Lulu and the rubber bands

Jaspanag
3 min readSep 29, 2020

One day Lulu went to the park to play with her friend Sally. When Lulu arrived at the park, she saw Sally waiting there. Sally had a big bag of rubber bands. They decided to tie all of the rubber bands together, to make a long rubber band rope. Then they used the long rubber band rope to skip and jump.

They had a lot of fun doing that, and then they had a new idea. They wanted to use the rubber band rope to throw each other high into the sky. They tied one end of the rubber band rope to a tree, and they tied the other end of the rubber band rope to another tree.

And when they pulled the rubber band rope down and let go, it would bounce up. But they also needed something to catch them when they came down. Lulu had an idea and asked Sally to come with her. They went to Lulu’s home and got a big bedsheet and brought it back.

There were four trees that were positioned in the corners of a square. Those trees were next to the rubber band rope they tied. Then Lulu and sally tied the four corners of the sheet to the four trees. Now they were ready. Lulu sat on the middle of the rubber band rope and Sally pulled it down, then let go.

Lulu bounced up and flew through the air. Then she started falling down and she landed on the bedsheet tied between the trees. Now it was Sally’s turn, and she sat down on the middle of the rubber band rope. Lulu pulled it down, and then let go. Sally bounced up and flew through the air, and landed on the bedsheet tied between the trees.

Both of them laughed together. Then they saw some birds flying high up above them, and they wondered if they could bounce some birdseed up to the birds. So they put some birdseed on the middle of the rubber band rope, and they both pulled down very hard, and then let go.

The birdseed flew up very high through the air, and reached all the way up to where the birds were flying. The birds caught the birdseed and ate it. Lulu and Sally laughed and giggled. Then they were done playing and ready to go. Then they untied the four corners of the bedsheet from the four trees.

They also untied the long rubber band rope from two other trees. And they separated the rubber band rope into two pieces. Then Lulu took one half of the rubber band rope, and Sally took the other half of the rubber band rope. This way they could both keep a piece of it and remember what they did that day. Lulu and Sally said goodbye to each other, and went to their own homes.

When Lulu arrived at home, she put her half of the rubber band rope on the coat rack. Soon Lulu’s parents told her it was time for dinner. Lulu got ready for dinner and cleaned her hands. After dinner. Lulu helped wash the dishes. Then she drew a picture of herself and Sally bouncing up through the air, and landing on the bedsheet.

After that, Lulu got ready for bed, and brushed her teeth. Finally, she changed into her pajamas, and laid down. She closed her eyes, started dreaming about bouncing on the rubber band rope. And she went to sleep, slowly slowly slowly.

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Jaspanag

Hello world, I am embarking on a project in which I am writing children’s stories. The main inspiration for me is my three year old niece, who lives far away.