Hello there. I hope your week is going well. Here’s a new story challenge for you:
Can you tell a story in 33 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story:
- TOUPEE
- HICCUP
- MASTERMIND
- CRUMBLE
- SQUIRREL
Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 41 words using the following words in it somewhere:
- MAZE
- QUIT
- CABBAGE
- REFEREE
- POETRY
- HOSPITAL
Here are your entertaining stories:
As Mark strolled round the maze he called over the referee. I have quit cabbage soup he said. It helps with weight loss, but I ended up in hospital. Believe it or not the thing that calmed it down was poetry!
I was ready to quit the maze. The cabbage field to my left had a poetry reading going on, and on the other side was a football game with a referee. The sudden chest pains sent me scrambling to the hospital.
He was kicking the cabbage around like a football. The referee remarked it was like poetry in motion, but when he wanted to kick it around the maze, his friend told him to quit or he would end up in hospital.
Nicola Daly:
‘This hospital is a maze. I always get lost.’
‘And we wouldn’t have to come so often if you didn’t keep eating all that cabbage.’
”Well, how else can I get them to quit asking me to referee the poetry recitals?’
Squirreljan:
I was poetry in motion, racing through the maze, carrying a giant cabbage. The white clad referee shouting, “Don’t quit. You can do it!” Breathless, sweating, legs crumbling, I crossed the finishing line and came to in my hospital bed, alive.
Carol Miers:
The referee thought it was the cabbage when Jim collapsed then died in hospital but there was another condition – Cancer, so I quit smoking.
I am a-maze-d.
We can be. Be and be better. For they existed, so the poetry goes.
Fred’s mind was a maze of thoughts as he ate the yuck cabbage in hospital. Even if he lost the poetry competition he wouldn’t quit writing.
‘Foul!’ Fred shouted at the TV. Stupid referee should pay more attention. ‘Football!’ He groaned!
Sharron P:
The referee blew his whistle. It was the cabbage football maze-running championships 2024 and they were underway! Everyone knew Samuel Quit would win for his side. He’s pure poetry in motion, but… splat! He’s fallen over. To the hospital it is.
***
Esther Chilton 
Leave a reply to Kim Smyth Cancel reply