Due this week

5. Haunted. Have you ever been in a house where things go bump in the night? Do you believe that some buildings or places are haunted? Is there one in your town? Tell us a story about it. Make it believable.
Alternate: Lockers. What one thing do you wish no one to know about in your locker? Or what is the most important thing in your locker? Deadline: Friday Oct. 17.

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  • Paste story into "body."
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Love Stories

greenie's picture

Love stories are told
to children from
the beginning,
lies that assure them
that life is a fairy tale,
that Beauty isn't stuck with the
ugly Beast, that he princifies,
that Cinderella's prince cares enough
to search for her,
that Rapunzel has a miraculously strong
head for her prince pull on,
that Sleeping Beauty was cursed,
not killed...

What if children were told
the real endings,
the rule, not the exceptions,
that the Beast terrified Beauty,
that Cinderella probably broke her shoe,
not lost it,
that Rapunzel was left bald from her
foolish climbing attempt,
that Sleeping Beauty wasn't
sleeping...

Love stories
from the beginning.
But that's not the point,
is it?

this is great! i love it!!

Submitted by vtmusic_lover on August 4, 2008 - 22:34.

this is great! i love it!!

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