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Mine! Six-year-old Buddy terrorizes the playground, appropriating everyone’s toys. How can the kids teach him a lesson and get their stuff back?
We left Buddy at the water fountain last week.
Hot and panting, he took a long, cool drink, wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, and looked around.
A little girl pushed a doll buggy along a path. Every so often, she’d stop walking and adjust her doll’s blanket or feed the dolly a bottle. She smiled as she sang a lullaby.
When a patch of dandelions distracted the little girl, Buddy flung the pail and shovel, the dump truck, and the basketball into the carriage on top of the doll. Then he took off with it as fast as he could run. One of the wheels hit a rock, and the whole carriage turned over, dumping the toys.
“My baby!” the little girl cried, trying to regain her pilfered possessions.
“Mine!” screamed Buddy. He threw the doll, the ball, the truck, the pail and the shovel back into the buggy and ran down a hill with them all.
I know it’s short (10-sentence limit), but what do you think of this small excerpt? Any suggestions on how I can make it better? Please comment below.
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Such a naughty kid. I’m not sure “pilfered possessions” are words your age group would use or understand. Great story.
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He really is pushing boundaries in this story. I wonder who will stand up to him.
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This brat is gonna be sorry right away, I can tell.
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Such a materialistic brat. It’ll be interesting to see how you teach him the lesson he so obviously needs to learn.
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He’s acting more like my 2-yr-old granddaughter where everything is “mine!” instead of a 6-yr-old. He’s going to learn a hard lesson soon. I hope. Great snippet.
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Somebody needs to take this kid in hand. Great snippet.
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No no no … when is someone interfering ?
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Wow. He’s just piling up his theft. He’s going to have so many angry kids after him in a minute!
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What a brat! I hope someone teaches him manners.
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Thanks for your comments, everybody! Things will get worse before they get better.
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Personally, I hope the little girl beats the crap out of him. That would bruise his ego as much as his body.
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LOL! So true.
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