STORY STARTER

Submitted by Ellipsis

'…and all they could do was cry.'

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

The Triumph Of Mr Bubbles

Mr Bubbles danced across the stage and bowed as he reached into the black box where the teddy bear had been hidden. The audience all watched, they knew it was a trick that any minute now the teddy would be plucked complete from the box and returned to the little ginger haired girl waiting anxiously.


As he reached into the box no one expected him to bring out a goose, the goose promptly ran around the stage hissing at Mr Bubbles as he rushed round tripping over his own enormous feet. And as he fell down his hat fell off revealing the teddy bear who had been hidden in plain sight.


The audience were laughing in fits and the little girl smiled with joy to see her bear again. The goose jumped from the stage and ran hissing into the audience with Mr Bubbles chasing after him and tripping over his giant shoes again. The audience were in bits, hysterical laughter had claimed them and all they could do was cry.

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