Wandering Bus Service” by ✰ 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐲 𝐣𝐚𝐧𝐞 ✰

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My thighs cling to the plastic seats of Mr. William’s Wandering Bus Service bus as we swerve around on-coming traffic. I lean closer to the window and look out. I notice the hills slowly leveling out. The terrain repeats itself, field after field. I’m in Kansas. Just eight-or-so more hours of sweating my make-up off, and I will be standing in the air-conditioned hotel. I chew my lip with anticipation. An elderly lady, smelling like floral perfume, sits next to me. I inch sideways and lean closer to...

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“April 2nd....it is !!!!” by Zaki Khan

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Sunday morning; everything relaxed,looking as lazy as it could get.But as the mighty sun rose , the morning light began to illuminate his old fashioned boring bedroom . He opened his eyes and suddenly jumped out of the bed . “Today is the day, Oh lord, today is the day I’ll win and prove all these dumb weaklings ..Who am I ? Gonna prove it to you. All of you . Not gonna get pranked today....You all decided to arrange advertising campaign on this HOLY DAY!! just to make fool of me .Haha.” He sat on the side of his bed. "What is my today’s str...

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“Marcus Bromhead” by Gerald Daniels

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My name's Marcus Bromhead, it's 1976 and I'm studying for my final exams at The Farrsholt School for Boys. I walk to school every day because walking gives me time to think, and because my mother can't afford to buy me a bicycle. On the way home I pass a narrow strip of land that belongs to the allotment society, strips of cabbages, sprouts and potato plants all growing at peculiar angles and tended to by flat-capped old men with baggy trousers and torn shirts. Sometimes I sit in the long grass...

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“Nobody's Fool” by Rani Jayakumar

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I woke up already hyper-aware. Last night, I’d stuck a quarter to the floor with clear tape, and inwardly chuckled to myself that Zoe would find it and spend forever trying to scrape it off the hardwood. I left it just at that, waiting to see what opportunities might crop up during the day. She was always good for a laugh, and handled it with good humor. Raj, however, was the opposite. He and I have been facing off on April Fools’ Day for a decade. I’d neatly trim all his roses off, but reattach them so that they looked just fine until the...

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“Not Today” by Zion Hintay

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*Beep* *Beep* *Beep*An apple watch laying upon a bedside table rings insistently. Its owner, young Zack Mackelroy, wakes up to the familiar sound. Peering through weary eyelids, he reaches out to the watch. Still half asleep.April 1st, 2020. 7:30The worst day of the year, during the worst year in history.Beside his watch was a pair of oval glasses. He reached out to them as the world around him was just a mish mash of muddled mirages at the moment. Or that's how he felt anyway.Getting up, he moved over to his dresser and faced the rectangula...

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“An Imaginary Prank” by Hxmda A.A

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Valerie took a careful step into her kitchen, nervously looking around. Her eyes glided to the date on her fridge, the numbers circled in a dark red marker as she confirmed the day. It was April 1st. “Mom! I’m going to Amanda’s house-” Her mother came down the stairs in a hurry, quickly pulling her hair into a tight ponytail as she tried to fix her ironed black suit, “you’re not going anywhere, young lady. You still haven’t started your chores!” Valerie groaned loudly, “mom, please! I can’t be here today.” Her mom stopped before her wit...

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“What a Fool” by Ruth Smith

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What a FoolJosie stood in her yard, looking at her handiwork. Today was March 31st and tomorrow will be April 1st. The first day of April is the day immature people play tricks and jokes on other people and this year Josie was determined not to be pranked. She tested the electric fence she had put around her yard to make sure it was hot. The meter read full strength. Good, any fool would avoid that.Satisfied that her perimeter was now safe, Josie went into her house. She locked the front door and began checking her windows. Those were locked...

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“WHAT A FOOL!” by Giselle Morales

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The pale crescent moon shone like a silver dime in the night sky, peeking through the cracks of the blinds in Nico’s bedroom as he sat on his twin-sized bed starring at his alarm, calmly waiting for the time to change. He couldn’t sleep a wink because he was prepared for what’s to come the next day. Nico had made sure that all windows and doors were to be locked, all rooms in the house were to be cleaned, and that it had looked isolated before April 1st. Nico did not particularly enjoy April Fools because it was the day to pull pranks and ...

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“"Pranking me, avoiding them!" by Ye Wint Aung” by Ye Wint Aung

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April 1st, also know as April’s fool’s day is the day we let our playful spirit out of the box and have some fun. Some people like to prank their friends, families and even random people they can find. Some of us don’t like getting pranked but likes to prank others.Some of the pranks we pull off can be an ultimate prank or a normal prank, but sometimes our victims can be embarrassed by our pranks. That’s why some of us don’t like getting pranked.George Sherman has a long history of his April’s Fool’s. Every year on April’s Fool’s day, he alw...

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“Discovered Identity ” by Karen Lethlean

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Discovered Identity Boris poured himself a stiff scotch. He needed to unwind from a day of stressful courts, pedantic attendants, aggressive office brownie point scoring. Pick your excuse but Boris just wanted a drink. Everyone else happy to wait for wine with dinner. ‘You’ve got a good team, don’t worry,’ his partner’s empty, non-therapeutic words. ‘We all know it’s not possible to rely on eye witnesses,’ said David Meyer. His usual sweeping generalizations, oft spruiked. This man might soften his views, compensate for a world with variant...

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“Never can get away” by Katie Hansen

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Lily sat up on her bed. She groaned when she counted the days in her head. Today was the first of April, and Lily was not excited about April fool's day. She never was. Lily's family always spent the day pranking each other. She could not count the number of times she had opened the drawer to get silverware for breakfast, only to find the measuring spoons there instead. Or that her cup of orange juice turned out to be melted butter. Lily glanced at her clock. She was happy to find that she had slept in enough to miss the first wave of pranks...

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“Welcome, Stranger!” by Andrea Palmieri

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Welcome, Stranger! by Andrea Palmieri You never notice the scent of your own home until you’ve been gone long enough to forget it. The house smelled so clean and empty. I finally felt like I wasn’t being suffocated by airplane fuel and the sweet stench of sweaty strangers. And my bed. Oh, God, my bed. The clouds did not compare. It was still bright out but I couldn’t keep my eyes open. I’d promised Lenny I would drop by for a beer when I returned home. I’d only be out for a few minutes anyway. As soon as I was up I would get changed and ...

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“Time” by Joe Swanson

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I sat for a time watching the black hands roam the face of the clock, hoping for the second or minute hand, to jump from sheer boredom. I sometimes believe we do not pay enough attention to time. It is all we have that’s worth anything, despite the lust for money and accrual of things worth thousands, millions, but only if we can find someone that agrees with our assessment of their worth. But time! Ah, time is an entirely different matter. Our lives are ruled by it. We buy it from others, exchange a piece of ourselv...

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“No one told me” by Rachel Quirey

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No one told me It was that dreaded date, April fools. Lucy was not one for pranks or tricks. She enjoyed the simple things in life, and avoided at all costs any risk of being embarrassed. It was just her bad luck that her nemesis and work colleague Bob, is now paired up with her, for a joint task force. Today should be like any other day, typing away at her private cubical in the office, but it was a team building scheme thought up by an overly excited employer. To gain more experience inside different departments ...

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“Can't Fool Me Twice” by Ella Salem

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It’s the most horrible day of the year. April Fools’ Day. I have hated this day since I was young. I grew up with two older brothers who schemed to constantly make me miserable. The first day of the month of April was their free-for-all. It was a day where they could do the absolute most to drive me nuts and mom and dad would do basically nothing to scold them because it was “all in good fun.” For who? I ask. Not for me. It’s clear who the least favorite child was here. Always in last place after those couple of juvenile delinquents. As I g...

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Write about someone who goes to great lengths to avoid being pranked on April 1st, only to realize they had the date wrong and it’s already April 2nd.

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✍️ 60 stories

“Mr. William’s Wandering Bus Service” by ✰ 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐲 𝐣𝐚𝐧𝐞 ✰

“April 2nd....it is !!!!” by Zaki Khan

“Marcus Bromhead” by Gerald Daniels

“Nobody's Fool” by Rani Jayakumar

“Not Today” by Zion Hintay

“An Imaginary Prank” by Hxmda A.A

“What a Fool” by Ruth Smith

“WHAT A FOOL!” by Giselle Morales

“"Pranking me, avoiding them!" by Ye Wint Aung” by Ye Wint Aung

“Discovered Identity ” by Karen Lethlean

“Never can get away” by Katie Hansen

“Welcome, Stranger!” by Andrea Palmieri

“Time” by Joe Swanson

“No one told me” by Rachel Quirey

“Can't Fool Me Twice” by Ella Salem

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Write about someone who’s spent a whole year planning a big prank, and now they’re finally ready to pull it off.

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