Thank you to Kailei Pew for hosting this fun, kid-centered contest for the second year in a row! Read the instructions here: https://www.kaileipewbooks.com/post/announcing-the-2nd-annual-kids-choice-kidlit-writing-contest and check out my entry below!
The Legend of the Minch Callum set sail under sunny Scottish skies. But suddenly, a storm approached -- CLAP CRACK BOOM Weaving through the waves were the storm kelpies. HA HA HA they laughed as waves crashed around them. Callum’s head spun in fear. He froze. Silence fell on the waters of The Minch until -- Waves thundered higher. The ship took on water. It capsized as Callum hit his head. He awoke in a sea cave and was trapped below the water’s surface. As the days went on… his body turned a blue hue, his skin flaked into scales, and his legs morphed into a tail. Callum and the kelpies rose to the surface. CLAP CRACK BOOM Callum weaved in and out of the waves. HA HA HA laughed Callum as waves crashed around him. But then he saw it-- A boy on a boat with terror in his eyes. Callum remembered the day he set sail. He leapt onto the boat. Suddenly… his body was free of its blue tint. his skin shed its scales. and his tail split into two legs. The kelpies moaned in anger. Callum didn’t look back as he left the tortured waters… vowing never to return to The Minch.
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AuthorAshlee MacCallum Archives
October 2023
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