Trapped in an elevator

Waking up to something absurd

My happiest day

Write a short story beginning with the following sentences: (You can fill in the blanks for the name, gender, town and age) My name is ……………….and I am a ……………….living in ………………. I’m ……………….years old and am married/not married. Yesterday I killed someone and I haven’t been able to……………….

Continue the following story and take it to a logical conclusion:

She could hear water running in the kitchen when she unlocked the front door and entered her house. This seemed surprising since she lived alone and there couldn’t possibly be anyone else in the house. She ran towards the kitchen and pushed open the door – and in that instant she realized that she should have run out of the house instead of into it…

Write a story about how your deepest fear in life was holding you back and how you managed to overcome it.

Remember that the story is for children so the language and the values that the story endorses should suit their age.