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Write a story in which an endangered species (of plant or animal) plays a central role.

Posted in Middle School on Oct 26, 2022

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“A Storm of Ivy” by Nuala Roberts

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The ivy wraps around me. Trapped. Trapped trapped trapped. I stifle a scream. It is a slowly warming summer day. Mother is sick, again, and I am looking after my little sister and my not so little little sister. Hannah, the older of the two, is sitting in the shade, her light hair pulled back into a relentless braid. Her focus is unbreakable as she stares at her book, turning the pages swiftly yet delicately. Ella is more cheery. Bright and quick and careless, but very sweet. She darts around me with a watering can, spraying me more than...

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“We Bet on the Geringabobber and Lost” by Delphine Hintz

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“Please don’t tell me you listened to Hailey.” “She apologised. And it was a good plan.” Rena winced as she said the words. She gripped her hands together tighter behind her back. “Her plans in the past have included shooting you. Twice!” “Three times now, actually, but that’s besides the point! She admitted that they were poor decisions!” Their mother rubbed the bridge of her nose like she was trying to carve stone. “And what about that third time?” “It was an even worse decision?” “Tell me what happened.” * “We need to save the what now?”...

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“The Foesia Raole and the crystals” by Groenbutterfly 🦋

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“How does a plant become endangered anyway?” I thought to myself as I was rummaging trough mother’s old books. The smell of them were great, but the best were the books about flowers.A plant becomes endangered due to multiple reasons. Lack of or destruction it’s territory, introduction of non native plants, climate change, disease, over-exploitation and so on. I mean I could agree on several points. It’s not exactly bustling with life no matter where you go. Especially not in the closed cities. Those are completely barren, like the morale he...

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“Po Finds His Family ” by Natalie Mourou

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Po the Panda Bear lives in the jungle in eastern China. He spends his days eating bamboo, climbing trees and exploring the land around him. Po longs for a family, but cannot seem to find a mate. He is too clumsy, loves a little too much and is very forgetful. When he was little, he would play with his sister and brother in the trees. They would try to climb them and fall when they lost grip. They loved falling because they fell into the soft leaves and luscious grass below. Po loved his family and learned his compassion, happiness and love f...

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“Fabled Extinction” by Joe Swanson

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Elvin Greenfield died today. He had lived a short, and some would say, a non-eventful life. He lived as we all live, day to day, having plans for a future he was sure would never come to fruition. But dreaming as he said, was better than acknowledging that life was good for some, and just OK for most others. Elvin, if he had to choose one word to describe his life, it would be, "regimented."He went to work every day, paid his bills, raised his children, grew old in anonymity, and died. Elvin did not disappoint even h...

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“Chloe and the Wood Daisies” by Ariana Meyers

Submitted to Contest #90

When I was four, I was in a car crash that did something to my throat, which messed with my ability to talk. My mother had brought me to sign language classes, but I never really paid attention. I didn’t see what was wrong with not talking. It’s not like I had anything to say. But sometimes I don’t like it- I mean, what can a mute person do in this world, anyway?  Obviously, I don’t remember the crash that messed with my voice. I mean, I was four. It’s been almost ten years. I’ve been homeschooled ever since, and I’m completely okay wi...

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“The Last White Fox” by Si Guy 123

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Edgar awoke when the first rays of dawn light poured in the entrance of his den. He stretched his back and slowly climbed out of his den into the bright beautiful day. He was ravenous, he had not been able to hunt for the past two days because of the rain. Although he did not enjoy the cold wet feeling of his fur soaked in water, it was not the rain he feared as much as the flashes of light followed by the loud bangs that came from the sky. His mother had told him when he was very young that it was the sound of his ancestors hunting for thei...

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“The Brave Bees” by Destinee M

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Bzz Bzz. I’ve never really cared for you bees too much. Hell, I didn’t know much about you all. Even thought you were sort of pest-like. But I now have a great respect for you all. And a great pity as well. I dislike that you're in the world as you. I know I don't have enough words to express how I feel for your exploitation but I want to show my gratitude to you. I'll take you on a journey describing my interaction with your being and one of my first reactions towards learning about your lifestyle. Wow! Bees are interesting flying, furry ...

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“The Red Slender Loris” by Tanya Humphreys

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Jooby the loris, was actually, in fact, called a red slender loris. His mother had told him this one night while teaching him how to eat sap from trees and nectar from flowers. Jooby didn’t think he was particularly skinnier than other types of lorises, but his mom was proud of her figure, so he didn’t argue. He figured they were called red because of the color of their eyes.            Jooby, his parents and two sisters lived in a hollow in the top of a tree. The t...

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“My Home, My Warmth” by Jessica Kabondo

Submitted to Contest #90

Theo sighed as he walked home, his translucent fur appeared white even though in actual sense his skin was jet black. Thanks to this beautiful fur he and the people of his kind commonly known as the Polar Bears could be able to keep themselves warm even in the cold conditions. Theo arrived home from his tiresome day of hunting, as soon as he was seen approaching his little cub Winnie rushed to him in joy and exclaimed, ‘‘daddy, you’re back!’’ Theo lovingly parted Winnie’s fur as she laughed in joy, the two soon sat down and ate the little bi...

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“Elephant Dreams” by Anna Tishchenko

Submitted to Contest #90

The great orb hung in the sky as I stomped through the jungle. There are fewer of us then there once was, but we make do. We have no other choice really. We wander, consume and when we return new life has sprouted among our leavings. Our task, as ever, has been to guard and replenish the jungle around us. We are the planters of seeds, the carriers of hope and the keepers of memory. Our kind has walked this earth for millions of sun turns. We are long lived, and our memory stretches even farther than our lives. We remember when the jungle was...

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“The Secret of the Orchid” by E.L. Hyland

Submitted to Contest #90

The house at the end of the road has always drawn speculation. It stood quite a way back from the road. Always overgrown with unruly trees and a jungle of weeds and grass. The entire premise enclosed with a large brick wall. These elements collided and created an air of mystery and secrecy. Which surrounded what use to be the Livingston estate. For the longest of times, the estate just stood in defiance to time. Never changing just being. A few years back a moving truck backed into the driveway in the dead of night. The movers quickly and ...

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“What about us” by Nat Whiston

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I wake to the sound of monsters; the ground rumbles as if a large earthquake had taken hold of the earth. I check on my baby; she's still sound asleep under my arm. But my mate is nowhere to be seen. Trying not to wake my infant, I pull myself up to get a better view; I grasp the branch above me and haul myself higher. I can see the destruction; my home is being torn apart, piece by piece. The canopy in which we took shelter is slowly disappearing. The trees tumble and fall as they plunge to the ground and break, the terrifying sound of mach...

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“A new life ” by Lauren Arnaud

Submitted to Contest #90

You can just call me Mat. You’d think I would be arrogant and self-centred given the amount of times people tell me I’m handsome and smart. But you know, I don’t see life that way. For me, what’s most interesting is having friends and partaking in social events with the ones around me. I have a few good friends, I didn’t really choose them, we just happened to be at the same place at the same time and in the end, it works rather well for us. We are not perfect though, I share my living space with Linus who always wants everything first ...

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“Leatherback Leila” by Fatima Woolley

Submitted to Contest #90

I hate these walls. They’re so plain. So plain, so white, but so loud. So loud. They glare at me every hour of every day and I hate it. I hate it so much. I’ve only lived here for maybe two weeks, but it feels like it’s been months. Years, even. Years inside these stark, barren walls. I can’t take it. I swear on my life that they inch towards me. They want to suffocate me. I wish I had one of those cool Pinterest rooms, with the cool lights and the cool bedsheets and the cool posters, instead of the industrial, way-too-bright white light...

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