Grades 3–4
Fantasy/SciFiWritingSomething was in the bushes! Something was in the trees! There was a big house surrounded by bushes. It was a cold night filled with creepy sounds, and Oasis and Fulvid were on a hunt for a scary monster. Raul joined them on their monster hunt. All of a sudden, there was a clown with bright red hair, white eyes, and a red nose riding a brown, headless horse. It snatched Raul up and he went missing. Fulvid and Oasis grabbed their dark blue helicopter and began their search for Raul. They were searching for hours. They looked in restaurants, houses, tall buildings, and cars. They started to lose hope, but in that moment, they saw a horse in the bushes.
They couldn’t see clearly at first, but as they moved closer, the blurry figure started to look like a clown. The clown had a backpack that looked a bit suspicious. Fulvid and Oasis used their scanner and found that Raul was trapped in the backpack. The clown got mad that they discovered Raul was in the bag. Meanwhile, Fulvid and Oasis were glad to find Raul.
Fulvid and Oasis saved Raul by fighting the clown. They worked together to push and punch him, and as soon as they knew it, he was free! The headless horse was scared and galloped away.
But the clown wasn’t done yet: he had to get revenge. When they arrived home, they found that the clown was in their big, red closet the whole time waiting for them! No one heard from the three since…
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