Blog Prompt:
Write your own creative story in 1 paragraph (8-10 sentences). Start your story with, “They told me seeing a turtle on your wedding day would bring good luck” and end your story with “Now I’m doing 10-20 years in prison because of that stupid turtle.”
Your blog post is due by midnight on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015 to receive full credit. Happy Writing!
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ReplyDeleteThey told me seeing a turtle on your wedding day would bring good luck. I was so happy to finally marry the person I love that I have almost forgotten my bad luck. Everything was perfect, the music, the food, the decoration, the guests were here. The most important, my future husband was standing in front of me. Suddenly, I saw a turtle passing behind the chairs. I was so excited to have a sign of luck. I was still deep in my dreams when I saw a child hitting the turtle and playing with it like an object. I still feel the anger. I was so afraid to lose the hope of a good life starting. I didn’t realize that I went to him and pushed him so hard. I didn’t even realize that he wasn’t breathing anymore. I killed a child in my own marriage. Now I’m doing 10-20 in federal prison. Stupid turtle.
ReplyDeleteWhoa! Sad. But great vocab use!
DeleteThey told me seeing a turtle on your wedding day would bring good luck. I remembered that the day of my first and last marriage. Indeed, I saw a turtle hanging around my house’s garden before I started getting ready for the wedding. The first idea that came to my mind was going to the casino to play poker for the first time of my life. I was planning to organize a new honey-moon trip with my future wife to the country of her choice with the money I would have won. Once I was there, I felt like the luck was with me. Although I had a worst hand, I bet the pot of chips I bought with all the money I had. Unfortunately, one of my opponents scooped with a Royal Flush. I immediately decided to take all the chips and run as fast as I could to take the money, before they would catch me. Apparently, I wasn’t that fast and the security guards pinned me to the ground. Now I’m doing 10-20 in federal prison. Stupid turtle.
ReplyDeletePlaying illegal poker is never a good idea. Great story!
DeleteThey told me seeing a turtle on your wedding day would bring good luck.Now, really, how was I supposed to know the whole disaster would start with the turtle? Honestly. There should have been a warning sign. Everything for the wedding was going so well; I had everything scheduled and planned perfectly. I bring with me a turtle because they said that it brings you luck. i didn't know that the wife of my life was allergic to turtles. She collapsed and died in the altar, just like that. I was placed under immediate arrest for murder. Now I’m doing 10-20 in federal prison. Stupid turtle.
ReplyDeleteYikes, death by allergies. Smart and creative plot twist.
DeleteThey told me seeing a turtle on your wedding day would bring good luck. Even though I was a non-believer of these things, I said why not to try it. So, I asked a friend of mine to help to see a turtle, he said that we can go to the zoo. So, before going to my weeding I went and my friend to the zoo. When we arrived it was closed , so I told my friend to wait for me at the car I jumped a short wall and got into the zoo, before I get to turtles, I security saw me so I started running , I got out and the security followed me, when I got to the car, the security was in front of us, I was scared and I didn't see him so I hit him by the car. Now I’m doing 10 years in prison because of that stupid turtle.
ReplyDeleteYikes! Keep your eyes on the road. Creative thinking.
DeleteThey told me seeing a turtle on your wedding day would bring good luck.It was my brother's weeding, so I decided to bring him a turtle in his weeding as a gift. As a result, I went to every animal store in the town, yet I did not find it. I was so upset and hopeless. However,I become excited when I heard my grandmother talking to her neighbor that turtles can cure her daughter from her disease and that she can find them in the mountain. Therefore, I decided to go to the mountain. On my way there, I met a young man who offered me a ride to the top of mountain. First, I refused, but he kept offering the ride until I accepted. In the road, everything was alright until we saw the police. The man became weird and asked me to drive under the excuse that he is sick. I didn't know how to drive, so i refused. The police stopped for control, and she find out that the car is stolen. Moreover, he is wanted criminal. Therefore, we got arrested. I got accused because I helped a criminal. My family was destroyed because of this news. No one helped me, and I couldn't defend myself because no one will believe that because of a turtle I helped a criminal. Now I'm doing 10-20 in federal prison. Stupid turtle.
ReplyDeleteDon't let strangers into your car. Good idea for a story.
DeleteThey told me seeing a turtle on your wedding day would bring good luck. So just like any other girl who has spent most of her life dreaming of it, i believed that i would need some luck. And since I’m a couple years away from my wedding i thought about using sea turtles since they are long-lived and slow to reach maturity, and since it's the same concept, you just need a turtle i though it won't make a big deal. Well i assumed that getting some turtle’s egg would be a good idea, that’s why i headed right away to the closest turtle’s nest i could find. After a lot of struggling i finally found one, i saw a man wearing a black suit with a bag loading few eggs in. Which made me believe that it is okay to take one or two. Once the man finished loading the eggs leaving only a couple of ones there. I followed and picked the only two ones left, and went back to my house happy and feeling satisfied. I spent the night dreaming about how I’m going to put those turtles in my wedding and couldn't sleep. The sun started to raise and i turned the radio on to listen to the news as usual. Well i was a bit chocked when i heard that there was a turtle egg’s thief. I never thought that borrowing some eggs could be a crime. And the worst part is that the federation is looking for me, and accused me to be in cahoots with some sort of a mafia gang. As soon as I turned off the radio terrified with the news, the FBI broke into and hit me on the head. The days went by fast, and the judge’s announced that I’m guilty. And now instead of enjoying my honeymoon, I’m doing 10 years in federal prison. Stupid turtle!
ReplyDeleteThose endanger turtle species will get you every time. Really good use of transitions in this story.
DeleteThey told me seeing a turtle on your wedding day would bring good luck. Even if I know it is really ridiculous, I have to do it because Soukaina (my wife) insist. And in front of his lovely face, I can’t say no. So the morning of my weeding day I had to wake up early, and go to the zoo in order to see this “turtle”! On my way…Lucky me, I stocked in a traffic jam for a long minutes. After going through the traffic jam I was too late that I had driven fast to be one time for my wedding. You can imagine that I taught I can cancel my plan and return, but I cannot imagine my self telling Soukaina that I didn’t see the famous turtle. Near to the zoo I didn’t pay attention, consequently I had a car accident, but guess with who? … The police officer! Lucky me .Now I’m doing 10-20 in federal prison. Stupid turtle.
ReplyDeleteCrashing into the police will always get you busted. Good story, but watch your punctuation.
DeleteThey told me seeing a turtle on your wedding day would bring good luck. I thought it was real, I trusted the turtle. After the wedding, I left the banquet hall with my new wife hoping a perfect new life, and because I saw the turtle I was convinced that my dream will come true. So, I got in the car with the bride, all the guests were following us, they wanted to guide us to the hotel. On the road, my car took control of itself, I couldn’t turn the steering wheel. It was like if someone was driving in my place and wanted this day to be the worst day of my life. Unluckily, the car went through a wall and hit some people in their own dining room. It was the worst day of my life. The police came, luckily my wife wasn’t hurt and that’s a good thing. Unfortunately, one men died, and the police took me to the police station. Now, I am doing 15 years in federal prison. Stupid turtle.
ReplyDeleteThat seems like it would make a good plot to a TV series. Nice work.
DeleteI was on my wedding last year, when I saw a turtle. I wondered how a turtle entered here. So the next day I asked a friend who told that seeing a turtle on my wedding day would bring good luck. Therefore, I was very happy hearing that, I dreamed about the good thing that could happen to me in future. But after I realize that seeing the turtle made me the most unlucky man on earth. Two days after my wedding. Police came inspects my house and found a lot of cocaine on my possession. I didn't know from where the cocaine came and why it was in my house. Now I’m doing 20 years in prison because of that stupid turtle.
ReplyDeleteThe story is good, but I would have liked to see you develop the connection between the turtle and the cocaine.
DeleteThey told me seeing a turtle on your wedding day would bring good luck.It was my bother's wedding.Everything was good and we were happy.The food,decoration,and music was great.Suddenly I saw a turtle behind the chairs. I was happy because it seems to be a good sign, so I took it to my brother and show it to him. When I went to see him the turtle jumped on the bride and bit her.She was bleeding and everyone was scared. We took her to the hospital and we knew that she lost her noise.The police came and the wedding was destroyedNow, I am doing 15 years in federal prison. Stupid turtle.
ReplyDeleteWow, who knew turtle bites could be so serious? Also, what did you mean by "we knew that she lost her noise"?
DeleteThey told me seeing a turtle on your wedding day would bring good luck. What I didn’t know was how to make the difference between a hibernating turtle and a dead one. Two weeks before my wedding, I went to the pet shop in order to buy that precious turtle that would make my married life be immersed in happiness and love. My strong faith in superstitions convinced me to buy the most expensive one for the sake of that special and unique occasion. There I was, standing in front of a baby’s thumb sized turtle, listening to the seller’s discourse about the importance of that specie, and what care and food it needed. I admit that after 10 minutes of the seller’s speech, my mind started dreaming of my wedding’s day while I stared at that miniscule animal that represented the beginning of a new life for me. Therefore, due to my lack of concentration, a terrible incident was to be expected: I didn’t paid attention neither when the merchant mentioned that it was an endangered specie, nor that it was its season of hibernating. Thus, some days after buying the creature, when I noticed that the turtle wasn’t moving, I thought that it has died. I immediately throw it out of the house, as if it was a hostile warning against my marriage. Two days before my marriage, the National Wildlife Crime Unit came to my home to arrest me for committing a wildlife crime. Now I’m doing 10-20 years in prison because of that stupid turtle.
ReplyDeleteEndangered turtle theft! Good writing, Ayda!
DeleteThey told me seeing a turtle on your wedding day would bring good luck. After a long period John spent on looking for his soul mate, he finally found the one and only perfect girl in the world that matches all his specifications in a girl, and that had his favorite name Sophie. At the beginning of their wedding day, everything was perfectly organized: the guests arrived, the cake was there, and even the priest was ready to start. Suddenly, a turtle came into the brides’ room. It seemed so sick and somehow contaminated with an incurable disease. Sophie got on her knees and held the ill animal in her hands; it started talking to her “be careful it is coming to get you,” the turtle said to Sophie. The bride was frightened and then started checking all the parts of the room and wondering what did the animal mean by its saying. Straightaway a shadow was moving behind her. She got scared and couldn’t turn to see what or who was it. It turned out to be her groom john but looked a little bit nervous. She tried to figure out what was wrong with him. Then, heard someone whispering in her ear. It was a ghost. A woman dressed in that only Sophie could see. John got out looking for help to calm his wife. I used to be the groom’s best friend, when I heard the screaming I immediately went to see what was happening. Sophie was dramatically killed by the ghost. After a while john got in with other family members and found me lying next to Sophie’s body. I was covered with blood and finally was accused for killing her. Now I am doing 15 years of prison because of that stupid turtle.
ReplyDeleteWow, great story. A deadly talking prophecy-making turtle. Good idea, Hamza!
DeleteThey told me seeing a turtle on your wedding day would bring good luck. After 2 years of dating Rayan, I was sure that he was the one. The way he looked at me made me thought I was the most beautiful thing on Earth : it could've hardly been better. We chose to get married on May : the month of our birthdays, our first date, our first kiss.. We wanted to get married in the South of France: the ceremony will start at the beach and then party in a castle...So here we are, 5 months later , and we are at the beach , celebrating our love. I saw some small turtles running towards the sea , and I was so happy because my mom told me that seeing a turtle on my wedding day would bring me good luck. After partying at the beach, I drove the car with my husband <3 to the castle , and whe had an accident, where he died . I had drunk too much alcohol, supposedly , and now I am doing 10 years of prison because of that stupid turtle and lost the love of my life.
ReplyDeleteTragic ending in the south of France. Be careful next time to proofread and still use good punctuation in your blog posts.
DeleteThey told me seeing a turtle on your wedding day would bring good luck. The day of my wedding, everything was going as planned. The location was stunning, food was delicious, and presents were numerous. My best friend brought me a very old and meaningful bottle of whiskey. The last thing I remember is the last shot I drank with him. As I came back to the wedding venue, I proceeded to opening the remaining gifts. One gift I remembered was from my biggest enemy. He brought me a turtle. My future wife was so excited about this present because it is believed that seeing a turtle on your wedding day would bring good luck. I took that gift as a mockery so I took the turtle and forced it in his mouth unwillingly. I woke up the following morning in a prison cell. Apparently, I killed my enemy and couldn’t be prouder and happier of my achievement. Now I’m doing 10-20 years in prison because of that stupid turtle.
ReplyDeleteRevenge, turtle-style. Interesting story, Reda.
DeleteThey told me seeing a turtle on your wedding day would bring good luck.At my wedding I brought a turtle as they said . I was so caught up in making sure that nobody see me . The wedding began and everybody started to dance . Suddenly I saw the turtle under the invited legs . After a moments, I heard my grandmother screaming ; I knew that she saw the turtle , so I went to her to calm her down . In vain she would not be silent ,so I pushed her against the wall and she fell down , after I saw blood out of her head . She was dead . Now I am doing 20 years of prison because of that stupid turtle.
ReplyDeleteYou killed your own grandma! Very unlucky! Be sure to pay attention to your word choice and punctuation in blog posts, Hamada.
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ReplyDeleteThey told me seeing a turtle on your wedding day would bring good luck. In my case, they were wrong. My wedding day turned out to be a nightmare. It all started with the stupid turtle that my friend put in the main food tray to prank me. He knew that I was extremely scared of turtles and the bare sight of them is enough to get me of my mind. What follows the prank is a series of unfortunate events. I grabbed a knife to stab the turtle, but I failed and the turtle in a sudden attempt to escape for its life approached me. This caused me to go crazy and I ended up accidentally stabbing the person next to me. It was the waiter and I had stabbed his heart. Now i am doing 10 years of prison because of that stupid turtle.
ReplyDeleteBe careful with knives. Good story, Manal.
DeleteThey told me seeing a turtle on your wedding day would bring good luck. We somehow believe what we are told, even when it makes no sense. My wedding took a serious long period of time to be planned, my fiancee and I spent a big fortune just to make our dream come true. The party began and it was tremendous, it took place besides a beautiful lake. The invitors were happy, the music was loud, i couldn't imagine my self happier than I was that night. My husband and I were deeply in love, he couldnt take his eyes off of me that night, i can still remember the smile on his face. The party arrived to its final event, the Cake. We know that the bride and the groom are the first ones to cut and to taste the wedding cake. While i was cutting the cake, apparently the turtle sneaked into the party from the lake, and i'm not really a big fan of reptiles. I accidently threw the knife behind me, my husband's aunt was right in the place where the knife fell. She died. My wedding was named "The Red Wedding", just like the one on "Game of Thrones". Now I’m doing 10 years in prison because of that stupid turtle.”
ReplyDeleteNot a good idea to kill your husband's aunt on your wedding day. Definitely not a lucky turtle. Be sure to capitalize your "i" if you are talking about the first person pronoun!
DeleteI Hate Turtles
ReplyDeleteThey told me seeing a turtle on your wedding day would bring good luck, I don’t know who invented this but he may be stupid.
Lisa was the love of my life, I knew her since my childhood. We finally decided to get married and accomplish what we were waiting for during all our lifes. It took us about 1 year to prepare for the wedding ceremony.
The big day arrived, and the wedding started. Me, her and all peoples present that day were very happy enjoying the party. At the end, before we left, I sow a big turtle coming in the direction of the ceremony, I cried of joy; it was a sign of good luck because turtles live a long time. So I took it with me home to keep it as a memory of my wedding.
3 days after that we started considering the turtle as our domestic pet when suddenly the police came and took my wife and me.
The turtle was the king’s, and it escaped from his castle the day of our wedding when I found it. They thought that I stole it so now I’m doing 10-20 in federal prison. Stupid turtle.
Good story, but what's the deal with all the indentations. Make sure you paragraph format is good when writing blogs. Also, you have some subject/verb agreement issues. Proofread before posting, Nassim.
DeleteThey told me seeing a turtle on your wedding day would bring good luck. So i decided to bring one on my weeding . Everything was good the guests were so happy, it was a perfect weeding . When we finished the weeding i decided to offer the turtle which is the gift for my husband .I didn't know that my husband has a phobia from it .One time he saw it he lost conscious , i was shocked . He had a terrible crisis , we took him to the hospital but it was too late . He had a heart attack, so he died before arriving to the hospital .I was considered as a criminal , everyone thought that i know his problem with turtle and i do it on purpose . Now I’m doing 10-20 years in prison because of that stupid turtle.
ReplyDeleteThey told me seeing a turtle on your wedding day would bring good luck. So i decided to bring one on my weeding . Everything was good the guests were so happy, it was a perfect weeding . When we finished the weeding i decided to offer the turtle which is the gift for my husband .I didn't know that my husband has a phobia from it .One time he saw it he lost conscious , i was shocked . He had a terrible crisis , we took him to the hospital but it was too late . He had a heart attack, so he died before arriving to the hospital .I was considered as a criminal , everyone thought that i know his problem with turtle and i do it on purpose . Now I’m doing 10-20 years in prison because of that stupid turtle.
ReplyDeleteWow, a heart attack because of a fear of turtles; it's a very extreme, but original plot twist.
DeleteThey told me seeing a turtle on your wedding day would bring good luck. That’s why I bring with me for my wedding day a 100 turtles, so I’m not missing any during the day. At the beginning it was fun seeing everyone having fun with the turtles, petting them and looking at them with big eyes. But what I did not know was that many turtles at the same place would make some predators curious. My wedding being at the limit of a big forest for the romantic side of the day. During the wedding no one did notice the snakes that started hurrying in the field. When the turtles started disappearing I got afraid that the “seeing a turtle” fact wouldn’t work so I tried saving them but in my hurry I dropped some that died from the fall. Little did I know that the ones I chose were from an endangered species of turtles and little did I know that they were people from the pet shop that were spying to make sure the turtles were ok. Now I’m doing 10-20 years in prison because of those stupid turtles.
ReplyDeleteThose pet shop spies will get you every time. Good writing, Reda.
DeleteThey told me seeing a turtle in your wedding day would bring good luck. So, I bought a turtle and putted it in the garden the day before my brother’s wedding. I thought it was a good idea; but when the wedding came, after the preparation, during the reception, when everyone was drinking and laughing, we heard a shout. Then, everyone rushed to the room, it was the bride’s grandmother, lying on the floor. She fell because of the turtle. After that, the luster fell on her grandfather, her mother, and her aunt; the turtle had eaten the rope of the luster. She was really upset, and asked who brought this turtle here. My little cousin said it was me, I couldn’t deny it; the grandfather and the aunt were dead. Now, I’m doing 10-20 in federal prison. Stupid turtle.
ReplyDeleteSuch a sad story, but your use of complex sentences was great!
DeleteThey told me that seeing a turtle on your wedding day can bring you good luck. So, I spent all the night watching Ninja’s turtles. I was pretty exited for the day after. I knew that it will be full of surprises. And somehow, I was right. It was a beautiful Sunday morning, I woke up very early with a big spot on my foorhead. I told myself that a touch of my MAC concealer will cover it. Then, I called my mom to make sure that everything is going well. Suddenly, her voice started to shake, she told me that the dress went to another bride by mistake. I started to cry, however my bestfriend proposed to go and choose another one. After spending three hours trying to find the right dress that fits my shape, I called the baker and he didn’t answer. Then, I discovered by his whatsapp picture that he lost his mother. I felt extremly unlucky and sad. After resolving the baker’s problem, I called my future husband. My heart was beating so fast that I didn’t believe that it was a woman’s voice on the call. I hang up quickly and decided to take my revenge. As a result, I killed my husband and his girlfriend , the baker , the dress designer and the Director of Ninja’s turtles cartoon. Now , I’m doing 20 years in federal prison of that stupid turtle.
ReplyDeleteRevenge of the ex-girlfriend. This is a funny story; I really liked it.
DeleteThey told me seeing a turtle on your wedding day would bring good luck. In my case, this was totally not true. On my wedding day, I was leaving with my wife. I was supposed to be happy; but instead, I was really stressed out because I was forced to marry that woman. We had been dating for a few weeks and I happened to devirginize her. I had never thought of getting married at that time. I was a young man who only cared about partying and hanging out with friends. My so called "new wife" was overly excited and she couldn't stand how mad I was.1 I was really mad because I couldn't believe that my life was going to change at this point. As we were walking out of the wedding, I saw a turtle crossing the street. By that time I was fed up with everything coming out my wife's mouth. That's when I picked up that turtle and smashed her head with it.Then, she died. I was immediately arrested. Now I’m doing 20 years in prison because of that stupid turtle.
ReplyDeleteWhoa! Murder on your wedding day. Also, this example of writing is very, very good Mouad. Suspiciously good.
DeleteThey told me seeing a turtle on your wedding day would bring good luck. It's totally wrong, I've seen a turtle on my wedding day. Seven days after my wedding, I was driving the car with my husband in a rainy day. I didn't see the red light so I pushed the car break too fast, the car slipped off the road and we hit a man on the road. The car was damaged and me and my husband were hurt and we didn't know if the man we hit was fine or dead. Someone on the road saw us and called an ambulance and the firemen. We opened the car door and we ran towards the man, he wasn't moving. Once the firemen were there, they examined the man and he turns out to be dead. After the police has come to the scene, they took me with them. Now, i am doing 20 years in federal prison of that stupid turtle.
ReplyDeleteI really liked your narrative development for this story. It was very creative.
DeleteThey told me seeing a turtle on your wedding day would bring good luck. I was super exited to finally marry the man that I fell in love with. It was like a dream come true, and everything was magical. It was so beautiful that I cried every second of my wedding. Everything was so perfect that I couldn’t believe my eyes. All the chairs and table were white with a bright purple bow on the back of every chair. The day was an amazing sunny day on a garden. Seeing all my family and my close friends happy for me as they were all tearing of happiness. Suddenly, I saw a turtle under the family’s table. I was shocked at first but my mother told me not to worry because she thought it was a sign of luck. So, my siblings and I started laughing about her thoughts of a turtle bringing luck. Until my baby cousin came running to the turtle and picked it up and threw it on my dress. My wedding dress got dirty and got ripped by the turtle’s nails. I got so angry and mad that I started crying because my dream dress that I hardly found after looking for the perfect dress for nearly six months gone on waist. I couldn’t remember anything until I picked up a chair and threw it on my baby cousin. Everyone was screaming and trying to calm me but it was too late, because my baby cousin was already laying on the grass with blood all over his head. Now I am doing 10 to 20 years in prison because of that stupid turtle.
ReplyDeleteFive minutes late, but I don't mind. Just be more conscious of the deadline next time, Azhar.
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