Alex's+Short+Stories

‘Mum?’ I ask, ‘Do I really have to go? I mean, it’s not that bad.’ I say even though the pain in my stomach is excruciating. ‘We have to go, okay Erin? And if there’s nothing wrong with you, like you think, well then we can come home, alright. Now put your shoes on and let’s go.’ Mum gives me a stern look. I moan, but do what mum says, no matter how much I don’t want to. As we park our car in the car park at the Hospital, nerves fill my stomach. I start to feel uneasy on my feet and I have to sit down for a while so I don’t faint. I have always hated Hospitals and nothing would change that fact. Mum takes me to the Emergency Department where a middle aged woman starts asking me questions. ‘She’s had a sore stomach for a week now and I think it might be appendicitis,’ Mum tells the lady. ‘We will have to run a few blood tests, okay?’ She starts to feel my tummy. It tickles, I laugh. ‘Hmmm,’ she says. ‘And then when we get the results back we will know for sure if it’s appendicitis or not.’ The nurse finishes. She pricks my finger and then sends the blood off to the lab. A little while later, the same nurse comes back and tells me that I do have appendicitis. The nerves of the Hospital are bad enough and now I have appendicitis. ‘Do I have to have to have an operation?’ I suddenly ask, scared of the answer. The nurse hesitates, ‘Yes, you will and right away because otherwise your appendix might burst. We have to get you into surgery right now, okay?’ I try to scream, but nothing comes out of my throat. I am so scared I start to cry. Mum has gone to get a coffee so I can’t talk to her about it. The nurse sees my tears dripping down my face. ‘What’s wrong, honey? You know that the operation isn’t serious and you’ll be fine!’ She says in a sweet voice. I stay quiet for a while than start to talk. ‘My sister, Sophie. She had had a very bad headache for a couple of weeks and then when she went to the doctors and they told her she had a tumour. But since it had been left for so long, she didn’t have much chance of surviving. She went into surgery straight away but she didn’t survive.’ The tears started streaming down my face faster. ‘I promise.’ The nurse begins to say. I look at her badge and it reads ‘Shanti’. ‘I promise that you’ll be fine. You will, okay?’ I nod. I wipe my eyes as mum comes back and she gives me a hug. ‘You’ll be fine, alright Erin?’She says while the nurses whisked me away to the operating room. After the operation, Mum gives me a big hug. Her eyes are red and it’s obvious she’s been crying. So was I. Crying for Sophie and what she could still be if she was alive. Jazmine looked out over the beach from top of the sand hill. She loved how the waves would leave white, frothy foam on the sand. She closed her eyes and breathed in the salty air. Jazmine sat there, not moving, not wanting to leave. ‘Jazmine!’ Her Grandmother’s deep voice called out. For a moment, Jazmine ignored her, not wanting to go home where the sun hardly ever shone and the grass was always covered in a thick layer of dew. Slowly she stood up and slipped her shoes on. A feather caught her eye. It was turquoise and green. She picked it up and stroked it. ‘Jazmine!’ Her Grandmother yelled again. ‘Coming,’ Jazmine called out so her Grandmother knew she was coming. She slipped the feather into her pocket and made her way back to the house. After the long flight home, Jazmine was really tired. She dropped her bag on the floor and sat down on her bed. Something sharp poked her through her pants. Suddenly she remembered the feather still in her pocket. The feather smelt of the hot, salty air and it felt comforting, as if she was still at the beach.
 * __ Task 4 – 500 word story __**
 * // Sophie //**
 * __ Task 3 – 200 word story __**

**__ Little Miss Muffet – Task 2 __** One day a little girl named Miss Muffet went for a walk. On the way she became hungry, so she sat down on the grass to eat some curds and whey. When she finished eating, a big spider hid behind her and gave Miss Muffet such a fright she ran away.


 * __ Little Red Riding Hood – Task 1 __**
 * Beginning/Orientation: ** Little Red Riding Hood is at home and her mum asks her to take some food to her unwell Granny. Her mum also tells her not to wander off the track and not to talk to strangers.
 * Problem/Complication: ** While Little Red Riding Hood is walking through the forest, she decides to pick some flowers and without noticing, she walks away from the track. When she is far away from the track, she sees a wolf and asks for the quickest way to her Granny’s house. Since her Granny is well-known, the wolf knows where it is and gives her directions. Little does she know the wolf goes to the shortcut to her Granny’s house.
 * Problem seems to be resolved/Minor resolution: ** Little Red Riding hood finds her way to her Granny’s house.
 * New problem/Complication: ** She knocks on her Granny’s door, but no one answers so she walks in. She goes into her Granny’s room where the wolf disguised as her Granny is lying in bed and the wolf has tied her Granny up and locked her in the cupboard. The wolf jumps out of bed and eats Little Red Riding Hood.
 * Problem is solved/Ending/Resolution: ** A wood chopper working nearby hears Little Red Riding Hood screaming and runs into her Granny’s house. He cuts the wolf open using his axe, pulls out Little Red Riding Hood and then unties Granny.
 * Moral:** Don’t talk to strangers.