Outside the Window

9/18/2016

THE STORY: When I looked outside the window, the strangest thing happened...

Instructions: Finish the story in 10 sentences ONLY. It MUST INCLUDE a beginning, middle and end.

INCLUDE: First initial AND last name AND class period.

CAUTION!! Do NOT embarrass me, yourself, your class, the English department, the school or your parents with tasteless, meaningless comments. This is for a grade.

Due: Fri., Sept. 23, 2016 11:59 p.m. CST

D.Moseley-1st

9/18/2016 08:16:30 pm

When I looked outside the window, the strangest thing happened. Chills ran down my spine intensely as I saw a Pokémon sitting there on my window seal. I promised my mom I would stop obsessing over such a childish game, but this was a once in a lifetime opportunity. As I tried to slowly creep open the window, the Pokémon jumped to his death from my second floor window. All my dreams and aspirations for Pokémon Go vanished just as fast as he jumped. Then I felt the warmth of my hands caress my cold wet cheeks, as I began to just ball my eyes out. But then I realized how silly I must've looked crying beside the window over a virtual character that feels no type of sympathy for me or anyone at all. As I gathered myself, in higher spirits, I closed the window and quickly returned to my homework. I was not going to end up like my big brother: a fat lazy game addict that was stuck living with his mother.

T.Dawson

9/18/2016 10:27:44 pm

When I looked outside the window, the strangest thing happened. Outside my window was a cute baby panda. I got up, opened my window and offered it my hand. The panda did nothing, he simply stared at me blankly. I then decided to go get a piece of bamboo from the living room. When I came back, it was in the same spot. I then said " Hey buddy, do you need my help?", after these words escaped my mouth, the unbelievable happened. The panda’s eyes turned all white while he started to shake. Then, a UFO came and took the baby panda. That dear children is why you don't try to help random baby panda's at 1 a.m.

J. Vela 4th

9/18/2016 10:45:09 pm

When I looked outside the window, the strangest thing happened. Curiosity embraced me. It had not dragged me, but it hurried me to the Outside. I was around death; there was only dust to walk on. The sky welcomed me with what appeared to be green and blue. Those inside watched for my death, but it did not happen. I did not understand: their stupor and my lack of it. Why had I not dared to leave and breath what I could always breath. Why did my brothers and sisters not follow me as I left for a paradise believed to be theirs and my own? I did not look back until I awoke in unknown territory.

J. Wegscheider- 1st

9/20/2016 10:43:14 am

When I looked outside the window, the strangest thing happened when I looked outside to see a horrific zombified gummy bear. Fear and confusion crept through my mind the longer I stared at the odd green object. The gummy bear was trying to open the window, and I just realized it. Getting up from the chair I was in, I began to run out of the room to the hallway. Out of breath already, I collapse to the ground. My vision becomes hazy and I hear evil laughing faintly approaching and becoming louder. That is the last thing I remember. The next thing I knew, I was waking up in some strange place surrounded by other zombie gummy bears. Anxiety, anticipation, and fear all wash over me as they crowd around me. All feeling had been lost as they were eating my insides; I saw the light.

J. Grant

9/20/2016 07:52:45 pm

When I look out side the window , the strange thing happened when I looked outside . I saw a strange person looking at . She was short had a lot of hair and had a nice figure. She was really pretty. I screamed and ask her what her name, and she replied my name is Jataria . I look at her and said no thats my name then she replied thats my name too. I screamed ran down the stairs towards the front door. I look this girl name Jataria in the eyes to see if she was really Jataria she said she was. She was pretty like me and she look like me,So I called my mom outside and she told me thats my twin sister that was kidnapped when she was in the hospital . fell to my knees and begin to cry because i couldnt believe i had a twin.

B.Criss

9/21/2016 12:42:13 pm

While looking out the window i saw a sad sight. My father was putting his fatigue apparel and equipment in the car. Where is he going we all ask? He is being deployed for the fourth time and this time we don't know when he will be back. This is the fault of a fool who is money hungry and full of idiotic ideas to make this country so called "great". Now my dad will have to miss out on two years of celebrations, family outings, my first heartbreak, and my high school graduation. But in all actuality this is my first heartbreak watching him leave leaves a spot in my heart that won't be filled until he comes back home. Although we don't have the best relationship he still has a place in my life. I wouldn't be here if it weren't for him he is apart of me I am a miniature version of him. I didn't notice that tears were falling while his car became a mere figment of my imagination

victor ajuobi

9/21/2016 08:32:44 pm

When i looked outside the window i saw the strangest looking guy peeing in the woods. His face was made out of candy and his body was a banana, his legs were gummy bears, and his hands and feet were shoes. His strange body made me appreciate something called uniqueness, his body was different and didn't follow the norm. He made me think about life and how candy and strangeness is what i'm all about. I thought to myself how does he do that, why does he choose to look like candy and not like a normal person. As i saw him peeing in the woods he did a funny dance, this to me represented happiness and to always stay positive and to make the best out of life. Moments later, other people that looked like candy started dancing with him. This really taught me that friends who accept you are always by your side. All i saw was happiness outside the window and it made me happy, to see them happy. Something in my heart emerged, it was the feeling of joy. After taking a moment looking at them i decided to eat candy and dance with them.

Jakobe Earl 6th period

9/21/2016 11:01:51 pm

when I looked outside my window i heard taping on my window looked out n didn't see anything but i was expecting someone to come over so i figured it was then i just didn't get up in time. then a couple days later i heard tapping again slow n steady get up go look out the window n it speeds up n got louder but i couldn't see cause it was too dark to see anything so i went outside n didn't see anything.

J. Green 3rd

9/22/2016 07:49:41 pm

When I looked outside my window, the strangest thing happen. I seen mob of angry kangaroos surrounding my neighborhood. They wanted their home back. They were making loud noise, jumping and even fighting each other. Ran away from their spot for new housing made them insane. They charged multiple houses kicking windows in, knocking down doors and dragging peopling out their houses. They was trying to do the same to us, what was did to them. Their goal was complete, they cleared all homes. The kangaroos had nothing to worry about they was to have house to themselves.

I osorio 3rd period

9/23/2016 07:46:12 am

When I looked out outside my window I seen a deer and her child walking around in the open. It was weird because deers aren't ever in the open their in the forest or somewhere, where they're lonely and quiet. And all of the sudden a dog runs up and the deer starts to attact the dog and beats it up the deer and her baby deer left

I osorio 3rd period

9/23/2016 07:58:52 am

I looked outside my window and seen a deer walking in the streets of Lancaster. it was brown with a white tip tail pretty big buck like 8point one it was a good size. I stared outside of my window and it liked Sensed me, It was just staring at me thru the window as just looked at it suddenly a dog walked up to it after a couple of seconds the deer flipped out. Bang bim bash the deer was kicking and beating the dog as the nieghbor ran out to save her dog . The deer suddenly ran and disappeared

J.Green

9/23/2016 09:49:45 am

When I looked outside my window, the strangest thing happen. I seen a mob of angry kangaroos surrounding my neighborhood. They wanted their home back. They were making loud noise, jumping and even fighting each other. Ran away from their spot for new housing made them insane. They charged multiple houses kicking windows in, knocking down doors and dragging people out their houses. They was trying to do the same to us, what was did to them. Their goal was complete, they cleared all homes. The kangaroos had nothing to worry about they was to have house to themselves.

J.gipson 7th period

9/24/2016 10:46:41 am

When I look outside my window the strangest thing happen, I see young kids playing around with talking animals . I'm thinking what happen to the world are we infected with a disease or this just a dream . I rub my eyes thinking I would wake up, that didn't happen so I slap myself real hard and that didn't happen. I finally go outside and downstairs there's a lion in my kitchen waiting on me . He said "I'm your body guard everyone in the world has to have one no excuses. We are mortal and equip with special powers. My mines was blown and I wanted to faint so hard I didn't know what I was hearing was true and was this still a dream .

T Arnold 7th period

9/22/2016 10:38:42 pm

When I looked outside the window, the strangest thing happened. In between the houses I saw a tall figure with a hat on a long black trench coat and red eyes. The figure scared me a little because it was just floating in the air and it also was staring at me in my eyes. A car came by and its head lights were on and it flashed on the figure and it vanished. The next night around the same time I looked outside and I saw the figure again in the same exact place. The way it was just floating and staring it gave me chills. I wanted to know what the figure was and what it wanted from me. So I decided to go outside and face the figure. I went outside to go face the figure and it started to move. I followed it and took me to my cousins spirit.

M Rowe 3rd Period

9/23/2016 09:58:45 am

When i looked outside the window the strangest thing happened. A squirrel ran across the street, normal right? But this was not an ordinary run across the street. There was a car coming by that was generous enough to stop for it. But the squirrel stopped and stood there in the middle of the street. All he did was look at the car and the driver. It literally took about ten seconds for the squirrel decided to continue across the street. It was very fortunate that the person in the car didnt go a head and make the rodent road kill.

M. Rodriguez 4th

9/23/2016 09:25:59 pm

When I looked outside the window, the strangest thing happened. There was a strange man standing outside by a tree with the cutest puppy and I could not help myself. I went to meet both of them and little did I know, he was my new next door neighbor. He was telling me how he moved here to Texas from Norway and was having difficulties adjusting to the environment. After getting to know him in those few moment, he finally introduced me to his adorable dog named Ghost, which was who I was truly there for. However, the strange man was quite interesting whenever he would talk about his hometown. I could only picture the scenery but later on he showed me incredibly gorgeous photography he personally had taken of the area around his home. We talked almost everyday about the most random things and that is how we became the best of friends. To this day I still make fun of the strange man and remind him that I only began talking to him because of the puppy.

E.Valdez-4th period

9/23/2016 10:26:56 pm

When I looked outside the window, the strangest thing happened. I witnessed a man in uniform eagerly screaming for help as he walked down the sidewalk. As everyone passed by no one bothered to ask what was wrong with him or offered any help knowing and seeing that he was in pain. Witnessing the pain he was going through he repeatedly shouted the words "help me" in a desperately manner. The man continued to beg for help, a help which eventually never came. After the man noticed that no one was going to help him he hid beside a building and shielded himself with cardboard. It was then that I realized what was happening, I realized that the uniform in which he was in did not matter the only thing that people worried about was his odd behavior amongst others. It was not the man who was strange it was the reaction of others which was strange and surprising. It was strange only because those same people are the ones who claim to honor those who have fought for our safety but yet refuse to offer their help. The desperate man was a veteran in uniform suffering from PTSD.

J.Bonilla - 5th

9/23/2016 10:27:00 pm

When I looked outside the window, the strangest thing happened. It was two in the morning, as the horrifying sight of a tall thin man dragging a child into the woods made me alert of my surroundings. In horror I ran down to the basement in search of a flashlight and a gun. As I begin to walk towards the forest to rescue the child, I begin to panic of the thought of being killed. A couple hours passed with no luck, as I walk back to my house I see the tall man a few inches away from my trembling body. The man raises his right hand as he points a gun towards my abdomen area, and fires the gun. A few hours later I was found unconscious with a large amount of blood loss. I was rushed to the hospital as I was struggling to grasp my last bit of oxygen. When I arrived to the hospital I was put into intensive surgery, where the surgeons worked as fast as their hands could operate. During the surgery I struggled to stay strong as the heart rate monitor showed a flat line.

K. Maple 4th

9/23/2016 10:51:21 pm

When I looked out the window, the strangest thing happened; I saw a dog walking his man. The man did not seem to have any disability from where I was sitting but the dog did look very well trained. The dog did not stray from the sidewalk nor did he get distracted by any of the small, furry rodents that were in his path. I continued to watch the odd couple from my window until they reached a busy intersection. The man did not stop the dog and the dog did not stop the man, somehow the dog knew that the light was red and that it was safe for him to take his charge across the street. The man followed behind his companion with confidence, keeping his constant leisure pace. Where were they headed? I went to the next window so that they would stay in my sights and what I saw next was very impressive. The dog had led his owner to a coffee shop, stopped at the door, prompted the man to open the door by nudging him with his nose, and took a moment to survey the building before allowing the man to take a step inside. The dog waited, alert and patient, for his owner to come out; when he did, he grabbed the dog's leash in one hand, his coffee in the other, and let the canine lead him back the way they had came.

S.Mendez 4th prd

9/23/2016 11:02:51 pm

When I looked outside my window, the strangest thing happened. I instantly froze at the sight of blood splatter all over my fathers truck. I looked around and screamed, as I saw an old man hovered over my dog. I immediately ran outside towards my dog, but the old man was gone. I leaned over my dog trying to find the problem, when all of a sudden the old man runs towards me with a knife. I found a brick quickly picked it up and threw it at him, the old man collapsed to the ground. I froze not knowing what to do, he then sat up and took off his face, it was my brother. He looked at me and said "Dude, it's Halloween!" I immediately apologized and began to laugh as I realized that I was surrounded by Halloween props. We finally went inside and I offered peace with a slick of cake.

Zaphrey

9/25/2016 08:36:16 pm

When I looked outside my window the strangest thing happened. The smell of fire arose, butterflies were in my stomach, I began to lightly quiver as I saw my neighbors house on fire I did not know how to help or what to do at all for that matter, walking back and forth, shouting for my parents so that they could see what happened they began to feel the same emotion worrying for my next door neighbor.

S. Moncivais 1st

9/23/2016 11:56:57 pm

When I looked outside the window the strangest thing happened a group of people with dark outfits were staring at me. When I tried to open the window it was stuck and I couldn't do anything about it. I called my mother and told her to come and looked outside my window to find out what was going on. My mother entered into my room, then she looked outside my window and she said there is No one there, are you feeling good and left my room. After a couple minutes I went to check to see if what she said was the truth, but to me it wasn't they still there, they were looking at me again. I tried to ignore what was going on and why was people with really dark clothes outside my house, my intuition was telling me that something bad could happen when they were there. An hour later I went to sleep trying to dream something beautiful and bright. The next morning when I woke up my whole family was having breakfast. My mother asked me if I was okay and I response No! And after that I asked her if she had went to my room last night and ahe said no. I hardly believed that it was just a dream that I had over night.

J.Hollis 7 period

9/23/2016 11:59:09 pm

When I looked outside the window, the strangest thing happen. I see everything is frozen from the winter weather. Trees, cars and house are frozen from the winter season. People in my time dislike the winter because you can't do a lot of things in the snow. Everybody loves the summer. People will go to beach or spend time outside.

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