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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“The effluvium of Mortality” by Maria Kachrimanidi

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I picked up the last lemon half and placed it upon the ailing orange juicer grandma had given me. It was an old and a quite demanding juicer; my right hands’s knuckles had become anchored due to the constant twists it took to extract the essence of the citrus. And it hurt. A lot. But I kept reminding myself of the reason that I was doing this and the feeling of discomfort from the cramps instantly withered away. I looked at the mountain of pulp less halves at the tin below the lemonade stand. “This is for Luna. That poor desolated sombre lit...

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“A Song For the Lonely” by Tyrone Dirksen

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Kaavan was the world’s loneliest elephant. He had been the only elephant in a zoo for years before finally meeting Saheli, and decades later when she passed he was once again left alone for many years. From birth he had been shipped off to live in isolation, without another of his kind to comfort him, to experience the ups and downs of life with him, to teach him about what it means to be an elephant. There were no mirrors in the zoo, and Kaavan only had a vague idea of what he must look like. He knew he was large, or at least in comp...

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“Taken From Home” by Rachel Daniels

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I caught the tree branch in my padded black hand, using my newfound strength to propel my body towards the sky. Swiftly latching onto the next branch of the overhead canopy's, I rolled in the air to leave myself dangling from only my tail. This left my hands free to swat at the juicy fruit hanging nearby. Just as my fingers were so nearly touching the prize, my best friend Miki flew past me in one giant leap, snatching the fruit from in front of my eyes and disappearing into the foliage. Despite being the same age, he was larger, faster and ...

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“FALL” by Nishita Rajappan

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FALL The fall had arrived. There stood in one of the corners of Greentwig, Clementine ready to bid adieu to her once green and corpulent children. Her wailing wafted through the forest just as gently as Jerry who collapsed all brown and baked the other night enmeshed with the brown soil. The wailing reached the ever excited being of the jungle tiny Eve. She ran to her mother who was bathing in the sun, trunk sucking and curling upwards to pour water on her old, battered Asiatic elephant skin. Eve leaped with a thud on the puddle nearby “Mo...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 94 stories

“The effluvium of Mortality” by Maria Kachrimanidi

“A Song For the Lonely” by Tyrone Dirksen

“Taken From Home” by Rachel Daniels

“FALL” by Nishita Rajappan

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Write a story that weaves together multiple lives through their connection to a particular tree.

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Start your story with someone sitting on a crowded train and end it with them looking out over beautiful natural scenery.

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