It’s time for your new story challenge, so…
Can you tell a story in 22 words? You must use the following words somewhere in the story:
- CHILDISH
- HOTDOG
- TOE
Last week’s prompt was to tell a story in 31 words using the following words in it somewhere:
- CONSPIRACY
- TICKET
- WALNUT
- CHALK
Here are your fun stories:
Nicola Daly:
What a conspiracy! It was that awful Walnut Agency – said there were no tickets at first and then charged us quadruple!
Well, chalk it up to experience, you’ll know for next time.
Murray Clarke:
Bizarrely, it may take a hammer to crack a walnut, but Lucy and her bestie, Beth, were determined to solve the current conspiracy theory that their Oasis ticket was well overpriced.
The conspiracy involves black walnuts, so I bought a ticket home. My dad had one in the back yard that I could poach from. My chalk outline was drawn somewhere there.
She grabbed her bus ticket, sure there was a conspiracy afoot.
She stopped under the walnut tree and watched the children in the street use chalk to make a hopscotch board.
Allergic to Nuts
Jim thought it a conspiracy—the ticket looked fake, and grabbed a seat in the back for quick exit. When the speaker drew a huge walnut on the chalkboard, he ran!
Conspiracy was where the largest walnut tree grew. I bought a ticket on the local coach service and waited, hours later we had gone nowhere. Puncture, chalk it down to experience.
Squirreljan:
The ticket said, ‘bring a walnut’, but Stanley Squirrel was ejected because his had vanished. “Chalk it up to experience,” Owl Wiseman said, but Stanley vowed to crack the ‘nut’ conspiracy.
Intriguing or maybe a conspiracy. The walnut tree marked with chalk was supposed to be hiding the winning ticket. Someone had already claimed the prize and headed off into the sunset.
“I’m here to share a conspiracy theory dubbed, Walnut Recipe Exchange.”
A woman’s face turned chalk white before fainting. Her folder of recipes swirled to the floor. Ambiguous ticket advertising triumphs.
Sharron P:
“This cinema ticket tastes of chalk.” Sam pushed the walnut door open.
“Don’t eat it!” Cathy shook her head.
“You can’t be too careful these days.”
“You see conspiracy everywhere, Sam.”
Richmond Road did it in 19 words:
I almost bought the ticket. I almost fell for the walnut conspiracy, but can chalk that up to experience.
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Esther Chilton 
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