Happy Valentine’s Day! As promised, here is my 211 word entry for Susanna Leonard Hill’s 5th Annual Valentiny Writing Contest.
The challenge is to write a Valentine’s story appropriate for children that is a maximum of 214 words. The theme for this contest is curiosity.
For more details and to read the other wonderful contest entries, pop over to Susanna Leonard Hill’s blog .
Jaina’s UFO
Cruising through space, Jaina came to a stop.
She thought, “What’s that object with two humps on top?
It’s unable to fly but it glides with no sail.
There’s a point at its base with a long, flowing tail.
I know who I’ll ask. He’s a space auctioneer.”
“G’pop, I found this in Mars’ exosphere.”
He studied the object, then shook his square head.
“Why don’t you ask the ring skaters instead?
Intergalactics skate Saturn’s ice rings.
Surely they’ve seen such fantastical things.”
She flew to the rings. She approached a skate corps.
“Excuse me, has anyone seen this before?”
No one had answers, so Jaina departed.
“I’ll go to the moon. That planet’s kindhearted.”
“Mr. Moon, have you seen this red floatie I found?”
Moon nodded, “On Earth, they are carried around.”
“I’ve seen numerous held on this one special day.
They’re exchanged by the earthlings … for what I can’t say.
That day’s drawing near. You should fly down to speak
to an earthling who’ll have just the answer you seek.”
The earthling she asked said, “I know, yes, I do.
It’s a red heart balloon. It means, Hey, I love you!”
Jaina stared at this object found light years above.
This beautiful heart was a gift filled with love!
I love this Cheri! Well done!
Thanks Gabrielle!
That is fantastic! So creative! And I love space so that helps too. 🙂
Thanks Jill! You’re working in the right place if you love space! 🙂
I love your story, Cheri! Your rhyming is great – and your plot is so creative! Good luck! P.S. Your beautiful blog banner exudes a breath of fresh air. It’s ‘clean’ and lovely!
Thanks Jill!
Wonderful!
Thank you!
Great job taking this in a different direction!
Thanks Colleen! Congratulations on winning the Sub Six 2020 Rhyming Poetry! Loved your poem … especially the line “the captain of my crunch”!
Cheri, what a fun story…you’re so creative! Great writing, rhyming, plot, and execution. You keep it moving along well…LOVE IT!
Thanks Becky! You all help spur my creativity!
A heart balloon! So clever and sweet. Good luck to you!
Thank you so much!
Very creative. Love it! Good luck!
Thank you!
Amazing that the prompt brought you all the way out to space!
Haha, my brain works in strange ways! Did you see Google’s Doodle for Valentine’s Day? It’s an outer space doodle. 🙂
This is really fun and unique! Great job!
Thank you!
Clever! Great rhythm and rhyme. Good luck!
Thank you!
I loved everything about this story, the rhyme, the creativity, the heart-shaped balloon, really well done!
Thank you so much! I had a lot of fun creating it. 🙂
Cheri, I loved your space vocabulary and excellent rhyme. The curiosity that a Valentine balloon created in space made me smile. Such a great idea!
Thanks Jill! I appreciate your feedback. This was a wonderful exercise for me to keep my word count down! 😀
What a creative story, Cheri-Ann! Great job showing Jaina’s curiosity and making us curious right along with her! Out of this world! 🙂 Thanks for joining in the Valentiny fun!
Thank you so much Susanna. I had so much fun doing this. Thank you for taking the time to organize, orchestrate and execute the steps that went into making this happen. It is greatly appreciated! This was a wonderful challenge that I loved taking on. It is the first time I’ve entered one of your contests but I will be back for more!