Start your story with a stern librarian scolding two characters for making noise in the library.

Posted in Middle School on Oct 25, 2022

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“An Interesting Treasure” by Mac Leys

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“If you two don’t quiet down, I will throw you out of this library!” Mae and Jack jumped. They hadn’t noticed Ms. Wilson, the old ratchedy librarian, walk up behind them. They were terrified of her; the whole school was! There were rumors that the reason she wasn’t married was because she had killed her previous husband for talking too loudly. She seemed as though she was older than the school itself, but she was still as strong and fierce as a young lady. Mae once saw Principal Silva try and use one of the computer’s without signing the sig...

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“Lost Time” by Elizabeth Maxson

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“This is the last and final warning,” the small elderly man grunted at us as we sat in the back corner of the library, “Have you no respect for the other patrons?” I slowly looked around as did Alma. We both shrugged. There was no one else in the library and we hadn’t been talking. We watched as the old man tottered off back behind his counter and computer. “What a grump,” Alma said under her breath and bi...

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“The Librarian” by Clara Martin

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The Oakley Public Library in Peachtree, Georgia is one of the oldest and largest important landmarks in the small town. The librarian Miss Quimby has been at the library for thirty-five years. There are six other staff members at the library working helping and keeping things in order. She's a small-framed woman with gray hair that she keeps up in a bun. She wears eyeglasses that hang around her neck and sits firmly upon her long nose. Miss Quimby and the staff keeps the library in immaculate order and running smoothly for the locals. She lo...

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“A Librarian Gets Taught a Lesson” by Glenn Etzwiler

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A Librarian walks up to two boy’s looks at them begins to scold them. On how loud they are being. Librarian: ( Do you have any idea how loud you two are? I have been sitting at the desk listening to the both of you. For the past ten minutes just gabbing away to one another. You both need to quite down or the both of your are out of here.) Both the boy’s look at each other looks back at the Librarian sink into their chair. And nod their head the Librarian walks away. The boy’s look at each other start to chuckle as they go back to what th...

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“The Farther Quintile” by Mike Burgess

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Whispers. They’re whispering again. They think I can’t hear them. A body needs a good pair of ears for this job. My other senses have faded from wear and tear, yet, with every birthday and each new prescription for spectacles, my hearing grows clearer. I hear the turning of every page, even from the other end of the library, and can even distinguish the sounds of one volume from another. From here, I could listen to half a dozen of you reading, count up the pages you turn and guess at which chapters you’re all on. Sometimes, I walk...

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“LOVE?: Sticky Notes” by Nixu Namsie

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Pens and rulers, tapping on tabletops and guitar playing a love song, filling the place with disturbingly good music. Charles happily singing with an angelic voice in front of Flora from the front counter where she's always reading books, stopping abruptly, face unfazed and stoic still. Green sticky notes placed on his guitar, "wanna hang out sometime?" Written on them boldly. Charles~"Out!" Was the last word Charles and his friend who was table tapping, heard after they got kicked out of the library. after being scolded hars...

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“Corvid's Pocket” by Mathias Nobel Hadberg

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“What is this racket!” Remhann shouted and stormed down the aisle between the bookshelves. A library was a place for solemn study and reflection, not wanton shouting or crying. When the disturbance did not go quiet, Remhann shouted again. “Be quiet this instant!” He chided himself for disturbing the other visitors to the library, but he had his duties and they had to be carried out, for the sanctity of the library. So absorbed in his thoughts was Remhannn that he did not notice turning a corner that he had never before seen in the library. H...

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“Kind Hearted💞 Edward and Mike🧒🏻🧒🏻” by Caymen Kho

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Once, there were two noisy little boys. They were Edward and Mike, who were seven years old and were siblings. One time, they chased a cat and the cat was chasing a mouse. Hehehe...... it was very funny. One day, on Christmas eve they were at their daycare. After a few hours, it was tea break so they ate their food quickly and went to the library to read some storybooks. When they reached the library, they found a table for two people. So, they went to get some books to read and when they went back to the table, two students were sitting on ...

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“Romantic Hook” by Josiah Odiakose

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I hate the library. Do you want to know why ? It's because it is full of things I hate ; the books,the stern librarian, how the building is built,the dirge atmosphere. In my opinion the library is similar to the place where my best uncle lives;the cemetery,in the ground. The quietness, formality and respect we give to inanimate things in these two places makes me to ponder. I promised myself to never again visit these two places but love couldn't allow my promise to last a month. My crush that I was stalki...

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“Chyrsantamum's Tale” by Stormy C

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The library, the home of many musty smelling books and squeaky carts full of books waiting to be put back in their rightful places. Even with my “nose stuck in a book” I could hear things pretty good. To the right far side of the room, downstairs, you could hear students being scolded. By none other than Mr Balanger, a grumpy librarian who is in dire need of a change of scenery. He was known for his scolding, turned lectures. He wasn't always the quietest man, and it seemed like he was complaining about students running in the lib...

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“Treasure Hunt” by Adriana Romero-Makris

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"Remember! No loud talking!" Tyler and Alyssa looked at the Guardian who had always been present at the doorway to the wondrous world that they were privileged enough to enter. They had discussed their mission of finding the book that held magic and tales of a magician. Although they knew that they may need assistance in deciphering words and understanding their meanings, Tyler and Alyssa were excited about learning more about this mysterious world and the enchantments that it held. "Do you know where it is?" Alyssa whispered to her brothe...

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“The Cloths of Heaven” by Rosemary Cannon

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Caroline crossed the street and headed towards the library, her shoulders hunched against the cold and wet. The lines of a poem ran through her mind “I hear leaves drinking rain; I hear rich leaves on top, Giving the poor beneath Drop after drop” (1) She had inherited this activity from her mother, along with her love of the library. For her mother it was song lyrics; she would suddenly burst into a song which fitted the situation or echoed a word someone had uttered. Caroline nowadays took it one step further, following her study of lit...

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“Underground Mystery” by Luna Smith

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"This is the last strike for both of you!" the librarian scowled after she gave a long lecture about being quiet at the library. She walked away swinging her hips and with a frown on her face. Isiah and Penelope snickered while mimicking her. Penelope placed a book on her hip and pointed a finger at Isiah. He laughed at his sister while putting away his black computer in his Jansport black backpack. They were sitting at the end of the library where no one was, but their loud voices disrupted anyone that was near. Too unlucky, the librarian ...

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“Screaming in the Library” by Logan Robertson

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TW: violence It was quiet that night. To be fair, libraries are supposed to be quiet. And this was the Richardson City Library. The only sounds that could be heard were the click-clacking of her spidery fingers on the keyboard throughout the almost vacated library. Ms. Sherman was going over a book order that she had wanted to place. The books on the list were not at all interesting, and the most exciting one was something Shakespearean, but hardly anyone in today's age can comprehend that. Ms. Sherman, the librarian of this very f...

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“Subject to Change” by James Dart

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The noise turned out to be a young couple making out ferociously behind the shelves of the Science Fiction and Fantasy section, their hands down writhing under each other’s clothes. Marvin struggled to find his voice, not only were they doing this in a library, and making an unbelievable racket with their moaning and groaning and humping, but they were doing it in his library. The girl opened one eye, which widened as it caught sight of Marvin. She pushed her friend away and glared. "What do you want?" she demanded, as if he were trespassing...

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Start your story with a stern librarian scolding two characters for making noise in the library.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 116 stories

“An Interesting Treasure” by Mac Leys

“Lost Time” by Elizabeth Maxson

“The Librarian” by Clara Martin

“A Librarian Gets Taught a Lesson” by Glenn Etzwiler

“The Farther Quintile” by Mike Burgess

“LOVE?: Sticky Notes” by Nixu Namsie

“Corvid's Pocket” by Mathias Nobel Hadberg

“Kind Hearted💞 Edward and Mike🧒🏻🧒🏻” by Caymen Kho

“Romantic Hook” by Josiah Odiakose

“Chyrsantamum's Tale” by Stormy C

“Treasure Hunt” by Adriana Romero-Makris

“The Cloths of Heaven” by Rosemary Cannon

“Underground Mystery” by Luna Smith

“Screaming in the Library” by Logan Robertson

“Subject to Change” by James Dart

🌟 Similar prompts

Write about someone going to extreme lengths to return an overdue library book.

Write about a character who meticulously catalogs everything in their life, until something disrupts their system.

Set your story in a library, after hours.

Write about a character stumbling upon a library book that changes the course of their life, for better or worse.

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