Story Builder
Everyone gets to contribute a paragraph to the story. We will start the story
for you and you can write the next paragraph and the next and the next.
Keep checking back to make sure your paragraph fits into the last one written
so that the story flows. Your paragraph should be between 50 and 200 words in
length.
Let's start:
Alex felt that things were different as soon as he put his key in the lock and
pushed the heavy door open. His mother was nowhere to be seen and even the
cat was behaving strangely...
Even when his mother was not around, Alex always felt that somehow she was
still watching him, waiting to catch him out whenever he did something wrong.
(submitted by Frank)
Alex called out to his dog. The dog's name was Rosso. Everything about the
situation felt strange. Even the dog was behaving strangely; he was running in
circles, chasing his tale. He hadn't done that since he was a young pup.
"What's happening here?" Alex thought.
Then suddenly, he felt an evil presence in the house.
(submitted by Elle)
Alex looked around the house. Was he just imagining hearing doors opening
and closing and mysterious footsteps in the house? Rosso followed him around
as he investigated. Rosso didn't seem to be smelling anything different than he
should be smelling. Maybe the evil presence was Rosso.
(submitted by Amanda)
Suddenly the air turned cold and all the breath seemed to be sucked out of the
house like a vacuum. Even with very little breath in his lungs, Alex turned to
face the bedroom door and started walking towards it. He carefully opened the
door and then, right before he passed out, he saw it.
(submitted by Anna)
Everyone gets to contribute a paragraph to the story. We will start the story
for you and you can write the next paragraph and the next and the next.
Keep checking back to make sure your paragraph fits into the last one written
so that the story flows. Your paragraph should be between 50 and 200 words in
length.
Let's start:
Alex felt that things were different as soon as he put his key in the lock and
pushed the heavy door open. His mother was nowhere to be seen and even the
cat was behaving strangely...
Even when his mother was not around, Alex always felt that somehow she was
still watching him, waiting to catch him out whenever he did something wrong.
(submitted by Frank)
Alex called out to his dog. The dog's name was Rosso. Everything about the
situation felt strange. Even the dog was behaving strangely; he was running in
circles, chasing his tale. He hadn't done that since he was a young pup.
"What's happening here?" Alex thought.
Then suddenly, he felt an evil presence in the house.
(submitted by Elle)
Alex looked around the house. Was he just imagining hearing doors opening
and closing and mysterious footsteps in the house? Rosso followed him around
as he investigated. Rosso didn't seem to be smelling anything different than he
should be smelling. Maybe the evil presence was Rosso.
(submitted by Amanda)
Suddenly the air turned cold and all the breath seemed to be sucked out of the
house like a vacuum. Even with very little breath in his lungs, Alex turned to
face the bedroom door and started walking towards it. He carefully opened the
door and then, right before he passed out, he saw it.
(submitted by Anna)
When Alex regained consiousness, he sat upright and stared at the thing. He
didn't know what it was and Rosso was none the wiser. Alex did know that he
felt terrible for thinking it was the poor, innocent dog. Alex stood up and
stepped backwards, and the thing didn't seem to notice him. He stared at it and
thought some more. Then, it seemed so obvious! It was a...
(submitted by Amanda)
didn't know what it was and Rosso was none the wiser. Alex did know that he
felt terrible for thinking it was the poor, innocent dog. Alex stood up and
stepped backwards, and the thing didn't seem to notice him. He stared at it and
thought some more. Then, it seemed so obvious! It was a...
(submitted by Amanda)
...woman tied up like a mummy! The woman was all wrapped up so that Alex
couldn't tell who it was. Alex was frightened, but he set to work immediately. He
untied the woman hands and began to take off the binding. Alex reeled back in
horror when he saw who it was.
His mother!
At that moment, he sensed yet another presence behind him.
'If this is my mother, who is standing behind me?' Alex thought.
He had very little time to think about the answer before he heard his mother
shout,
"Look out behind you, Alex! It's your aunt, my evil twin sister."
Alex stood up immediately. He was almost paralyzed with shock.
"I have an evil aunt?" he mouthed, unable to make any sound at all.
As he turned, the strange, evil woman with a wild look in her eyes and a dagger
raised above her head, started to come toward Alex. Rosso started barking
frantically. Then, unexpectedly, Alex's father appeared in the doorway behind
them!
"What's all this about?" he asked.
"My twin sister has captured me and she intends to kill us. She used me as a
trap for Alex. It is Alex she really wants." explained his wife, who was still on the
floor, struggling with the last of the binding.
Alex's father looked completely baffled.
"But why?" he stammered.
He had dropped his briefcase and papers were strewn everywhere.
(submitted by Sahar)
couldn't tell who it was. Alex was frightened, but he set to work immediately. He
untied the woman hands and began to take off the binding. Alex reeled back in
horror when he saw who it was.
His mother!
At that moment, he sensed yet another presence behind him.
'If this is my mother, who is standing behind me?' Alex thought.
He had very little time to think about the answer before he heard his mother
shout,
"Look out behind you, Alex! It's your aunt, my evil twin sister."
Alex stood up immediately. He was almost paralyzed with shock.
"I have an evil aunt?" he mouthed, unable to make any sound at all.
As he turned, the strange, evil woman with a wild look in her eyes and a dagger
raised above her head, started to come toward Alex. Rosso started barking
frantically. Then, unexpectedly, Alex's father appeared in the doorway behind
them!
"What's all this about?" he asked.
"My twin sister has captured me and she intends to kill us. She used me as a
trap for Alex. It is Alex she really wants." explained his wife, who was still on the
floor, struggling with the last of the binding.
Alex's father looked completely baffled.
"But why?" he stammered.
He had dropped his briefcase and papers were strewn everywhere.
(submitted by Sahar)
Just at that moment, out of nowhere, a wild wind began to stir up. Papers, dust
and debris went flying everywhere. This lasted for several minutes. When it
finally settled, Alex's mother found that the evil aunt was nowhere to be seen.
Alex's dad was lying on the floor. He had been knocked unconscious. Rosso,
who had been beside Alex the whole time, was also gone...
(link paragraph by Nora)
and debris went flying everywhere. This lasted for several minutes. When it
finally settled, Alex's mother found that the evil aunt was nowhere to be seen.
Alex's dad was lying on the floor. He had been knocked unconscious. Rosso,
who had been beside Alex the whole time, was also gone...
(link paragraph by Nora)
Alex's evil Aunt Agatha had managed to escape by jumping into a secret
doorway that had been in Alex's bedroom ever since the house was built.
Unfortunately for Rosso, Agatha had realised that his barking would have given
her secret away so she had swept him up in her cardigan before she made her
getaway. Now she was running through the secret tunnel, carrying Rosso in
her arms, until she arrived at....
(submitted by Rod)
doorway that had been in Alex's bedroom ever since the house was built.
Unfortunately for Rosso, Agatha had realised that his barking would have given
her secret away so she had swept him up in her cardigan before she made her
getaway. Now she was running through the secret tunnel, carrying Rosso in
her arms, until she arrived at....
(submitted by Rod)
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...a crossroads. To the left, the way climbed steeply upwards, so steep in fact
that it could almost be described as a chute. Only there were clear footholds
which the dark lady briefly eyed with contempt. Ahead, the tunnel seemed to
run interminably into the distance and as she paused, Alex's aunt could hear
the scurrying of tiny feet that she was all too familiar with.
She looked down at the squirming bulge beneath her cardigan. Clasping the
dog tightly against her with one arm, she freed her other hand to reach down
and pick up what looked like a small hedgehog off the ground by her feet and,
object in hand, she turned to her right.
(submitted by Tiscali)
that it could almost be described as a chute. Only there were clear footholds
which the dark lady briefly eyed with contempt. Ahead, the tunnel seemed to
run interminably into the distance and as she paused, Alex's aunt could hear
the scurrying of tiny feet that she was all too familiar with.
She looked down at the squirming bulge beneath her cardigan. Clasping the
dog tightly against her with one arm, she freed her other hand to reach down
and pick up what looked like a small hedgehog off the ground by her feet and,
object in hand, she turned to her right.
(submitted by Tiscali)
There stood Alex with a look of intense anger on his face.
"Hand over the dog, old woman. If you don't give me that dog, you will regret it
for as long as you live," Alex exclaimed.
As his aunt turned to flee, Alex dived at her feet and brought her to the
ground in a stupendous tackle that his football coach would have been
immensely proud of.
"Give him the dog," boomed a voice that seemed to be coming from the
heavens.
Alex and his aunt looked up to see Alex's mother standing, no, towering over
them.
"I warned you to stay out of my life, Agatha. I can't do anything about your
pathetic existence. If you can't change, then go away and leave us alone,"
Alex's mother demanded, trembling as she spoke.
Alex grabbed Rosso and went and stood by his mother's side.
"Alright, alright, Allison. I concede defeat and will change my ways. I will stop
trying to steal control of your life and identity. I'm getting too old for this sort
of caper, anyway.
Alex and his mother were laughing so hard, they could hardly help Aunt
Agatha up off the ground. They walked off arm in arm, back to the house for a
refreshing cup of tea with Rosso bringing up the rear.
"Hand over the dog, old woman. If you don't give me that dog, you will regret it
for as long as you live," Alex exclaimed.
As his aunt turned to flee, Alex dived at her feet and brought her to the
ground in a stupendous tackle that his football coach would have been
immensely proud of.
"Give him the dog," boomed a voice that seemed to be coming from the
heavens.
Alex and his aunt looked up to see Alex's mother standing, no, towering over
them.
"I warned you to stay out of my life, Agatha. I can't do anything about your
pathetic existence. If you can't change, then go away and leave us alone,"
Alex's mother demanded, trembling as she spoke.
Alex grabbed Rosso and went and stood by his mother's side.
"Alright, alright, Allison. I concede defeat and will change my ways. I will stop
trying to steal control of your life and identity. I'm getting too old for this sort
of caper, anyway.
Alex and his mother were laughing so hard, they could hardly help Aunt
Agatha up off the ground. They walked off arm in arm, back to the house for a
refreshing cup of tea with Rosso bringing up the rear.
Oksana has added a new twist. It seems like this story does not want to die.
As soon as they were inside the house, Aunt Agatha pulled a gun from her
pocket and said...
"You're not safe anywhere, Allison. So, come quietly and tell me where the
portal is!"
"What portal?" Alex wondered out loud.
"He he he," Agatha snickered.
"You haven't told him? Well, I will. The portal is where your lovely parents
came from," said Agatha, throwing out a real and perplexing challenge to
Alex's parents.
(submitted by Caitlin)
As soon as they were inside the house, Aunt Agatha pulled a gun from her
pocket and said...
"You're not safe anywhere, Allison. So, come quietly and tell me where the
portal is!"
"What portal?" Alex wondered out loud.
"He he he," Agatha snickered.
"You haven't told him? Well, I will. The portal is where your lovely parents
came from," said Agatha, throwing out a real and perplexing challenge to
Alex's parents.
(submitted by Caitlin)
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