Ted the Shed - Episode 1

Once upon a time in a back garden far, far away there was a shed called Ted. Ted the shed was pretty much your run of the mill shed, who lived a quiet life in a garden in a city suburb. As nice as it was, Ted the shed couldn’t help but feel pretty bored and lonely; only seeing the residents of the house when they came to get pieces of garden equipment he was storing and only having a few friends in the garden.
    One night, Ted the shed was just dozing off to sleep when he heard banging and whispering coming from the direction of the back gate. “Hey Gary, what’s going on?” he asked his good friend Gary the gate. “There’s a group of young lads trying to climb over me, help!” replied Gary. Obviously being a shed, Ted the shed couldn’t actually help at all. However he tried to shake himself in an attempt to rattle the tools that were hung up, in hope it would alert the owners of the house.
    This was to no avail though and before long a group of 3 intruders appeared in the garden. Ted the shed felt a combination of fear, anger and helplessness as the group advanced towards him, like a pack of foxes descending on a defenceless rabbit.
   The residents of the house still remained unstirred upstairs, unaware of what was going off outside. As they approached, Ted the shed noticed one had a crowbar. “Oh no they’re going to try and prise me open” Ted the shed thought. Gary the gate and Fiona the fence, another inhabitant of garden, could only look on in horror as one merciless member of the group forcefully opened Ted’s door. The group quickly grabbed at anything they could and begun to run away, knowing the noise they made was bound to disturb people. One young lad stopped and turned back though, and in an attempt to cover up any evidence, threw a burning match into the shed and ran!
   Ted the shed was paralysed with fear as he saw the flame slowly begin to spread. He thought it was going to be the end, when suddenly he heard the residents of the house burst outside. The fire was spreading up Ted the shed sides; slowly engulfing him, until to his relief the man used his hose to damped the flames and put out the fireon Ted the shed.


Battered and burnt, Ted the shed was in serious trouble. Will Ted the Shed pull through? There’s only one way to find out – read in next week!