Everyone has to start somewhere. Here are the first two original compositions that Karsten has produced. He has been given topics and then the latitude to write a story of his choosing. He was told to write a title, a story, and use proper punctuation. Here are his first attempts. He gravitates toward boy themes, eh? We are now starting to add some guidelines to help there be fewer homicides and inclusions of all the people mentioned in the title.
Blue Jay Everywhere
Once upon a time there was a city of blue jays. Their enemy, the black python, plans to eat them all! All the blue jays are escaping to the black cave. In the cave, the black python comes and eats one of the blue jays. Then the king comes and kills the python. The End. 11/21/08
The Apple and Me
There was an apple and he was strong and he was very naughty and he was famous for killing apple people. The End. 11/26/08
I am always amazed at how Josiah(7) is attracted to all things violent. Just last night he killed about 50 imaginary men attacking our house. I feel very safe with him around.
You need to get the tv, internet access, and xbox out of his bedroom…
Stop being so intrusive. Don’t you know his bedroom has best wall to hang the 60-inch TV. If I were to throw away the TV the boys would have to watch the Die Hard series in in the living room and Gladiator and Silence of the Lambs only work on his Blu-Ray player.