To attract bigger crowds for her New Orleans tours, a tour guide passes off exciting stories as historical facts. Will the truth come back to haunt her? Beginning version of short story.

July 11, 2018 – Glenview, Illinois, USA             Zach Dabrowski worked as a lifeguard at a swimming pool.  During the summer, many young people laid around the pool all day.  Zach called them mannequins because they never moved.             Valeria was one of the teenage girls Zach called a mannequin.  She loved the pool.  She

June 13, 2021 – Charlotte, North Carolina, USA             Lilly Bernstein lived alone in her house.  She invited her niece and nephew for a visit.  Lilly was old and she wanted her niece and nephew to remember her when she died.  She wanted her niece and nephew to take furniture and decorations from her house. 

May 19, 2021 – Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA             Marie and Jason ate lunch together.  They talked about vegetables.  Jason thought he would be good at growing vegetables.  Marie thought she would be better than Jason at growing vegetables.  They decided to have a contest.             Marie and Jason drove to a greenhouse.  They bought

September 2, 2021 – Dover, Delaware, USA             Travis Vance moved from Texas to Delaware.  He missed Texas.  He told the people in Delaware that Texas was the best state in America.  He wore boots to show he was from Texas.              Travis needed new Delaware license plates for his truck.  He had to go