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| illustration copyright Heather Newman 2012 used by permission |
The Hero Writer by Diane Mae Robinson
King Sillyknot has sent me on yet another quest to
rescue his wife, Lily, from the lair of the dragon. The job pays 3 quill pens
per week, which is a good and fair wage for a hero. You see, I am a hero by day
and a writer by night, so the quill pens are needed.
The dragon, Tullula, of the Witless Kingdom captures
Lily Sillyknot on a weekly basis, holding her ransom. The ransom never comes
because King Sillyknot is very cheap, hence, my hero job.
Tullula is quite easy to trick and easier to
embarrass. He now turns instantly pink
the moment he sees me. I have tricked him with such lures as; home movies,
dancing girls, jugglers, and his favorite, Mars bars. All I have to do is distract
him with something simple, then get Lily down from the tower and take her home.
The job has become somewhat mundane except in my
inventiveness to distract Tullula.
“Do you see
that?” I yell in fake surprise, pointing to my newest distraction. Today I have
brought along the palace chef who is frantically tossing pizza dough.
Tullula’s embarrassed-pink color pales while he’s
subdued, drooling and gawking at the chef.
I dismount my steed, go around back of the dragon,
walk the 59 paces to the tower, yell to Lilly it’s safe, she comes down, and we
leave.
“Au revoir,” I bid to Tullula, and we are already off
and galloping when Tullula’s pink color intensifies.
(248 words)
The 250 word children story contest, created by Susanna Leonard Hill.
Contest Rules:
The contest is for a
children's story of 250 words or less based on the picture above and in which
somebody somewhere in your story says, in dialogue, "Did/do you see that?" (you
may substitute any of the other senses - "Did/do you hear/feel/taste/smell
that?") and somebody somewhere in your story says, "Goodbye!" (you are
allowed to substitute "Farewell!", "Au revoir!", "Sayonara!", "Ciao!", or "So
long!") Entries must be posted on your
blog between Friday August 31 and Tuesday September 4 at 11:59 PM
EDT.http://susannahill.blogspot.ca/2012/08/summer-send-off-writing-contest-and.html
