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Adventure Fantasy Speculative

Written in response to: "Write a story that includes the phrase “once upon a time…”, “in a land far, far away…”, or “happily ever after…”" as part of Once Upon a Time....

Once upon a time there was a young lady who went to school and she couldn't find Her way out of the Cemetery. So she went to the stream where the woods came to an end in an abrupt part of the school, which was on the hill that shone down with the moon from the moon that would light up the night for her to go on, her leading her on astray on her trip through the cemetery and the school. Light was on in the top corner of the building, and she went to see what it was. By going through the back fire escape stairs, and the window was open and she saw a boy writing in a notepad on a bed and she said, what are you writing? What are you doing? And then suddenly he looked up and his eyes were red and flame came out of his mouth and he said, get out of here I do not want any strangers walking into my room, then she fled down the staircase of the fire escape and went out back to the road and then walked along, trying to catch her breath and she saw flames coming out of the window as she looked back. 'was I imagining that?' she said, and then she went along to this little hill and it was a cemetary and she saw a sled and she decided to sled down the hill but it seemed like a happy place, she was wondering how a cemetery could seem like it had such happy vibes and then she went farther down the street and saw a wolf walk across the street like with little shoes on like clip clapping. Along with his little wolf family and she was like, but they did not look side to side, just walked straight across the road into the other side of the woods and then she went down and saw a glimmering castle in the distance and it was green and there was a rainbow cloud above it and suddenly the Sun came up and shone down on her. And little flowers bloomed everywhere, so she said, oh, it's spring I can't wait for it to go swimming in the water. And then suddenly a pool was under her, and she was in a bathing suit. And it was a bubble bath, and there was a rubber ducky, and she just was like whee and then it started flooding down the street, and she was sailing down the hill in the flood down the rather steep hill, going downward downward. And then she woke up it was all a dream. Wow, and then she got up and had coffee with her mom. But her mom looked at her with the red eyes of the boy, and the coffee cup was burnt by her flaming lips.

Second story: In a land far, far, away, there was a man; he was a Prince. He rode the horse and he had a sword and a shield. It was getting nighttime and he rode through the woods. Looking for his lost red cap, it was the one that it was one that Robin Hood had given him, but he so reluctantly forgetfully left it on a branch, and there it was. He grabbed it and suddenly the tree grabbed him and said, Hey, that's mine with its branches and he said, no, it's not and he wrestled with the tree. To get the red cap back and suddenly Robin Hood was in the hat. And he said, Hey no, you tree, this, I gave to him and then he disappeared in a flash and the tree said okay and folded the branch arms, it's arm branches and then the Prince rode away with, the king's Son rode away with the hat. when he got home, the cat was curled. Up on his bed and he lied down and petted the cat and watched some TV.

Third story, once there was a little girl who wanted to become the President of the United States and she tried hard to study in school, and she only got A's, and finally it was her turn to become elected or not. She was nominated as a candidate, and there was a major debate, and she wanted to beat her opponent, and it was not about race or gender. So I will not specify which race or gender it was or she was, and so well, obviously, she's a girl, but Hey, you never know I don't know anything about that. So but anyway, what was happening was the debate had a leader or organizer that would ask her questions that would gaslight her, and she was going crazy. Trying to figure out a way to answer these questions.When they invalidated her every answer, she finally said, I give up and ran for the hills and lived happily ever after and was better off for it.Thank you

Fourth story, last story, one time a man was walking down the street, and a dog was started to follow him from out of nowhere, a small nipping yapping dog. And he followed him and followed him all the way down the street, and the man walked along as if nothing was happening because he did not know what else, what to do with the dog? And when the dog got in with him in his car, he said oh my God, what am I going to do? Suddenly there was a loud knocking on the his window of his the car window, and the lady was screaming hysterically, that's my dog! That's my kid's dog. I just like Got that dog for my kid's birthday, you give him back and the dog was barking and growling at her through the window, but she opened the door on her own will power and just grabbed the dog from the back seat and the man said yes, you can have the dog, I believe you, you seem to be real and right and true about what you are saying and it's believable, so please take the dog from me. I do not want him, it's a burden to me. I do not know why he got in the car with me, I did not mean to take your dog and the lady went home and sat down and cried, thankfully, and the man said, yes, that is was not my dog. I am glad he did not. Remain with me , but he smiled and chuckled at the day's adventure and the kid with the dog was happy.

Posted Dec 21, 2025
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