A short story challenge by Ngọc Nguyễn Minh

Instructions

ngoc06122003 — 2025-03-27 04:20:11 UTC

Write a short story (>= 100 words) related to the topic Uncovering the past, including at least 4 phrasal verbs (come across, dates from, look into, figure out, get on with, dig up, piece together, set off).

Note: get on with = to continue doing sth (not to have a friendly relationship with sb)

Tường Anh, Hà Linh, Gia Linh, Khánh Linh, Thái Hiền

2025-03-28 03:03:02 UTC

He set off renovating his house when he soon came across a mysterious tunnel underground near his house in his backyard. He found it is interesting so he decided to dig up deeper into the tunnel to see where it led to. He dug up to the death of 10 meters then figured out that there were many tunnel connected to the original one. He looked into the whole system to realise that it was a whole city of ancient people. He asked a friend who is an archaeologist to find out that the city dated from at least hundred thousand years ago.

Thục Anh + Nhật Uyên

2025-03-28 03:04:19 UTC

helo, today im gonna tell you a story about my childhood. like all kids, i often get presents on christmas eve, and i had a strong belief that my christmas gifts were from santa. every year, i'd stay up late, trying my best to catch a glimpse of him sneaking in with gifts, but i always ended up falling asleep. Then, i’d wake up excited, unwrapping presents with pure joy. however, until im 15, i knew a shocking truth: all those gifts turned out to be my parent's (i still receive lots of them each year tho hâh)

Minh Thư, Hà Thư, Dung

2025-03-28 03:04:35 UTC

Jessica and Doraemon were flying to school on their bamboo dragonfly when it suddenly ran out of battery, sending them crashing down a steep, unfamiliar mountain. After a brief panic, they figured out how to get on with their journey, finding their way through dense trees. As they walked, they came across Naruto practicing his ninja moves. While kicking a tree, Naruto unintentionally broke a branch, revealing an old, hidden scroll inside. The scroll, which seemed to date from ancient times, contained secrets of the ninja world. Jessica and Doraemon pieced together the mysteries, realizing they'd uncovered a lost chapter of history.

Determined to look into the scroll’s origins, Jessica suggested they dig up more information. They set off to the nearest village, hoping someone there could help. After hours of asking around, an old historian took a look at the scroll and began to piece together its significance. "This scroll," he said, "was written by a forgotten ninja clan that once protected a powerful artifact." The more they uncovered, the more Jessica and Doraemon realized they had stumbled upon something far bigger than just a school day’s adventure. They had unknowingly unearthed a long-lost legacy of the ninja world.

Group 5

2025-03-28 03:06:16 UTC

Huy Bach, Khoi Nguyen, Thanh Khoi, Thu Anh, Ta Chi

Last Saturday, I set off on what I thought was going to be a relaxing ride on my bike. The sun was shining, birds were chirping everthing was good. That is all I thought. I was cruising by, and I came across this weird, overgrown path at the rear of the park. Of course, I had to look into where it went, because why not?

When I was riding fast down the road, trying to be one of those pro cyclists, I did not figure out that there was this huge boulder in the road until I could not get around it in time. I hit it, flew through the air, and face planted onto the earth.

When I got home, covered in mud, I tried to piece together what had happened. It seems that the path dates from yesteryear and nobody thought to clear it. I guess the next time, I will just get on with riding on regular roads and stop pretending that I’m in an action movie.

Nghĩa, Duck, Phúc, Khôi

2025-03-28 03:07:12 UTC

Im sitting here in a boring room. Just another rainy sunday afternoon. Am wasting my time Ive got nothing to do. I am hanging around and im waiting for you but nothing ever happen, and i wonder. Then I am bored and decided that my whole life should be dedicated to excavating lost historical wonders. I wonder how, i wonder why. Yesterday I saw a pterodactyl and all that I can hear is just a sound of silent “P”. I figured out its history. It was thousands of years before jesus was born. And i digged it up from the casket it was so long been in. After doing so, 1 thing came across my mind “Why did the archaeologists refuse to trust the pterodactyl’s dating profile? Because it kept claiming that it was “Late jurassic” but clearly looked Cretaceous

Team Trà My + Mchi +Nglinh + Chau Anh

2025-03-28 03:07:50 UTC

My is an archeologist. One night, she went to an historical site and tried to find a treasure. She dug up a skeleton and next to it was a pot made of gold which contained two other skeletons. She brought them back to the lab and looked into the previous report, figuring out the identities of the three skeletons:

-1st skeleton: Ngoc Linh

-Two in the pot: Mai Chi and Chau Anh

The next day, My returned to the site and discovered a weapon. She began to piece together the evidences and eventually figure out the truth: Ngoc Linh tried to get on with Chau Anh and Mai Chi but in vain; she got irritated and killed both of them.

Minh Sơn, Hoàng Thảo, Phạm Thảo, Giang Thùy, Trịnh Mai Chi

2025-03-28 03:08:18 UTC

Laura, an average student studying archaeology, stumbled over a mysterious missing artifacts while examining parts of them in a lab. She set off to uncover the rest of the seemingly well-hidden key information in the Mandelin mountains. While conducting her research there, she came across a shady lock, which took her back to the ancient days as she tried to pick it. It turned out that she had to dig herself up to rescue herself, since she had plunged deep into the ground. The travel took her to a deserted temple, which dated from 200BC. There, she pieced together the newly discovered information and figured out the reason why it is hidden. Laura was determined to get to the bottom of this, and as she fought the culprit, her name gradually appeared as one of the founder of the temple, making her a part of the history she has been researching.