Today we are featuring Inklings Book Contest 2016 finalist, Dylan Lefever! Dylan finished 4th grade this past school year. He wrote a short story about drawings coming to life. How fun!
Monster Drawings and the Escape of the Drawings
by Dylan Lefever
One day, a child named Jack was drawing a picture of monsters in his math notebook. His father called him in for dinner after Jack drew a fire-breathing snake.
Jack’s baby sister was whining at his mother for putting peas in her bowl. His mother made mashed potatoes, apples, steak, milk, and peas. After dinner Jack drew a swimming dragon.
When his mom called him up for bed he finished drawing the swimming dragon. His room was small but had lots of posters of monsters and it had a small lamp with a snake wrapped around it. That night he dreamed of a dragon attacking man-eating lizard soldiers from England.
When he woke up it was 8:00 and his school started at 8:30. He ran downstairs and grabbed a box of cheerios and shoved them in his mouth and ran out the door. In math class he realized he had forgotten his math book. They had a math test. He had forgotten his shape names. When he got his test he didn’t know the first question. It took him 20 minutes to finish. On page 6 he drew a flamingo with razor sharp teeth. When he received his test back – he saw that he had scored a D-.
When he got home no one was there. His math notebook was on the table but there were no drawings. He heard a noise upstairs and at the front of his door was a fire-breathing snake! He turned and right behind him was a beaver with teeth about 3-feet-long. Then, a one-eyed crocodile with 500 razor sharp teeth came out of his closet. A swimming dragon popped out of the toilet! Then, a 100-handed monkey with one big and sharp tooth came from under his bed holding his mom, dad, and baby sister. Then the fire-breathing snake blew fire right at Jack, Jack dodged it and the fire went right at the beaver and the beaver went flying backward! The beaver ran straight at Jack, who jumped over the beaver but landed on the beaver’s back causing them both to go flying out the window on to the street. The beaver landed on the ground with Jack still on his back and kept running.
Jack could hear the other monsters running behind him. Cars were crashing into each other. The sight of all the monsters made people go crazy. The beaver started wiggling Jack off its back. Soon the beaver knocked Jack off of its back.
All the monsters soon passed him but he kept running after them, but he couldn’t catch up! After about 20 minutes of straight running he fell to the ground in exhaustion. The next day he went looking around but there was no sight of his family.
Then, after about an hour of searching he found a cafe. He only had 2 dollars and 25 cents. He went into the cafe and ordered a bagel and some water. After about 10 minutes of eating and resting he got an idea.
He thought if he could get his math book and trap them in there he could get his parents.
He found a taxi and said,”1st avenue.”
It took the taxi driver about 30 minutes to get to his house. The taxi driver said,”20 bucks, kid.”
Jack said, “I’ll go get it.”
When he got inside he grabbed his math book and grabbed about 50 dollars for the taxi driver and himself. Jack gave the taxi driver his money and asked for a ride to E 149th street.
It took the taxi driver almost 50 minutes to get there. “It costs 30 dollars, kid.”
Jack gave the taxi driver the money and went looking around. It took Jack about 10 minutes till he found woods.
He went looking around in the woods and saw a dim glow. He started running after it. The light stopped and Jack looked up and saw a castle filled of monsters.
In the center of the castle was a big pool; in it was the swimming dragon! He saw his family locked in the last tower, guarded by a man-eating lizard. Then he ran to the highest tower and opened his math book and all the monsters got sucked back in, except for one.
It was the Dino-Rex. Jack didn’t know what to do! Then he got an idea; He quickly drew a scorpion and opened the book. The scorpion popped out and went after the Dino-Rex and swung its tail right at the Dino-Rex, but it dodged the swing and the Dino-Rex ate the scorpion up whole. Then the Dino-Rex noticed Jack and started running after him.
Jack quickly drew a sword. The sword popped out, but Jack caught it. Then right then, the Dino-Rex chomped at Jack but Jack dodged it. Before the Dino-Rex could do anything Jack stabbed it right in the forehead and the Dino-Rex dissolved.
Then, Jack remembered his family! He ran over to the left tower and sliced the bars to the jail cell.
Right when his family got out, His mom said, “Where did you get that?”
Then Jack said, “I drew it.”
When they got home they ate dinner.
Jack never quit drawing, but he never forgot his math book again.
