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The House On Maple Street: A Short Story

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The house on Maple Street Zach was an 11 year old boy who dreamed big. He wanted to invent stuff. He created little machines, but they ended up being trash. When he’d bring a new invention to school to show, Joey and Bob would come over and talk trash to Zach. Joey would say “I see you’ve got another baby toy,” and Bob would say “Haha! Did your Mom make it for you?” Zach wanted to cream those guys, but he knew it was wrong. Zach never told his Mom. He was a good student with straight A’s 13 years later he couldn’t take it anymore. Everyone laughed at his inventions that he thought was good. He wanted to live alone in peace. Then he decided he wanted to live in space. He didn’t have a space ship, but that didn’t stop him. He is going to use his house. He was renovating his house into a space home. He had space suits, a garden for food, actual rockets, and more. His plan is that he will live floating in Earth’s orbit. Then, the day came. The day that he will fly up into space. He had the button that controls the rockets. He looked out the window. And pushed the button. …show more content…

The force pushed him to the ground, but it was a perfect liftoff. He smiled as the house shoots up into the sky. Then, the engines failed. At about 1,000 feet, the engines failed. The only thing he didn’t think of when he planned this whole thing. He felt his stomach rise as the house falls. He knew this was the end of his life. There was no way he will survive this fall. The windows are sealed shut. Same with the door. He though of the best spot to protect himself, and that was the attic. As the house was getting closer and closer to the ground at rocket speed he ran as fast as he can up to the attic. He was in the middle of climbing the ladder to the attic and the house was at about 100 feet in the air. At 50 feet he was almost there. It was a big ladder. At the last second when the house was about to hit the ground he dove into the attic thinking he wasn’t going to make

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