Write about someone who hates pranks and spends April Fools’ Day doing good deeds instead.

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“The Winged Gate” by Nainika Gupta

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*Nainika’s Note* This is NOT a series-Oh, who am I kidding. This is basically a series, isn’t it? All but in name. GhA. Enjoy :) EDIT: I'll change the middle portion...felt a bit rushed to me...idk if you feel the same There was only one day in the year when demons have an edge over us angels. And it’s not even something that the Almighty had planned. It was purely human ingenuity. That I do suspect Asmodeus had a hand in pushing. Because that is just his scene. But this dreaded day wasn’t something that I could just forget. It's a day that ...

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“Not Lies and Pranks” by Williwaw Puleon

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“I’m not a black sheep. It’s just that, it is not good to prank someone out of fun,” I told the colleagues who told me that I was of no humor sense. It was not the first time that someone told me I was no fun at all. I’m dead in gay spirit and playful nature in pranking others to the bottom.My family are Catholics; we are strictly in compliance with the teachings of the Catholic Church. We attend Sunday masses and Novena processions and volunteer to do good works and cleaning on the beachside. Everything we know and do is under the will of G...

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“A Wet Blanket” by Niveeidha Palani

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Ace inhaled and pushed for what seemed like the hundredth tray in. She folded her knobbly arms and eyed the purple clock ticking profusely on the walls.She had to speed things up. It was almost dawn.Ace slipped the batch of cookies into some clear boxes and lowered them into large Birthday Bags.Her trunk was jammed with pastries.Five minutes later, Ace pulled up at Koli Bakeries."Hey,"Ace managed a smile. "Hey, Lydia. Sorry, no time to talk. I'm kinda in a hurry right now. I need to get these in the car before eight-thirty."Lydia hoisted her...

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“It will be fun!” by Vanessa Queens

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“Come on, Jake! It will be fun!” The words echoed in Jake’s head, bringing him headache. “It’s April Fools’ Day anyway! It’ll be a harmless prank and nothing else,” his friends insisted. Jake wasn’t so sure.He loved his friends, but the truth was that sometimes being with them was stressful. He hated it whenever they put pressure on him to do things he really wasn’t keen on, because he felt his palms sweat and his heart beat faster. So, sometimes he just pretended he was ill, or busy with school homework, or even grounded.Like today, April F...

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“Vacant” by Lani Lane

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Mr. Whitaker started his day with making Mrs. Whitaker’s favorite breakfast: pancakes. He had opened his pantry door that morning and found only a half-full bag of pancake mix on the shelf. He grinned, thinking of Mrs. Whitaker’s singing in the kitchen as she flipped pancakes in a well-worn frying pan. He cooked up a dozen and split them up over two plates. Then he carried them to his neighbor’s door and knocked by kicking.” “Mr. Whitaker!” said Mrs. Herman, smiling as she threw open the door. “What a surprise!” He held out the pancake...

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“April Deeds' Day” by Jay DMer

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I hate pranks. Especially because that one time my cousin and I pranked my best friend and the cops literally almost showed up at my house. Long story, but we got time.So one day, my cousin and I, mostly my cousin, thought it would be a great idea to prank my best friend, Kyrie. (The day before, she met him for the first time. We were at Cape LakeSide and were swimming on the hot day of July 7th.) At the time, I had a great crush on this guy named Augie Miller and he bought me a beautiful mood necklace that I wore around my neck every day an...

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“Fools” by John K Adams

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Blake hated April Fool’s Day. Don’t fools run the place? They need a holiday too? The fact that his birthday fell on April 1st didn’t help its reputation. Thanks to his brother, Jeff, he grew up being his family’s April Fool. How many shaving crème or mayonnaise frosted cakes can one kid bite into and laugh? He never wanted to see another cake . Any mention of Marie Antoinette made him gag. Despite his parent’s efforts, Jeff’s ingenious pranks always succeeded. Blake admitted to himself, the hot fudge mashed potato sundae was inspired. And...

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“Legging Up Time” by Deborah Mercer

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Rhoda had got it into her head that she was going to give a new slant to the whole Secret Santa business. Well, in a manner of speaking! To start with, she most determinedly suppressed any thoughts of Santa. Rhoda was no Scrooge, and was fond of Christmas, but she wasn’t even fond of Christmas in October, when the shops decided it was time to start playing I wish it could be Christmas every day and the expurgated version of Fairy Tale of New York. And as for Christmas in April, well, the mere thought made her shudder. And Secret Santas gave ...

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“A Favour For The Neighbour” by Barbara Burgess

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“John?”“What is it Lisa?”“Come and have a look at this post someone has put on Facebook today. It looks as if it is a local man. He says he does not believe in April Fool and so instead he wants to do some good deeds for people for nothing. No charge.”“And?”“Well why don’t we ask him to cut that lawn and clean up all that mess and clean up the yard too. You know it’ll never get done otherwise. Now is a good a time as any, don’t you think?”“I’m not sure.”“Well neither you nor I are fit enough to do it and that’s for sure. We could messag...

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“96 Percent” by Dalia Navarez

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“Y’know, if a guy thinks he’s bad even though he’s actually pretty good: he’s an idiot.” Reese took a gulp out of something in a brown paper bag. “But if a guy thinks he’s doing good, even though he’s actually chunking some other guy’s guts out: he’s a freaking vigilante!”He took an A&W can out of the bag, crushed it against a wall, and threw it into a trash can across the hall. The can hit the rim and spinned about a million times before giving up, falling into the empty trash can with a metal clank of brown, syrupy splatter.“Ah, anothe...

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“Just Three” by Anthony David M

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Soon, the day will arrive, it is thought by some to be a holiday for atheists. Many just play pranks and have a big laugh. Let me recall my escapades of All Fool's Day in the past. I am a gullible girl, and all my friends capitalize on it. One of these years as a student I was focusing on my studies. Our Final exams were due sometime in late April. I got a message from Clara, my friend, and my classmate. "Dear Sheba! Did you hear about the special exam course orientation we have today? Be sure you attend it. It is at 11 am in lecture galle...

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“No Pranksters Allowed🚫🃏” by Jade Orien🍀

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Of course, out of all days, it's April 1st which means it's April Fools Day! I can't stand this day of the month usually I'm excited about the first of the months but when it's April 1st my blood starts to boil.I know you are wondering why do April Fools make my skin crawl? Well, it's because I'm from a town called "Trickery". I guess by the name you get a slight idea of what the town does.It's a town full of pranksters, who wait all year long for April Fools day to arrive so they can prank family and friends, sometimes even strangers.I'm t...

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“I'm not a liar” by Adanna Anita

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1st April, 2021 9:40am Dear Diary, And today is the first day of April, and on this day the day of lies is celebrated, and honor is given to liars! As this strange adjective increases more and more, more and more people adopt this adjective in their personalities, someone once had the original day to honor it by creating a day especially dedicated to these creatures. But living too long in a world created and based on lies, can become dangerous and harmful, both for those who lie and for those who pretend to belie...

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“Of God and Fools” by H Bolton

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April 1, 2018 was an exciting day for me. I was on-call for work, because of capitalism, which stopped me from going to my parents’ house for Easter. My father loved April Fools Day and I could picture him offering the snapping gum to people in church. He’d reach out, offer a piece, and WHAM, the spring would get their hand. The spring was only newtons away from lethal mouse trap force. Or maybe he’d pull out the faux dog poop, strategically placing it across the room. He’d yell, “What’s that?!” and shove people to prevent them from ...

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“The Unforeseen Prank” by Bonnie Clarkson

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“Have you got it, Howard?” “Yeah, here it is.” The slightly overweight boy answered. He gave George, his fraternal brother, a book dust cover. It is only natural to find a book jacket in a library, but it is unusual for a junior high boy to have one with the title. “Counselling Parents”. George, quicker and thinner than his brother, grabbed the dust cover and put it around the book he held, then on the shelf. “I saw her come in the library. We have to hurry,” said H...

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Write about someone who hates pranks and spends April Fools’ Day doing good deeds instead.

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✍️ 69 stories

“The Winged Gate” by Nainika Gupta

“Not Lies and Pranks” by Williwaw Puleon

“A Wet Blanket” by Niveeidha Palani

“It will be fun!” by Vanessa Queens

“Vacant” by Lani Lane

“April Deeds' Day” by Jay DMer

“Fools” by John K Adams

“Legging Up Time” by Deborah Mercer

“A Favour For The Neighbour” by Barbara Burgess

“96 Percent” by Dalia Navarez

“Just Three” by Anthony David M

“No Pranksters Allowed🚫🃏” by Jade Orien🍀

“I'm not a liar” by Adanna Anita

“Of God and Fools” by H Bolton

“The Unforeseen Prank” by Bonnie Clarkson

🌟 Similar prompts

Write about a mischievous pixie or trickster god.

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

Start your story with a big company pulling an April Fools’ prank that ends up going horribly wrong.

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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