Here’s your new story challenge. Can you tell a story in 44 words using the following words in it somewhere:
- RASPBERRY
- CHASE
- ATTIC
- OCTOPUS
The previous challenge was to write a story in 53 words using the following five words in it somewhere:
- HELICOPTER
- EARWAX
- HORSESHOE
- FOUNTAIN
- DENTIST
Here are your brilliant stories:
Susan Batten:
The scarlet helicopter whirred gently as it landed by the famous horseshoe fountain in the wonderful gardens at Dreadnowt Hall, bringing Doctor Algernon Pitherton to work at the medical centre. As a dentist, he specialized in orthodontics but doctors there treated everything from virulent pimples to earwax, with discounts for bunions on Tuesdays.
Fandango:
First the dentist filled a nasty cavity. Then the ENT doctor removed a large clump of brown earwax from George’s left ear.
“What a day,” George thought, when suddenly a helicopter crash-landed into the fountain he was walking by.
“It’s a good thing I brought my lucky horseshoe with me, today,” he said.
A Surprising Appointment
A helicopter landed in my earwax - I was wearing horseshoes to hide my tracks, A fountain sneezed and the dentist wheezed - 'Good heavens, what was that?' I offered him some camomile tea, he swallowed it with glee, He hiccupped twice, turned into mice, And had the nerve to charge me three and three! Therapy Bits: One sunny morning, a dentist flew his helicopter over a magical forest. Suddenly, he spotted a golden horseshoe beside a sparkling fountain. Landing nearby, he discovered a tiny fairy trapped in sticky earwax! Using his dental tools, he freed her. Grateful, the fairy granted him three wishes and a lifetime of happiness. Graeme Sandford: “We have so much in common.” “Such as?” “That Helicopter ride above the Fountain of Salmacis?” “Oh, yeah, that – what else?”. “When you went to the dentist for your earwax!”. “Yeah, my bad!” “When you won ‘throwing-the-horseshoe’ at the funfair?” “I threw it miles.” “Almost braining someone.” “Yeah. We have lots in common!”
Janice JJ:
Belinda kissed her ‘lucky’ horseshoe necklace and abseiled out of the helicopter, landing in the park fountain. She scrambled out, dizzy but unhurt, and went straight to her routine earwax appointment, still soaking. “Aaaah.” The practitioner slipped, knocking two of Belinda’s teeth out. She ended her Old Biddy Challenge Day at the dentist.
The useless fact trip ended for Dentist Daniel Fountain in early November 2026. He arrived at the horseshoe plaza by helicopter and was surprised to find that Historical records show that people in medieval times would use earwax as a makeshift salve for chapped lips or to prevent thread from fraying while sewing.
Today for the 1st time ever I went to the dentist in a helicopter. We flew in a horseshoe way up in the sky. When I got to the dentist I got a drink at the water fountain and used the water from the fountain to clean out all of the earwax out of both of my ears then I went back home after seeing the dentist by helicopter.
Rall:
the dentist had very few patients
most did not like the horse shoes decorating his surgery
or his habit of cleaning his ears
removing the ear wax
whilst discussing various treatments with them
he was a very pretentious person
arriving by helicopter to work each morning
with the ride of the valkyries blasting the airwaves
he wasn’t even a vietnam war veteran
but he loved that movie
Creative Billing
As I spit into the old-fashioned fountain at my dentist’s office, I screamed to the sound of a helicopter!
Doctor Superstitious tapped a horseshoe for luck then looked inside my ear. His diagnosis was a moth buried in earwax but to satisfy the insurance he’d have to bill his help as another “extraction”.
The helicopter came down close to the water fountain in front of the dentist’s office. Harry didn’t want to ride to his appointment because last time his horse lost a horseshoe on the cobblestones. The customers for nearby shops thought show off Harry’s copter was rude, all but George whose earwax made him deaf.
When a Dentist Calls
I’m not sure my new dentist is qualified. He turned up in a helicopter, so he seems well off. But he was more interested in flushing out my earwax in a water fountain than treating my aching molars. He had a tattoo of a horseshoe on his forehead too. Said it was lucky.
He didn’t hear the helicopter until it was directly overhead.
Damn this earwax he thought, it’s affecting my hearing, so I need to get it sorted.
He found a lucky horseshoe, threw a penny in the fountain and made a wish, then made an appointment with the dentist which didn’t help at all.
The helicopter mom, concerned that the earwax in her son’s ears is keeping him from doing his best in the horseshoe competition, decided to use a fountain at the park to clean them. Her dentist husband stepped in.
On my way to the Horseshoe hotel, I passed a beautiful fountain that was doing a water dance. After checking in my room, my ear was itching, so I cleaned out some ear wax and just then I heard a helicopter land on the roof. I left my room, ran into the friendliest dentist.
Murray Clarke:
Algernon, my friendly dentist, is profoundly deaf – a result of a devasting helicopter crash when he was a pilot. He always carried a horseshoe for good luck, but on this occasion he was removing earwax from his ear, became distracted, lost control of the machine which fell from the sky into a fountain.
The eccentric dentist flew into the town center in his pimped out helicopter. He landed by the mystical fountain where he found everything from horseshoes, fairies and fish swimming in ear wax floating in the water.
My dentist husband and I were in a helicopter taking a scenic tour of Yellowstone. As the fountain sprayed, I felt a pop in my ear. Earwax started pouring out! I screamed, the pilot turned the helicopter in a horseshoe maneuver as we flew back home in a hurry. All turned out okay.
Lou By The Sea:
Gee up!
How quickly a lovely day for horse riding can change. My pesky earwax suddenly shifted sending me flying from the saddle with dizziness like helicopter blades. A fountain of teeth spouted from my mouth as a horseshoe shaped imprint stuck to my jaw. There go my savings into the hands of the dentist …
Kidnapped
Tossed out of the helicopter, a pair of hands catch me.
The supposedly lucky horseshoe I’d purchased is clearly not working. My blindfold is lifted to reveal a bright blue fountain and a pudgy suited man standing next to it. He approaches me.
“Treat my earwax infection.”
I shrug. I am a dentist!
Ann Edall-Robson:
She was mesmerized by the colours of the horseshoe canyon. Rocks and dirt layered in beige and browns, reminded her of the imitation earwax display in the audiologist’s office next to the fountain. With a laugh, she climbed into her helicopter. Fun time was over. Time to get back to being a dentist.
The Slip
Agent Steele waited for his helicopter pick up. It was a dramatic way to leave his latest assignment at Horseshoe Mountain. Agent Boogie had given him a literal slip. He left a note under the water fountain at the dentist’s office. Held by earwax of all things! Agent Steele pondered on his note.
Mission Implausible
While piloting a low-flying helicopter, Tom Cruise noticed a glowing fountain below. Suddenly, a rogue horseshoe flew up, striking him so hard he lost a chunk of hardened earwax. The projectile bounced into the sunroof of his dentist’s flashy sports car, knocking her unconscious and leaving everyone completely bewildered by the sudden chaos.
Carpet Boots:
A Waxing Concern
‘You need to move Daisy,’ snapped Mrs Fletcher. ‘She can’t concentrate in class sitting on that horseshoe table. She’s distracted by her partner’s earwax.’
‘I’ll keep an eye on it,’ I nodded thoughtfully.
‘It’s stopping her going to the water fountain. If her mouth gets dry, she’ll need a dentist!’
Another helicopter parent…
Tessa:
This afternoon I was going to the dentist in the next few towns over. The helicopter was picking me up in three hours. I was cleaning out the earwax before cleaning the fountain. During the cleaning I found a horseshoe in the fountain. I wondered where it came from. We don’t have horses here.
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