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| Brenda Covert, author of Toad's Halloween |
The
toads are trick-or-treating.
Can
you believe your eyes?
The
garden gnomes are frightened
And
give them candied flies.
The
toads are hopping faster.
Behind
them scurry skinks.
The
sneaky lizards gather
something
as a newt winks.
(These are the first 2 stanzas of my entry for Susanna Leonard Hill's 9th Annual Halloweensie Contest. The rules are to use no more than 100 words in the story — not including the title — and to use a form of the words trick, potion, and cobweb in a story written for kids age 12 or under. This challenge was so much fun! It took effort to whittle my poem down to 100 words exactly.)
Great poem! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeletePoor toads, hope they ended up with treats at the end of the night! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteThey did! The skinks picked up all the candy that fell out of their bags as they hopped, and they gave it back to them. I just didn't have room in this 100 word story to include that detail and hoped it was implied.
DeleteI had to cut 2 verses to keep to the 100-word limit. Here are verse 2 and the last verse:
ReplyDeleteThe toads swing tiny treat bags.
From home to home they hop.
The glow of jack-o-lanterns
Adds a thrill to every stop.
The toads are trick-or-treating.
With new friends by their side.
Their Halloween is happy
Because kindness was the guide.
I like the cobwebs in the bags. Perfect when your "candy" can escape. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteWell done, Brenda! I love this!!
ReplyDeleteLOL, this is great! Love all the plosives in this piece! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteLove this story and the candy sticking to the cobwebs. Good luck!
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