Newsletter MARCH 2025 | Page 44

HONORS Karina Eide Young Writers Awards

LIVIA, 10

Washington DC

Lab School of Washington

I would like to thank Ms. Amy Young, my teacher.

Megan’s Ghostly Secret

 

Once upon a time in the 1900s there was a girl. Her name was Megan. She was 20. She had younger siblings that were twins. One was a boy and one was a girl. She also had one older brother. Megan was dead. She had been dead for 5 years. She also had a small black cat who was also dead. Her name was Victoria. They lived in a cozy house. Megan had puffy dresses. 

One day they went out to a rose garden and enjoyed the flowers. Megan went back to her house on her bike. Megan and Victoria went to bed. Megan woke up. She went outside and stared into the beautiful blue sky. Victoria ran outside. Megan said, “Let's go to the beach.” At the beach she found a bottle with a note inside. The note said: If you want to live you must find the dustiest dust, the silkiest silk, and the softest thing. Then at 12 p.m. put it in the bottle. That's all the note said. Megan said, “I need to find this.” So, she went to her house and went to her attic and saw dust, so she grabbed a bit of the dust and put it in the bottle. Then she went to the finest silk store and got a little bit of silk. Her mom wove silk, but she thought her mom's must not be as good as the store’s. Megan picked up Victoria and cut off a little piece of Victoria's fur. Then Megan went to sleep.

 The next morning she still did not feel like she was a human. She wasn't a human. She went outside and said hello to people, but they did not hear her because she was still a ghost. So, then she went to her mom's house. Her mom couldn't see her, but Megan saw her mom weaving beautiful silk. Then her brain clicked! Her mom's silk was the silkiest silk, so she took a square and ran back to her house and said, “Victoria, I got it!” She put it in the jar and then went to sleep. The next morning, she felt like a human. She ran outside and saw a little girl. The girl waved at her. She waved back. She was so happy. She knew she was human. She looked over her shoulder and saw her cat! 

 

UNDERSTANDING

HONORS Karina Eide Young Writers Awards