Write a story about a summer afternoon spent in a treehouse.

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“The Outsiders, The Bully and The Treehouse” by Joan Kearney

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As soon as I noticed that Will and I walked the same way home from school, I knew I had to know more about him. We were just eight and I was the new girl in the third grade at Saint Michael’s. I spent that first day just observing the other kids who were mostly friendly except when they teased and bullied William Murphy.William was a small kid with reddish brown hair that was always a mess. He kept to himself and was almost always reading. I felt like an outsider myself too. I wasn't just a quiet girl that looked pretty much the same as ever...

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“The Wishful Curse” by R. E. Dressler

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I slapped down another pair of jacks onto the musty wooden floorboards once again. A cool autumn breeze whizzed through my oversized hoodie like spears, causing my skin to prickle. “And another win for the third time,” I boasted to my best friend, Brady. He stared at the two playing cards, baffled. After a moment, he frisbeed the remaining cards within his hands across the dusty ground towards me. Another gust of wind suddenly howled through the cracks of the boards, nearly picking up one of the staggered cards along in its fury. Slamming do...

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“ SUDDEN SUMMER STORM ” by Vickie Culbertson

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Raindrops struck the treehouse in a pelting frenzy. Hours passed, thunder and lightning now accompanied the rainfall. There was no signal to the cell phone, the steady downpour brought a comforting lull as sleep has overtaken the weary child. The treehouse became a refuge in the afternoon, as sobs subsided in the lengthening shadows of night. Stillness enveloped in the darkness cloaking the brutal world below the branches of the sturdy oak tree. &...

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“Look to the Trees” by Ella Kinnett

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It was a blistering hot Florida summer day. I was starving and thirsty. There were no resources and the odds of me coming out alive was very slim. Something was going to eat me or I was going to die of starvation if I did not find shelter and something to eat soon. “Look to the trees,” were my mother's last words before she was killed. Her and I lived out here alone for as long as I can remember though she never told me why. We moved through the woods never making a home in one spot and so that's what I intended to do because now she ...

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“Treehouse Escape” by Ajay B

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Mothering. Adulting. Caring. Cleaning. I was over it. All of it. At least for an afternoon. I hadn’t been in my old treehouse in years. Much of it looked the same, but my dad and uncles fixed it up for the next generation of kids to enjoy. My old tire swing got new chains. My old rope ladder was traded in for a wooden one. The roof was raised and shingled. Window panes were installed, and they added a deck and a telescope. The old bucket pulley got an upgrade as well. A brand new, shiny silver bucket and a new pulley system replaced wh...

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“The Girl in my Tree House” by Alex Pilgrim

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Her legs were dangling above my head, as if she was dipping her feet in the rays of sun.My dad had never condoned tardiness, and as a result, I was always on time to any appointment. I was never late to school, I never overslept, never let my friends wait for me. Except, of course, Jane. Jane and I had known each other forever, and even after her mom moved the two of them to the outskirts of the town after her dad had died, we’d still meet up in our tree house. And I’d always arrive after her. You see, I was hoping to see her undies one of t...

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“Gold Dust! ” by Sheryl Reddy

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I woke up to the Sun shining in my eyes. I squinted and moved my head from the direction of the Sun, before I opened my eyes with a big smile on my face. The only way to wake up for me is with a big smile on my face. I made my way out of bed and walked over to the doorway of my twenty year old daughter's room. As I watched her gathering her things to go off to the beach with her friends. She looked up and saw me smiling at her. "Morning Mom", she ran over and planted a big kiss on my cheek. "Morning Boo," I said stretching out my arms to g...

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“Until Next Time” by Christina Napier

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The summer sun warmed Olivia's smooth tan legs. She stretched out on a beach towel in her backyard with her eyes closed beneath her large black sunglasses. Olivia listened to the sound of the pool water splashing in and out of the filter beside her. Her torso lay under a large white umbrella, shielded from the bright rays overhead. Olivia was trying to enjoy the last seven days before school started again. Exactly one week from today she would officially be a high school junior. Over this next year her future would be decided. Career choices...

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“A call from the woods” by Ankita Tripathi

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Sam had been driving for two hours. Another hour and he would be standing in his hometown; where he grew up.After his parents joined better firms and relocated to a better place; returning to this place became even more difficult.Ashley was the reason for this unplanned journey after three years.He was twenty-two when he had to leave his childhood home behind, but leaving Ashley was the most painful decision.'I'm not in a healthy state of mind. I can't handle myself, forget about a relationship. I might hurt you, Ashley. I think it would be ...

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“Alive” by Hamadryad 77

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I've never been in a tree house before."Really? That's odd—well, I guess...there's not much soil on Saturn?"That's right. Trees are downright beautiful. Best things about Earth."That's only because you're new here. There's lots of great things."Emma settled her hands in her lap and looked out the window of the tree house. Her parents had made it for themselves when they'd gotten married. They were nature lovers and the tree house had a telescope and a bird feeder and a camera to watch them eat. Those things were still there but Emma was the ...

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“" My sky high hope"” by Pamela Porter

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The brightness of the dazzling sunlight on this warm and cozy day causes my mind to drift back to the days of old with the smell of bluebonnets flowers in the air, as a light dizzy of rain beat softly against my window pane. It causes me to lone for the day when I could return to my castle of hope. As a twelve -year- old. I was a very quiet and introverted child. There were a few that even called me a proper child and one with an old soul. I felt more comfortable in the company of older people. It was the young people my age that scared me a...

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“Fidget Cubes, a prince, and a treehouse” by Jane Syphert

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Isaac could proudly say that he was not like other girls. For one thing, he was a boy. For another, he was sixteen and still played in a treehouse. You couldn't quite call it playing, seeing as he spent most of his time there staring at one of the walls and thinking. He liked thinking. He liked it so much that he would evade the palace guards so that he could do it in peace. He had also built and furnished the treehouse out of pocket, despite being a prince. The common folk were always happy to make him work for money. He loved that th...

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“ The Treehouse” by Dorothy Claybourn

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I grew up in a small Neighborhood. In total there were about 30 kids that My Sister and I grew up with. We had all kinds of fun. There are a greenbelt and a creek behind the neighborhood and up a hill on the other side was the better neighborhood. Now, none of us kids were allowed to play here because of snakes and other dangers. One Saturday We all met up and decided to explore more of the wooded area. We were young and had no fear of a.k.a. young and dumb. We found an old tree house way up in a tree, hidden by other trees and you wouldn't...

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“Another Abandoned Treehouse” by Niki Urquidi

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The sunlight squeezed through the cracks in the wood slat roof to combat the silence that filled our old treehouse. I couldn’t help but think how much bigger it used to seem, but then again I was much smaller the last time I visited this place. We used to come here each afternoon, you and I, venturing out of our own houses and through the woods to meet each other at this sacred place. It was close enough to run to, but far enough to be hidden from the outside world by a layer of trees. Invisible and safe, just how we liked it. But today, I w...

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“Chase's Tropical Treehouse” by Aimee P

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“Ugh, I’m bored.” Chase moaned, sprawled on a beanbag in her treehouse. She was accompanied by her best friend, Nico, who was also laying on a beanbag and futilely trying to fan himself with a couple of coloring pages that had been left on the treehouse floor. The treehouse was stuffy from sitting in the hot sun all day, the tree's leaves doing little to deflect the sun’s rays away from the wooden structure, and both kids were racking their brains for ways to cool themselves down as well as entertain them. “We could… turn the treehouse into...

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Write a story about a summer afternoon spent in a treehouse.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 303 stories

“The Outsiders, The Bully and The Treehouse” by Joan Kearney

“The Wishful Curse” by R. E. Dressler

“ SUDDEN SUMMER STORM ” by Vickie Culbertson

“Look to the Trees” by Ella Kinnett

“Treehouse Escape” by Ajay B

“The Girl in my Tree House” by Alex Pilgrim

“Gold Dust! ” by Sheryl Reddy

“Until Next Time” by Christina Napier

“A call from the woods” by Ankita Tripathi

“Alive” by Hamadryad 77

“" My sky high hope"” by Pamela Porter

“Fidget Cubes, a prince, and a treehouse” by Jane Syphert

“ The Treehouse” by Dorothy Claybourn

“Another Abandoned Treehouse” by Niki Urquidi

“Chase's Tropical Treehouse” by Aimee P

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Write a story about a proposal.

Write a story about an argument that seems to be about one thing, but is actually about another.

Write a story about a person experiencing pre-performance jitters.

Write a story told entirely through one chase scene.

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