Exercise (Matilda Continued)

To instructors: Type and save the following story in "C" drive.

Objective: Open a file from "C" drive, Copy and Paste, Complete a Story, Word Count, Format Text, Save and Print a document.

To students:

Find the story of Matilda in your "C" drive; copy the entire story, and then paste the text into a new file. Be sure to leave the original copy of the story on your hard drive so that others who use your computer will have access to it.

Now, pick up where Matilda's story left off, and finish the tale. Your ending can be happy or otherwise! Be creative. Your final draft should have at least 300 – 400 words. Use the word count feature in the Tools menu to count the number of words in your story.

Add a title. Centre align, underline, and bold your title. Save your story onto your disk, and print a copy.

     Once upon a time, there was a young lady named Matilda. She was quite beautiful, but somehow felt that her life was unfulfilled. She thought that there had to be more to experience than her daily routines. She lived with her stepmother and three evil stepsisters. They thought that Matilda was there to answer their every need. "Wash the floor, scrub the windows, darn my socks," was all that Matilda heard each day. There just had to be more to life.

     One particular dreary day, a letter arrived from the king. He was planning a grand ball for the entire kingdom. Matilda was thrilled since she would have an opportunity to get out and have some fun. Alas, this was not what her sisters had in mind. They forbade Matilda from attending the ball. What was she to do? How would she ever escape from her reality? Where were her rights? How could she change her destiny and realize her full potential?