Gabby’s Short Story

Gabby was among a group of winners of a short story writing contest from Blimey Cow.  The fellows even sent her some feedback on her writing, which we both appreciated.

Here is her entry:

The Sock

Once upon a time, there was a man. He had a pair of socks, and they were his favorite thing in the world. He took good care of them and kept them clean. They were yellow, his favorite color! late one night he took his socks off and put them in the wash. through the night, he ran them through the dryer. The next morning, he opened up the dryer, and there was only one sock! So that day, he had to wear his shoes, with no socks. Gross. The shoes were orange, but they were no good without the yellow socks to set them off.

How could he go running with only one sock? relax in front of the tv? How could he even keep his feet warm? the sock, the sock, where had it gone? But what could he do? he couldn't take it, he had a plan! He would wear one sock, switching it from one foot to the other, every fifteen minutes. He grabbed his one yellow sock, and pulled it onto his foot, then went for his orange shoes.

But, what was that, at the end of his sock? it didn't seem to be just his right foot? Would it be his cat’s hairball? that wouldn't have been the first time that happened. he reached into the sock and pulled out...his other sock! He joyfully pulled on both his socks and lived in sock peace forever.