St. Patrick's Day Writing Challenge

I came across a St. Patick's Day writing challenge on Face Book by Tolentino Teaching. I don't write much fiction, so I thought I would give this a try. The challenge is a 10-sentence story using the following specific rules. Here is a link that will take you to all of his 10-sentence Challenges.

Patty grew up in a poor family who didn't believe in good luck. She lived in Leprechaun Village, a town with luscious fields of green clover, and rumor was that pots of gold could be found at the end of a rainbow if you were lucky enough to find one.

One day her bother came running in and announced that someone found a pot of gold. Patty pondered at the announcement, something she desperately wanted but could never find. Why couldn't she be lucky? 

She grabbed her coat, vanished out the door, and looked up into the sky. Suddenly without warning, the skies opened up and rain poured down upon her, completely soaking her coat and clothes. She waited and waited for a rainbow to peek out from the sun, when a tiny leprechaun climbed up to her ear and whispered, "You won't find a pot of gold here; your treasure is where your heart is." She dejectedly turned around to go home muttering something about never being lucky when just above her house was the rainbow she was searching for and her treasure waiting inside:  her family.

This was a fun activity, and I think I may try some of Brain's challenges with my students during our testing time.

Thank you to Two Writing Teachers for creating 
a space for me and other teacher-writers to share our stories.