Question

Complete the following story in 150-200 words:
This morning when I woke up and looked in the mirror, I did not recognise the face looking back at me. “This is not me…”, I cried aloud…

Answer 1

Hint:The opening line implies a certain direction that the story should go in. It should follow the format of a normal composition i.e. Introduction, Body, and Conclusion. First, plot the story out and then write it down completely.

Complete answer: Let us plot down the points first, as this will help us construct the story properly and in the right order:
Introduction - realisation of body swap - neighbour has the same problem - you get to live the day as your neighbour.
Body - you go to school as your neighbour is a teacher - your neighbour goes to your office - you struggle to take care of the class - you struggle to teach - you realise how difficult her job is - you feel tired in the evening.
Conclusion - you meet with your neighbour - you both realise that all jobs are difficult - you feel bad for calling her job easy - you both return to normal the next day.

                                                                     STORY

     This morning when I woke up and I looked in the mirror, I did not recognise the face looking back at me. “This is not me…”, I cried aloud with horror. I had my neighbour’s face! The sheer shock of it made my heart quicken. I was about to ring on her door when she opened it urgently, with my face! We had swapped our bodies! After thinking about it for an hour, we decided to live the day as each other.
     My neighbour is a teacher, so I thought that my job would be easy for the day. She had to go to my office and deal with corporate officials, so she was in for a tough day. I rushed to the school and started awkwardly pretending that I knew who everyone was. This made me very nervous. Then, I tried to teach, only to have my lessons interrupted by students very often. They were not respectful at all. This was a shock to me. They did not let me teach properly, and I was struggling to keep up with them and do my job. It was an exhausting day.
     I returned home thinking that there was no way that my neighbour had it easy. She did not, too. We both were exhausted! We realised that both of our jobs are very difficult. We felt bad for calling each other’s jobs easy and we went to sleep. Curiously, when we woke up the next day, we were back to normal!

Note: Make sure to use the given opening lines only. Do not change the opening lines. First, plot the story out and then write it down completely. Make sure it is grammatically correct. The beginning of the story has to be consistent with the rest of the story. Write a concluding paragraph in the end.