The Pencils

This is a piece of free writing I wrote. I got the idea from the book The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons came Back.

Once there was a little boy whose birthday was coming up soon. For his birthday he got some chocolate and a pet goldfish. But what he liked best were neither of these. The box of pencils that he got was what he treasured most in the world. He decided he would never use them, which as we all know is not what pencils are for. Pencils are meant to be for writing, drawing and coloring. For fun and for games.

After a few days the pencils became restless. They wanted to be used and sharpened. They wanted to write, draw and colour, have fun and scribble. But the boy didn’t listen to his parents telling him to use them. Nor his teacher when he brought them into school. The little boy just wanted to show them off and keep them fresh and new.

One day when he went to school leaving the pencils behind the pencils checked it was all clear, then climbed out of their pencil box and ran around the room. Then they went running around the house and finally  running around the garden.

When the little boy came home he went to his desk to admire his pencils as he did every other day. Yet all there was was a note it said. WE QUIT! We are sick of not being used and are going on holiday!