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Age 9 to 12

‘The Day I Saw the Tall Ships’ by Bow, Age 9 Years

The Day I Saw the Tall Ships

When I woke up, I charged downstairs. There waiting for me was my dog, Dug the Pug. For breakfast, I ate my croissant with jam on it. “Bye Mum!” I said.
“Don’t forget your money and sun cream!” shouted mum.

I jumped on my skateboard and went to meet my friend, Joby, at the harbour. “There are a lot of people eating lot’s of pasties, candyfloss and ice cream,” I said with hungry eyes! As I looked around I could see the tall ships starting to make their way into the harbour. They were extraordinary. They were slightly rocking backwards and forwards on the waves and the crew were sailing them very carefully near each other. One of the sailors was my dad and it made me very happy to know he was safe and sound. I would be hugging him and telling him about what had been happening.
Me and Joby ate so much candyfloss that our tongues were red as a strawberry. Next we played on the beach and in the sea. When it was 9:00, we sat on the harbour wall, listening to BOOMS, WHIZZES and FIZZES of the fireworks. We saw gold, green red and blue shoot into the sky. “I can’t wait until next year!”

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Age 9 to 12

The Story of Falmouth by Evelyn Aged 9

One summers day I was reading my book on the beach, when I fell asleep, the tide was coming in very quickly and soon would be at my feet, then it did it got to my feet, then my knees, then my belly, then my neck and then I slowly lifted off the beach into the water and into the sea and away from home, then I woke up and looked around. I realized that I was in the middle of a storm.

Then I saw an island, it wasn’t very far away from where I was and it looked sunny too, so I swam towards it, it took a long time to get there because the waves were so rough but finally I got there, when I did I noticed that there was a big celebration there and they were getting some fireworks ready and they had lots and lots of things like cakes and chocolate and squash and everything you could think of I wondered where I was so I walked to the entrance of the beach and it said welcome to Falmouth beach.

Then a girl like me came over and said, “Are you lost?” I said,”Yes can you help me?” She said, “No but my parents can.” So I said, “Well where are your parents?” “They’re in America but I am sure my grandparents can help. Come on, follow me.” “So what is your name?” I said. She said, “Laura.” “Hi Laura, my name is Amelia.” We went past the beach up the hill, across the field and up another hill and down the valley and then we got there. It was a long way there but we got there in the end, when we did we rang the doorbell and Laura’s grandmother came to the door and said, “Hello, who are you are you Laura’s friend?” Amelia said,” Well sort of, I kind of just met her.” “Though anyway,” said Laura’s grandmother, “What are you doing here? “I don’t know how to get home” said Amelia. Amelia’s grandmother said, “Hmm, follow me and I will try and find a map.” The house was very old fashioned and dusty to quite messy. It had a cracked window too. She lead us into, well what looked like a library but much smaller. She had a bit of a rummage around and then pulled out a map and said, “You will need money too because you might have to catch a ferry, like the King Harry. Here is some money and my address, you can send the money back once you get home.” So Amelia set off on her long journey, she went down the hill, along the alley ways and down to the beach. There she caught the ferry home, when she did she ran up the beach and rang the doorbell. Her mother came to the door and gave her a big bear hug and the lived happily from then on!

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Age 9 to 12

‘The beautiful, sunny beach’ by Eilwen Deacon, Age 9 Years

The beautiful, sunny beach

The loud, crazy seagulls flew

Over the salty, blue still sea.

Ice cream is like freezing cold ice on a winter’s night.

Fish and chips are like a hot, burning cooker in your mouth.

Ice cream is like freezing, cold ice on a winter’s night.

When the seagulls communicate it’s like they are celebrating in the sky.

Eilwen Deacon