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Monday, 31 December 2012

FLASH FICTION AT FIVE: Billy the Bully by K. W. Lumley




Hello, my name is Sammy.

And today was a fun day!

It didn’t start out fun, but it ended fun.



Why didn’t it start fun?

Well I’ll tell ya!



There is a boy in my school named Billy.

Billy isn’t very nice.

Billy is a bully!



What is a Bully?

A bully is a boy or girl,

That is mean to ya, who picks on ya, who might even hit ya.



Ya’re right hitting isn’t very nice!



Billy is a little bit bigger than all the kids in our class.

And he teased everyone.

But he teased me the most.

And he liked to call me Sammy the sissy.

And that hurt my feelings.

And this one day at recess he pushed me,

And I fell down and hurt my fin very bad.

And it made me cry.

All the other kids laughed at me because I was crying.

And that was embarrassing.

But it really hurt,

And I couldn’t stop myself from crying.



It’s okay,

I’m better now.



When I got home from school,

I told my Daddy what had happened!



And do ya know what he said to me?

…Well he told me why bullies pick on people.

He said bullies pick on people because everyone is different,

And they want people to laugh at ya!



Why do they want people to laugh at ya?



It’s because they want everyone to laugh at ya,

So no one see’s that they are different too.

And that way everyone laughs at ya and not them.



Ya know what else he told me?

Nope…

He said if someone is picking on ya, and bullying ya,

It is okay to tell a grown up.

Ya can tell a teacher,

Ya can tell the nurse,

Ya could even tell yar bus driver!

Or ya can tell yar Mommy or Daddy like I did.

But don’t hide it, Tell someone so they can help ya.

Yar teachers, friends, and family care about ya very much,

And don’t want to see ya hurting and they will help ya.



Ya know what else I learned today?

Billy is a lot like me.

He likes some of the same games as me.

The same toys, all kinds of stuff!

And those things that we both like,

They have made us friends.

And Billy don’t pick on me anymore,

In fact Billy don’t pick on anyone anymore.

Billy only was a Bully because he didn’t have any friends.

But now he has a friend.



That’s right…me!

So do ya see what made today a good day?

Me making a new friend,

And Billy not bullying me anymore made today a good day.

Ya know what made today a fun day?

Billy coming over to my house to play after school made today a fun day.

Whelp, I gotta go,

Have a fun day.

And see ya soon!!

Wednesday, 5 December 2012

FLASH FICTION AT FIVE: The Luckiest Shark by K.W. Lumley





Hi, my name is Sammy.

And I’m a Shark.

But I’m not just any

Shark,

I’m the luckiest shark to swim the seven seas!



Why am I the luckiest shark?

Well I’m the luckiest,

Because I have 2 families that love me very much.



Why do I have 2 families?

Well I’ll tell ya.



Sometimes mommies and daddies don’t get along,

They rumble and grumble at each other and are not very happy at all.

And sometimes they go to different parts of the ocean to live,

And try and be happy again.

That’s what my mommy and daddy did!



Did it make me sad?

Yeah at first it made me sad,

Because I love my mommy and daddy.

And wanted us to be together.

But I wanted my mommy and daddy to be happy,

And now they are both very happy.

And that makes me very happy.



So how does that make me lucky ya ask!

Well because both my mommy and daddy met other nice sharks.

Sharks that made them laugh, smile, and be happy again.

And the other sharks they met,

Miss Shelley & Mr. Reef,

They both had little sharks of their own.

Miss Shelley has a little girl named Coral.

And Mr. Reef has a boy named Tide.

And that makes me a little brother.

It’s my first time being a little brother,

But it’s fun.

Tide and Coral are both very nice to me,

And we have lots of fun together



And guess what else happened!

Nope.

My daddy and Miss Shelley,

Had a baby together!



Guess what that makes me?

That’s right.

A Big Brother!!!

Because now I have a little baby sister.

Her name is Pearl, but I call her Sugar.

Because she is so sweet.

HEEhEE...



So are ya starting to understand why I am so lucky now?

That’s right.

Because my mommy and daddy are very happy now.

I have a wonderful step-brother and step-sister,

and I have a sweet baby sister.

And both my families love me very much,

They take very good care of me.

And we are very happy when we are together!!

Whelp, I gotta go,

Have a fun day.

And see ya soon!!