Stories & Poems

• Jungle Animal Acrostic

  by James

  I am a giraffe: G is for great, I’m tall for tree grazing I is for Incredible – my neck is amazing! R is for ruminant, I’m the biggest one. A is for Africa where I am from. F is for fascinating, read all about me! F is for friendly, I only eat tree. E is for exciting, what it’s like to be me!   I am a zebra: Z is for Zebra, I’m striped and fast E is for elegant, look at me as I trot past B is for beautiful, I look good in stripes R is for running, I run for my life! A is for Africa, I live there too.   I am an elephant: E is for Enormous, a huge land mammal L is for life span, I live longer than a camel! E is for ears, great big and...

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• An Unexpected Visitor

  by Daniel

  Every afternoon, James liked to visit Litrasaurus in his cave to read with him. Litrasaurus was a wise old dinosaur who had many wonderful stories to tell. On this particular afternoon, James was entering the cave as he always did, but something seemed out of place. There was a young dinosaur walking around the entrance. This little dinosaur looked familiar, but James couldn’t quite put his finger on why. The dinosaur looked confused. “Hello”, said James, “is everything ok?” “I’m lost”, he said. “Don’t worry, you’re safe in here” said James, “- what’s your name?” “I can’t – I can’t remember … ” said the dinosaur, “and I can’t remember how I got here, either”. James knew som...

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• Didi and the Androids

  by DeanCrawford

  Nobody knew how the Androids worked, not even Professor Sci-Fi. Ever since the foreign leader Extinctus had arrived from a strange and far-away land, the Androids had stalked Perpetua in search of books to burn. The Androids never spoke. They never harmed anybody. But they seized books from every home they encountered and then marched them far away to the tower where Extinctus lived. There the books were burned in great fires visible for miles each night. The fires were even visible from the sea where Didi Dolphin lived, glittering like stars that had fallen from the heavens to settle on the distant coast. But now Didi had a mission, one that could change everything. Professor Sc...

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• The Prince and the Water Nymph

  by HollyPJ

  Once upon a time in a faraway kingdom, there was a beautiful lake. It was surrounded by a forest, and surrounding the forest were mountains. It looked just like any other lake. But it wasn’t. This lake was deep, and wide, and had many secrets. One of the biggest secrets was that it was home to mysterious, magical creatures: the water nymphs. The water nymphs were very shy, and only a handful of people in the world have ever seen one. They are quite like mermaids, although instead of being half human and half fish, they can change from one to the other. Some do not even change into fish; they might become an eel, or a tadpole, or a seal, or even a dolphin- so long as it was a creature t...

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• Two Seeds

  by Stine

  Two seeds sat side by side in a fertile flowerbed during springtime. The one seed was eager to grow and flower; its thoughts were filled with visions of itself pushing through the earth, sending out more shoots, drinking the dewdrops, blossoming and climbing high towards the sun. He wanted to embrace the whole Mother Earth, and thus, the seed started to grow! The second seed, on the other hand, was apprehensive about beginning the growing process. He thought to himself: “If I start to put down roots and my stems begin growing, I will get wet from the dewdrops, my leaves will be trampled by the birds and snails and butterflies will feed of me. When my flowers bloom, they will be pick...

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• Twiggles – Aviatrix Extraordinaire

  by OwainPJ

  It was just the faintest of shadows crossing the sun.You could miss it if you didn’t know, but she knew! The distinctive black wings swooped ever lower and she hardly had time to brace herself before the onslaught began: “dik dik dik … dik dik dik … dik dik dik …”. However hard Twiggles tried she would never understand.She loved everything about flying, but at times like this that was no compensation. With a sigh of resignation, she executed a perfect barrel roll and headed for cover. Out of the corner of her eye she spotted Ginger D’Arcy dropping like a stone!  With a shuddering crash he impacted the top of the garden fence.Then, miraculously, he was just standing there, rocking...

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• The Heron & The Web

  by Carlotta

  Carl and Carlotta arrived at the house, the garden although very small, was so neglected, and over-grown it was difficult to walk from one end to another – years ago it must have been lovely. Outside the kitchen door was a paved area leading to an archway and then through to another paved area in which was a delightful oblong pond – on clearing away much weed and leaf debris they found, much to their delight, that there were goldfish living in it – how wonderful! Around the far edge years earlier someone had planted bamboo whose leaves had fallen into the water and completely hidden the beautiful goldfish, so it was only when these leaves were cleared that the fish were discovered. In thi...

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