My eight year old daughter Madison enjoys going to my signings so much, she’s decided to write books herself. Last year, she wrote, illustrated, published, signed and sold two books — “The Adventures of Kitty Wonder: Lots of Killing” and “The Adventures of Kitty Wonder: Robots Fighting” — at some of my signings for $1 each. She was thrilled.
She just wrote her first short story — one she warns will scare you TO DEATH — and insisted I post it here on my site. So lower the lights, grab a blanket to hide behind, and prepare yourself for:
A SCARY STORY
There were two girls named Tia and Jenny. Tia had brown hair and was tall. Jenny was tall and had glasses. Jenny came for a sleepover at Tia’s. She arrived at five. Tia answered the doorbell. Tia and Jenny were playing for a very long time and then had a good dinner. It was time to go to bed. When they were in the cozy bed, Tia told scary stories!!
First she told one about Frankenstein who kills a little girl!!!! The story goes like this: “The night before Halloween, a little girl named Ally went in the cemetary.”
Tia paused, “If you want me to stop telling the story, it’s okay. I understand because my sister told me the same story and I got scared too!!”
Jenny said, “You can go on with the story.It’s not so scary.”
Tia went on with the story. “Ally went in the scary cemetary. She saw Frankenstein. She was screaming for a minute. Suddenly Frankenstein killed Ally by ripping her in half and all the blood came out of her body. Frankenstein went to his house near the swamp. He went in this big tunnel carrying Ally. Frankenstein brought Ally dead, with all the blood dripping on the hot ground. Frankenstein saw all his friends, Ghost, Goblin, and Pumpkin. Frankenstein put her in a big pot to cook her and have her for dinner. Frankenstein and his friends were playing and they just let Ally sit there being cooked. Frankenstein and their friends were looking for dessert.Since their friend Pumpkin is a pumpkin, Frankenstein and his friends caught him and made pumpkin pie for dessert!! Frankenstein and his friends went to check on Ally the dead girl. Ghost got out the napkins and the forks, spoons and plates. Ally the dead girl with her blood made a terrific sauce for…. Ally The Meat!!!!!!! The monsters had a–“
Jenny stopped the story and said “Please, stop this story, I am getting too scared.”
Tia said, “It’s okay, don’t be scared, if you want me to stop telling the story, I will.”
Tia’s Mom said “It’s time for Jenny to go home.”
Tia said “Okay.”
Jenny gathered all her stuff and said bye to Tia. She walked out the door and left. They both had a very fun time. But Jenny was still scared!!!!
THE END
I love it. Having just finished reading selections of elementary writing assessments for the spring, this would be a top paper!
What does Uncle Tod think of this? I guess I now know why he is scared of having kids, lol.
I don’t know about Uncle Tod, but Auntie Linda is scared TO DEATH!
Great story, my favorite part is where the pumpkin is turned into pie.
The kid’s a natural, Lee!
Definatly a natural! It would seem it’s in her genes. Very good for her age! Tell her I said she did a fantastic job!!!!!!!
Cheers,
Mary
I’m sure my daughter will be thrilled with all these great reviews… Maddie is with my wife Valerie in France for three weeks visiting her grandparents while her dear, old Dad stays behind, toiling in the coal mines of Hollywood…
I sometimes wonder if it is daily familierization
or genes or both that have kids follow in
their parents footsteps.
Madison has one great career in front of her, very creative.
Lee you just may have some competition in the very near future.
Krys…**
Are you kidding, Krys? Haven’t you heard of nepotism? The only problem is that she might turn out better than Lee.
What worries me is I got two kids approaching that age.
This is from my daughter Maddie:
“Thank you everybody for loving my story. Next time I will make an even scarier one!
Madison”