Examples of Story Writing
You are Ajay. You have forgotten to do your homework and without a legitimate excuse,
you’re sure to get punished by the teacher. In an attempt to make an excuse, you have
decided to come up with an elaborate story to make the teacher believe your excuse or at
the very least have a good laugh. Use any of the word prompts given in the box below to
help you write your ruse. Write the story in about 100-120 words.
Homework, School, Bicycle, Water, Ate, Dinosaur, Giant, Flying, Dirty, Father
The Flying Elephant and My Homework
I’m sorry, ma’am. I couldn’t do my homework because... I was on my way back from school
yesterday, thinking about all the chores and homework I had to do. Then suddenly, my bicycle
got a flat tyre and skidded down a slope. I was lucky I didn’t have a bad fall. So I was dragging
my bicycle along, and on the way, I saw two elephants and their mahouts training. It was
exciting to see them, and somehow these elephants looked special.
The first elephant started flapping his ears, and before you knew it, it got bigger and bigger, and
he started flying. I asked them if they could drop me, and they agreed to make me ride the
flying elephant, but with one condition: I had to feed the elephant the next day. Feeling ecstatic,
I just said, ‘Yes’.
I was over the moon when the elephant started flying. It buzzed through all the traffic, and I
reached home within minutes. I thanked the mahouts and dashed into the house to tell my story.
After dinner, I completed my homework and decided to hit the sack.
In the morning, a loud trumpet woke me up. I saw that the elephant was back, and it made me
recall what I promised to the mahout. I got a couple of snacks from the fridge and offered them
to the elephant, but the elephant wouldn’t eat anything. Then all of a sudden, the elephant raised
his trunk and started sucking in air like a vacuum, and all the leaves in the garden and the paper
from all the books in our library flew straight into the elephant’s mouth. The mahout mentioned
that his elephant liked the paper. After eating all the paper, it flew off with the mahout.
I went back in to get ready for school, and I realised that my homework was gone and I couldn’t
write a new one because the elephant had eaten all the papers in my house.