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Cane Insane: A Visually Impaired Halloween Tale
What happens when a wicked wizard casts a spell on students' canes? Read this original short story by fellow student, Lincoln Werner!
With a vivid imagination and a flair for storytelling, this aspiring young author has written a short story about a wicked wizard who cast a spell on students’ canes.
The original story is handwritten in a pumpkin-shaped book, with the text also typed below for easier reading. The title page of the book has the text “Cane Insane” handwritten and with a braille label.
Cane Insane: A Visually Impaired Halloween Tale
By Lincoln Werner
Twas Halloween night, what a fright!
Lots of people roamed who had no sight.
There was one thing that was the same, it was their white canes.
At 9:30 pm, the people gave a shout, because a wicked wizard was stomping about. One of the wizard’s spells began to churn, now everything the canes touch will burn!
The people went on Amazon to buy new canes, but all the canes they saw were just pictures of flames!
“This is bad.” said someone.
“So so sad.” said someone else.
The people had to use their canes as is, many fires started to fizz!
There is too much fire, if the people told the story of the fire, others would think their liars!
The situation is dire.
“Let’s trick-or-treat.” said someone.
“You’ll burn the street!” said someone else.
“We’ll have candy to eat.”
“Let’s douse the house!”
“I spurn the burn!”
“Let’s make a candy mix, our trick-or-treat house will have the theme of a phoenix!”
“Ding ding ding!” the doorbell went as people got candy to take to their houses and tents.
“Let’s go to bed.”
“There’s something I dread.”
“If the bell above my head rings all night it’d give me a fright!”
“Ring, ring, ring!” went the bell, and a sleepless night befell.
And the next morning the people ate their toast and began to notice many a ghosts!
Even though they seemed scary, what would the ghosts bring?
Canes that won’t burn anything!
And as a future of safe canes they faced, they put the burning ones in the fireplace!
The ghosts said goodbye
and flew away into the sky.
Download the story
- Cane Insane PDF (original document compressed with handwritten and typed text on each pumpkin-shaped page)
- Cane Insane Word document (fully accessible version of the story)
About the author
Just like all good books, Lincoln, the author, added a bio page at the end of his short story—a fantastic idea! A bio page gives readers a glimpse into the life of the storyteller behind the book they’re enjoying. It often shares fun details about the author’s background, hobbies, and what sparked their inspiration to write. This page helps readers feel a connection to the author, showing that anyone, even kids, can grow up to be writers if they have a passion for storytelling. Plus, it’s always nice to learn a bit about the person who created the adventure you’re reading! Here is Lincoln’s bio:
My name is Lincoln Werner. I am ten years old and have a visual impairment that inspired me to write whole books! My love of writing started when I was six years old. I loved reading books and listening to audiobooks. One night I thought “It would be cool to write my own book”. Today I spend a good half of my free time writing books. One day I hope to be a well known author, I just know that I will make it. I live in Chicago, Illinois with my sister, mom, her friends, my pets, and mom’s friends’ pets.
By Diane Brauner, Story by Lincoln Werner
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