More Stories, Written by Yours Truly

Where Did Joey Go?

Oh no, not this again, Jane thought. Where did Joey go?

How Many Trees are in the Woods?

Twelve.

Sixteen Elephants Went to the Store

If you take the time to think about it, you can probably think of about sixteen reasons why sixteen elephants would not fit in a store.

Underwear

Realizing that he was in a lot of trouble, Troy flipped his hair to the side and casually strode out of the building in his underwear.

Jack

For Jack’s third birthday (a day he remembers very well), he got a very fancy sewing machine. Jack loved his sewing machine. He used it to sew everything from shirts to blankets to quilts. Over the years, Jack’s sewing abilities grew better and better. There wasn’t anything he couldn’t sew. He lived on the firm belief that anything could be fixed, as long as you had the right thread.
By the time Jack turned seven, his entire house was filled with various repairs expertly made from fine threads. Everything worked perfectly, thanks to his amazing talents. Jack had never been happier.
Jack’s parents died when he was eight. Jack found his dead parents in their room one morning when he came upstairs from breakfast. Jack couldn’t believe his eyes. There his parents were, lying in pools of blood with stab wounds covering their bodies. Jack quickly grabbed his sewing needle and thread and began to vigorously sew up their wounds. When finished, Jack propped his parents up on their bed and began talking to them.
“Hello parents,” he said. “I have fixed you!”
But there was no response.
“Parents? I fixed you! You’re all better! Why won’t you respond?”