500 Words 2023: read a finalist's story from the 5-7 category

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This story was chosen as a top 50 finalist for 500 Words 2023.

Remember, spelling, punctuation and grammar are not taken into account for a 500 Words story, therefore all the top 50 stories have been published how they were submitted.

George, Rosie, Max and their Adventure with Daddy

Once upon a time, there was a Daddy. He was the loveliest Daddy in the world. He had three children. The children loved their Daddy so much.

It was a stormy day. The children were bored.

Daddy came in with a magic potion and some cards. Then Daddy said, "Pick a card children!" Max picked a card with a picture of an enchanted forest on it. Then Daddy got the magic potion out. The potion took you anywhere you wanted to go!

Daddy said the magic words, "Pop…Ping…Pop!" They arrived at the enchanted forest. It was really nice. The children and Daddy went exploring, looking for birds with their binoculars. They saw rainbow butterflies, dragonflies, lovely birds and parrots! Suddenly a magic pony came out of the trees, with a magic power, a horn that shoots out rainbows! The children loved it! The rainbows made a bridge and the children walked on top of the magic bridge. In a flash the pony showed her wings and the children hopped on her back and they flew far away. Then suddenly, a mean red dragon arrived and breathed out fire at the unicorn, the daddy and the children.

Quickly Daddy got out the potion and the cards. This time Rosie picked and she chose a picture of the beach. They said the magic words "Pop…Ping…Pop!"

Suddenly they arrived at the beach. It was lovely, the sun was shining and they splashed in the water and saw a golden fish. Daddy brought Rosie, George and Max an ice cream. George and Rosie had bubblegum. Max had strawberry. But then Rosie got a little pinch from a crab! Suddenly so many crabs crawled out of their burrows in the sand and they tried to pinch the children and Daddy! Daddy quickly got the cards and the magic potion back out.

It was George's turn to choose and he picked a Legoland card. Daddy said "pop, ping, pop!" and they arrived. They went and saw the legoland statues and Rosie said, "How it that statue made out of lego?" Daddy replied "People built it honey." Then George said, "Can we go on the Carousel?" After a lovely ride they got off and then suddenly the lego statues turned into real people and chased them. Quickly Daddy chose a picture of their own house. It was time to go home. Everyone was tired. He said the magic words one last time "Pop, Ping, Pop!" and in a second, they arrived home.

But the magic wasn't done. The magic made them quickly have a bath, got them into their pyjamas and snuggled them up tight in their beds.

Daddy went in and told them a story and said goodnight to everyone.

Before the children fell asleep, they remembered their adventure and they would never forget it. They fell asleep so fast and Daddy fell asleep on the chair.

They all dreamed of the next adventure they were going to have with Daddy.

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