Story from writing-school

This week I'm the lazy one - I really don't know what to write so I'll just post the story I wrote when I was on a writing-school this summer. It's written for kids in the age 5-11 so that'd explain the simple story with not too difficult words. I hope you'll enjoy it!

Freddie the Frog

Freddie the frog was a green and black-spotted frog, who lived at the little pond in the forest on the top of the hill. Every morning Freddie jumped to the pond to play with his frog-friends, especially Henrik, he liked him the most.

“I’m going to have a little-toad-sister!” Freddie said one day when the sun was shining and the wind was blowing.

“No, is it really true?” Henrik said. “Can I see her?”

Freddie pointed excitedly down into the pond, where a small egg lay.

“Look!” he said. “Isn’t she lovely?”

“But that is an egg!” Henrik said. “Where is your little-toad-sister?”                 

“Inside the egg of course!” Freddie answered.        

“Are you sure?”

“Of course!”

Freddie jumped into the water and picked up the egg so Henrik could get a better look at it but when he brought the egg closer to Henrik he slipped over a twig and fell. The egg flew out of his hands and it began to roll down the hill. First slowly, then faster and faster.

“Oh no!” Freddie yelled and right away he jumped after the egg. Down the hill, as fast as his frog-legs could carry him, through withered leaves and twigs which hurt. Finally he caught the egg.

“Oh little-toad-sister,” he said, “don’t ever roll away from me again!”

In that moment Freddie heard a loud scream. A huge white stork with a red beak was flying in their direction. Frighten, Freddie began waving his arms and he croaked really loudly: “Go away stork, go away!” The white stork became so confused by the frog’s croaking that it flew away.

“Phew,” Freddie said, “that was close!”

But where was his little-toad-sister? Oh no, he had lost the egg when he had been scaring the stork away! Now the little egg continued to roll down the hill and Freddie saw it pass by the huge oak and he jumped after it. Down the hill, over stones and tree stumps and suddenly a breeze made the egg roll faster. But Freddie jumped futher and higher than ever before and finally he caught the egg.

“Oh little-toad-sister,” he said, “don’t ever roll away from me again!”

In that moment Freddie heard a high noise. A huge red car was driving in their direction. They were standing in the middle of the road! Freddie jumped high up into the air and landed on the muzzle of the red car but at the same time the egg slipped out of his hands and ended up on the other side of the road. Quickly he jumped down again and he almost did not hurt himself.

But where was his little-toad-sister? Oh no, the egg had continued to roll! Down the hill, through the grass and down to the river. Freddie jumped through the grass and he caught the egg seconds before it fell into the river.

“Oh little-toad-sister,” he said, “don’t ever roll away from me again!”

In that moment a hungry, yellow-spotted pike stuck its head out of the water.

“No, no what am I going to do?” Freddie yelled with the egg in his hand. “Now we will be eaten!” Just as the pike was about to eat them a huge heron came.

“Snap!” it said and the heron ate the pike in one mouthful. Freddie stared terrified at the heron but it flew away again because now it was stuffed.

“Phew,” Freddie said, “that was close!” And then he began the jumping-trip back home to the pond on the top of the hill. Careful with the egg in his hands he jumped through the grass, over the road and he avoided all the stabbing twigs. After a long time Freddie reached the top of the hill and he quickly jumped to the pond.

“Freddie,” Henrik yelled, “you came back! Is your little-toad-sister okay?” Freddie was just about to say yes, she was, but then he tripped over a dandelion’s leaf. The egg flew through the air.

“No!” Freddie and Henrik yelled at the same time but neither of them caught it before it hit the ground.

“Splat!” it said, and Freddie’s little-toad-sister was lying still in the grass.  

“Oh no, no!” Freddie sobbed. “What have I done?”

Carefully he picked his little-toad-sister with the long tail. Henrik looked sad.

Suddenly a small voice said: “Finally I’m free from that stupid egg, would you mind putting me into the water?” Surprised, Freddie put down his little-toad-sister into the water and she began to swim right away.

“Isn’t she lovely?” Freddie asked and smiled.

Henrik stared with huge eyes.

“Yes, she’s mighty lovely,” he said.