Write a story with a child narrator.

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“The Smell I’ll Remember Most From 3rd Grade ” by Aniela Humphries

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I don’t understand why what I wrote today in class got me in trouble. Mrs. Jenkins wrote on the board, “Fall smells like…” and we were supposed to complete the sentence. This is third grade. It’s not a new concept. So, it’s not like I didn’t understand what she was asking me to do. I did. So, I did. “Fall smells like… dementia dog pee.”I guess Mrs. Jenkins was mad because she wanted to use all our answers in a class poem and mine didn’t have a nice ring to it. That to me sounds like cheating. I mean, just last week, Justin got in trouble for...

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“Soon” by Edna Yaghi

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I’ve been waiting forever to see my father. Sometimes I miss him so much that I feel sick. A lump grows in my throat and my stomach hurts. My mom says these feelings are nothing but nerves and that if I ignore them, they will go away. I guess she’s right, but my stomach is tied into knots.Don’t get me wrong. I love my mother but my father is super special. He’s like a superman for me. He can do everything and for every problem, he has a magical solution. He makes every day fun. My little brother, Sam misses him too, that is, when he’s not be...

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“My Christmas Eve Secret” by Kassidy Crane

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It was the night that every kid waits for, myself included! The night we planned for all year round. It was Christmas at last! The day the big jolly man from the North gave us all we asked for...or not. My parents started by pulling out the decorations, while my grandmother baked gingerbread cookies in the kitchen. My sister just played with her doll baby. My parents strung the lights on the tree and then started with the ornaments. Momma had a special ornament for me and my baby sister, our baby pictures with our birthda...

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“Tremble” by Sarah Meade

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I was in the middle of a pleasant dream. I was enjoying a tea party in a rose garden with Nan. She was telling stories, and I was making daisy chains in her lap as I listened. “Once upon a time,” Nan began. “There were two princesses.” “Claire and me?” I asked. Nan laughed. “Yes, their names happened to be Claire and Maya. They were the most beautiful girls in the land, but more importantly, they were kind.” I smiled. Nan’s voice was low and calm like the gently flowing stream beside the garden. The heady scent of roses smelled sweet a...

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“The Dinger” by Doug Brown

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Jimmy Dugan poured a whole bottle of water over his head when he came back into the dugout. Coach thought it was the most ridiculous thing he'd ever seen, but we all thought it was pretty funny. I laughed from my spot on the end of the bench, where the extra helmets were stacked. My granny would've said it was hotter than a blister bug in a pepper patch. I still don’t know exactly what a blister bug is but it was pretty hot. We finally got our third out and it was time to change places. We were down 7 to 5 in the bottom of the ninth, but Pau...

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“The Boy” by Rachel Morris

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I lived in London, south of the river, before it happened, in a place called Crystal Palace. I always felt sort of annoyed with it, like it was a bad friend, because there was no palace there at all, let alone a crystal one. Not like that Buckingham one where I saw big men with fur hats stomping about. I loved that place. I got in trouble though because I kept trying to get in the men’s way, for a laugh, like. We went home early and I had no tea. I was locked in my room, so I got to play with my toy soldiers for ages, until after it was dark...

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“Six or seven going on a hundred: to help you avoid making similar mistakes ” by Katherine M. Kean

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Now I am six, and will be so for ever and ever[1], it is time for me to write my autobiography – hopefully for your amusement. I only want to say one thing before I start: at school we have already learnt the importance of research for our writing and citing the results of this. Therefore, I have begun as I mean to go on in life.My life got off to a slow start. All I wanted to do was sleep, but my persistent parents pursued a policy of purposeful prodding and poking to waken me up to feed. I suppose it’s just as well they did really, otherwi...

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Write a story with a child narrator.

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✍️ 37 stories

“The Smell I’ll Remember Most From 3rd Grade ” by Aniela Humphries

“Soon” by Edna Yaghi

“My Christmas Eve Secret” by Kassidy Crane

“Tremble” by Sarah Meade

“The Dinger” by Doug Brown

“The Boy” by Rachel Morris

“Six or seven going on a hundred: to help you avoid making similar mistakes ” by Katherine M. Kean

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