...some of the words sound like a foreign language... By Grace LB

My Mum had just bought a flat pack chest of drawers from Ikea and was sitting in the middle of the living room. She had been staring at it constantly for twenty minutes with her gold rimmed glasses on, and every now and again the glasses would slip off and she would mutter in annoyance. As the clock chimed 30 minutes later I heard her shout “Some of these words sound like a foreign language!” She marched off, with a twinkle of malice in her eye,  and came back with a hammer. Next thing I know, BANG!... then insane laughter.

But where could I go? by Grace L B

My passport had just come through and I kept asking myself, “But where could I go?” I could travel all over the world, I could go anywhere; Italy, France, Greece, Australia, America to name just a few. I didn't know where to go, all the countries had landmarks that I had always wanted to see, but which one first? I checked with my cousins because they had been all around the world. Looking through the brochure, I saw crystal waters and I knew I was going there.     

Cauliflower Crimson Shivering Deep Walked by Grace LB

I was on my way to get some groceries, carrots and a cauliflower, when I suddenly walked into someone. It was a boy, before he got up, I got up said sorry and walked away. After that on my way to get the groceries, my face was crimson with embarrassment and my hands were shivering. I kept on asking myself questions about who he was and why he was walking past the shops. When I got there I couldn't get the cauliflower because the crate was too deep and dark, but then the boy helped me. I could already tell we were friends.

...but it made my tongue tingle... By Grace LB

I was on a diet and doing exercises every morning, eating healthy, you know all that kind of stuff. I did my morning exercises and went down stairs. Today I was going out with my kids into town because they wanted to have an ice cream. I didn't mind them having an ice cream, but when they got into town they suddenly changed their minds and went for sweets, I knew I wasn't allowed them but it made my tongue tingle. When we entered the shop, I couldn't believe my eyes there were sweets everywhere. Should I have some?  

...so as she lifted the lid... By Grace LB

Warning! This is a ghost story.

Anna was an archaeologist digging in Egypt, looking for a tomb under the great sphinx. She had been digging for five months and her arms were hurting so much that she was just about to give up, when suddenly the sand gave way beneath her. She fell into a hole that was dark, she had fallen into the tomb. She climbed through the thin sandy gap in the wall and ended up in a treasure room, with a golden box in the middle of the room. So as she lifted the lid...     

...but the ferocious wind by Grace LB

I once went to Derbyshire with my family and it was a great holiday, we went this year. It was so quiet that it felt like it just shouldn't be that quiet. I went for a walk the day before we left with my father and we discovered ruins and caves. On our way home we had a very steep hill to climb. It was alright at first, but the ferocious wind blew, it took more and more time to get up it. We got there in the end and before the walk we had a fantastic three days before.

100WC#31 Adapting Fairytales

The challenge this week was due to adapt a fairytale to celebrate the birth of the new royal baby.

Snowflake and the 7 trolls by Jessica 

Once upon a time there lived a princess called Snowflake and she lived with 7 Trolls in the side of mountain. While Snowflake was living with the 7 Trolls her mother (The Queen) was on a hunt to kill her. It was very hard for Snowflake to keep running away from her horrible mother. The worst thing about Snowflake’s mother was that her mother was a witch so it was ten times harder to stay alive and survive. Every time Snowflake wanted to get away from the mountain the Trolls had to stay by her side.

Rapunzel by Sam B

Rapunzel was taking a stroll in the woods like she always did on a normal Sunday. She went past a tree and found a tall tower that stood in a massive steep crater. 

"Help! Help! I am stuck," shouted a voice from below. Rapunzel quickly sped towards a steep edge. 

"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair," begged a knight at the bottom of the stone castle.

"How do you know my name?" asked Rapunzel. The knight did not say a thing. Rapunzel let down her hair and the lost knight climbed up her long hair up to the top.

Cinderella by Mollie 

Once upon a time when I was just a little child, a new royal family member arrived. Her name was Ella. When Ella was just four years old her mother died. After that an evil woman married her father. She had two daughters. They had taken Ella's room and so she had to sleep by the fire in the attic. The evil step mother used Ella as a slave. The two step sisters made fun of the ashes in her hair and called her Cinderella. Later on the family went out for a slow walk. The step-family got lost in the forest and were never seen again and Cinderella lived happily ever after.

Rapunzel by Morgan

Once lived a young girl named Rapunzel she was born with long brown hair a woman named Mother Gothal adopted the child but all she really wanted was her hair because Rapunzel's hair was magical. It healed the hurt and made Mother Gothal look and act younger. Rapunzel found out what was going on so she ran away and chopped all her hair off and turned blonde. A man named Flynn Rider came along and loved Rapunzel the moment he saw her and she loved him they both fell in love and got married Rapunzel's mother never knew what happened!

Hansel and Gretel Sam F

Once upon a time there was a small cottage. Inside there was a Mum, Dad and two little boys. One day we realised that we did not have enough food for our family. So the father brought his two boys into the forest and left them behind. When it started to get dark the boys had nowhere to go. Suddenly they saw a massive gingerbread house. So they ran as fast as they could to the door so they could go inside. As they knocked on the door a kind lady said, "You can stay here as long as you want."

The end.

Beauty and the Beast by Eleanor

Once upon a time there lived a very beautiful princess in a shining castle. The princess was so naughty she slurped her drinks; she even jumped on the table at dinner and she broke wind. 

One night an old man came to the castle. He wanted warmth from the rain and horrible weather. The princess took one look at the man and walked away slamming the castle door behind her. In one second the old man changed himself into a handsome prince. After that the prince transformed her into a hideous beast and put a powerful spell on the entire castle.

Sleeping Beauty by Madison

One day a baby princess was born and every one came to see her and nearly everyone was invited. Then there were some fairies called Sparkle, Glitter and Shine they all gave the baby Victoria a very nice present. Then an evil human sized fairy named Dark Widow swooped in and said, "Oh why was I not invited!" and she got angry and cursed baby Victoria so that when she was 18 she would fall on a bush of thorns and go to sleep for millions of years and only true love’s kiss could save her....................

Cinderella / Royalella by Jemima 

Long ago, there lived a young girl named Royella. Her mum had died years ago, that meant she'd never get a sister. So instead she decided to try and have a baby. Soon, she became pregnant. Everything was going according to plan when all of a sudden her father got married to Claireaphene, a very evil lady. Royalella's father wasn't aware that she was evil, but Royalella was. Royalella's new stepmother told her she wasn't allowed to have a baby. A while after, Royalella met the man of her dreams. They moved to Candy-land together. Royalella soon had her baby, it was named Charlotte.

Red Riding Hood by Rose 

My favourite fairy tale story is Little Red Riding Hood because it is fun to read. 

Once upon a time Little Red Riding Hood, Millie, went to bring her brother some ham and mustard because he had run out of food. As she was outside of his bedroom she saw a rat who jumped onto her shoulder. The rat was named Cow, he was Millie's brothers pet. When Millie skipped into her brother’s room she put down the food on his bedside table and popped Cow back into his cage. But she hadn't shut the bars properly, so Cow hopped out of the cage and into the wardrobe where he made a den. He did a little poo in Millie's brother’s best clothes. Millie had to sell Cow because he did a poo everywhere.

Red Riding Hood by Grace LB

There was a little girl called Red Riding Hood and she was on her way to see her granny, she walked there every week and her mother always warned her about the big bad bunny, he would steal your goodies and Red was giving granny cupcakes, but she didn't believe her. On her way she thought to herself, “How could a bunny be so scary.” She suddenly heard something behind her and then she only had one cupcake. Then she ran to her granny's house and gave her the cupcake, but all the bunny wanted was her carrot cupcakes.  

Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Charlie

There was once three royal family members. Prince William was big bear, Princes Kate was Mummy bear and Prince George was baby bear. One day they walked to the Castle in Kensington Forest where they were served with three bowls of Rice Krispies, they poured over the cold milk and listened as they went’ "SNAP", "CRACKLE" and an "ENORMOUS POP", when out jumped a little princess called Charlotte Elizabeth. The princess soon became part of the Royal family and couldn't wait to see her granny, the "Queen". Princess Charlotte was welcomed by the Queen into the arms of the Royal Family.

Goldilocks and the Three Monkeys by Harvey

Once upon time in the rain forest a girl called Goldilocks saw a treetop house so she climbed up and saw three wooden plates with bananas on them. Daddy’s banana was too ripe, Mummy’s wasn’t ripe enough and baby’s was just right. There were chairs made out of branches, Daddy’s was too rough, Mummy’s too thin and baby’s was just right. Then she saw three hammocks’, Daddy’s was too itchy Mummy’s was too scratchy and Baby’s was just right. The monkeys arrived back to find her sleeping and swung her out of the hammock she awoke and Goldilocks ran away.

Cinderella by Chloe

One day there lived two ugly sisters, a step mother and Ella Cinders. They were rich and loved their life except from Ella. She hated life and always moaned about it, well she didn’t exactly moan, she wrote about it in her wish diary. It had sixteen wishes ready for her birthday (tomorrow). She was excited and was ready to roll, but unfortunately for her she couldn’t have a party because her step mother and two sisters wouldn’t let her. She got angry about this and she stole money off her sisters to buy the beautiful dress. 

“ELLA, WHERE’S MY MONEY!!!”…

Gingerbread man by Aron

Once upon a time, lived an old man called Pat. He was lonely because his only daughter moved far away. Pat loved to bake. One day, he used a magical powder he got from his daughter. She said to use it when he feels lonely. He decided to make a big gingerbread man. After putting him in the oven it started to shatter! A massive blasting beam of blinding light came out from the old oven... The gingerbread man was alive! Pat didn't have to be alone anymore, he had a great companion and he called him Gingi.

And they lived happily ever after...

Cinderella by Caitlin 

There was a girl called Cinderella who was invited to a ball with her two ugly step sisters. When they arrived the prince was there. Cinderella danced with the prince until the clock struck 12, Cinderella ran out of the palace, leaving her shoe behind. The next morning the prince went to see whose foot it should fit. One of the ugly sisters heard of this and had an old witch cast a spell on her that any shoe she tried would fit. The shoe fit and on the day she married the prince he turned into a penniless pauper.

Grace LB - 100WC#30

Today we were going to the zoo and I was so excited. My sister played her drum (like she does every morning) and my little brother was shouting, “Cornflake! Cornflake!” When we got to the zoo there were zebras and spotty leopard and lions and every animal you could think of, and as soon as I saw the otters I happily danced over there and stared at them thinking, “cute!” It was all so exciting, and I had an amazing day, and that's why I am writing this, because I am going back there today and I am very excited. 

Grace LB - 100WC#28

“It’s a very beautiful view,” Joan told Dave quietly.

“It is, but I would like a different view, we have been standing here for as long as I remember,” Dave replied to Joan.

“Woof!” barked their dog Jack.

“I'm afraid we can't, we were made here and we were meant to be here in the first place, so you’re going to have to get use to this view,” Joan explained.

“I guess you’re right,” sighed Dave, “now let’s change the subject.”

“OK,” agreed Joan.

“Woof!” barked Jack the dog again.

The three figures stood there, staring at the rippled sea.    

Grace LB- My Ultimate Adventure

Dear diary,

I have been on my ultimate adventure for 4 days and its drawing to a close. I am coming to the edge of the desert and my tent has holes in the roof. My water supply is fine. The sandy desert is starting to get to me. I only have around 3 hours left until I can see the edge of the desert.

3 hours later...

I am safe! The helicopter picked me up, and I can't wait to see my family. Where just landing on the edge of Heathrow airport, no adventures for me for a while!      

Grace LB …as they turned the corner… 100WC#26

“I don't think that we should be here,” whispered Lila.

“Don't be such a wimp, you're scared, it's obvious,” replied Jean. They were in the old house that was shut down after the big flood of 1997.  It was still dripping wet and the floorboard creaked, as they turned the corner a group of old bats flew past them. “Everything is fine,” Jean hesitated. Suddenly a big white shadow came from the other corridor. “AAAAAAHHHHH!” screamed Jean and ran out of the house.

“Fantastic prank!”Lila whispered to her friend Tina.

“Hilarious!” shouted Tina and burst out in laughter.

pipe swam horse green carefully by Grace LB

Thomas was a little boy and he loved plumbing, it was his hobby and he did it in his spare time. His mother and father wanted him to do something else, like horse riding or swimming. Apparently, his father swam the longest in his class at Green School, and his mother was all round best at sport. They didn't want him carefully tightening a pipe, but that changed one day. His mum met someone and they told him about Thomas, he said, “He is what he chooses to be,” and his mother said to Thomas that day, “You know what, be whatever you want.”      

100WC#23 The Old Settee by GraceLB

It was a normal summer’s day in Pompeii 79AD. Marcus was lounging in the beautiful open square in the midday sun. Suddenly, a rumble came from under his feet and the ground shook like a bowl of jelly, and buildings slowly started to collapse. Hot flying rocks flew above his head and ash was destroying the town like a tiger hunting down its prey.

Mount Vesuvius erupted and had destroyed life itself in Pompeii. The lucky survivors ran, never looking back. All that was left in the square was a perfect stone cast, made by the ash, of Marcus' sofa (plus his cat!).

100WC#22 …but it said ‘sweet’ on the wrapper… by Grace LB

Lucy was born with a mother but she died when she was two weeks old. Her father owned a company and was very rich, whilst Lucy got nothing, she had a bedroom in the loft and had one friend, and even she didn't trust her. Once she gave her a sweet and it gave her food poisoning. “But it said sweet on the wrapper!” she shouted. Lucy was tired of living at her father's house and decided to run away to an orphanage so she could live there, and once she was settled in she made a life there.  

100WC#21 … the silence was deafening…

In the abandoned house the silence was deafening. You couldn’t even hear a mouse until me and my friend opened the wardrobe and there was a skeleton living in there. We both screamed and ran for our lives. We ran out of the front door of the house and we were still screaming all the way home. That night I couldn’t sleep but just there next to my door was an outline of the same skeleton we saw in the wardrobe. I blinked twice and then when I opened my eyes the skeleton was gone. I knew I saw it but I was not believed by anyone.

Jessica

Today in class we had a giant paper airplane fight. It started when we were seeing how paper planes work. The teacher was tapping at the board while I could hear some folding behind me. Suddenly, a paper airplane whooshed past my shoulder. It hit the teacher's head and bounced back. The silence was deafening as the teacher turned around.

"Who did this!" he yelled. All the children pointed at the person behind me. It was Liam, the naughtiest boy in my class. Liam can scare anyone away by just pulling his mighty fist. I turned my head round.

Sam B

The silence was deafening, for an arena it was quiet. The audience were as still as statues and Messi was halfway through a flip but he was stuck in mid-air. I was the only one moving, or alive for that matter. The roof was also stuck in mid-air. I walked out of the arena, grabbing handfuls of food. No earth. No grass. No air. I had to hold my breath but soon gave up. I knew I was away from earth. The statues could have been dead people and what caused Messi to be in the air could be the gravity levels. There must be a simple explanation, there always is mind you. But where was I and how did I get here?

Mollie

The silence was deafening, on my little sisters birthday. We were supposed to be singing but no one was because there was a green nosed witch. She had frozen all my family and friends which made me very sad. The witch said I will curse your family. Which I knew I didn't want that to happen. So I had to go to the witch’s castle and see if I could go into the dungeon through the fire and see if I could get the golden trophy. Which I knew I would! In a way. I did eventually.

Mia

I was walking down the cold muddy path and everywhere was silent not a sound to be heard. The silence was deafening then a loud screeching noise came across the woods! "Eek" I shouted as I tried to cover my ears but the sound made its way through, so I started to run from the sound but it got louder and louder so I went the other way as the sound disappeared I stopped and silence was one more.  I wondered to myself what it was suddenly, it popped into my head it was my shoes! So I stepped lighter on my feet as I did NOT want to experience the sound again. But I could be wrong...

Morgan

One day I was walking along the woods, the silence was deafening that I could not hear a bird tweeting. I could smell the apple blossom from far far away. I was looking around the forest trying to find a beautiful flower to take to my mum and dad but all I could see was trees. Even though I was in the middle of the woods there was still silence. It was really weird. The trees were like a lime green. The flower I wanted was pansy because my mum’s favourite colour is yellow and my dad’s favourite colour is red.

Eleanor

I was visiting a castle in the highland in Scotland but when I got there it was empty the silence was deafening and spooky. The castle was an old ruin and they were supposed to have a tour I paid £100 for this tour. Wait what's that it’s a blue light wait this is like the Disney film brave that is in Scotland. Maybe I should follow it well Merida did not do very well when she followed the wisp so maybe I shouldn't. Let's just go yes that’s what I'm going to do go home. I'm going to get my money back.

Madison

I was at school, I hate school, I am always tripping and falling. I am the clumsiest child in my school, and I am not proud of it. It was Monday, boring Monday. It was lunchtime, and I was looking for a place to sit. Eventually I found a place to sit, as I walked over to sit down, I slipped on a banana peel. Everybody just stared at me, not saying a word. The silence was deafening. They should have laughed, but the silence was bad enough. I was so embarrassed, I never wanted to go to school again.

Jemima

A few years ago, a young baby girl was born and her name was Kara. From the minute Kara was born she had a problem with her ears. She suffered periods of loss of hearing. A few years later Kara had experienced an extremely terrifying storm. The ear-splitting sound of the storm caused further unrepairable damage and it led to Kara becoming deaf. Kara’s life was changed forever and the massive disability of not being able to hear made Kara feel the silence was deafening. Kara had to live with this disability the rest of her whole life and she was never the same….

Sophia

The little girl slowly but steadily entered the old, creaky house. She pushed the pitch black gate open with a nudge and it fell off its hinges. She stepped onto the welcome mat that looked like it wasn’t very greeting. As her feet rested on the old flooring, the silence was deafening and she slowly plodded down the stairs. Suddenly a loud bang came from the other room and she was knocked over! She ran out of the house and never set eyes on it again, leaving her prized possession an old heart charm the colour of the midnight sky.

Grace LB

I was in a car with my Dad, we drove to a park on a sunny day, then everything turned black so we had to go back home quickly before we got seen by the zombies, once we got back home we saw that everyone went out the house. But then I heard that the silence was deafening in my ears but it was only the zombies outside banging on the door. Then everything came back sunny again, then everyone came back home. Then Dad and I went to go do some racing on the rugby pitch with our remote control cars.

Charlie

On Saturday my family was going shopping in town, I didn’t want to go as shopping was boring, so I asked if they could drop me off at the library so I could look for another Diary of a Wimpy kid book and then  pick me up when they had finished. So that’s what we did. On the way I could hear birds singing, people chatting, vehicles beeping and children shouting it’s so noisy. As I entered the library and closed the door behind, the silence was deafening what a change by only walking through a door peace at last. 

Harvey

On my holiday to Spain we stayed in a big mansion but what we didn’t know was it was a spooky one. When we got there I was petrified because it was scary looking. I nearly ran as fast as I could away. I walked into my room and it was that quiet the silence was deafening. There were paintings on the wall that made me feel like they were looking at me and there were cobwebs in the corner of my room and on the room so I ran as fast as I could to my Mum and Dad.

Rio

Every Saturday, me and my friend Kieran go to the cinema. Usually we watch funny films for children, but this time it was different. Like always we chose a kids' movie, however we had no idea, like most of the children watching, what is about to happen. Through most of the movie it was hilarious, however right at the end, one of the main characters had a bad accident. Everyone held their breath with a hope for positive end. The silence was deafening as if nobody was present at the theatre. Finally, awaited by everyone, the happy ending came and we all sighed with relief.

Aron

This is it, I am playing in Wimbledon finals and it’s the championships point. It’s now or never, the crowd goes quiet, the silence was deafening. I pick up the ball and toss it up in the air. The breeze blows my hair back. I serve it, and he returns the serve, I don’t think I can get it. I leap and stretch as far as I can, the ball just touches the end of my racket. The ball hits on the white line it is in. At first I can’t believe that I have won. I had dreamt of this since I was 10.

Caitlin

The silence was deafening. But then, a sudden movement, behind the big dark bush… A rustle. A creature? What was it? And what did it want? I didn’t know, but what I did know was that it seemed aggressive… Really aggressive. As I turned away to run something grabbed my shoulder. It was out of breath, breathing hard on my neck. Quick reactions are my strength; I kicked back and made a run for it! Heading straight back for my house I heard a call, “Chloe, Chloe!”… How did it know my name?
Chloe

100WC#19 by Grace LB

The lamps of the street lights glistened and glowed in the darkness of the inky black sky. The big green bush crept into the picture and was stuck to the edge of the pavement like a button sewn onto a shoe. The roads were wet and soggy, they looked like they had just been rained on. It wouldn't be safe for drivers late at night because the roads would be too slippery like a hot piece of butter on toast.  The house in the background slowly faded away into the distance like a boat about to leave the sandy shore.      

...What was that I could feel? by Grace LB

Mary was just accepted into a gang. The Blazes. Now she was in the group, every meeting they would play truth or dare. They went round in a circle, and the others had to decide if it was going to be truth or dare. To Mary the meeting seemed to last hours and when it was finally her turn she trembled like a volcano about to explode. “Your dare is... put your hand into the bin!” they shouted. Mary wanted the ground to swallow her. She walked over to the bin and put her hand in it. She shrieked and pulled it back out. “What was that I could feel?” she screamed. She looked at her hand.  “Eeewww!” she shouted.    

The light was so bright by Grace LB

Jane woke up from a horrible nightmare, she dreamt that she travelled back in time it the Jurassic period and her dog jack got chased by a T-Rex. It was midnight and Jane woke up and she felt like she was still asleep because it was so dark. She rolled over and fell out of bed. She wedged herself to the wall which was bumpy and cold. Jane edged herself along the wall being careful not to knock into a bookcase or her desk. Finally she came to the edge of her room and turned the light on. The light was so bright that she was blinded but then...    

As he started they... by Grace LB

A while ago I went to the Peak District and it was amazing, they had the highest mountains I had ever seen in my life. We had a holiday house in a small village and my bedroom was a single bed for me and my brother had a single bed on the other side of the room. My dad made toast and as he started they (the cows) started mooing, they also did that all night. In the holiday house there was a  games room round the back of the house and it had a darts board and loads of board games. There was also a TV.  

The Ship by Grace LB

The rusty old boat has landed onto a sea full of rocks and looks like it was beached there decades ago. It has big holes in and the rust is spreading on the inside and outside of the Titanic looking old boat. It looks like it once sailed for far distances and got too close to the shore and there was never a person or a device to move the big boat and was left there as the tide went out. I think the glass was removed ages ago and people escaped before the ship not knowing that it was going to last for years.