Short Story: Moving Away

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“Come here little boy” whispered the old woman. The little boy came running as fast as he could because he adores his grandmother. “I have a story that was passed on from generations to generations and hopefully one day you will get a chance to tell your kids someday so that it would be past passed on” said his grandmother. “Oh boy! really? does it have superheros in it because I like them a lot!” cried the boy.“Well maybe if you're quiet and listen really well maybe you can spot out the hero” chuckled the grandmother. “Okay I won’t make a peep so can you tell me, pretty please” begged the boy. “Okay but it's a long story do you think you can handle it?” questioned the grandmother. “Yes ma'am I can” said the determined little boy. Once upon a time there …show more content…
He was disappointed that inside the marble was bare. Eart came up with a solution but was careful not to break his dad's promise because when he gets mad he holds grudges. The plan was to paint the top half blue with white blobs and then the bottom half a rich green. As he began to work on spray painting his favorite colors on both halves he thought that it would fix it from being so dull. After the paint was dried he sat down on the freshly painted floor to relax. At noon, Eart was about to go out of his mind because it was too quiet. His big idea was to make a friend to talk to. He was buzzing with all kinds of good ideas on what to make that he forgot all about his promise to his dad. Eart began making this small brown hairy creature. Eart stood back and watched this creature began to fill with life and he called it a key. This key started hopping and rolling around because she was so happy that she was alive. When Eart finally got the key to stay in one place for long enough to say “hello can you understand me” gushed Eart. The key just stared at Eart for a little bit then started to roll around again. While Eart was running around to try to get key to

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