My Writing Challenge: Horryfing Be/Get, Be/Start.

Hi, my dear friends! I was out for some time, but I am back and would like to propose you one more easy challenge for you to warm up a little. In this challenge, you should write a short story (very short as I am still very busy) using both or any of the given pairs.

BE/GET + adjective/past participle.

BE/START + present participle/ gerund.

You don't have to use all the words, only those you need to explain your mind.

I will explain using the examples.

He is sick (means he is not feeling good now).

He has got sick (means he started feeling sick or became sick).

He was laughing (means he was doing it at some moment in the past).

He started laughing (means he began laughing).

Here are the words I expect you to use in your stories:

To be/get dark;

To be/start driving;

To be/ get scared;

To be/start crying;

To be/get cold;

To be/start freezing;

To be/get home;

To be/start warming up;

To be/start relaxing;

To be/get asleep.

Have a great challenge! Hope, your stories will be a little horrifying and thrilling! Ha-ha!

Well, my friends! As I am in the mood for writing thrilling stories this morning, I will tell you the story that gave the idea of this blog. In fact, it was Tanya who got in that situation but I will tell it ex persona.

So, it was not late, but almost dark as it gets dark about 8 pm here. I was driving on highway 10 and for you to know when you drive it at night, you loose the sense of reality. It is a little scary. Tanya says she feels like driving somewhere in Central Africa: no lights of the big cities, almost no exits and almost no cars. So, when I was about to change the highway and to take the one leading to my town, I saw an alligator lying just across the road. It seemed to be sleeping. I had to stop and started honking but that nasty creature didn't move at all. As I wanted to get home after almost 10 hour drive, I had to grab a baseball bat, to get out of the car and to make that alligator clear the way. I started swinging a bat just in front of its snout almost touching it, but the creature didn't move and didn't even wake up. If I were a woman, I would start crying, but as I am a man I decided to break the traffic regulations and to bypass around an alligator on the oncoming lane. When I bypassed it and drove about 300 feet farther, I stopped again, looked back and saw that creature still lying in the same pose. I was really glad to get home that night, to relax, to feel cozy with my cats and a dog who never block my way. My dog brought me the sleepers right into the bathroom, my cats lay by my side and I went to untroubled sleep being warmed with their love and faithfulness.

What will you say about Tanya's experience and my story? Ha-ha!

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Danny Clark August 19, 2016 11:53

My friends! Reading your stories, I have corrected TURN AROUND a few times. So, I will explain. TO TURN AROUND means to make a full turn (360). So, if you mean 180 degree angle, you should say TURN BACK (meaning a body) or LOOK BACK (meaning a head only).
Danny Clark August 19, 2016 11:49

Dear Onee! I am sorry for not answering your question about the article before EC. Of course, if we say/write MyEC, there shouldn't be any article. But if we say EC, there should be article according to the general grammar rules as we usually use THE before the name of a club. However, it is Josef's club, he is its creator. If he decided to name it without an article, it is OK.
Danny Clark August 19, 2016 11:27

Dear Serene, Afro! The funniest thing is that it was not me, but Tanya, who fought that lazy alligator. I wish I could have seen that! I can only imagine her wildly screaming swinging a bat before that poor creature that must have been scared to death by my wife! Ha-ha!
Shoba August 19, 2016 8:05

Thank you, dear Teacher Tanya. I'll certainly ask if I have any questions about the corrections.

It was fun to learn more about the alligators in Florida. :)
bet August 18, 2016 18:28

Noce stoty, indeed but not that much scary..haha. I also saw allegetor and snake zone and they were around.
Someone August 18, 2016 18:06

Dear Danny!Whenever I get free time I like to spare my time here to gain knowledge and learn grammar! There I can learn with a lot of fun, I afraid grammar but its catches me easy when you people represent it effortless way.

Thank you so much for the corrections! So nice and thrilling story!Your story is scared me. if I were your place, definitely got senseless/unconscious. Thank you so much .
Tanya August 18, 2016 16:09

Dear Shoba! We live in Florida where alligators are always around. But they are not that dangerous for people. They know they can't swallow us. So, we are out of danger unless we get into the water where alligators can't identify our sizes. I mean alligators never attact any creature bigger than them. So, we live side by side with them and don't worry very much, but we can't kill them if they don't show aggression. So, it is always better to bypass an alligator lying on the road, than to go to law with the Green Peace or any of the similiar organizatins.

Your story is very good. If you have any questions about the corrections, just ask them.
Shoba August 18, 2016 14:52

Wow! What a thrilling story, Teacher Danny. Seeing alligators on roads is something impossible in our country.

Thank you for the corrections. You and Teacher Tanya are very kind and helpful to us.
Danny Clark August 18, 2016 13:22

Well, my friends! As I am in the mood for writing thrilling stories this morning, I will tell you the story that gave the idea of this blog. In fact, it was Tanya who got in that situation but I will tell it ex persona.

So, it was not late, but almost dark as it gets dark about 8 pm here. I was driving on highway 10 and for you to know when you drive it at night, you loose the sense of reality. It is a little scary. Tanya says she feels like driving somewhere in Central Africa: no lights of the big cities, almost no exits and almost no cars. So, when I was about to change the highway and to take the one leading to my town, I saw an alligator lying just across the road. It seemed to be sleeping. I had to stop and started honking but that nasty creature didn't move at all. As I wanted to get home after almost 10 hour drive, I had to grab a baseball bat, to get out of the car and to make that alligator clear the way. I started swinging a bat just in front of its snout almost touching it, but the creature didn't move and didn't even wake up. If I were a woman, I would start crying, but as I am a man I decided to break the traffic regulations and to bypass around an alligator on the oncoming lane. When I bypassed it and drove about 300 feet farther, I stopped again, looked back and saw that creature still lying in the same pose. I was really glad to get home that night, to relax, to feel cozy with my cats and a dog who never block my way. My dog brought me the sleepers right into the bathroom, my cats lay by my side and I went to untroubled sleep being warmed with their love and faithfulness.

What will you say about Tanya's experience and my story? Ha-ha!
Danny Clark August 18, 2016 10:53

Dear Afro! Sure, you can, but let it be short, OK?

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