Story A Day May has started

A bit late in the day… literally, but Story A Day May started today with the following prompt:

Write a short story using the Story A Day formula…

A __________(adjective) __________(noun) __________(strong verb)__________(subject), so they __________(verb), and because of that __________(verb), and because of that __________(verb) until __________(something changes) and__________(what has changed?). Closing question/statement/image: __________.

See https://storyaday.org/2019-05-01 for full details.