My+drabbles

** The Splits **
==== Leah walked down the hill to the muddy river, where the weathered, leaky canoe was tethered to the dock. She hadn’t been canoeing in months and she was ready. Leah put on her life jacket—she’d never flipped, and the river was shallow, but she always wore it just in case. She put her right foot in the center of the canoe, when Leah’s sister came running down the hill, shouting. ====

** Summer Sprain **
==== I walked down the rocky, dirt path carved in the earth by tractor wheels with my sister Kate. I carried my sketchbook with me and soon spotted a tiny, white butterfly resting on a wheat plant. I stood there, studying, sketching, while Kate continued walking. When I’d finished, I raced after her but my foot landed on a rock, my ankle rolled, my foot turned in and I fell to the ground. I sat there, stunned; I tried to stand but my ankle couldn’t bear any weight. I grabbed wheat to pull myself down and shouted out to my sister. ====

** Burned Out **
==== It was nine at night and summertime. A dozen friends sat circled around a fire, burning the ends of sticks and tossing marshmallows into the flames to watch them expand and burn black. Kim brought her ex-boyfriend’s shirt out from the house and her friends shouted encouragement. ====

** Wild Surprise **
==== The two women walked on the rocky, dirt path that led through the Canadian bush. Their family had taken the tractor and wagon out for a ride and Sara and Jess wanted to catch up with them. It was mid-afternoon, hot and sunny, and a strong wind blew through the poplar trees. They came to a bend in the path and when they turned, they discovered two black bear cubs following the path far ahead of them. The nervous women slowed their walk. ====

“Shut up shut up shut up!” he yelled back.
==== The two stood in the kitchen arguing about god knows what. The girl held her clenched fists to her sides and screamed. The boy furiously rambled some incomprehensible string of words and then swore at his sister. ==== ==== She looked at him dumbfounded while he reached out and grabbed her necklace and yanked the chain. It broke and the gold charm fell on the linoleum floor. The girl’s jaw dropped as she clutched the spot where the necklace belonged. She burst into tears. ====

“Brilliant. Our milk supply is low and there’s a fountain of milk at the core of the moon! That’s why it’s made of cheese, you know.”
==== Excited to fill up, the cats sped towards the moon. After a rough landing, Sniffles and Catface curled into their spacesuits and grabbed their drills. They would use the hoses attached to the spaceship to get the milk. ====