telephone - a short story written by my 7th grade daughter

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Telephone I don’t think they know what I truly am. Crazy? No. A threat? Of course not. Judge me not I am nothing but a simplistic man with a love for simplistic things. But I will tell you why they judge me. The sky, as I recall, matched my feelings, curious. All of the stars seemed to shine brighter, as if in an effort to know more about the earth. The minuscule but cozy room I was working in, was illuminated by a light. That light always gave me an ocean sea blue inspiration. It was the rich, chocolate brown wood table I was working on. On top of the table was my sweet mint telephone and a vast sea if tools. Again and again I turned the rotary dial on the phone, listening for the clicks it always made. My curiosity began to transform into anger, for the phones clicks had lost it’s edge. No longer did they have the passion and pop of fireworks, but the dull pitterpatter of mournful rain. Like a shaken bottle of soda pop I held my frustration in and decided to sleep on it. My daily walk started my day. And I couldn’t help but admire the gracious morning, especially the sky. Tiered blues, golden yellows, and ripe oranges, surrounded the sun as if on a leash. A soulawakening orange caught my eye. That was the color I longed for, wanted to hunt for. So I did. Every day I walked to a few houses and, ever so carefully, peer into every window. My eyes would quickly spot a rotary telephone. One phone, I remember, was a hideous1 green. The whole phone was revolting1. My senses forced me to move on. Night rolled around and I found myself returning to an eerie2 home, even the driveway had a strange2 essence to it. My nimble fingers picked the door’s lock easily. As I entered the spooky2 home a grotesque3 figure approached me, it’s silhouette misshapen3. I disregarded it. Swiftly, almost gracefully, I stole the phone, making it my own. The figure blocked me from escaping. Its shape finally became clear as the dim light from the door opening seeped into the scene like oil. My heart slowed when I realized the figure was only a cat. Relief fully washed over me when I made it back into the security of the streetlights. I hope this phone is great, I thought as I walked home. Well perfection takes time to find, I debated, what if I never find it? Oh yes I will! But what if I only get a fraction of my life with it? “I’m just being paranoid.” I muttered.

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Page 1: Telephone - A short story written by my 7th grade daughter

Telephone    

I  don’t  think  they  know  what  I  truly  am.  Crazy?  No.  A  threat?  Of  course  not.  Judge  me  not  I  

am  nothing  but  a  simplistic  man  with  a  love  for  simplistic  things.  But  I  will  tell  you  why  they  judge  

me.    

  The  sky,  as  I  recall,  matched  my  feelings,  curious.  All  of  the  stars  seemed  to  shine  brighter,  as  

if  in  an  effort  to  know  more  about  the  earth.  The  minuscule  but  cozy  room  I  was  working  in,  was  

illuminated  by  a  light.  That  light  always  gave  me  an  ocean  sea  blue  inspiration.  It  was  the  rich,  

chocolate  brown  wood  table  I  was  working  on.  On  top  of  the  table  was  my  sweet  mint  telephone  

and  a  vast  sea  if  tools.  

  Again  and  again  I  turned  the  rotary  dial  on  the  phone,  listening  for  the  clicks  it  always  made.  

My  curiosity  began  to  transform  into  anger,  for  the  phones  clicks  had  lost  it’s  edge.  No  longer  did  

they  have  the  passion  and  pop  of  fireworks,  but  the  dull  pitter-­‐patter  of  mournful  rain.  Like  a  

shaken  bottle  of  soda  pop  I  held  my  frustration  in  and  decided  to  sleep  on  it.  

My  daily  walk  started  my  day.  And  I  couldn’t  help  but  admire  the  gracious  morning,  

especially  the  sky.  Tiered  blues,  golden  yellows,  and  ripe  oranges,  surrounded  the  sun  as  if  on  a  

leash.  A  soul-­‐awakening  orange  caught  my  eye.  That  was  the  color  I  longed  for,  wanted  to  hunt  for.  

So  I  did.  

Every  day  I  walked  to  a  few  houses  and,  ever  so  carefully,  peer  into  every  window.  My  eyes  

would  quickly  spot  a  rotary  telephone.  One  phone,  I  remember,  was  a  hideous1  green.  The  whole  

phone  was  revolting1.  My  senses  forced  me  to  move  on.  

Night  rolled  around  and  I  found  myself  returning  to  an  eerie2  home,  even  the  driveway  had  

a  strange2  essence  to  it.  My  nimble  fingers  picked  the  door’s  lock  easily.  As  I  entered  the  spooky2  home  a  grotesque3  figure  approached  me,  it’s  silhouette  misshapen3.  I  disregarded  it.  Swiftly,  

almost  gracefully,  I  stole  the  phone,  making  it  my  own.  The  figure  blocked  me  from  escaping.  Its  

shape  finally  became  clear  as  the  dim  light  from  the  door  opening  seeped  into  the  scene  like  oil.  My  

heart  slowed  when  I  realized  the  figure  was  only  a  cat.  Relief  fully  washed  over  me  when  I  made  it  

back  into  the  security  of  the  streetlights.  

I  hope  this  phone  is  great,  I  thought  as  I  walked  home.  Well  perfection  takes  time  to  find,  I  

debated,  what  if  I  never  find  it?  Oh  yes  I  will!  But  what  if  I  only  get  a  fraction  of  my  life  with  it?  “I’m  

just  being  paranoid.”  I  muttered.  

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After  many  other  steals  in  the  silent  and  still  night  I  was  in  bed  again.  Another  night  of  

corked  frustration  for  I  didn’t  find  the  perfect  telephone.  

I  had  gone  on  my  daily  pursuit  through  my  neighborhood  but  found  nothing.  And  the  sunset  

was  as  angered  as  me.  Intense  reds  were  dominant  in  the  sky,  so  the  trees  seemed  to  dance  in  it.  

The  neighborhood  was  almost  like  a  ballroom,  but  I  was  too  mad  to  dance.  I  checked  one  more  

house  and  there  it  was,  a  phone  that  made  my  senses  tingle.  Making  my  cha-­‐cha  with  the  trees.  With  

amazing  patience  I  waited  for  night  to  roll  around.  

 Tumblers  ticking,  gentle  feet  tiptoeing  I  had  entered  the  home  in  darkness.  The  stopping  of  a  

stream  of  electricity  you  can  only  hear  in  utter  silence;  a  slip  off  the  foot  and…  Bam!  Someone  was  

woken.  I  bolted  for  where  I  thought  the  door  was,  but  I  was  confused  where  in  the  house  I  was.  He  

saw  me,  ran  after  me,  then  blocked  my  exit.  “This  is  preposterous4!”  The  man  shouted  about  the  

matter.  Like  a  composite  volcano  I  blew,  I  hit  him  with  the  phone.  Bam!  How  dare  he  think  this  is  

laughable4!  I  ask  myself.  His  body  falls  and  lay  motionless.  My  tremulous5  body  sprints  away  from  

his  frightening6,  macabre6  body.  Every  part  of  me  was  quivering6  as  I  ran,  the  shakiness6  caused  

me  stumble  often.  I  glanced  over  to  the  telephone  as  I  sprint  home,  my  soul  became  mesmerized  by  

it  and  so  did  my  body.  My  pace  slowed  then  stopped.  From  above  I  was  only  a  black  and  soul-­‐

awakening  orange  dot.  The  rest  of  it  was  a  blur,  crazy,  murder,  the  bronze  taste  of  fear  and  

confusion,  all  clouded  my  mind.  This  sensory  overload  caused  my  mind  to  go  blank.  

A  mad  house  is  what  they  say  I  am  in.  Me?  Mad?  Ha!  I  am  just  a  simplistic  man  with  a  love  for  

simplistic  things.