The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

You must read The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber before reading the following creative writing pieces my students have recently completed. The assignment was to simply pick up where the story left off and come up with a new daydream. (like I said, you have to read this story first!) Enjoy!!



"Ready!" said the Captain. "Aim! Fire!"
"Walter James Bert Mitty! What are you doing? Why aren't you wearing your overshoes?"
He opened his eyes and found that he was sitting in a puddle with a wet and sore rear end. Yes, she had been more than "not one minute." Quite a bit, actually. But she was quick enough to save him from execution. Or was she?
"Walter, I am disgraced at you! You finally buy overshoes and then you step- or should I say sit- in a puddle without them on! What do you need next, I wonder? Overpants?"
"Speaking of any kind of pants," said Mitty, "I'm running low on underpants. Could we get some?"
Thus ended the puddle-on-the-sidewalk incarceration. Thus began the puddle-on-the-parking lot incarceration.
"Woman alive!" said Mitty. "I didn't know you were that strong!" And she wasn't. She couldn't even press ten pounds. But when she threw a tantrum, she threw a tantrum. Now his rear end was so sore that he couldn't stand up. He looked over at the hospital.
"He's paralyzed," sadi Doctor Renshaw.
"Well, duh," said Mitty.
"Aaah!" screamed Mrs. Mitty. She was throwing a tantrum. Mitty jumped up and ran - screaming - for his life.


- Michael Woodby
10/15-07





Acting like there was no hope, he did a front flip, knocking the whole fire squad to the ground. People were screaming in fear of Walter Mitty. Walter was running around. he fire squad let out a bull. Walter was bold and yelling, "You won't catch me as long as I live." The "bull" was actually a chicken chasing Walter all over the street. Everyone in town knew Mrs. Mitty as the queen of the city. So when Mrs. Mitty came out of the hotel, everyone stared. She didn't know why everyone was staring at her until she saw her husband fighting a chicken. She was so embarrassed she was almost in tears. She ran across the road to the car and drove off. When Mr. Mitty snapped out of it he didn't know where he was, so he walked in the hotel to sit on the chair and read the newspaper.


- Sarah VandyBogurt
10/15/07





All of a sudden the machine gun puddered. He thought to himself, "Am I in Heaven?" He opened his eyes and he was still alive. There were bullets all around him.
"Sir, for some reason I can't hit him."
"Give me that gun!" screamed the general. "You're right, I can't hit him either. Rily, let me see your gun."
"Sir, yes sir!" screamed Rily.
"Darn it. Your gun won't work either."
All of a sudden Walter Mitty's wife came. "Why aren't you wearing your new loafers? It's pouring outsie!"


- Mitchell Galloway
10/15/07





Walter Mitty felt a sharp pain in one shoulder, then the other. He snapped out of his daydream long enough to realize his cigarette had caught his overcoat on fire.
"Chief Mitty, the fire is too strong, we need to call in back- up!" called a firefighter.
"No," Mitty said. "Hold steady, we can do this."
The rest of the crew turned to hose down the flaming building. As they sprayed the building, Mitty saw the building and flames fade back into the sleet and rain. Suddenly he threw his overcoat into the rain. The small flames went out with a puff of smoke.
"See, I knew we could do it!" called a triumphant Chief Mitty.
Just then his wife came out. "Walter, what are you doing?! You should have come inside."
"Now let's go. I want to go to the dress- makers before we head home," she said.
Walter Mitty sighed, "Here we go again," he thought.


- Breanna Wallace
10/15/07





Walter the fearless stood staring at his executioners- to- be. "Ready," called the captain as the firing squad cocked their guns. "Aim!" But before he could call "Fire!", Walter jumped forward, and rolled to the side. As he came up he pulled his cuffed hands under his legs, putting his hands in front of him. Thinking to himself how thankful he was that the army had made him learn martial arts, he jumped forward and power- kicked the captain down. The firing squad jumped back and tried to fire, but Walter was faster. He jumped forward to side- kick the first man, when he heard a femail voice say, "Walter! Stop it this instant!"
As the firing squad faded he looked over and saw someone unfamiliar.
"Walter," his wife's commanding voice said. "You're sopping! You'll catch your death of cold!"


- Timothy Beltran del Rio
10/15/07

The tall teenage boy told his mother he was going to ride his big, blue bike around the block. He trotted to the garage and glanced around for his bike. He discovered it behind a lawn mower. The teenager rode his bike onto the sidewalk. There was a big, cardboard box in the center of the sidewalk. The teenager rode onto the nice green grass to get around the box. He twisted to take another glance at the box, but it was not there. The young man pondered on where it had gone. He continued skimming down the sidewalk. Another cardboard box was in his way. He passed it on the grass again. The young, teenage boy stopped to look at the second box, but it, too, had disappeared. He was becoming somewhat nervous and jittery.


-Breanna Wallace
9/29/07

As the sun set, the sky turned light yellow and purple. The lighthouse glowed as it stood next to the white and brown house, both staring into the glorious sunset. Waves crashed on the rocks while a cool ocean breeze playfully tugged at the clouds. The small islands in the distnace stood wrapped in a mantle of haze. Rocks, with their sharp edges and lines, sloped down and turn to smooth, sea- worn stones until it hits the ocean.


-Tim Beltran del Rio
9/18/07