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Age 6 to 8

‘The Rat who had an Adventure’ by Lewis, Age 8 Years

The Rat who had an Adventure

There was a little rat called Ralph who lived on beautiful tall white pale ship. He watched the Regatta, and under the black ocean where the magic happens there were two little goldfish.

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Age 6 to 8

‘The Sea Story’ by Leon, Age 8 Years

One day there was a person called Ross. He was going for his daily walk and he found a hurt rat. He took it home and took care of it. He named the rat Scally. Scally was very dirty so Ross cleaned Scally. When Scally got out she yawned so Ross made a bed for Scally. Then Ross thought that he was tired too.

In the morning when Ross and Scally woke they both yawned at the same time.
They both laughed, well Ross did but Scally squeaked (that meant she was laughing in rat). They both went for a walk down the street and when Ross looked behind him there were loads of rats! Ross did not know which one was Scally.

Ross was so sad that he started to cry. “WA! WA! WA! WA!” said Ross, then he remembered that Scally was the clean one. Soon he found her. Ross was so happy that he ran straight to a pet shop to buy a collar for Scally. He got her name engraved on it and gave it to her. Then Ross told Scally that it was the tall ships and Sally was so excited that she ran ahead and found somewhere to sit and Scally and Ross watched the tall ships.

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Age 9 to 12

‘There was once a rat called Birty’ by Maddison, Age 9 Years

There was once a rat called Birty

There was once a rat called Birty, he was lonely, cold and hurt. Birty lives in Falmouth by the Methodist Church. He likes his home by the church, except he doesn’t like being stood on by nasty children and adults. Birty had had enough of being stood on for nine years, he suddenly realised tomorrow was Carnival day in Falmouth, when all the tall ships come in and race.

He sighed “Oh no! I am going to be squashed rat tomorrow aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!”

Birty quickly scuttled down the lane, to his shack (home), that can only fit 4 rats in there, but it was just right for him. Birty was tired, so he decided to snuggle down into his sardine tin (bed) and he fell fast asleep in no time.

“BANG! BANG! BANG!” went the big loud drum. Birty suddenly woke.

“Oh no! The day I dread is here, squashed rat me aaaaahhh!!!!!!!!!!” He started running around like a headless chicken.

He slowly crept outside, it was blank, he was confused, he went round a sharp corner and crashed into this beautiful, graceful, young, pretty and colourful rat girl, about the same age as Birty. His eyes went blurry and then fluttered.

“Are you ok?” she asked politely.

“Ye….ye….ye…yep….ye…ur…ur…ur…ur..p,”

There right in front of his eyes was his dream lady.
“I will take you up to see the competition from my house; it’s a lovely view now.”

“O….o……k..”
So she took Birty up to her house, there was a disco ball, and a multi coloured floor.
“Wow, nice house, cools!”

She took him over to the veranda.
“I see what you mean by the view now!”

There was lights everywhere, flashing fireworks covered the sky, children playing, mums singing, dads dancing and dogs and cats covering there large ears. They both synchronised and said,
“This is the most beautiful sight I have ever seen in my life.”
Then Birty looked down, there were ladies and men dancing around, they looked quiet silly but it was so funny! If you looked around there were kids having lots of fun, dogs and cats attempting to dance and jolly sailors singing as they climbed up the tall sails.

Then Birty politely asked the girl rat
“What is your name?”

“Anne,” she replied

“Do you know you’re beautiful, Anne?”
She looked around

“Who me, no!”

“Well you are and I am going to describe you:
You are young and pretty,
Well the prettiest thing I have ever seen,
Your long blonde hair caught my eye,
So did your big, long, red coat,
You’re beautiful and you didn’t know!”

“Thanks! Do you want to come and join the friends disco?”

“Yeh! Course”

“Come on then.”

So Anne and Birty went down the lane and went up a drain pipe. There was a disco ball flashing brightly, a very bright dance floor and a fat plump mouse was sitting there with his huge headphones on.

“Wow cool, can I come here every night, this is epic!”

And from that day on they never got squashed again.