Short Stories

And

Tall Tales By The Writing I and II Class

Feb. – Jun. 2011

Holidays with My Cousin

By Jorge Portilla

It is Wednesday, on Sunday we were with my parents in a beautiful house on the beach, one block

from the sea.

Martha's grandmother was with us. She lives in her apartment, but every January, from the 23 that I

have lived; she went on vacation with us. It was nice that Grandma was with us, mainly because at

night she cooksdelicious homemade recipes, which my brother Edder quickly devoured.

I was on Facebook,

catching up with friends on chat, so many things happened since Friday! The whiff of the pie in the

oven I devolved, then I was disoriented, strongly shook my head and everything flew. Then I

understood what had flown was me, because what knocked me out of the chair was a huge hit.

I woke up angry and yelled. ``Eddeeer! ``

My mother said from the kitchen: ``He is in the bathroom, Daniel``

I looked everywhere, there was nothing there, no one was around.

I called Cuckoo, the dog, but it couldn’t be him, I thought. Back to my important work to catch up

on the Face. I left the ball in the chair waiting for someone to come for it. "Where you left you? I

did not have to wait long to discover the mystery.

Not five minutes had passed when I heard the voice of my grandmother.

"Daniel, have you found a ball in the yard?``

- I - I cried, while he took it and walked to the front half-dragging of the house.

There was a gentleman with a straight face enormous in front ofme; I looked behind him was

Jefferson, my dear cousin.

Many years since I saw him, more than 5 years! Since that party to year-end, we danced dressed as

widows.

He was very fat and hardly, he looked me. My grandmother talked incessantly, Mom spoke a word

while Dad struck up a coherent conversation with Nixon, the father of Jefferson. Shyly handed he

the ball and he took it without mentioning word. After a few minutes the meeting ended, Jefferson

and his dad moved away towards the door saying goodbye to everyone.

I was very sad; I looked and could not believe we used to be brothers.

Jefferson suddenly turns around and says, ``Daniel

- What time are you going to the beach tomorrow? `` Are we together? ”If we. You want to stay to

eat the cake grandma now?

Jefferson was left to eat, and then the vacation started for me.

THE END

Once Upon A Time In Dutabella

by Priscila Fonseca

Once upon a time in a really far away kingdom in Dutabella, which was a small island in the

Atlantic lived a gorgeous princess named Stella from Dutabella. She was only 17 years old. She

lived with her parents; they were determined to make her get married with the island Stormy

kingdom’s prince Benjamin III. Parents’ names were Lucas and Rina.

The truth was that Stella truly believed in love, so that’s why she didn’t want to marry Benjamin.

She wasn’t in love with him. I mean, she liked him and also loved him, but just only as a good

friend. Almost like a brother. Because she didn’t have any brothers or sisters. She was an only

child. For that reason her parents had put on her all the expectations they had, somehow all of that

pression that did lay on her would be good. And so when the time has come to rule her kingdom she

will know exactly how to do it, with well-trained strong personality.

She was in love with the Dutabella’s gardener, Jacob. He was a very humble man with a big heart.

Benjamin, the prince, was not in love with the princess either. So he also helped the young couple

to convince the princess’ parents not to force them to marry. One day Stella and Jacob ran away to

finally get married. But the time when they came back to Dutabella the princess’ parents were still

very angry with this young couple. And again they did not agree with the marriage.

Lucas and Rina sent them to the village, which was a really poor village. But the couple went over

there and together little by little has been building another Kingdom with just happiness and that

Kingdom was growing very fast. They pretty soon have been built a family with children and the

people from there were very grateful to the couple because the village grew and became the

kingdom that all soon recognized as the kingdom of happiness. Lucas and Rina after many years

came to visit and were filled with pride to see that this couple started from nothing to have it all.

And pretty soon they agreed and they supported the marriage.

David´s 15th Birthday

By Estefania Rubio

One day, David woke up and his family was there on his bedroom, his mum approached with a big

chocolate cake, it was his 15th birthday. He was really happy because his dad promised him to buy

a brand new computer. His family didn´t have too much money, so for him it was fantastic!

At midday his friend Michael called him to arrange things and meet up at night. David thought his

friend was a little bit mysterious so he guessed all his friends were organizing a big party. They met

at 8 pm as set in the corner of his house with Michael and a close friend of him, who David hadn´t

met before. They decided to walk and after two blocks they stopped in a corner next to a Karaoke.

Suddenly a very good looking guy, dressed in a suit came close to them and asked them what they

were doing and if they were going to enter the karaoke. They were a bit surprised even though the

guy was not suspicious, but David was not so calm about it. In spite of this they answered no, the

guy started to ask them more questions like their names, where they lived and all that, so the

three boys started to worry and wanted to go away from the corner. But as they were crossing the

street this weird man in front of them, he took out a gun and told them: “Boys, I don´t want you to

panic or start asking for help but I´m a hired assassin and tonight´s job is to find 3 boys in this

neighbourhood and everything agrees with your characteristic. I´m looking for the responsible for a

friends attack” He took his cell phones and told them that a car was waiting for them when they

turn back the street. They were so frightened that they did what the man said, they went to the

car, a black car, and a lady opened the front door. She didn´t recognized them, so she closed the

door immediately and asked the suit man to release them. David, Michael and the other friend ran

desperately to their houses. David didn´t say a word to his family, he took a shower and ate the

rest of his mum´s chocolate cake.

LOVE ME NOW

by Cristina Calvachi

Sofia was a really beautiful romantic woman who lives in Ibarra with her whole family; she was in love with Gabriel a guy

so sweet, enthusiastic and handsome too.

They had lived a love with a lot of obstacles and problems but they tried to enjoy to themselves as if it was the last day

in their life.

The Sofia’s parents had a good social status therefore she enjoyed all the comforts. Her boyfriend Gabriel had a family

with enough money too.

Sofia y Gabriel were 19 years old, everything was perfect until the Sofia’s mother suspected Gabriel wanted to married

with her daughter Sofia

This caused her family tries to separate them; the Sofia’s mother thought they were still too young.

This situation was very difficult for them so, Gabriel one day told Sofia: “let us escape far from here; I want to love you

now without problems”.

The next week they traveled to Guayaquil where Pablo, Gabriel`s friend, was waiting them. Pablo was the best friend of

Gabriel since he was 8 years old. He was living alone so he offered for them to live with him for a time while they could

keep some money; he was a very good person.

Gabriel was looking for a job, he knew a lot of business because of his father but he didn’t have a certificate for that so it

was more difficult to find a job.

Sofia learned to be a housewife; she had to prepare the meals and to clean the house.

Two weeks after that, Gabriel got a job, he was a cashier in a supermarket, it wasn’t a wonderful job but it was enough

for them.

Every weekend the lovers forgot the problems in their life and they went to the beach, they shared the small things all

the time, without money, without family, but a beautiful landscape in front of their eyes and the person who they loved

near to each one.

Each morning he got up to go work, but first he spent some minutes with her. There, next to him in his arms, he

caressed her hair, gave her a sweet kiss and he told her: “I love you”, there aren’t words to explain how they loved each

other.

One evening he told her, “If I die now I will not be sad, I would be really happy because I follow my heart, I loved you

every day with all my soul”. Sofia with a tear in her eye told him with a sweet voice, “Love me now...”

In the morning, she opened her eyes and smile, she came closer him smoothly for giving him a kiss, but her smile

disappear when she touched their lover's lips, these were cold like a flake of snow. He died after their conversation in

the night.

Two days after that, Sofia’s parents found her and they took her home, she didn’t say anything for days.

Her parents were really worried of her but; finally she said something when she discovered that she was pregnant, she

told her parents,” it’s the best gift I could receive in my life”…

Diane Cake

By María Quiroz

Diane Cake was a beautiful and charming girl at the age of

fourteen. She lived with her hard-working mom and her old

granny, in a small and comfortable house near the river. She

never met her father because he was a soldier, who died in

the war such a long time ago. Although Diane was the only one

at home, she was very joyful and talkative. She had plenty of

friends and boyfriends too, therefore she seldom was alone.

But sometimes she felt sad and depressed, so she started to

drinking alcohol and dancing until she fell dawn to the floor

exhausted.

One day Diane decided to organize a

party at her home because it was her

birthday. She invited all her close people.

This party was very different because

there wasn´t alcohol. There was only

such exquisite food like the lovely big

white cake in the central table. The

afternoon was very sunny; the wind

moved the leaves of the plants softly and

refreshed people whom were arriving

very soon. The living room was decorated

very well, and the music was perfect too,

it called to people to dance and have fun.

In other words, everything was right.

As the party started friends and relatives gathered

around the central table to sing “happy birthday to you,

happy birthday to you………. ”. Then people said “Diane

you have to wish something in her mind and next to bite

this wonderful cake”. And it happened, she asked for a

wish, but when she was preparing to gave the bribe

something occurred. A boy called Juanito Attacker

placed himself behind Diane, but she didn´t realize it.

While all people were singing and clapping, Juanito

Attacker took Diane`s hair with both hands and pushed

down strongly. Her head hit the table, not the cake. It

happened because he hadn`t calculated the space well

enough.

Afterwards, Diane, almost unconscious, was

taken to the kitchen by Rosita Flower, one of

her best friends. Some people were surprised,

but the majority laughed a lot. In the kitchen

Diane sat down in a chair, drank some water,

and Rosita Flower put a cold cloth on Diane`s

forehead. It had a very big and red bump.

Despite her injury, she went to dance and eat

with a little smile of happiness and pain. In

this party Diane didn´t fall down because of

the alcohol rather because of the unexpected

blow.

The horror’s story with bigger lies

By Tania Imbaquingo

In a called place Metternich-Winneburgdos two friend (John and Peter) they’re detectives and live

there. They resolve all kings of mysterious, bandits, robberies, etc.A day, in the town some gossip

about legend goes for here. They start to investigate an evil sorcerer (Solferino) who makes human

sacrifices and witchcrafts. People believed that he had great mental powers, and every one feared

him. His plan was to kill to the highest authorities of the city, and to keep the absolute power. There

were some clues that the evil sorcerer had escaped from hissupposed death.

Then an arduous job, John and Peter have found the first clues at arrive to their whereabouts and to

know their purposes. They use all their police techniques and intellectto develop the mysterious.

When they arrived at the cemetery, the police were investigating, how did he rise from the dead?

The tomb has been broken, and the dead is other person (Kin). He had had a chemical lab. The evil

had needed some chemicals, to do his amazing presentations to face people. For this reason he

killed to Kin.

A few days later the Government says that he will unite withSolferino. He tried to persuade him to

leave the black magic. But it was impossible because few hours later he died. Everythingwas a

mystery. John had received death threats; it was to some days before thatPeter’s wedding. John

discoved that the threats are false and Peter’s buying a great ring for his love. Peter found some

magical materials in the Government’s room and lacks a blue ring that he had. (The answer:

Solferino had to steal the ring to look better)

Laura’s friend tells her that Solferino seeks to use Kin’s machine. John pays a good crazy cowboy

to arrive the Parliament. He would talk with the authorities about the evil. They say that they don’t

know anything. But the evidence was obvious. There are two dead and the newspaper showed an

article with a big headline “A big curse had fallen over us”. Suddenly Peter saw Ernesto (the new

governer) enter to his office dressed in dirty clothes. But when Peter enters to the same place,

Ernesto was sitting and smoking a pipe. Mmm it looks suspicious to Peter. Jhon and his friend

deduced that the Kin’s machine was to transform into a powerful nuclear bomb.

The Faithful Friend

By Cristina Narváez

Date 2011- 05-15

This story is very special for me, because it shows ,the loyal of the beings simpler and the same

time is the story instead of the difficulties this always cared for each other, because of the

tragic situations of the life one of them had an accident in which his master lost his legs and he

become in an invalid man . The natural of this story , is that it is about a man and his pet both

were always together , even after the accident , the dog looked for a way to be with his master.

The little dog always faced many difficulties , when he visited to his master , the master’s wife

was bothered that the dog always belonged in the house she evacuated. She beat the little dog,

with the broom but it found the way to go up and sleep near his dear master. So that he did not

feel alone. Every time that he had gone to visit his master the little dog used to lick the face of

his dear master.

There were days that his master had to be moved to the hospital be cause of his illness as it

used to complicate the heart , pneumonia problems , the family was very distressed and

worried about the health of him. In those days his pet disappeared. When his master returned

the house his pet was waiting for him, as if the little dog sensed the presence of his master.

A cold night his master again was moved to the hospital , the before night his pet crying

together to his bed while his master stroked to the little dog as was usual. But that night had

some special in his petting and the little dog barked and wagged his tail as if presenting that once

the little dog left his master he didn’t return ever again.

To past the time nobody had seen again the little dog but I suspected that the dog was still with his

master , accompanying him in the cold nights of the cementery that sure those are more warm with

his little dog . As never left to his master .

This story leaves me with a great lesson of life about a brave and gallant man that has given me a big

heritage , that is the pride to be his granddaughter.

"The Mermaid and the Tramp”

By Alexis Erazo

Once there was a man named Jimmy who liked to walk along the edge of the beach when the sun

was placed on the skyline. He always walked alone, looking for a siren to give him a ray of light

into his life and a small glimmer of hope.

He always walked with his old acoustic guitar thinking it would make the day if he found a siren, If

you sing a song or just spend love poems that he had been writing all the time. He waited for the

siren on the edge of the beach.

People said I was crazy to think that a siren would go and change his life overnight, He had always

been criticized until one day he disappeared from the beach where he used to walk, No one knew

what had happened to him. Many said the sand took him, but what nobody knew was that one

evening just as the sun was setting, Out of the sea came a beautiful woman who took his hand and

led him to the depths of the sea, When he began to run out of oxygen for a moment he fainted and

when he awoke, Everything was so different. He was lying on the beach in which he walked, with

the difference that he was lying next to a beautiful woman who went from being a simple siren a

distinguished and elegant lady who accompanied him the rest of his life walking along the beach

and offering hope to those most able. It is often said costs nothing to dream and hope is the last

thing you lose.

Over the years they had children and they were broadcasting a story called "The Mermaid and the

Tramp" and so the years passed, decades until a writer became interested in his story.

Dreams of a child By Tatiana Morales

There once was a boy named Pepito who lived in an orphanage Pepito was a boy who

liked to grow plants he was a very happy children he wished that some day someone will

adopt him he expected so much that day Pepito came to orphanage since he was born he

was living there with many more children .

Married couples always came to choose minor children than Pepito.He was sad to

see that he never choose the married couples until one day chose one set of

parents visited the orphanage and were searching for a child they liked the look and

couples seeking a child and the couple met Pepito they were talking with him and

the couple was delighted with the adtitud and the smile of Pepito and so the couple

took a desicision, and decided to adopt him them Pepito's friends were so happy to

know that he went with a family will give you all the love he deserves.

Pepito was so happy cavy happiness not in the heart to know that finally found that dream

parents who had been waiting so long, Pepito was happy and a little sad because it left

his friends at the orphanage but promised Pepito go to visit by whenever he can

The time pass and Pepito was felt so good with her new parents and Pepito continued to

be happy and sent many letters to his friends to know that he was well.

STORY

There once was a girl so beautiful, smart, Sociable and she was very loved by her parents. She was

19, she was a good student and she usually didn’t give problems to her parents. One day while she

was buying in the supermarket she met a handsome boy, immediately she felt in love with him.

She started to behave on another way at home and at school, she was totally rude, messy, and

irresponsible and she didn’t want to do things that her parents used to tell her.

Many days she and her parents didn’t agree on a lot of things, so her parents talked to her and she

told them about her feelings, she wanted to get married with him and her parents accepted

without delay because she was giving a lot of problems. On summer she got married with him and

they were very happy together.

Months passed, both of them worked all day and at night they saw at home, she wasn’t very

sweet like she was before, so her husband asked her what was happening but she only answered

she was very tired, one day she date with a business man, and her husband had seen them, for

this reason she was being very rude and indifferent with her husband.

Her husband found a solution. He didn’t want to stay with her anymore so he got divorce with her,

and she again returned to her home, but she didn’t find there, because they had died.

Name: Maritza Chico

LOVE STORY

ONE DAY THIS HAD TO HAPPEN

By

Joselyn Morales.

19/05/2011

Once upon a time a beautiful woman believed in love.

Every day she woke up with the hope of finding the love of her life.

Despite not having very good luck in love, she always tried

to do things well but nothing worked.

One day she met a guy who was supposed to be correct but

the truth at the end one day things change and the

years in a relationship was more important.

They were very happy; they had been together

3 months and exchanged vows.

They lived a little far every weekend one of them

traveled to see the other.

When they spent time together they were the happiest people in the world.

They liked to do the same things.

But one day they began to have problems

because he started talking to her ex girlfriend.

This caused many problems because they forget

the things that he lived with his ex were very difficult.

Yet they were in love and she forgave

him and they overcame their problems together.

After that they were more in love than ever.

But as we know that life is not all happiness and there

are bad people. His ex girlfriend followed him to speak.

As I mentioned before they had a 3 year relationship

is sometimes more important than love.

He began to behave very badly with his girlfriend

then decided to break up and just be friends.

She was a very strong girl

and would never stop believing in love.

She forgot her grief and was joy.

Happiness is not always next to a man.

She forgets the man she loves decided

to enjoy life every day to the fullest.

We are the masters of our own happiness.