A Ghostly Tale

When I found out that there was a writing contest 
to win tickets to attend a performance by Duncan Sheik 
with the San Francisco Symphony, performing selections
from the musical, Whisper House 
at the Davies Symphony Hall, 
you know I had to give it a shot!

I had already attended a performance.
(WHICH WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!)
So, of course, I wanted to be able to experience it again. 

The rules of the contest were this:
You had to use song titles from Whisper House in your story.
(I believe the minimum amount was five titles.)
There wasn't much time before your story had to be submitted,
so I worked on it right away and finished it that day. 

Here is my tale... 
(The song titles are in italics.)

Whisper House Ghostly Tale

On a warm summer night, 
at the Campground of Earthbound Starlight,

the children all gathered round the campfire, 
as the counselors began to tell their ghostly tale…..

“We’re here to tell you,” they began, 
"A tale that happened in this very spot, many, many years ago."

A family by the name of Snell, once lived on this here land. 
There was a father and mother, two sisters and a brother. 
The boy was the youngest, at 7 years of age. 
This is his story to tell, this is the tale of Solomon Snell.

One day Solomon and his sisters, were playing in the woods. 
Hide and seek was their game of choice. Solomon counted to 100, 
as his sisters went to hide. Solomon looked in the usual 
hiding spots, to no avail. He went deeper into the woods, 
searching for his sisters. Soon he no longer knew where he was. 
“You’ve really gone and done it now,’ 
Solomon thought to himself, “You’re lost.”

He sat against a tree and began to cry. 
As he was crying, he heard a voice ask, 
“Dear boy, why are you crying?” 
Solomon looked up and there in front of him was a woman, 
wearing what appeared to be a wedding dress.

“I’m lost,” Solomon told the woman, “I can’t find my way home.”

The woman told him not to fear, 
she would help him find his way home.

Solomon followed as the woman walked through the woods, 
singing a sad song. Soon, the surroundings started to look 
familiar to young Solomon, and he heard the faint cry 
of someone calling his name.

“It’s my sisters!” Solomon exclaimed, “They’re looking for me.”

He cried out to his sisters. When they were in sight, 
he turned to the woman to thank her,

but she was nowhere to be found!

His sisters embraced their dear brother and asked him, 
“Where were you? You forgot to play your part! 
You were supposed to be seeking us, not us seeking you.”

“I got lost, but then a woman in a wedding dress found me 
and led me back home.” Solomon told them.

“Where is she?” they asked. Solomon replied, 
“I don’t know, she vanished.”

“I Don’t Believe In You and your tale!” his sisters replied.

But Solomon knew that his tale was true, 
and now we sing, “How about you?”


So are you wondering if I won the contest???
Would I write a blog post about it if I hadn't?