KB Alan

I Didn’t Always Write Romance

I was looking through some old papers the other day and I found a story I must have written for school. At least, I’m guessing it was for school, but it doesn’t have a grade on it. Anyway, Ithink I wrote it when I was about ten. What was interesting to me was that there was no hero, no romance, only suspense! Who knew? And a TSTL heroine. Also fascinating to me is that it was in first person. I’m thinking the assignment was to use Jack-o-Lanterns, because I’ve never really called them that, just pumpkins. So, here it is for your entertainment, all spelling errors are per the original work.

The Great Halloween Surprise
It was halloween night and I was out trick-or-treating. As I approached the next house I noticed that all the lights were out except for 17 jack-o-lanterns linning the walk.

I was hesitant to go up to a dark house but I decided to swallow my fear and be brave. Each time I would almost get to a jack-o-lantern it would go out. At first I thought it was a breeze. But there was none to blow them out. After the fifth jack-o-lantern I got scared. I turned to run. It was pitch black. I dared not run blindly into the thorn bushes that I had seen. I was forced on.

Finally I came to a door. There was a big stone knocker. I knocked. I was about to when all of a sudden the door flew open. But nobody was there.

I heard a noise. I was like muffled crying. Was someone being tortured? I walked in. I had to see what the sound was. I went down the hall. I could really hear it now. I came to another door. It came from behind this door. Slowly I turned the knob. I opened it and lo and behold! What did I see?! The Grinches dog! I raced up to him and asked what was wrong. “Well, he said, It’s almost Christmas and the grinches heart has turned to stone, and, he whimpered, “I don’t want to be a reigndeer.

So, there you go. Apparently I had trouble remembering to close quotes, a desire to overuse ! and to use !? for emphasis long before I learned to type!