The Scantily Clad Hitchhiker

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Short story activity.

Read the following short story and use your assumptions to provide a possible ending

The scantily clad hitchhiker knew she was in trouble the moment she stepped into the car. The driver gazed disapprovingly at her costume. "Looking for some fun?" "NoI'm just going to the beach." "Think so? Well, I've got other plans for you, sweetie, and they don't include beaches.

ACTIVITY: How do you think the story might end? Check the real ending. "Guess I'm grounded, huh, Mom?"

Dick Skeen, "Headed for Trouble," in The World's Shortest Stories, ed. Steve Moss (Philadelphia: Running Press Book Publishers, 1998) p. 105

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