CONTEST: Write a Children's Story!

[KL]

As we won't be able to review everything until Monday 25th, you can still submit entries over the weekend!

[Nikita]

What's difficult there is what exactly is end time of the comp...it's friday 12.27pm right now for me in Australia, The 22nd.  What would be my end time for an entry?

[KL]

Just assume end of Sunday US West Coast time.  If you've been working on it, are almost finished, and just need a slight extension, just PM me.

[lawrencelb]

Oh yea! Love the extension - I am a procrastinator by nature - had some ideas but not enought time - mayhaps this weekend I can get my act together. 
To everyone - your entries are great and inspiring.  Nikki, I LOVE your stories-so creative!

Thanks again for letting us have the weekend! 

[nhockaday]

oh, thank you! We've missed you!

[lawrencelb]

thanks- I've missed everyone too - work got busy and crazy and I found myself with no time to even check in for awhile.  I think I have a lot of catching up to do!!  Looks like lots of new downloads and new features to "play" with.  Take care and bye for now.

[lawrencelb]

here's an attempt at a story that highlights rhyming and early word endings.

Title: The New Toy by lawrencelb

Slide 1:  Here is a boy.  He wants a toy.

         Image: boy standing; "thought bubble" above his head filled
                   with a ball, a top, and some blocks

Slide 2: Where can he go?  He wants to know.

         Image:  boy standing; "thought bubble" now filled with various   
                    buildings

Slide 3: You can get a toy from a shop.  It is too far to hop.

         Image: mom standing next to boy, mom's "talking bubble" filled
                   with "from a shop"

Slide 4: He rides a train.  It starts to rain.

         Image: boy and mom riding a train; rain is falling from the sky

Slide 5: The boy gets to the shop.  He buys a new top.

         Image: boy inside shop, reaching for the top

Slide 6: The rain is done – out comes the sun!  He has lots of fun.

         Image: boy is outside and is playing with his top; it is sunny

[Philoctetes]

Title: Just Perfect

Kitty wants to find a perfect home.

 This home is too big.
 This home is too small.
   
 This home is too dark.
 This home is too bright.

 This home is too hot.
 This home is too cold.

This home is purr-fect inside.
   
 

[Nikita]

This story is one for parents to read repeatedly, until child catches on firstly through memorization. It's a fun rhyming tongue-twisting story.  It’s an introduction to conservation of hurt, endangered Australian animals, and mentions Australian towns and occupations. Most slides are self-explanatory, being a picture of a person in work clothes rescuing an injured animal, or an animal with a landmark like Ayer’s Rock (Uluru) or a map of the state of the town mentioned in the background. True Blue means fair dinkum dinky di really truly Aussie. They are all Real Aussie town names and real animals and occupations!!!

The True Blue Zoo  by Nicole

Slide1.
A ranger from Lameroo,

Slide 2.
a jillaroo from Millaroo,

Slide 3.
a jackeroo from Yathroo,

Slide 4.
and a tracker, too, from Kakadu

Image: Aboriginal tracker looking at animal track marks and droppings on the ground.

Slide 5.
started an animal rescue zoo.

Image: outside of zoo with entrance and name over the entrance gates.

Slide 6.
They rescued a jabiru at Dululu,

Slide 7.
a cockatoo at Coolaroo,

Slide 8.
an emu at Coomoo,

Slide 9.
a curlew at Uluru,

Slide 10.
a wallaroo at Orroroo,

Slide 10.
a kangaroo at Kanmantoo,

Slide 11.
a brush cuckoo at Woolloomooloo,

Slide 12.
and are keeping them safe
at the new True Blue Zoo.

Image: All the animals with various body parts bandaged with zookeepers.

Slide 13.
Saving hurt animals is a GREAT thing to do!

Image: Child cuddling injured wallaroo (smaller and less dangerous than a kangaroo!)

[Nikita]

In the style of Dr Suess (eg. One Fish, Two Fish).  I can take photos of shoes to go with this story for a download.  Would do well as a board book, with bright coloured glossy pages.

Shoes, shoes, shoes!   By Nicole

Slide 1:     Old shoes.
               New shoes.
               Two shoes.
               Blue shoes.

Image:   4 different illustrations on the one page…old, holey shoes. Brand new shiny shoes.  Two different shoes.  A pair of Blue shoes.

Slide 2:      School shoes.
                Pool shoes.

Image:   1. A few pairs of black lace-ups, Mary-janes, T-Bar school shoes.
2   Thongs (flip-flops) and slip-on shoes suitable for around a swimming pool.

Slide 3:     Wheeled shoes.
               High-heeled shoes.
               Track-and-field shoes.

Image:   1.  rollerblades/skate shoes.  2. stilletoes.  3.  runners/sneakers.

Slide 4:    Cool shoes.
              Fool shoes.

Image:   1. Doc martens etc.  2. Clown shoes.

Slide 5:    High shoes.
              Low shoes.
              Snow shoes.
              No shoes.

Image:  1. High heels and platform shoes.  2.  Low-heeled shoes.  3.  Snow boots.  4. bare feet.

Slide 6:    Soft and fluffy shoes.
              Big and tough-y shoes.

Image:     1.  fluffy pinky slippers.  2.  Men’s workboots.

Slide 7:    Grip shoes.
              Slip and trip shoes.
                 

Image:     1.  Show undersides of football boots with grips on bottom that dig into ground. 2.  Person in high heels fallen over.

Slide 8:      Black shoes.
                Track shoes.
                Wear with slacks shoes.

Image.    1.  Black shoes. 2.  Runners/sneakers.  3.  Men’s dress shoes.

Slide 9:      “Look at me!” shoes.
                 Wrapped-around-up-to-the-knee shoes.

Image.   1.  Amazing 70’s disco shoes.   2.  Shoes like ballet shoes that wrap around the calves backwards and forwards up to the knee.

Slide 10:     Flat shoes.
                 Cat shoes.
                 Rat shoes.
                 Bat shoes.

Image:    1.  Slip-on shoes, no heels. 2, 3, 4.  Fluffy huge animal design slippers, like cat’s face or paws etc.

Slide 11:    Racks and racks and racks of shoes.

Image:   Nice orderly arrangement in vertical rows of shoes, like in a shoe shop or Imelda Marcos’ closet!

Slide 12:     Stacks and stacks and stacks of shoes.

Image:   Haphazard piles of shoes in a cupboard and near the cupboard.

Slide 13:   Oh, so many shoes to choose!!

Image:  Thought bubble of different shoes, worried indecisive expression.

[Philoctetes]

Pretty [insert your little princess's name *hereby referred to as "#"] and Her Mermaid Princess by Philo

Once upon a time and not very far way was a pretty little girl named #.

Everyone else loved her and called her Pretty #.

One day, after finishing her school assignments, Pretty # took her allowance to the toy store.

There were so many toys to choose from.

Pretty # picked the mermaid princess toy and paid eight dollars.

She loved her mermaid princess toy very much.

She took her mermaid princess toy whenever she would go, and showed it all of her favorite places.

One day, as Pretty # took her mermaid princess toy to the beach, something strange started to happen.

Her mermaid princess toy started talking to her.

"I am a real mermaid princess, but a bad witch made me into a toy."

I could turn turn into a real princess again by my dolphin friends."

Pretty # was kind and gentle. She couldn't bear to see the mermaid princess suffer.

She had an idea.

She called out "dolphins" to the sea as loudly as she could.

Suddenly, six magical dolphins appeared and started to swim towards the shore.

Altogether they said to Pretty  # :

"Thank you for rescuing our mermaid princess!"

They took the mermaid princess toy back into their fins and chanted something magical to the it.

Then came a loud noise, "bang!"

The mermaid princess toy turned into a beautiful life-sized mermaid princess with long flowing blond hair and a dazzling crown made of seashells.

"Thank you, Pretty #, for turning me back into a real mermaid princess!

Now please allow me to take you to my palace so my father, the King of mermen and mermaids, could give you a handsome reward."

The King of mermen and maids presented Pretty # with a silverish pink crown for saving his daughter, saying: "You are now also a princess of the sea."

After the crowning ceremony, the mermen and mermaids threw a big party in honor of their new princess--Princess Pretty #.

It was one of the most wonderful days for Pretty #--or shall we now call her--Princess Pretty #.
 
None of us would ever forget that magical day.

The End.

[nohayo]

I LOVE your shoe story Nikita 

[Nikita]

Thanks nohayo... this one's for you! It's Dr Suess style again...

Bears, bears, bears!

Slide 1:
Bears in pairs.
Bears in flares.
Bears up stairs.
Bears in their lairs.

Image:4 different images on one page. Bears holding hands, bears wearing flared pants, bears walking up stairs, bears with cubs in cave.

Slide 2:
Pairs of bears in flares up stairs.

Image: 2 pairs of bears wearing flares walking up stairs.

Slide 3:
Care bears.
Share bears.
Rare bears.
Bare bears.

Image: 4 pictures...a Care bear (the brand), a bear sharing a lollipop with another bear, a rare bear like a panda, a naked bear (covering private part with hands, looking embarrassed)

Slide 4:
Sharing, caring, daring bears.

Image: A bear with arm around another bear, while both jump from aeroplane (with parachute attached)

Slide 5:
Bear cubs.
Bear backrubs.
Bears in tubs.
Bears and cubs’ backrubs in tubs.

Image:1. Bear cubs. 2. Bear mums giving cubs backrubs. 3. Bears in bathtub. 4.Mum in tub with cub giving cub backrub, and vice versa.

Slide 6:
Bears with meals.
Bears on wheels.
Bears in heels.
Bears in heels with meals on wheels.

Image: Bears eating at table, plate of food, nice setting. Bears riding unicycle, Penny farthing bike. Bears with lipstick, skirt, handbag and high heels. Same bear riding motor bike (with helmet etc), carrying plate of food in one hand.

Slide 7:
Hairy bears.
Scary bears.
Wary bears.
Fairy bears.

Image: Bears with long curly hair, mohawk etc. 2.  Mean, nasty, gang-looking bears with tattoos and fingerless gloves.  Or in a black karate gi with black belt. 3.  Timid, shy, afraid looking bears looking back over shoulder, worrried it's being followed. 4.  bear in pretty tutu fairy outfit with fairy wings.

Slide 8:
Scary hairy fairy bears.

Image:A combination look...


Slide 9:
Feeding bears.
Reading bears.
Speeding bears.
Speeding, reading, feeding bears.

Image: 1. Bear eating pie, drinking milkshake. 2 bear reading book. 3 Bear riding a sports motorbike very fast, chased by policeman on bike. 4. 2 bears in convertible sports car, one reading paper (getting in face of driver), driver eating burger, going fast.


Slide 10:
Fair bears.
Stare bears.
Glare bears.
Scare bears.

Image: 1. Polar bears. 2. bears with big staring-like-owl eyes. 3. bear with frown, glaring angry look. 4 Bears jumping out from behind trees (saying boo!)


Slide 11:
Glaring, staring, scaring bears.

Image: an glaring bear trying to scare someone.

Slide 12:
Stealing bears.
Feeling bears.
Kneeling bears.
Hanging-from-the-ceiling bears.

Image: 1Bears stealing from a house, tiptoeing out from a window in the dark carrying a bag over shoulder (wearing black/white striped jail clothes) 2. bears in love, kissing, surrounded by love hearts. 3.  kneeling, praying hands bear. 4. a bear mobile over a cot.

Slide 13:
Stealing, feeling, kneeling bears.

Image:Naughty stealing bears, on their knees crying about their naughty deeds.

Slide 14:
The world is full of MANY bears!

Image: A page full of different bears. (different clothing, different colours, sizes)

[Nikita]

The Tale of the Snail and the Whale. by Nicole

Slide1:
May I regale you with a tale
Of a wee little snail and a great big whale?

Image1:Snail playing in sperm whale's spout water. Both smiling.

Slide 2 and 3
On the tail of the whale,
The snail set sail,
On a quest-that’s a search-
For the Golden Quail.

Image 2: Snail on tail of whale. Image3: Picture of Golden quail, big question mark, treasure map behind.

Slide 4, 5, 6, 7:
From Granada to Canada,
Ireland to Iceland,
England to Finland,
And to far away New Zealand.

Image 4:Map of line showing distance between Granada and Canada. Image 5: Same for Ireland to Iceland
Image 6:Same for England to Finland.  Image 7: Finland to New Zealand. (Show features of the countries, a 3D map)

Slide 8:
They traveled far and wide,
With a big star as their guide.
They traveled wide and far
Following that shining star.

Image 8:Whale with fin(flipper) up sheilding eyes looking into distance, with big star lighting the way.

Slide 9 and 10:
Their search ended up in vain,
For when they got to Spain,
They were drenched with flooding rain.
So they headed right back home again.

Image 9 and 10: Images of bullfighters and flamenco dancers, map of spain. Whale and snail near shore with heavy rain, choppy sea.

Slide11 and 12:
They thought bad weather had doomed them to fail,
Those icy cold winds that were blowing a gale,
And the water funnel tornado hot on their trail-
Hence Whale returned home with Snail on her tail.

Image 11: hurricane force winds blowing past glaciers. Image 12:A water spout tornado following them out to sea, them looking scared looking back over their shoulders trying to get away from it.

Slide 13:
But as there’s no such thing as a Golden Quail-
Right from the start they were destined to fail!
There was no point blaming high winds and rain,
The quest for the Quail was always in vain.

Image 13:Whale and snail happily at home with family, where they should have stayed all along!!

[Nikita]

Mummy and bubby out walking one day.  by Nicole

Slide 1:
Mummy and bubby out walking one day.

Image 1 (mum pushing pram)

Slide 2:
Mum stepped in doggy doo doo.

“Oh yucky!
My shoes all mucky!”

Mum was rather sad.

Image 2: Mum looking at shoe, covered in poo, poo on ground. Not happy expression.

Slide 3:
But they continued on their way.

Walking along, singing a song,

Image 3: pushing pram, singing...

Slide 4:
She stepped in pussy poo poo.

“Ooey, gooey!
It smells pooey!”

Mum was getting mad.

Image 4: Mad expression, shoe off, looking at it.

Slide 5:
But continued on with the journey.

Image 5: Walking along, chatting to bub.

Slide 6:
Soon a bird in the air
Dropped a bomb in her hair.

Image 6:Seagull overhead doing a dropping.

Slide 7:
“Ishy, squishy!
Slimy, grimy!”
Image 7:

Slide 8:
“Little bub,” said she,
“When you have to pee,
Or need to do a poo poo,
Image 8:Squatting down talking to bub in pram, wagging pointer finger at bub.

Slide 9:
Animals go anywhere,
But we humans use a loo loo.”

Image 9: A human on a toilet, toddler next to toilet on a potty.

Slide 10:
And with that, they returned home.

Image 10: walking down front path towards front door. 

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