Short story competition
Read short stories from 1st year students of Teaching Training College. The limit is 50 words!!
PROJECT: Time CAPSULE
Write a message to the people who will open your time capsule 100 years from now. Include this information: who you are, when and why you are burying the time capsule, an explanation of your choice of items, on or two problems the world is facing today (e.g. climate change, war, poverty, etc.), when the time capsule should be opened. Word limit: 150. EXTRA for the top grade: Imagine you are a person who opens the capsule in 100 years. Write a short e-mail to a friend describing how you felt when you opened the capsule and saw the strange old objects. Remember, you are living 100 years from now. BE INVENTIVE! Word limit: 100 Deadline: Sept. 23
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James lived on a beautiful farm. He had a nice house and he carred for his cattle. One night someone killed almost all his animals. The police officers didn’t know who could commit the crime. After long investigation they were sure. It was James! He suffered from a dual personality.
Everyone was scared to death on the arduous exam in Teacher Training College. When each person left a classroom disappointed after examination, only Peter had a smile on his face…and 2 in the index. Jane asked Peter “Why are you so happy?” “Now I finally have time to rest.”
June 2008, Austria. The stadium is full, mostly in white-red colours. “Zurawski kicks off, Smolarek passes to Krzynowek, now long pass to Blaszczykowski who crosses to Lewandowski and he scores! Real madness at the stadium. Poland is winning with Germany!” After a while the German team walks out on the ground.
Their car got a puncture on the road. Her husband left to check what was going on. When he returned his wife had disappeared. He spotted a gun under his seat and a photography of his wife with another man. He realised that she was going to murder him.
Being spellbound, the cherub was unable to tear his eyes away from this extraordinary entity, as it was so perfect, tender and tempting. He fell in love...
Mirrors were prohibited in the whole kingdom and what he actually saw was his own face, reflecting in the surface of the puddle...
John was a very brave and clever person with a responsible job. One day he saw a thief in a neighbour`s house and he wanted to catch him. John entered the building and the alarm rang. The police arrived and put John under arrest. Then he said:
I`m a policeman!
He was her first love –a handsome, intelligent guy. They were prepearing for the weeding. When the day came, he asked his fiancee to bind his tie. With love in her eyes she tightened it and strangled him. ‘ In don’t use a red lipstick’ – she whispered looking at his collar.
That night the pavement belonged to us. But suddenly Tom stymbled against something big covered by darkness. I found it was my cousin but all stained with blood. Then, four guys emerged from the shadowm and asked: ‘Do you want to look like him?’ We ran away rapidly.
The night before he had been watching horrors and this night looked the some until he took a call: `I am coming for you! `. The door closed, something hit a window. Lights went out. Suddenly someone knocked at the door. He saw little death: ` I`m here for your hamster! `
A man was riding a bike. It was raining and suddenly somebody’ s car splashed him with mud. A guy from the car screamed: “ You’ re idiot. Who is riding a bike in such a weather ?!” Two hours later a cyclist was introduced to him as his new boss.
The stranger was standing next to the Eiffel Tower looking at one boy willingly. The boy said to his friend in Polish: he looks like a hungry, weird man. The stranger came closer and said:
I`m not hungry. I am a Polish guy.
As he was finishing his cigarette the door bell rang. ‘Please, help my grandmum’- begged a small girl in a blue shawl. Examining the ill, doctor noticed disappearing of the girl. Only her shawl was lying on a chair. ‘But she died a month ago’- explained astonished woman.
He lived in New York for a few years, looking for a job but nobody wanted to employ him. Eventually, he cleaned up windows in skyscrapers. But one day, when the summer ended, he was cleaning a building in Manhattan when the history of the world was changed and hisdreams were destroyed by the airplane.
Three handicaped guys decided to burgle and steal something. The first man was blind, the second guy was deaf and the last one was lame. Suddenly, on the crime scene the blind man said: “I have seen something”, the deaf man said: “I have heard something” and the lame man said: “Let’s run away!”.
Adam’s life couldn’t be more perfect. Supported by the loving wife and family, satisfied with everything he had accomplished an old man was sitting in an armchair. He was fulfilled and proud of himself. Then he woke up and saw empty walls around him. He shed a tear-it was just an unrealistic dream.