It’s so exciting to see that Tiny Owl Workshop has opened stage three of the Lane of Unusual Traders. If you’ve yet to check out this amazing writing competition, you really should. Continue reading “The Lane of Unusual Traders”
Tag: Short Story
Bunyip’s Night
Bunyip in his watery bed tossed and turned, groaned and grunted, wriggled and wiggled, fidgeted and flicked his tail.
He yawned and yawned again.
But still Bunyip couldn’t sleep.
“Who’s making so much noise?” he said.
Bunyip checked his fish were sleeping tight and then splished and splashed out of his dam.
He saw Platypus floating on top of the water.
“Are you making that noise?” Bunyip said.
“Not me,” said Platypus, splashing out of sight.
Bunyip stomped between the pale Eucalypt trees and saw Possum over head.
“Are you making that noise?” Bunyip said.
“Not me,” said Possum, leaping away through the leaves.
Bunyip stomped towards the edge of the forest, whipping his tail behind him, and saw Wombat snuffling in the leaf litter.
“Are you making that noise?” Bunyip said.
“Not me,” said Wombat, backing away into the shadows.
The noise was louder now. It bopped and it zinged, it flew and it crashed, it thudded and it sang.
Bunyip stepped out into the clearing. His enormous mouth dropped open.
There were Bunyips everywhere.
Big ones and small ones, ones with feathers and ones with fur, ones with shimmery scales and ones with twisting tales. Bunyips of every colour and hue. All of them prancing and spinning, dancing and grinning. All of them having a wonderful time.
And Bunyip’s feet started tapping, his hands started clapping, his hips started swaying and his head started bobbing.
“Wow, you look great!” said a Bunyip passing by, “Come dance with us.”
And Bunyip did. He twisted and he twirled, he grinned and he guffawed, he waved and he winked, he fandangoed and he flounced. He was having such wonderful time that he didn’t notice the other Bunyips were drifting away until he heard a low roar and then another and then another!
There were bright lights that made Bunyip blink and thuds and growls that made Bunyip jump. The other bunyips were taking off their tails and their ears and getting into growling boxes.
Monsters! Monsters everywhere!
With a shudder and a shriek Bunyip ran back into the forest, through the Eucalypt trees, and splashed back into his dam. He sank to the bottom and his fish snuggled in around him.
To think! He’d been dancing with monsters and he never even knew it.
It had been a lot of fun though.
He yawned. He didn’t toss or turn, grunt or groan, wriggle or wiggle, fidget or flick his tail. He just snored, snored, snored.
Unfettered – A writing competition by Tiny Owl Workshop
Hello!
If you’re a writer (or an aspiring one like me) then I strongly suggest you check out the Unfettered writing competition by Tiny Owl Workshop.
There are nine truly amazing pieces of art from which you choose one to inspire your entry into the competition. It’s a wonderful idea and I’m already having a lot of fun writing my story, using the ‘White Deer’ as a prompt.
Check out all the details and the beautiful pictures here.
The Moon’s Big Day
“Time for bed,” said Star.
“I don’t want to go to bed,” said Moon, “I want to stay up all day, I want have a midday feast, I want to see what Sun sees.”
“Suit yourself,” yawned Star, fading off to sleep.
“Humph,” said Sun, “you should go to bed.”
“No, there’s so much to see,” said Moon.
Tweet tweedle tweet, flappity flap, skitter-hop skitter-scratch, skitter-dash-dash-dash.
“Birds! So many, so quick. They flitter through the air and scratch for worms with their feet. They dip, they dive, they snap at moths with their beaks.”
“Umph,” said Sun.
Beep-beep, honk, barp, honk, beep, creep, broom-broom, vroooooom.
“Cars! Line after line, row after row. Creeping through the city and then broom, off they go.”
“Umph,” said Sun.
Chatter, clatter, stomp. Hop, swing, slide, skip. Tag, you’re it!
“Kids! They hurry, they scurry. The little boys bellowing, the little girls giggling! Up the jungle gym, along the Monkey-bars. Look at them go!”
“Umph,” said Sun.
La-la laaaa. La-la laaaa. La-la la la la laaaa.
“A lullabye. So soft and sweet. Floating, swaying, rising, falling. Sighing. The day is dying.”
“Goodnight Moon,” said Sun.
“Goodnight Sun,” said Moon.
Moon yawned, “I’m very tired tonight,” he said.
“Don’t worry Moon, I’ll tuck you in. You can have a night off,” said Cloud, “La-la laaaa. La – la laaaa. Goodnight moon and now sleep.”
