What makes a story entertaining? That's the question Arthur asks himself when Mr. Ratburn gives a creative writing assignment to his class. When D.W. yawns through Arthur's first story, he worries that his tale isn't exciting enough. Is the setting too humdrum? Maybe he needs to research his subject more thoroughly. Or perhaps humour is the key to creating a lively tale! With every new angle, Arthur's story takes one more hilarious step further away from his original idea — but is the end result really the tale he wants to tell? Kids will love listening along as Marc Brown reads this classic Arthur story.