Question

Write a composition (350-400 words) on the following:
Write an original short story that begins with the words: “It was raining hard that night. In my hurry to get into the house, I didn’t notice the black car parked across the road. I realised something was wrong when……..”

Answer 1

Hint: The opening line implies a certain direction the story should go in.

Complete answer:

   It was raining hard that night. In my hurry to get into the house, I didn’t notice the black car parked across the road. I realized something was wrong when I looked at my doormat and it was crooked. “But I never leave the doormat like this”, I thought. I checked under the doormat, and lo and behold, my key was missing. I started thinking of the million possibilities of who it might be behind my door.
  I carefully opened the door without making a sound. It was difficult to do so, purely because of the fact that the house was a hundred years old and the hinges were on their last legs, red and rusty. I got in. I was being careful to take cover with my furniture because I was not aware of what I was dealing with when suddenly, I took a blow to the head. I woke up tied to a chair and with my forehead bleeding out. I could see the silhouette of a well-built man. I was terrified, not that I was in danger, but that I didn’t know what was soon going to follow. When the man came out to talk to me, I did not recognize him. He said something along the lines of “This is a routine robbery, don’t move or we will have to kill you.” He said ‘we’, but I could tell it was only him. As I slowly regained consciousness, I remembered that I had a cell phone in my back pocket. When the man went into the other room, I carefully pulled out my phone, which took about fifteen minutes. I could not see it. I tried to loosen the rope from my hands, and to my surprise, it was sloppily tied. I could now bring one hand in front of my face, but I was careful not to do so in front of him. I dialed the emergency number quickly. A lady picked up as soon as he came into the room again. I was wracking my brain for ideas. Finally, I asked the man, “Why did you choose to rob 1722 Oakland Drive, anyway? There’s nothing here.” The robber shushed me. I was praying that the lady had heard me.
    Finally, I heard the sirens outside. The police had arrived in less than ten minutes, and I was saved. I learned that day to never leave my keys in a secret place ever again.

Note: Rewrite the beginning of the story that is given in the question and draft a story that is relevant to the given beginning. The beginning of the story has to be consistent with the rest of the story. Write a concluding paragraph in the end.