A Dark and Stormy Night -- Short Story

This was probably my favorite short story that i wrote in 4th grade by far. (I wrote this in 2001, but in the fall, so i was still in fourth grade) I rememer i was all proud of myself when i wrote it all by myself and when i read it out loud, i was quiet so the class was listening, and then (on queue, in the part of the story) shouted "IM HOME" and it scared the class! even the teacher was startled LOL (and notice how ive used like family and friends names in all my old stories...haha) Enjoy! :)
[NOTE: i have two more (1 poem and another short story) in different (below) posts. so if you enjoyed reading these, check out the others :)
thanks,
RachAEL

A Dark and Stormy Night

One night last October, my dad phoned from the office saying he had to work in late. My mom was already at her book club, so my dad told me I was in charge until he got home. I was a little nervous, because I have only watched my brother and sister a couple of times before. As I started to make some sandwiches for dinner, I heard my brother and sister fighting over the TV. They each wanted to watch a different old, scary movie.

“I want to watch The Mummy” Michael said.

“Well I want to watch Frankenstein.” Katelyn argued back.

“You guys, we can watch both of them, since its Friday. We can stay up late” I replied.

“Hurray!” They shouted together.

A little while later, it started to rain. Thunder echoed throughout the creaky house, and lighting flashed through windows. Then the power suddenly went out and so did the TV. Michael and Katelyn started screaming.

” Calm down” I told them “it’s just a power outage.” The lights will be back on in no time.

All of a sudden, we heard footsteps on the front porch, then the door handle being jiggled, the wind was howling at the moon, and the trees’ branches scraping against the window made the dark house really scary. My heart was pounding and sister and brother were crying.
“Someone is on the front porch.” I whispered “we need to be quiet”

”I’m scared.” Katelyn said as she covered her eyes and ears.

“I wish the lights would come on” Michael said as he squeezed his bear tight.

We were so frightened that we all huddled up in the middle of the living room, with a few blankets draped over us. All of a sudden, the sound of a key unlocking a door handle came from the front of the room. Then, the door knob turned, and someone barged through the door, we could not see who it was. Then lighting flashed and a loud voice shouted;

“I'M HOME!!!!!!!!”

“Dad!!!” we all shouted as we rushed to him for safety.

Then I said, “Dad, we all thought you were a monster! Why didn’t you tell us that you were trying to get in?”

“Well, I tried calling, but the phone was dead.” He explained.

Just then the light came back on and we all breathed a sigh of relief.

“I am so glad you are home dad!”

“Me too” he said. Then we all sat down with some popcorn and watched our old scary movies together.

THE END

Bufo's Story -- Poem

Hey again. Here's a poem i found i made in 6th grade (2004) about a girl and a toad O_o ...dont ask me how i came up with these things....i actually didnt remember them until i was browsing through old files LOL (And if u didnt already know, Bufo is a toad and actually i think theres a book about him...) So here is the poem, Bufo's Story.

Bufo's Story

Early one morn,
I felt kind of torn.
I did not know which way to walk,
And all of a sudden, I heard someone talk.
So I looked down and stopped clumsily,
And saw something jump quite quickly.
“Oh,” said the toad, Bufo, all brown and bumpy,
I said “eek, you are all weird and lumpy!”
The toad cried “You almost stepped on me!”
“I am sorry,” I said on bended knee.
I asked “Where is your home?
Where do you roam?
Can I follow,
You back to your hallow?”
“I am sorry,” he said
You need to go to bed,
Where I go, you can not follow.
Later on that night,
I thought with all my might;
Will I ever see my brown friend again?
When the flowers of spring began,
I saw him by the old log,
I saw Bufo and his family of twenty-two,
Green all over, with specks of blue.
And when I asked him where he’d been,
He replied “look down, below your chin.”
Just as he described it, was a little frog den,
About the size of a brown, female hen.

Caterella and the Magic Cat Collar -- Short Story

Hey guys! Well, this post is a story I wrote in fourth grade (2002) for a homework assignment. It's basically the Cinderella story, but related to...what else? Cats. Yeah, yeah, I know the grammer may be wrong or parts are confusing, but i just wanted to post the story as it was. I thought it was cute, you know, for me being in only fourth grade and all. It made me smile, and I hope you find it interesting as well. So without further adue, here it is.

Caterella and the Magic Collar

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Katelyn. She worked in her stepmother’s pet shop with two older stepsisters. Her sisters did not like her very well, so they called her Caterella and gave her stinky jobs to do like changing the litter boxes and cleaning cages.

Each week, a very handsome veterinarian named Brad would come into the pet shop to buy supplies. Caterella thought he was very nice and very handsome, but he never noticed her because she was always covered in dirt and grime. The stepsisters always kept Caterella in the back room whenever the vet came in.

One day while reading a magazine, Caterella saw an advertisement for a cat show where the handsome vet was going to be a judge.

Caterella’s two stepsisters Emily and Annie had beautiful cats and were getting them ready for the cat show.

Caterella wanted to go to the show too, but all she had was a skinny, scruffy calico cat named Sasha. She knew she could not go the cat show with a cat that looked like that.

One day when Caterella was alone in the pet store, a salesman walked in selling cat collars. “Would you like to buy a cat collar?” asked the salesman. “No thank you, not today” Caterella replied. “Oh, but this is a special collar. It makes any cat who wears it beautiful.”

"That sounds nice. With a collar like that, I could go to the cat show. I will take one.” “Okay,” said the salesman, “but be careful, if the collar falls off, the cat will turn ugly again.”

The next day was the cat show and Caterella had the most beautiful cat at the cat show.

Brad was just about to give Caterella the prize when all of a sudden, her jealous stepsisters ripped off the collar from Caterella’s cat.

Frightened, Caterella grabbed Sasha and ran out of the room, leaving one of her slippers behind. All that was left was the collar, her slipper and her laughing stepsisters. In all the commotion, the cat collar fell into the slipper and was accidentally kicked into the corner.

The next day, when Brad was cleaning up, he found the missing slipper with the magic collar inside.

Brad thought, “whoever was wearing this collar is the winner of the cat show and whoever was wearing this slipper is the winner of my heart.”

So Brad started going through the town trying the collar on every cat he met, and the slipper on every owner.

Finally, he came to the pet shop. Brad told Emily and Annie all about the collar, so the stepsisters brought out their cats hoping the collar would fit. Brad tried the collar on each cat and the slipper on every foot, but they were way too small.

“Is there anyone else who has a cat here?” asked Brad. “No, only our stepsister Caterella, but she is too dirty and grimy and her cat is too skinny and scruffy to be in a cat show!” laughed the stepsisters. “Well, bring her out, I want to try anyway,” Brad said.

Caterella came out holding Sasha in her arms.

Brad smiled and put the collar on Sasha, and all of a sudden, Sasha became beautiful!

Then Brad tried the slipper on Caterella, and she became beautiful!

Brad knew he had found the winner of the cat show and the girl of his dreams! Brad asked Caterella to marry him and she said “Yes!” so they were married that very day...

...and lived happily ever after!

THE END