by Soraya, Year 2

Once there was a little girl called Crystal.  She lived in a cosy little cottage, high up in the snowy mountains.  When she had time, Crystal used to walk down to the village harbour and sit on the benches to watch the boats sail out to sea. Below her she could see the village of Waves.  It was spring and everybody was spring cleaning.  Crystal stared at the village harbour.  Her father was the village fisherman and Crystal had wanted to get her own ship ever since she was little.  Her mother had asked her one thousand times why she wanted a ship and Crystal always replied she wanted to be warmer and go for adventures in the lost islands.
 
One morning it was bright and sunny so Crystal decided to down to the village and buy a ship.  Crystal had enough money to buy her own ship because she had been helping out at the grocery shop to sell groceries and she had earned quite a lot of money.  Crystal bought a large ship with humongous sails.  As she set sail, she saw a gigantic shadow looming over her.  It was a pirate ship!
 
Crystal panicked! She found herself being hoisted off her ship’s deck onto a much larger deck. The pirates made Crystal cook the most complicated dishes with rare ingredients such as giant mussels, dolphin prawns and deep sea mud.  The pirates were also mean to Crystal, she was only allowed to eat bread and water and was often  hungry.
 
As Crystal cooked, she began thinking about how she would escape.  Suddenly she had a good idea.  She could set the kitchen on fire while the pirates were eating dinner.  So that night, when the pirates ate their dinner, she tried out her plan. She tried to turn on the oven and burn the ship but it didn’t work because the gas had been turned off.  Then Crystal thought of a different idea.  The pirates had gone to bed and she could use dynamite barrels to blast them away! Crystal gathered all the dynamite barrels from the cellar of the ship, hopped into her boat set the dynamite on fire and…. BOOM!!! She escaped the sinking ship just in time.

Crystal sailed back to her town and arrived safely at her house. She enjoyed her voyage so much that she decided she would take her mother for a ride and they could have more adventures together!

By James, Year 3

I had one cup of tea, peppermint flavour.
‘That cup of tea was delicious. Can I have another cup of tea?’ I asked.
'No!' shouted my mum.
So I went to put on my thermal underwear, but then I got attacked by a cup of tea!
‘Aaaarrrggghh!’ I screamed. ‘I just wanted to put on my thermal underwear and go to bed!’ I staggered away.
The cup of tea said, ‘I’ll let you go on one condition: you let me eat you first.’
‘No way!’ I shouted.
‘Fine then,’ the cup of tea said. ‘I’ll just eat you.’

By Olivia, Year 1
One day I was sleeping and I woke up in the morning. Normally my bed is blue and now it was grey. I had no idea what happened. I thought my eyes were lying. 

On the news it said somebody stole every bit of blue … I was very scared. 

Luckily I had a crazy dream the night before that I sucked up all of the blue into a giant vacuum because it all looked so yummy I wanted to keep it all for myself. 

The next night, I had another crazy dream that I realised I did the wrong thing and put all the blue back. 

When I woke up everything was ok.

By Chloe, Year 2

Once upon a time in a dark gloomy cave, there lived a big scary monster. He had red glowing eyes and purple spikes on his back.

One evening, the monster felt hungry. His tummy was rumbling and his mouth was watering, so he decided to ask his mum for something to eat. The problem was, his mum was at work! He tried to yell to his mum, but it was no use. The monster had to think of a way to stop his tummy rumbling and his mouth watering! The monster thought and thought, but the more he thought the hungrier he felt! The monster thought all evening until he thought of an idea.

He thought his idea was brilliant! In fact he started his project straight away. He wouldn't go to the shops because he was too lazy. He would build a food machine. He couldn't wait till he finished his machine that would give him anything he wanted.

First he had to draw a plan of what it would look like. After that he got some screws, nails and a hammer and started building. It took hours until it was finished. At last the machine was finished and the monster could eat. He was very, very happy.

By Raynee, Year 2

Once upon a time there was a sleepy zoo keeper. His eyes were blue, he was bald and handsome. His name was Kieron. He was very sleepy because he was at a 30th anniversary party and he was bored. He just stood in the corner eating chips to stay awake.

After the party he went to bed. Even though the party had been boring, he was very sad that the party was over because it meant no more chips! So he went to sleep at 9pm.

In the middle of the night, Kieron started sleepwalking. Soon he was at the Jelly Bean Factory! When he woke up, he realised he was not in his bed. He said to himself in his head, ‘How can I be in a Jelly Bean Factory?’ He thought a little bit. ‘Maybe I was sleep walking?’

Suddenly, he heard a sound. It sounded like tick-tock-tick-tock-tick-tock. Kieron tried to find where the sound was coming from. He went upstairs and saw an object that was as big as a sausage dog. It was black and hard, but empty inside. Kieron said, ‘It’s a ticking time bomb!!!!!!’

The time on the ticking time bomb was two hours and one second. Kieron spent nearly two hours trying to find an exit. He went upstairs and downstairs and up and down again. The time was nearly up. Finally he found the exit and ran through it, just as the factory exploded! Jellybeans were flying everywhere. 

Kieron collected some jellybeans and went home to the zoo.

By Chris, Year 6

Once upon a time, there was a wild monkey called Chris that loved eating. One day he didn’t want to eat fruit any more so he decided to find something else to eat. But his friend Sam said, “Don’t be silly. Monkeys only eat fruit.”

Chris wasn’t listening so he went to the city. He smelled something really good and really yummy, so he followed the smell until he reached a shop with a sign that said, “Pizza.” He tasted a bit of that thing which smelled really good. Then he heard that the thing was called 'pizza'.

The next day he called Sam to come with him to the city to see and taste pizza. Sam also loved pizza, so they decided to make a pizza by themselves. They waited until the owner left, then got to work. They made a pizza that tasted really good.

They decided to make another pizza the next day. But the shop owner saw them. Chris and Sam got such a fright that they jumped right up to the roof!
“Come here, little monkeys,” the owner said. “I won’t hurt you. Come, if you wanted pizza you only had to ask.”

Chris and Sam slowly climbed back down. They shared a pizza with the owner, whose name was Jack, and then Jack asked if they wanted a pizza oven and a pizza base. Chris and Sam were so excited they borrowed Jack’s phone and called 50 extra monkeys to help carry the things home.

Back home, they made a pizza by covering the base with bananas, strawberries and pineapple (these were the only ingredients they had). Unsurprisingly, their pizza tasted just like fruit. It wasn’t quite new food, but Chris still liked it very much.

By Alannah, Prep

Once upon a time there was a firefly and her name was Fly-Fly. She lived in the jungle under a giant pizza. How was there a pizza in this jungle? It was a PIZZA JUNGLE.

One day, Fly-Fly decided to go fishing because she didn’t have anything to eat (even though she lived in a pizza jungle, fireflies can’t eat pizza.)

Unfortunately, the only fishing rod she could find was rusty.

Luckily, she found a small net. Fly-Fly didn’t think it could hold many fish, but then she discovered that the net could be unfolded into a huge net! She caught three big fish.

‘Who will I share this yummy dinner with?’ Fly-Fly thought. ‘I can’t eat this all by myself!’

Just then, she made a friend. A wild but friendly bear appeared out of the water and helped her to lift the fish out of the net and carry them back to her pizza home for dinner.

Prompts: wild, fireflies, rusted, pizzas, net