Children’s Writing Web Journal

If you’re looking for a story idea, or just want another way to procrastinate, check out Found: The Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the World compiled by Davy Rothbart, and Found II: More of the Best…. Each volume holds pages of letters, postcards, photos, fliers, napkins, ticket stubs, and other discarded flotsam sent into Rothbart with a note from the finder speculating about the person who owned the item. All are scanned in as is, so you see the coffee rings, blood stains, tear marks and creative spelling.

Here’s a freebie, from Found II:

LOST DOG

Mid-Night

Large Black Dog, Very Ugly!!!

Not sure what breed she is. Definitely MIXED! Appears to be a cross between a Lab, Greyhound, Border Collie and a Deer. Extremely Fast!!!

Very good with children, but extremely destructive to the yard…. If you find her, please place her in your garage immediately (as she will quickly destroy your yard). Also, make sure that you remove everything from her reach as she likes to chew and will destroy anything she can get into.

Please call immediately as we miss her and would really like to have her back….

Reward $0.05

(I know it’s not much of a reward, but trust me, if you survive 1 day with her you will want to pay me to take her back.)

Note from Davy Rothbart: Mid-Night was indeed found and returned to her happy owner.

Now go. Write.

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