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Short Story: White Oak Pond

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Once upon a time, there was a star-nosed mole named Jim. He was really short with big hands and small feet. Jim was dumb but cleaver. Jim always carried around his favorite bag and would take it everywhere he went. Jim lived close by a pond and decides he wants to start running because there was a trail that led to this pond that he had liked. Jim also liked running and exploring new things. He would run along that trail everyday that led him to this pond called “White Oak Pond.” Jim was known as the “fool”. He would run and run until he got tired and whenever Jim runs he never really sees anyone. So one day Jim decided to run again he finally sees someone and that someone was David the tufted deer. David was smart and bold and also …show more content…

Everyone around town knew who David was because he was really good at tricking people. So Jim walks over to David introduces himself, and said, “I’ve never seen anyone around here before”. David responded and said, “I’ve been here many times you just haven’t notices me I come here everyday and sit in the same spot behind that tree over there. Jim has this confused look on his face and wonders to himself and says, “I look over at that tree multiple times and never see anyone there” and he went back running. As Jim runs around until he gets tired David says to himself, “What could I do”. As David thinks to himself silently, Jim finally gets tired and decides he wants to go home. So before he left he went over to David to tell him goodnight. Under David’s breathe he says, “Goodnight Jim i’ll see you tomorrow with a suspicious look on his face. David decided to go home and while he was walking he was figuring out ways to trick Jim. The next day came and David finally figured out how he was going to trick Jim. David realized that Jim always carried this bag around everytime he goes to the pond. David wanted to figure out what was in that bag and what was so special about it. So David decided that he was going to go back to the pond …show more content…

The next day came and Jim seen David and had a suspicious look on his face. Instead of Jim saying anything to David about his stuff being gone Jim decided to do what David did to him. He asked to play hide and seek again. Instead of David counting he was going to count so he could figure out if it was David that took his stuff because David also carried a bag. Jim starts counting and David hides, so Jim counted and walked towards David’s bag and opened it slowly. When he opened the bag there he found everything that was gone in David’s bag. 20 minutes later David realized that Jim was taking to long to come find him and he didn’t hear him count anymore. He seen Jim and noticed that Jim had a furious look on his face. He went over to Jim and asked, “What’s wrong ?”, Jim looks at David with a angry look on his face. He says to David you are a thief and liar. David had a disgraceful look on his face and realized that what he have done was wrong. David said to Jim i’m sorry for going into your bag. It took Jim a while to forgive David but he forgave him. Jim learned that he shouldn’t trust any or everyone and not to leave his bag around when he just met someone. Also not to carry anything

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