Inspired by Story Buckets

 

W's Story Bucket Items:

a vibrating alien

a spy phone

a gumball machine

a cell phone charger

chopsticks

10 year old W. began this story during our first creative writing workshop and finished at home.  He typed his story himself and read it during last night's workshop.  Remember, our focus for these workshops was (1) to use our imaginations! (2) use adjectives and similes to "punch up" our writing; and (3) use strong action words.

Bob and ZgWah in

The Human-Alien War

            Once upon a time, in the middle of a human-alien war, there was an alien. His name was ZgWah. He was a spy for the alien army. His secret powers were that he could call on earthquakes using an extra bit of brain that stuck out of the top of his head. He also had a gumball machine that could shoot lead gumballs if you turned the crank.(No quarters needed).

            Once upon that same time, in the middle of a... Oh what the heck! You already know that! Anyway, there was a human named Bob. He was a spy for the human army. His secret powers were that he had a spy phone that could shoot lasers. It was disguised as an I Phone4. Very expensive. His other weapon was that his chopsticks shot poisonous splinters.

            Once upon one month later in the... WHY DO I KEEP DOING THAT!? YOU ALREADY HAVE THAT INFORMATION! Whatever. Back to the story. The war was in full swing. There was no need for spies anymore, so Bob and ZgWah fought on the front line. Bob ended up fighting ZgWah man-to-man, one-on-one, man vs. alien, etc.. Bob and ZgWah started fighting with all their strength when suddenly... A huge meteor came down and smashed into an empty field! A shell of the meteor fell on top of Bob and ZgWah, but they didn't know. Then looked around. Bob said,"Huh, we're the only ones left!" And the ZgWah said,"p4byi5t2tiiu3d", which is alien for "No, a meteor shell is on top of us." Then Bob said,"Whatever" and ZgWah said," Dkduytbgiufcuj" which is alien for "Whatever," and they started fighting.

            After ten consecutive minutes of fighting, Bob was winning. He had shot ZgWah with 5 poisonous splinters and had blasted his extra brain, which controlled his earthquake power. ZgWah was angry, so...

TIME OUT!

You're probably thinking that something bad will happen to Bob now aren't you? Well...

YOU'RE WRONG

TIME IN!

so... ZgWah shot a lead gumball at Bob, who dodged it. Bob's chopsticks were broken by the gumball though, so Bob can't poison ZgWah. "Alright," he said,"EAT LASER!" and then something dramatic happened to Bob's Laser I Phone, it ran out of charge. Then Bob pulled out his Insta-Charger, but ZgWah shot it with a gumball and the charger broke.  Then ZgWah turned the crank and shot a gumball at Bob. The gumball killed Bob instantly.(I know you're thinking I lied, but I had my fingers crossed when I typed it!)

            Then the armies broke through the meteor shell. They came in to find Bob dead and ZgWah still standing. It was a short lived victory for the aliens, though. When Bob had shot ZgWah's brain, it had started to deflate until there was nothing left. ZgWah collapsed dead.

            Once upon two months later...UGH!!! You know what, I'm skipping the intro. ZgWah and Bob woke up, buried alive(Is it buried alive if they were once dead?) Bob said,"Huh, why do I feel like I should be dead?" ZgWah said, "*sdkhjfbkgerdnjewbkf" which is alien for "I feel like I'm buried alive."

THE END

Stay tuned for more stories written by workshop participants inspired by their story buckets!