Short stories

The Camping Trip

Camping out with your family is fun right? Well not for the Mallow family..

The Mallow family were enjoying their first ever camping trip out in the great woods. Tall pine trees with a beautiful scent surrounded the massive woods. A nice big blue lake where fishing competitions are held, But then terror struck..

It was around 9pm by the time the Mallows had finished setting up their camp. They had 5 tents one for each person as the tents were quite small. The Mallows were about to set up their campfire when they all realised they needed supplies for their campfire. Jessica the oldest sibling went out to go find some nice big sticks for the fire. Mary went out to go get some rocks to put around the fire so it doesnt spread, and young Timmy stayed behind as he had nothing to do.

Soon enough the fire was up and roaring. The Mallows were going to roast their favourite treat of all... boy shaped dough! That was until they had heard something, but they all thought nothing of it and continued chatting and roasting away. That was until 5 minutes later they heard the same growling/ grumbling noise coming from the woods as before.

Young Timmy Mallow decided the check out the noise. As he was the youngest and wanted to prove how brave he is. Timmy jumped out his seat, grabbed a flashlight and headed into the dark scary woods alone...

The rustling of the leaves, snapping of twigs and the mouldy, rotten smell of decaying wood. Timmy was already regretting his decision but there was no turning back now. He was too far along to quit now. Then all of a sudden Young Timmy Mallow let out the loudest blood curdling scream ever..

The other family members were starting to get worried about Timmy as he'd been gone an hour or so. Then they heard the blood curdling scream Timmy had let out. Janice Mallow had stood up and was about to go and find timmy when shivers ran down her spine. The hairs on her neck and arms stood up on end. Janice looked at her family only to find out that they hadn't dared to move or speak. She turned around and was stopped in her tracks on what she saw...

Word count is exactly: 400 words! Thanks for reading my short stories I highly appricate it a lot :D