Week Two of my Short Story Challenge

 The White Colored Pencil          By: Everly

One day, a colored pencil sighed a great sigh. A sigh you can only make if you truly mean it. And he did. But why was he sighing? The answer was staring at him. He was looking in a mirror, at himself. “Whatever have I done to be born the most useless colored pencil in the world?” He asked himself. He was a white colored pencil, and he had never been used. Not once. Everybody else was used everyday; the blue pencil was used to create the most beautiful skies ever made, orange was used to make luxurious sunsets, and what was the white pencil used for? Nothing. 

He thought, and was pretty sure he knew, he was useless. But little did he know he was about to become very important.

That same day, a little girl, about the age of seven, sat in a chair. She was bored. She had drawn just about everything she could, skies, rainbows, cats, oceans, hamsters, dogs, and much more. But now, drawing those things was boring, she wanted something new. 

She slumped even further down the chair, so much so that she nearly went underneath the table she was sitting at. Her mom came into the room, “Emily (the little girl’s name), what’s the matter?”

“I’m bored.” Answered Emily.

“But why? There’s so much to do. Why don’t you draw something?” Said her mom.

“That’s just it, mom. I’ve drawn all there is to draw.”

“Ah. I see. Well, I knew this day would come, and I have just the thing for you.” Emily stared at her mom with her eyebrow raised. 

Emily’s mom walked over to a bin. This bin was where the colored pencils lived. She took out one pencil, one pencil that would make a difference. 

It was white. 

The colored pencil was just as confused as Emily. After all, what could he do? 

“We are going to make invisible art.” Said Emily’s mom. 

More confusion. 

Emily’s mom took some paper, a handful of colored pencils, and the white pencil. She began to draw with the white pencil. It was an odd feeling for the white pencil. A feeling he had never felt before. It felt like life was pouring out of  the top of his head, and it gradually made him happier and happier. 

However, Emily was still confused. She was confused until her mom began to color over the white with the colored pencils. The little heart that her mom had drawn, now appeared on the paper. Just like the white pencil’s heart appeared when he no longer thought he was useless. Emily very much enjoyed the art that her mom had made, and she decided to try it herself. She drew the letters: T-H-A-N-K-S  W-H-I-T-E  P-E-N-C-I-L  F-O-R  T-H-I-S  A-R-T.

And then she kissed the white pencil and hugged her mom. The white pencil nearly turned pink from all his blushing when he was kissed. The white pencil now felt very happy, and glad that he was a white pencil; for he realized that, even the least important pencil is important.

Supportive School Circles (one for each school subject!)

 

Have you ever felt like you just wanna rip your school book in half because of a mistake, or because it was so hard and you didn’t understand? Well, I have. We all go through frustrating times in school, so why not make cute little encouragement notes for each subject? I came up with this idea, because I thought it would be helpful when I get annoyed or mad, to see these cute little faces staring back at me. Hopefully this helps with the school year, if not… SHRIIIIIP, good bye math book ;)

Supplies

Thick paper circles for as many subjects that you have

A pencil or markers (It’s up to you)

Directions:

1. Take one of your circles, and use your pencil/marker to draw a cute little face on it

2. Draw some arms for it, the arms will just be sticks with little hands at the end(for science, I drew little planets as the hand part of the arm) 

3. Now draw a little sign under the arms that says something according to the grade, like for Math: Got this = you!

4. On the back write the name of the subject

5. Now look at the grammar one when you feel frustrated in grammar or whatever one when you feel frustrated in whatever

Have fun with school this year!

Week One of My Short Story Challenge

 A Tale of Two Lonely Birds           By: Everly

There once was a great bird, soaring through the sky. He soared high and low, in and out, everywhere. he soared as free as an arrow. But, of course, every arrow has its target. And for this bird, his target was his destination. 

The majestic bird landed on a tree so tall it lived above the clouds. On this tree was a nest, an empty nest. The bird had been happy and free when soaring, but now he remembered his deep loneliness. He had a life with no one to share it with. 

But then, just as the bird was about to spend another lonely day in his nest, he saw another bird. She was like a lantern glowing far off in the distance on a dark night. She was just as majestic as our lonely bird. She had glorious wings, a beautiful beak, and eyes like a lake in the moonlight. But in those eyes, there was also a terrible sorrow. A longing for a mate, a prayer for a partner, a hope for an eternal friend. This female bird spotted the lonely bird, and they knew that they were the perfect match. 

They soared through the sky together, but even now that they we together, there was still a trace of loneliness. They were still missing something. 

They had kids. 

It was ever so painful for our two birds to wait for the eggs to hatch. Long days of sitting on the eggs, and waiting, waiting for them to arise from their containment. 

But eventually, it happened. The eggs cracked like a human under pressure. But this was a different kind of crack, it was a joyous crack. The two birds hard days were over, and there wasn’t a single speck of loneliness in either of them. They were happy as could be. Smiling smiles brighter than the sun. They were complete. 

And this family soared together, no longer just one lonely star, but a whole constellation.

The End.

My Short Story Challenge

 Hello everybody! Are you ready to hear the challenge I have given myself for the rest of this year? Here it is, my goal is to write one short story per week, and publish them in my blog! This idea was given to me by my dad, thanks dad! And thanks to all people who have helped me with my blog! Ok, back to the challenge. I have already come up with 2 short stories. I came up with them a while ago, but I will count them as my first 2 weeks.

You will find these short stories per week, on my blog, in the home section. You are able to view the first one today, the next will come out next week, supposedly on Sunday. And if you miss a couple of weeks that’s ok. Just type in ‘Week One of Short Story Challenge’ or whatever number of week you missed. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I loved writing them.