Once again, it's time for Susanna Hill's Annual Halloweensie Contest. I've entered a couple of her other contests, but this is the first time I've tried my hand at writing one for Halloween. She always has some tough guidelines to follow. This time around the story (told in prose or poetic form) had to include the words pumpkin, creak and broomstick, AND it had to be 100 words of less. Yikes!
Here's my entry. After you've read it, I would appreciate it if you would leave a comment. Also, please go back to Susanna's blog and click on the links for the other entries. Thanks!
TILLY'S NEW BROOMSTICK
Tilly sighed when she picked up her broomstick. It creaked
and groaned every time she flew. “I need a new one, but I’m broke. What else
can I use?”
She tried a curtain rod from the window. Too flimsy.
She found a board in the garage. Too heavy and too
splintery. Ouch!
Would her snow shovel, propped beside the pumpkin work?
It did but the shovel end made it too hard to guide.
Tilly cut that off. With a bit of string, she tied some straw
to the handle.
23 comments:
Very cute story. Great job, Christine! :)
I wish it were as easy to fix creaky bones as it is to make new brooms. :). Cute story. Good luck.
Great DIY!
This was fun! I squirmed in my seat wondering where the splinters from the board ended up!
Great job, Christine. Love the fix. :)
Cute story. Tilly is a good DIY witch! If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Great Christine. She's resourceful and solves her own problem.
What a smart little witch :-) Cute story!
Imagining that board was painful! Youch! So happy she found a more comfy solution. Cute!
a good little problem solver, well done Tilly. I like problem solvers, well done Christine.
So funny ! And yes smart of Tilly :) fun story!!
Cute story! Smartie pants Tilly, solving her problem in 1, 2, 3 tries! Magic! Good luck.
Tilley on her flimsy curtain rod just cracked me up.
Hahaha! What a cute story, Christine! The image of Tilly on the curtain rod, and getting her bottom full of splinters on that board, are very funny :) Love that she solved her own problem by making a new broom out of the snow shovel - very ingenious :) Thanks so much for joining in the Halloweensie fun!
Tilly is a great name for a witch. A fun story Christine.
Agree Tilly is so cute for a witch. Snow shoveling will be so much more fun now.
Tilly is one smart witch!
Cute story! Smart little witch!
Smart little witch! Cute story.
Problem solved!
She solved her problem well. Way to go. :)
Too cute, and ouch for all the splinters... lol. Great post.
I like your story! :D
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