There’s an old saying that a picture is worth a thousand words. A lot of times when we look at pictures we make up the story in our mind.

Choose one of the three pictures below and write a short story about what is happening.  Try not to just describe the picture, but pretend that you are part of the picture either as one of the characters or someone just out of the artists view, watching the scene.

Here is the picture I chose!  
Once upon a time, a little boy was sent off to his Grandparents farm, which, was 3 miles away.
The little boy's parents had wanted to send an older sibling along to accompany the little boy, but, he had insisted that he "Twusth Big Enuff." Because he had "Dust turned fife," and "twusth" a "Big Boy."   The parents finally agreed and the little boy set out with his little bundle of clothes and toothbrush. He got his daddy to tie it on a stick for him so he could carry it easier.  Then he set out with careful instructions to Grandma and Grandpa's farm pinned in his pocket. That way, if he got lost, he could show someone his instructions and they could take him there.  About half way there he got tired, and it being his normal nap-time he lay down in a patch of green grass and fell asleep. After a while a policeman walked by and seeing the little boy waked him and asked him what he was doing.  The little boy replied "I wuth, I wuth sleeping." The policeman looked at him and asked him where he was going, the little boy replied "My Grana's house."  "Where is that" the policeman asked.  The little boy pulled the paper out of his pocket and showed the policeman.  "That's easy to find little chap," the kind policeman said.  Then he posed a question: "Shall we go get some ice cream first?"  "Yes,Yes!" cried the little boy.  So the policeman took him in to the nearby Ice Cream Parlor and they had a nice treat.  Then the policeman took the little boy home.  THE END

Emily Rose