50 56 500 Words Story Competition Superheroes Don’t Always Wear Capes: The Night I Saved the Rainforest in My Pyjamas I love jaguars, the big cats not the cars! I read about them, draw them and watch David Attenborough. For my birthday I got a lovely toy jaguar from my mummy. I would have liked a real one but I know it’s hard to keep one in London. One night something amazing happened. I woke with a start and saw something wonderful and scary. Sitting on my bed was a real live jaguar! “Don’t be frightened Tommy.” Said the jaguar. “I won’t hurt you, I just wondered if you would like to see where I came from.” I wasn’t scared because he had a nice kind smile. We tiptoed down the stairs. “Jump on my back and away we go.” Then we were off, soaring the sky, looking down where there were millions of trees as far as I could see, as green as sparkling emeralds. When we landed in the forest I could hear birds singing, mischievous monkeys chatting, sloths snoring, frogs croaking and bees buzzing. I couldn’t believe my ears. It was so beautiful! It smelt of freshly grown trees and grass and all the colours were beautiful and bright. I played, sang and danced with the animals. I felt like I was on top of the world. Then the sound of scurrying away and....SILENCE. Suddenly I heard a deafening sound “CHOP CHOP CHOP WHACK WHACK WHACK.” The man in front of me looked monsterously mean and was hideously ugly. We had a nose like a crab claw and warts all over his face. “What on earth are you doing?” I said bravely. “I’m chopping down all the trees so I can sell the wood for logs and have a cattle farm. I’m going to be rich and have a mansion wahahahaho” the man sneered. “You can’t” I said solemnly. “Well just try and stop me” the man said wielding his aze. Just then all the animals came out of their hiding place. “You can’t do that” I cried. “These beautiful trees hold our earth in place and our animals won’t have anywhere to live.” “I don’t care about that, I want to be RICH” shouted the man. “But we need these trees to breathe. Without them you will die.” “Oh I hadn’t thought of that, I don’t want to die, so I better stop and tell the others to do the same.” He walked away and the animals cheered! “BANG BANG BANG.” A sound hit my ears and the animals ran away. Then I saw a man who was fat and ugly, he had a big nose and crooked teeth. “What on earth ae you doing?” I said for the second time that day. “I’m going to kill the animals and sell their fur. I’m going to be RICH!” “Why are you killing all these beautiful animals, all living things depend on each other. We need these animals for all of us to survive.” I noticed all the animals were behind me. The snake hissed and the jaguar roared. “Oh I hadn’t thought of that, I don’t want to die. I better stop killing all the animals.” He dropped his gun and sped away. All the animals cheered “hooray Tommy.” We sang and danced all night. “Time to go home” the jaguar said. I was feeling very tired. The next morning I woke up and cuddled my toy jaguar. I was very happy indeed. Tommy, Year 3 Jamie and Vitaliy Chapter 1 – Jamie Barker As I woke up and stretched my arms over my head, I felt the warm rays of sunshine on my face. Slowly, I climbed out of my bed and realised it was my mum’s voice that woke me up and not the alarm ringing in my ears: “Jame! Breakfast is ready!” “Oh no!” I yelled in my head. “I better not be late for the school bus on a fixture day.” As I got to the dining table, I saw two scrumptious, toasted bagels coated in my favourite plum butter and a cup of hot tea. “This looks delicious, thank you!” I said as I sat down. I quickly devoured my breakfast. I looked at the clock, which showed 7:15, so I put my coat, bags, and shoes on and headed out for the lift. Chapter 2 – Vitaliy Kozak BOOM!! I woke up as soon as I heard the noise. My mum came to my room and said “Get dressed. We are going on a road trip.” BOOM!! BOOM!! “What is happening out there?” I questioned in my head. “Shouldn’t I be going to school?” I asked perplexed. “School is cancelled today. We must hurry.” Mum replied anxiously. “What about the museum trip?” I inquired. “That will have to happen another time. Vitaliy, please get dressed.” Mum hurried me, clearly not in the mood for a conversation. “Why are we in such a rush?” I wondered. Chapter 3 – The Bad News It wasn’t until break time, that I realised the day wasn’t going as planned. Firstly, it was heavily raining all morning, and we’ve experienced outbreaks of huge hail. I’ve never seen anything like it. It wasn’t long before the teachers announced that the rugby fixture was cancelled due to bad weather. I was very disappointed. If that was not enough to ruin the day, the traffic home was so heavy that I missed my judo lesson. “What a pity! At least I still have the TTRS Battle to look forward to” I thought to myself. Chapter 4 – The road trip to Poland The journey was taking a very long time, much longer than I expected. I was wondering why dad was looking awfully anxious and mum constantly broke down in tears. On the radio I heard that Russia started an invasion of Ukraine. We were at war. In the distance I could hear sirens and explosions, it was horrendous. But the worst was still to come. It was already dark when we got closer to the border. The car stopped and I hear an officer knocking on the window. Just above the noise of other cars honking to get across the border, I heard the officer say, “I am incredibly sorry, but you will have to leave your husband behind.” Chapter 5 – The TTRS Battle The TTRS battle was not going well. 4D were in the lead by at least 100 points. I put in my answers quickly and 4L were getting closer and closer to 4D’s score. With only three minutes left, I managed to fit in another level. I couldn’t believe we somehow tied with 4D! When I went to bed to catch some sleep, I thought about what happened today; the hailstorms, the cancelled fixture, the TTRS battle. As my eyes closed, I hoped that tomorrow would be a better and sunny day.
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