My brother likes to act real big, but it was me who saved the day! |
Writer's Cramp: Use nacho chips, a sock monkey and your weird uncle. Can be a poem (20 lines) or short story (1,000 words.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My Brave Monkey, Spunky Weird Uncle Bunky gave me a funny sock monkey. It wasn’t what I wanted, but I christened it Spunky. Spunky didn’t do anything but lie around and mope. So my older brother, Bill, kept calling him a dope, said I'd given Spunky a name that didn’t fit. I hated all the teasing and asked him if he’d quit, but brothers have a way of never ever stopping. So when my mother said she was going shopping, I darted down the stairs and hopped into the car. My mother drove us both, but the store was not too far, And on the way we saw a man playing a guitar! We bought some nacho chips and salsa in a jar. Then started home, but stopped when the auto had a flat. While Mother started changing it, she cried, "Oh, no a rat!" It ran beneath the car, scared as it could be. Mother stood there shaking, and the rat just looked at me. I tossed my Spunky at it, and the rat went running off. Mother called me "hero," my brother whispered “Show off!” I dusted off my monkey and wrote to Uncle Bunky, And told him all about my brave monkey, Spunky! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |