Friday 27 October 2017

SUSANNA'S HALLOWEENSIE CONTEST!

Here it is! Children's author and blogger extraordinaire Susanna Leonard Hill's 7th Annual Halloweensie Contest. This is the first time I've entered, but here goes.

The challenge is to write a Halloween-themed story for children using no more than 100 words. Three of those words have to be MONSTER, SHADOW and CANDY CORN, or derivatives of.

WHO SCARED WHO?

Said  Mother Owl to little Wowee,
“You had better stay home with me.
‘There are Halloweenish things out tonight,
'creep-about things that might give you a fright.”

Wowee peeped from his hole in a tree,
to see what scary things he could see.
There were witchetty, monsterish, shadow-loom things,
black cat and bat things on scratch-scraggle wings.

Then came a sound soooo ghooostly and weird,
 they all cried eeek! and disappeared.

Safe in his bed, munching candy corn,
Little Wowee said with a yawn,
 “They were frightened away by The Great  Whooo-ooo”
   Said Mother Owl “Dearest, that Whooo-ooo was you!”
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19 comments:

  1. Gregory E Bray27 October 2017 at 22:26

    Well done. Good luck!

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  2. Carol Ann Martin27 October 2017 at 22:31

    Thank you. You too!

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  3. Candice Conner28 October 2017 at 05:52

    Love how Wowee turned out to be the scarer and the scaries ended up being the scarees! Your wordplay is a delight to read, excellent entry!

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    1. Carol Ann Martin28 October 2017 at 22:19

      Thank you, Candice. Good luck with your entry :)

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  4. Kathy Halsey28 October 2017 at 06:27

    Stellar word play and very much fun all combine for a great entry. Love the twist at the end, too. And I'm a sucker for owls. Good luck.

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    1. Carol Ann Martin28 October 2017 at 22:19

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    2. Carol Ann Martin28 October 2017 at 22:21

      Thank you, Kathy. Every good wish for your story :)

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  5. David McMullin28 October 2017 at 09:28

    I love this little owl. Very good.

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  6. Jilanne Hoffmann28 October 2017 at 13:56

    I love your wordplay and ending. It's clear you had fun with this. Well done! Good luck in the contest!

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    1. Carol Ann Martin28 October 2017 at 22:22

      Thank you, Jilan. Every good wish for your entry!

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  7. Rene Diane Aube28 October 2017 at 17:53

    Beuatiful writing! I love your fun language and twist ending. :) Best wishes in the contest!

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    1. Carol Ann Martin28 October 2017 at 22:23

      Thank you, Rene! Best wished to you for the contest :)

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  8. McMarshall29 October 2017 at 23:52

    I love owls and this was really cute. Good Luck.

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    1. Carol Ann Martin1 November 2017 at 19:55

      Thank you! Good luck to you, too, McMarshall :)

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  9. Ingrid Boydston31 October 2017 at 20:35

    Love the ending! 😊

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  10. Carol Ann Martin1 November 2017 at 19:56

    Thank you, Ingrid. :) I wish you well in the contest.

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  11. Susanna Leonard Hill7 November 2017 at 11:23

    This is delightful, Carol Ann! Love his name, love your use of language, and love the ending! Nicely done! :)

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