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Write a story about an unlikely friendship.

Posted in Kids on Jun 8, 2021

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“THE NEW GIRL” by Temitope Adeoye

Submitted to Contest #43

My name is Tessy. At least that's what I would have loved to be called if my father had not insisted my name on the school register should be AMAKA IKEMEFUNA."You are a Nigerian", he'd said, "An Igbo! Be proud of it."Who said I wasn't proud? I am not denying my heritage but really, what is wrong with being called Tessy Francis? It's a name. A fine one.It's even annoying that of all names TuFace, a popular Nigerian musician decides to sing with, he chose mine. Amaka disappoint me.....I might have been a bit popular if I didn't answer most of ...

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“Zither Lives” by Kathleen March

Submitted to Contest #43

Mrs. Cruickshank was a mist of a person. Her skin was soft, her hair was soft, her eyes were softer than all of her put together. She may never have had a first name. That was Lydia’s theory. Somebody had forgotten to name her when she was born and just started calling her Mrs. Cruickshank, like Mrs. was a name and not a form of address for a married woman. Lydia wasn’t well-informed yet on things like marriage, Miss, Mrs., or Mr. Later, she would understand.Mrs. Cruickshank was a will-o’-the-wisp in her living room. By that it doesn’t mean ...

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“Hello Moon” by Julian Woodruff

Submitted to Contest #43

In the great green room the phone rang.Little Bunny hopped to answer before Grandma could.A strange but friendly voice began:                                            “Hello, Little Bunny, it’s the moon here—you know, that bright thing way up in the sky.”“Hello, Moon!” cried Little Bunny.“You have a phone?” “Well, I just...

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“The Garden of Life” by Greg Gillis

Submitted to Contest #43

           The Petersons are an average family. There is nothing really special about them at all. Peter and Paula Peterson are the parents. They wake up every morning at 6:15 am, get dressed, and are ready to start their day. Paula prepares pancakes for their children, Paul and Petunia while they take turns in the bathroom. Peter works as a Postal Carrier in the town of Paradox Cove. Their pink house on Patterson Street is only a short ride to Peter’s work. Paula plans her day at home w...

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“Books and Baseball ” by Robyn Jipp

Submitted to Contest #43

Tyler stumbled down the cement steps, barely managing not to fall to his knees as someone slammed into him from behind."See you next year, nerd," Josh laughed. He rammed into Tyler's shoulder as he shoved past him, sending him stumbling again. "I bet you'll be an even bigger nerd then.""And I bet you'll be an even meaner bully," Tyler mumbled under his breath. He didn't really want to contemplate how that could be possible. The shoving and name-calling he had endured from Josh all year had been bad enough. The time Josh had gotten hold of hi...

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“The Tale of Two Tails” by Megan DeRouin

Submitted to Contest #43

The Tale of Two TailsThe day that Norma-Jean Prescott kicked me in the shin and ran away laughing I knew we’d be great friends. Now I know that may seem far-fetched, seeing as she had just left my leg in agony, but the thing about Norma-Jean was that she was something of an enigma.I was an enigma too. Everyone told me so and it was not something I saw as an insult or anything like that. I saw it as a distinction.There were the regular people and then there were the enigma’s.I may not know exactly what an enigma was, but the word was fun to s...

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“An Unexpected Duet” by OB Jato

Submitted to Contest #43

The disk jockey got his heart broken at seventeen minutes past three in the afternoon. He would remember the time because she called off things with him over a text. The twenty-six-year-old had worn his fanciest clothes for attending the orchestra. He was planning to do so with this girlfriend. Now, he had neither his partner nor his enthusiasm. He was the kind who often found himself running behind time. This caused particular concern when the gigs he was hired for could not begin until he arrived with his equipment, loops, and - if he...

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“The Audacity ” by Avani Mitra

Submitted to Contest #43

It was 11:04 and Leyra was ready to go home. Leyra’s back hurt and legs were tired from standing for the last five hours. Most of her coworkers had already left around 10:50 after they had cleaned up the coffee shop they worked at, but Leyra was the manager so she wasn’t able to leave when they did. She was stuck making sure the floors were mopped, the counters had been wiped, and turning off the lights before locking up and heading home. Usually, that didn’t take much longer than five minutes, but today, Kayleigh had left the coffee maker r...

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“What the clouds did” by Benetha C T

Submitted to Contest #43

Tiny boy Hugs wandered every day into his wild forest of peculiar creatures. He named it the Nap forest as it always showed up at nap time. Hugs would put on his pair of yellow socks and close his eyes. In front of him, he’d see the splendid forest filled with two tail monkeys sitting on top of Banana elephants. Hugs named the elephants Banana as instead of where one would find its trunk was a huge banana. The monkeys found it amusing and all day long scooped banana pulps from the elephants. The elephants did not bother much about the monkey...

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“Life with Toaster” by D Lisk

Submitted to Contest #43

There was no use in pretending anymore; that day had come, that awful day of reckoning that Lamont Sesame-Bagelton and all of the other bagels in the Hollandanse family kitchen had feared for so very long, the kind of fear that is fixed in the imagination and creeps into the visions of sleep, changing sweeping spectacles of rainbow-capped cotton-candy tree orchards into hideous sights filled with darkness and flashes of insidious green flame, nightmares of the sixth degree, nay, of the seventh degree. Lamont gazed down into the giant double ...

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“Farm Diorama” by Adrian Tan

Submitted to Contest #43

Sir Giorgio, self-proclaimed world-famous artist, was having a field day. He was showcasing his latest creation in an exhibition hall. He was posing for photographs in front of his work. The camera flashes always had a calming effect on him despite having left black spots in his vision. The feeling was almost therapeutic. He could never have enough of the taste of fame and fortune.“All right everyone, it’s time for Sir Giorgio’s briefing. Hurry up. He only has two minutes,” his publicist announced.Reluctantly, the reporters shuffled to the f...

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“Wolf Child” by Kaya A

Submitted to Contest #43

“Mama, what is it?” “I don’t know. I don’t recognize the smell.” Mama picked the Thing up by the back of its neck. It was too heavy for her, so she had to drag it. Mama had another litter of puppies so she cared for the Thing like it was her own. She bathed it and gave it food. The Thing had light skin and no hair. Papa said he had smelled it once before, and that the Thing usually carried sticks that made a loud bang. After a bang, a member of the pack would disappear. “Mama, why does this Thing not have a stick?” “I think this one is a pup...

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“She” by Helen Molly

Submitted to Contest #43

As I stood over the gray-colored stone, the rain soaking me through, images flashed before my eyes. The way he'd taken care of her so delicately, took her everywhere he went and fixed any damage that he might've caused. My fists curled up, nails digging into my skin. It'd been an icy cold day when it happened. I begged him to stay home, that it was too dangerous to take her out. But he'd been so persistent about it, so confident. "Don't worry, he said, smiling. I'll be all right with Daisy." Tears welled up in my eyes. Th...

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“Satellite Kisses” by COLE GODDARD

Submitted to Contest #43

Stephen’s eyes squeezed tighter as the heat made its presence known around him in the stuffy compact. He wasn’t ready to wake up and face the world again. He was ready for this day to be over. And the next, and the next. Stephen was just gliding by, day by day at this point. Yet here he was. His phone vibrated next to him but he didn’t check it. From the position he was laying he could see it was just his nagging mom checking in on him again, making sure her baby boy was safe. He must have stirred just enough because before he knew it the do...

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“Hate to love” by Sophia .

Submitted to Contest #43

I HATE DOGS!!! They are… I don't know… the most yuckish animals on the Earth. I have been in love with my parents .Ever since they have adopted me, I have loved them. But right now I couldn't help but hate them. I mean what kind of parents send you to your nightmare. I have cried, shouted, begged and refused in a thousand ways possible and yet they are sending me to the ranch. That's not fair. I feel like stomping my foot and crying when I see my older brother(adopted), Liam come towards me grinning. "Come Rosie, it's time to go.""It's ...

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