STORY STARTER

Submitted by Ellipsis

'…and all they could do was cry.'

Write a short story that ends with this as the final line.

Two Girls (I Know More Than They Do)

Two little girls

Set out into the world

Not really, it’s just for two weeks

And they’ll be with family the whole time

(that’s true, sadly it’s true)


They’re going to New York

Except they’re not, but they don’t know that

They’re driving the wrong way

But they’re so young, they still don’t question what adults say (but they should, they really should)


So when they find themselves in LA

They don’t wonder why, they just go and play

With the dolls kept in the guest room

Because they are at grandma’s, and she loves them (she does, doesn’t she?)


A week goes by, and they’re still at grandma’s

Halfway done and they haven’t even arrived

Grandma tells them their mom is missing

And all they can do is cry (grandma lied, she lied, please let me tell them it’s a lie!)

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