Our+Stories

February / March 2010

We were all learning how to write narrative stories. The Kaitieke children each started a story and then sent them on to the Ola children. They continued with the stories before sending them back for Kaitieke to continue and on it went. We had a lot of fun as our stories changed direction depending on who was writing.

Enjoy reading the finished stories below.

Scratch! Scratch! Sally heard a noise. It came from the front door. She was scared. So Sally tippy toed down the stairs and to Mum’s room. “Mum! Mum! Wake up! I can hear something scratching on the door,” Sally whispered. Mum in a sleepily voice said, “Go check the door.” “I’m too scared to,” Sally admitted. Tayla Aged 8
 * ** A Noise at the Door **

But Sally went anyway. She opened the door and it was their dog. Sally was surprised. It was trying to get in the house and he was hurt! Sally didn’t know what was wrong…… Shirley Anne age 8

Sally was trying to stop the injury from getting infected but just then she heard another scratch coming from the door. She was so brave to open the door this time BUT there was no one there. She was really scared then. She turned around and on the table the first aid kit was floating. “AHHH,” Sally screamed and ran to Mum. “Mum wakeup! Our first aid kit is floating in the air and I heard a scratch at the door but there was nothing at the door.” Sally panicked, thinking the house was haunted. Tayla 8 Sally’s mom got up to look at the first aid kit, but it wasn’t floating anymore! Sally started sputtering, “But---it---what’s going on??!!” Sally’s mom explained, “You’re just seeing things,” with a hint of a smile. Then she went back to bed. Right when her mom was gone, the kit started floating again and another scratch at the door! Sally looked out the window but still….. no one at the door! Matt age 11

Sally went to find her brother. When Sally crept in to his room she couldn’t find him. So she went back down the squeaky stairs and sat down on the couch thinking where her brother was. Then she thought, “Aaa haa! He’s playing a trick on me,” Sally thought. Her brother had used his invisible ink from his magic kit, and made himself invisible. Sally went and grabbed a cup of water and threw it over the first aid kit. The water made Sally’s brother come back to normal again. Sally told her brother, “I think it was a little too exciting tonight. I’m going off to have a sleep.” ||  || //There is scrub all around me. I can see lots of swamps down along the fence. I can hear toads in the swamp, croaking very loudly. There are lots of wild animals, creeping passed me. I’m here hunting in the bush for a wild boar. The boars are feisty animals that are killers.// // Aaron - aged 7 // // The boar comes towards me but the toads are croaking so loudly I can’t hear it. When I finally turn around…. // // Spencer age 7 // // …… There it is, the ferocious beast over 1000 kg. I ran back. I had an M 16, a small machine gun,. I tried to shoot it in the head but I missed and hit it in the leg it was wounded. It tried to run away but I hit it again then I shot it one more time and made sure it was dead this time. I took it home and gutted it. // // Then I burned the heart of the boar so he could not haunt me. The next day I heard a pig-like sound and I opened the door. There were hundreds, thousands, millions of…of…BOAR! I shut the door and ran to get my gun. I heard the door slam to the floor behind me and I jumped out of the window. // // Moises age 12 // // I took the cell phone out of my pocket. I rang up dad and told him to bring his shot gun down and I told my grandpa to bring his cross bow but they thought it was a big joke. They still came down with their weapons and when they saw it they were like, “Holy Molly! That is a lot of boars.” We were fighting for our lives. // // Dad came up with an idea. He told us to creep through the door they had knocked down. Then we threw a grenade out in to the middle of all the boars. It explodes and kills all the boars. It doesn’t rain cats and dogs but it rains pork! We had a feast of pork that night. //
 * **// Pig Hunting //**

Kahu the Kitten

It was another boring day for Kahu the kitten. He didn't like things to be exciting; he liked things to be the same. Saturday was an ordinary day,or was it? Little did he know that six dogs were following him on his Saturday morning walk to the park.

When he got to the park, the dogs attacked! Luckily, he was able to fight them off. But the next Saturday, they followed him again..

This time the dogs were angry and Kahu was helpless, and started to run away. He ran to his bigger brother and he asked to help fight off the dogs. "Big Brother, help! There are huge dogs outside, they are like canines." So they headed to the dump to find some material to help them fight the dogs. Then they started to create some armour and other things to help. They thought of a trap to make the dogs pay. So they built their giant creation. The cat300. It was perfect to scare those mean dogs away.

The cat300 was a big gun with a net in it. When the dogs chase after Kahu, his bigger brother will shoot the net at them. Kahu did the next thing Saturday. Walking along the park, the dogs started to chase Kahu. His brother shot the net...Did it work? (Thomas age 9)

It worked! We got the dog now they will never mess with me again. Now lets go home to have some fish’n’chips and some fizzy drinks. Later on they were as fat as a hippopotamus and the dogs were as scared as scaredy cats.

Pet dog My dog is a very friendly puppy; she is a little black and white foxy. Her name is Tinker, and her friends are Kaino, George, Pip and Moss. All the dogs are in an army group and the teams name is Speedy Bomb Zaly. They had a boss named Tiki Two and he helps with battle against the rotten pests. They are wild cats, rabbits and rats. By Kody Aged 10 So team Speedy Bomb Zaly went off into the forest. They walked for two hours and hadn’t seen a single enemy. They heard a loud rustling sound in the bushes behind them. Then, they saw it; An army of giant hamsters!..... Johnathan age 10 The giant hamsters have machineguns with over 100 bullets. Then team Speedy Bomb Zaly went closer. Pip had a shotgun on her back and Tinker had brought a 308, which is a gun that gives you a big kick. Tinker and Pip shot the hamster in the head and it fell back onto a sharp tree. The rest of the pups went back to the dog shed and they got all kinds of gun. Tiki got the best gun in the shed and it was a green tank which on the top it was a bazooka. The other dogs got a 22 with a silencer on the end. Tiki went back in to the forests and shot lot of the giant hamsters with his tank. But the giant hamsters got reinforcements – giant guinea pigs with ray guns turn to team speedy bomb zaly evil. However, team speedy bomb zaly had a new member, Yippee the Chihuahua. He was so cute that the giant hamsters surrendered. The end

** The dead planet **

One dead day Bones went to find his head. “Ah, there it is , ” he said in a joyful way. Suddenly out of nowhere came a voice. “Hello handsome! Want to go out to The Sweet Dead Café?” Miss Skeleton asked. “Sure as long as…….” BOOF! By Joshua Aged 9 SPLAT!! Zack shot Bones with a gut gun and said “Loser!” Then he drove away in his skull car. Miss Skeleton helped Bones up. “Don’t listen to them,” said Miss Skeleton. Christopher Age 9 After a while Bones sent out his army of boney soldiers with ten bazookas at the back and three hundred machine guns in front. “We’ll win now,” thought Bones. “Here you go Bones, three tanks,” said Roger who was very old. Just then Roger shouted, “There they are.” After ten minutes we only had ten people left, three bazookas and seven machine guns. Right when they needed help, a dog named Tear was knocking down Zack’s army. “Thanks boy,” Bones puffed. Then Roger shouted, “Blast them while they’re on the ground.” Miss Skeleton helped bones up and dragged him to the Sweet Dead Café. They sat down at table 3 and waited for their delicious roast pork. “Yum,” said Bones as the pork healed him. After dinner they headed home for a dream filled nights sleep.

There I was , another boring old day ahead of me. But little did I know Fred was out. He was the most cunning frog there was. He had two blue dots over his thick coat of lime green that flood his back. Fred was the king of Spit Rock pond. And he was so horrible! By Clare Graham Age 10 So I went for a hop while he was out and then I saw him eating a field mouse. I hopped back to my rock as fast as I could but he saw me and cut me off. He said, “What are you doing here?” Tate Barnhart age 10 “I have come to see what horrible thing you are up to now,” I replied. “HAY,” he yelled “from now on you are not allowed to set foot on this pond again. Got it!” I ran back to the tree, and flipped down to the secret swamp. “No one will find me here,” I thought. “Hhha!” My foot had got caught on one of Fred’s traps. “Dam it! I’m busted,’ I shrieked. “Oh, how will I get out of here?” I thought. Clare “Well, I guess I’m just gonna have to wait here.” So, I waited and waited trying to figure out how to get out. Then I heard a noise. It was an alligator! I tried to get free. It came closer and closer! Finally, I pulled free from the trap. I ran with all my might but then I ran into something. It was a dragon. I screamed. It said “Don’t be afraid, I’m here to help!” Now what was I to do? Lily age 9 The dragon was talking and talking to himself about what to do. He was little, red and orange and such a chatter box. I caught a glimpse out of the corner of my eye. It looked like Fred. So I jumped on to the dragon’s back. “Hey, what are you doing?” the dragon asked. I told him to be quiet and fly! He flew straight over the pond and came to the edge of the bank where he landed. Later he asked me what happened, so I told him. Once he heard what happened dragon went straight in to the pond and talked to Fred. He asked Fred for an agreement about living in the pond together in peace. Fred agreed and they all lived happily ever after. ||  ||
 * FROG HOP **