Authors Note: This is a creative piece based off of the book “The City of Ember”, by Jeanne DuPrau. I wrote as if I were the journalist of Ember writing for “The Ember Times”.
The word throughout the streets of Ember is out about the mayor's steeling of supplies that have been running low for years. As many of you, the citizens of Ember know, we have been in a shortage of many things for an extended amount of time now. We have been limited to taking a certain amount on everything now-a-days, so Mayor Cole stealing will only make life in the future worse for us.
The Ember Times interviewed the chief guard for the city, as he was the one who was confronted about the theft. "Nothing has ever gone on like this for the many years I have been working as a guard",says the chief guard. "They came up to me and told me they needed to speak in private, because of an important matter. Next they discussed how there was storeroom in Tunnel 351 on the south end of the pipeworks, stocked with food that hadn't been sold in years and millions of light bulbs being delivered to the mayor. The young girl had talked to a friend, who admitted everything about her boy friend stealing things for the mayor, himself, and for herself as well." These are shocking words, but could definitely be true as well.
As Mayor Cole was confronted about this complaint, he denied every part of it. Signs were put up all around Ember with Lina Mayfleet and Doon Harrow's names on them, wanted for false accusations. The question that is being asked by everyone is: is it true? While the next few weeks pass, guards will investigate more about the Mayor's theft,discovering if it's true, or a myth.
I think that this was a very good idea to write a newspaper. I might try this next time I do a creative piece.
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