Monday, December 21, 2015

My Short Short for the Day


The sled whizzed down the hill like it was ice.  The wind whipping in his face, his red cheeks burning from the cold, his eyes squinting from the sun glaring off the snow.  He felt like he was flying.  He rushed towards the bottom of the hill where the snowbank loomed.  Oh, no!  He was going too fast, no time to brake, his only choice was to wipe out.  The snowbank was too hard to slam into.  He knew he had to throw himself off the sled but every time it was so hard to force his body to cooperate.  His heart thundered in his chest.  He was running out of time.  It was now or never.  He clutched the sides of the sled and threw his weight to the right.  He wobbled but it wasn’t enough, he was still racing to his doom!  Panic started to rise up.  He threw himself as hard as he could and for a second thought it wouldn’t work.  Then SMOOSH!  He tipped over and tumbled across the snow before landing face first in the cold, white fluffiness.  The sled smacked into the snowbank and bounced back.  That was AWESOME!

“Now boarding Flight 889 to Maine.”

“Gary, come on.”  Sarah yelled to her little brother.  “We’re boarding now.”

“Yes!”  Gary grabbed his bag and ran to catch up.  “I’ll be sledding in no time.”

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