Due this week

5. Haunted. Have you ever been in a house where things go bump in the night? Do you believe that some buildings or places are haunted? Is there one in your town? Tell us a story about it. Make it believable.
Alternate: Lockers. What one thing do you wish no one to know about in your locker? Or what is the most important thing in your locker? Deadline: Friday Oct. 17.

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  • Click "create content" and create an ENTRY
  • Fill out "title," "author name, school & grade" and "prompt" boxes.
  • Paste story into "body."
  • Click "Submit." You are done.
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I did this with someone's avatar just now trying to figure out what it was.....

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Picture

Submitted by emotive.eleven on June 3, 2008 - 21:00.

I stretched out
her picture until it was a mess
of blurry colors
and shapes that slid in
and out
of my vision.
I stretched her out, until I thought
I knew what she meant
and in the end it was too hard to grasp
so I gave up.
I shrunk the picture until it was a white square
and it kept getting smaller
and then I didn't save what I
saw.
It was a question,
and an answer, and a statement
that maybe meant more than
she could say.
But I didn't take the time to read into it,
because I didn't want to
know
the answers to her questions.
I heard her tell me to
keep looking
and her voice was desperate
but I turned away because I didn't want to see
how much she needed
me
and I didn't want to tell her I
wouldn't be there
for her.

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