Entry for 2023 KIDLIT VIBES writing contest for PB authors.
Spin the WHEEL OF FEELS to receive a vibe word that must be captured in a 125 words (or less) entry geared towards a 12 years and under audience.
My Vibe: MISCHIEVIOUS
TRICKY TROUT
by Daniella Kaufman
Word Count: 118
A glint. A WHISH. There goes a fish!
It’s Finn the tricky trout.
He’s clever! Quick! Bold and slick
when other fish feel doubt.
Finn slyly glides until he spies
a hook that catches fish.
His school of trout shout, “Swim away!”
But Finn just smirks and. . .SWISH!
He dives to dig through sediment.
Retrieves a plastic cup.
Then taps the hook. It snags his bait
and WHOOSH the cup goes up!
PLIP-PLOP! The hook appears again.
He loads a nylon tote.
Soon all the litter loot is gone!
Fin surfaces to gloat.
A voice explodes, “That tricky trout!!!”
Finn adds a taunting splash.
When fish ask, why? Finn winks an eye.
“Just taking out the trash.”
Daniella Kaufman 