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Do you like Hallowe'en? I must admit, it's not really me. I think it's my age - I used to think of it as spooky, whereas my two just think "sweets!". Hey ho.
Anyway, I shall stop being a miserable so-and-so for a minute. George at Asda invited us to join their Spooky Scribes challenge. The idea is that one of the children writes a very short story about Hallowe'en based on a costume that we've chosen from their Hallowe'en range. Now, writing is something that Monkey needs to work on a bit so I asked him if he was up for it and to my surprise, he was. However it has not been easy but after a few false starts, he's finally come up with something that I can share with you today. As part of this process, I have discovered that a) he thinks he has no imagination (which I find quite sad because he has a good imagination) and b) he writes better on a computer than he does writing it with a pen and paper. In order to finish this off, he did dictate the second half of this story to me but his spelling was noticeably better than when he writes with a pen.
Anyway, here is Monkey's story, which I will call
Hallooooooooooooooooooowe'en birthday
On the day of Halloween, I was extremely happy because I was
going trick or treating, but it was also my birthday. I was going to wear my
werewolf costume; it has a hairy, itchy chest, sleeves that tickle my elbows
and a squished nose. I don’t look very scary with a squished nose.
I am so excited because after trick or treating, I’m going
to Grandma’s for a sleepover and she’s got my present. I don’t know what it is,
but it had better be good!
I go downstairs and everyone sings Happy Birthday. I open my
presents; Lego, cars, and a games console.
The day passes slowly and I have lots of fun. Then it starts
raining hard and Mum says I can’t go trick or treating or I’ll catch a cold. I
start to cry. “Don’t worry,” Mum says, hugging me. “It’s time to go to
Grandma’s.”
Knock, knock, knock on Grandma’s door. “Hello”, says Grandma
when she opens it. “Are you here for your sleepover? I’ve got your present, let’s go inside.”
My present is a bike. I’m so happy, I howl like a werewolf.
“Not bad for a werewolf with a squished nose”, says Grandma.
THE END
(He insisted I add the words "THE END" bit to the bottom, in case you didn't know that it had finished!)
There is a competition to win a £50 voucher for the post with most comments but I'm not really bothered about that - I'd like people to leave comments to encourage Monkey, to give him confidence that he CAN write and he does have good ideas. I will read all comments to Monkey (and possibly allow him to reply to them too!).
(Asda sent us a free fancy dress costume along with some facepaints in return for a story being written about their costume. They also asked for a link to the fancy dress Hallowe'en costumes be included in the post. All participants in the challenge will receive a £20 Asda voucher and a commemorative book, but the post with the most comments will receive a £50 voucher.)