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Weekly Contest #170
Dad's New Plan "Are we leaving tomorrow, Dad?" I asked. "Yep, Cathy, bright and early!" He said. "You mean dark and early." Mom added, " It's still dark outside at 5:00 A.M." " Well, I have a new plan for this year," My Dad said. "So in this trip of 1955, if we leave an hour earlier, we'll be sure to beat rush hour in St. Louis." I was nine years old. "There aren't any rush hours on Saturday, and that's why we decided to go Saturday this year, remember?" Mom said while carefully layering clothes into her suitcase. "Yo...
Weekly Contest #169
Carolyn's Creepy Afghan I drove two hours to reach my friend Carolyn's little cabin in the woods. It was quite late by the time I wound my way along the bumpy, twisty dirt road and reached her house. I'd never driven there before, and it was construction all the up the highway, so the drive was long and nerve-wracking, so I was so grateful when I found it! This is in northern Michigan, very rural and so dark you need a flashlight to walk more than a few yards. Her feeble porch light was on, but not much help. She opene...
Weekly Contest #168
Tom and Jimmy had been best friends since the second grade. Tom tripped on the broken pavement on the sidewalk, fell, and his books, lunch, and art project scattered everywhere. The sidewalk, the neighbor's lawn, and onto the street. This caused Tom to burst into tears, something boys were never supposed to do in the 1930s. Several older boys laughed as Tom struggled to get up. Jimmy raced to the rescue, and everything was saved except for Tom's small glass bottle of milk. After Tom was back on his feet, tears drying, and the sandwich ...
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