What’s the Story?
Move Over the Kids are Back!!
This year we have a bumper 6 part
BAI Sound & Vision funded series of 'What's the Story?'
We’d like to thank all
the pupils, teachers, principles and hard pressed secretaries who made this programme
possible.
A very, very Special
Thanks to everyone who wrote a story or poem for us and keep on writing!
'What's the
Story?' Schools:
Scoil
Naomh Therese, Bishopstown, Cork
Scoil Naisiunta Mhuire, Rathpeacon, Cork.
Scoil Haróid Boys, Dalkey, Co Dublin.
Scoil
Naisiunta Mhin Teineadh Ardara, Donegal.
Clochar
Coca Naofa N S Kilcock, Co. Kildare.
Tineteriffe N.S, Cappamore, Co.
Gaelscoil Dara, Rinn Mor Galway.
Scoil Iosa, Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo.
Dromakeenan National school, Roscrea, Co Tipp.
St Joseph's, Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan.
What’s the Story? Readers Presenters
Laoise Ní Bhraonáin
James Kenworthy,
Lisa Varley Maguire
Niamh Ní Ghallachóir
Natalia Skalske
Cian Meghan
Lisa Varley Maguire
Oisín O'Conaill
Niamh Ní Ghallachóir
Glen O'Brien
Constance McMorrow
Ben Singleton
Sarah Whelan
Feature Stories
Ronan Hanly
Jade Campion & Orla Corbett
Cathal O'Rourke
Olivia Cleary
'What's the Story?' Music
The 'What's the Story?' sig tune was written by Ronan Byrne.
The 'What's the Story?' sig tune was written by Ronan Byrne.
More Stories & Poems
Scoil Íosa, Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo
***TERROR House***
By David Rutkauskas.
It was Halloween night, eight forty
five . Me and my friends where walking asking for sweets .We went house to
house, until we came to an old house. People said, there is ghosts and zombies
in there no one goes in there. One of my friends said can you three go into
that house .Of course I said. You won’t last there for five minutes. Okay lets
have a bet .If we last there for 30minutes you give all your sweets and 20 euro
each. But if you won’t last, you give us the same.
We went inside the house. There was a stair case. We
went down it, the stairs were old and rusty .We went very slowly down the
stairs. I looked at my watch it was 8:50 . Then we saw a rusty door
we opened it, the atmosphere in the room was eerie and forbidding .After five
minutes I looked at my watch and it was 8:50 the time has stopped. I
was frightened like a lost sheep. Then suddenly the door closed .There was a
fire in the chimney. But the fire was cold .Then suddenly something fell down
the chimney, it was a bloody arm of an old man.
Then suddenly from somewhere appeared a wicked old
women her face was scared and bloody. We asked do you know how to get out of
this house, she said nothing. We asked again. She still said nothing. She
reached into her pocket and took out a knife. It was covered in blood. She said
you all will die today. Shivers went down my spine. And I said run. We ran into
a different room. It was pitch black, then suddenly we went on and out slowly.
We went another room there was a note on the wall it
said, see with your ears not with your eyes or your in for a real surprise.
Then suddenly we heard footsteps above us. And then we saw the old women again
with her knife in her hand held high. Well luckily I saw a knife on the
ground ,lifted it and threw it at the
old women , she fell to the ground dead. And we ran away from that room to the
next room.
In the next room there was a man strung to his neck
with an internet cable and there was a not nailed in his heart and it said You
three are next so enjoy the show. It was written in blood, then suddenly he
fell of the cable. Then he opened his eyes, his face was very scared and his
eyes where white. We went around his body, but suddenly he grabbed me by my
leg but then his hand fell of his body
and it started walking on it fingers like on legs.
In the next room there was a chair and a wicked old
man on it, he turned to us and said Children I have been expecting you. We
began to sob in silent horror .And he died in the same spot. We went away from
him Patrick screamed A A A A A A A A A .I ran up to him and said what happened
.He said look there is a walking hand
from the man that was strung with the internet cable. Ausrius kicked it away
.And we went out of the room.
The next room was even worse the lights went on, and
we saw about ten people strung with cables to the to the ceiling some to there
necks, some by there toes and some by there hair. We herd an evil laugh from
all directions in the room. All the dead bodies returned to stare at us. Then
arms and legs and bodies and hands. Fell from the chimney. Then a strike of
lightning hit the pile . The body parts began to form into humans. I didn’t
know what to do . So I said “Run!”. We ran like lightning into the next room .
We were very tired. We sat down to have a rest for a minute. They went after
us. Patrick said “Well this is the end”. I said “No is this how you want to
die”.
The skeletons surrounded us. I saw a dead warrior with
a sword in his hand. I took it and he woke up. I chopped his head off. But he
still did not die . I saw a window and I said “let’s jump out the window” and
this will be the end . I was the first one to jump out the window. Then I saw
Ausrius and then Patrick. We were hurt, but we managed to get home we never
wanted to go there again.
An Awesome Event.
By Chloe Ryan
It was a concert
Of song and dance
There were songs and joy,
For all to jump or prance.
The songs came on,
People took to the floor,
Where they danced and
danced,
‘Til they could no more.
They smiled and laughed,
At the funny acts,
There was laughter and
chatter,
That’s all that matters.
It came to an end,
People started to go,
The host told them all,
What he thought of the
show,
We all knew what he meant,
At such a truly awesome
event.
Random Thoughts
Liam Herr
One time I had to rhyme
stuff,
I took my time and made a
big puff,
My Mom says it`s not
enough as my dog went ruff, ruff,
I found it very tough, Ireland
Grass is green, Shrek is
green too,
A cow moo`s I don’t watch
the news,
I like iced buns, the U.S.
Girls can be nuns and mums
spoil their sons.
I live in Mayo, you didn’t
know,
Whose a big nose? wash
your mouth with a hose,
Someday I`ll reach the
stars, though there`s no life on Mars,
I like eating bars and
driving cars.
I like money but I don’t
like honey,
I like it sunny, I`d like
a bunny,
I have a touch screen
phone, I like a good moan,
I like an ice-cream cone
and oh I broke my shin bone
I Can’t Write Essays
By Amy Gleeson
I can’t do this
silly essay; it’s driving me absolutely mad.
Me: Mammy help me do this essay!
Mam: Lauren, what did I say about writing essays,
you’ve got to think about what you want to write.
Me: But Mammy I don’t know what to write.
Mam: Well get your Dad to help you then.
Me: Dad, what will I do for my essay?
Dad: Mmm, you could do a story about a trip to the
zoo.
Me: No Dad, I hated our trip to the zoo, yuck, all of
those smelly animals.
Dad: Stop it Lauren. It cost me good money for you to
see those smelly animals, not to mention your piece of Dublin Zoo sticky rock
and souvenir. Go and ask your mother for help!
Me: But Mum said to go and ask you.
Dad: Well go and ask your brother then.
Me: Fine… DYLAN
Dylan: yes, what is it Lauren, can’t you see I’m
trying to watch Bear Grylls!
Me: What should I do for my essay?
Dylan: Write about monsters or spiders or something
scary like YOUR REFLECTION in the mirror.
Me: DAD, Dylan was no help!
Dad: Why don’t you write about that crowd that you’re
always talking about “WRONG DIRECTION”
Me: Stop teasing Dad, it’s ONE DIRECTION and thanks
for the brilliant idea.
They’re my favourite band, I just love them. I love
the way they dress, their hair is gorgeous and they have the most amazing
voices.
Now I can’t think of anything else to write!
You see I told you I can’t write essays.
Me: DAAAD, can you think of anything else I can write
about???
Friends Forever
The Secret Tunnel
By Bill Cleare
I went to Spain
Spring is here.
By Conor Phelan
Spring is here,
Let out a cheer,
Daffodils growing,
Snowdrops showing,
Lar Corbett going,
It might even be snowing,
The crops are growing
Gardeners sowing,
Oh Spring is so cool!
Gaelscoil
Dara Rinn Mor, Galway .
Kuno agus Siyan
Scríofa ag Mark Ó D
Fadó bhí dhá Iora rua ann. Ní gnáth Iora Rua a bhí
intu seo. Bhí siad seo in ann eitilt. Kuno agus Siyan an t-ainm a bhí orthu.
‘Dúisigh suas Kuno’ a dúirt Siyan. Tá sé in am don bhricfeasta. D’éirigh Kuno.
Chuaigh sé isteach sa cistin. Bhí na ballaí dearg agus bhí dath gorm ar an
urlár. Shuigh siad síos agus d’ith siad an bricfeasta. Slisín bagún agus ubh a
bhí acu le n-ithe.
Chuaigh siad chuig an trá. Bhí dadaí leo. Bhí siad ag
dul ag iascaireacht. Dúirt dadaí leo go raibh sé ag dul ag an siopa ar dtús
agus go mbeadh sé ar ais i gceann nóiméad. Thosaigh Kuno agus Siyan ag siúl ar
an trá. Chonaic siad long mór taobh
thiar do carraig mór milteach. ‘Siyan céard é sin?’ a d’iarr Kuno. Is long
foghlaí mara atá ansin a d’fheagair sé. Ar mhaith leat dul ag seoltóireacht a
d’iarr Siyan.
Bhruigh siad an long isteach san fharraige. Thosaigh
an long ag bogadh agus thosaigh sé ag dul amach sa bhfarraige. Bhí siad ag
seoltóireacht. Ní raibh siad ag iarraidh dul i bhfad. Theastaigh uaibh dul
chomh fada leis an Oileán beag a bhí gar dóibh.
Shroich siad an Oileán. Oileán na foghlaí mara a bhí
ann. D’fhág siad an long agus chuaigh siad isteach ar an Oileán. Bhí na Foghlaí
Mara ag seasamh ansin. ‘An bhfuil aon bia agaibh?’Tá airgead agam a d’fheagair
an dhá Iora Rua. Dúirt na foghlaí nach raibh airgead ag teastáil. Thug siad
píosa bia do na foghlaí. Go tobann chuala siad torann úafásach. Bhí an bolcán
ag pléascadh. Scioptha Kuno,caithfidh muid imeacht don Oileán seo anois
díreach. Rith siad chuig an long agus chuaigh siad abhaile. Ans chuig dadaí
agus thosaigh siad ag insint an scéal dó. Bhí lá an- mhaith agaibh nach raibh,
a dúirt daidí.
Tineteriffe
N.S, Cappamore, Co. Limerick .
Bruno’s Adventures
By George Kenny
Chapter 1
When Bruno was in juniors his parents
used to play with him every day when he came home from school. But when he was
in seniors they changed. They used to make him walk home from school every day,
which was three kilometres away. He didn’t mind doing it at the start because
it was new to him but after doing it for two weeks he began to hate it. He
didn’t know what was going to happen to him when a new school was being built
it changed him for the better…
For two years Bruno had to walk
home. He kept believing he could fly on his way home from school. So he used do
a little run and then jump believing he was flying. After the Christmas
holidays two new boys joined Bruno’s class. They were called Scott and John.
Bruno began to be really good friends with Scott and John. The three boys loved to go places and they
loved climbing. When the three boys heard about the new school being built they
all looked at each other. After a month they visited the school. They started
to climb walls and pretend they were in classrooms. When the boys were leaving
they noticed a small tiny hole in the wall. But when they went right up to the
crack it turned out to be a small bright crack. All the three boys looked at
each other.
Chapter 2
The next day when Bruno Scott and
john were having their lunch they were discussing the crack on the wall and
were thinking how it got there. During school they decided to go to the
building site after school to check out the crack again. At the building site
John went up to the crack and looked through. All of a sudden he jumped back
and he exclaimed
‘Go on Bruno you have a look’
So he looked through the hole and it
was absolutely amazing.
The first thing he saw was a
really blue sky, extremely green grass and loads of trees. He looked up inside
the crack and there was one humongous cloud in the shape of the letter W. He
was wondering if there letter W was just random or did it mean something? Bruno
looked back at Scott and John when suddenly stones came falling to the ground.
The stones that hit the ground turned into the sharp rough ones that already on
the ground. Bruno, Scott and John all looked at each other and Scott whispered
‘ It’s big enough to climb into now’
All the three friends agreed to stay
together no matter what happened.
Chapter 3
Bruno, Scott and John were all inside
the crack. They all knew the world was magic. They all started to walk around
and Scott took the lead. They eventually came to a tree with loads of holes in
it. Each hole had a number and then somebody came out from behind the tree. On
his t-shirt was the number 80.
The man who came out was different to
every one that the three boys had seen before. He had tiny but round but round
ears, he had big red lips and he had bright gold angel wings on his back. This
man came up closer to the three boys and he said
‘Hi Bruno, Scott and John my name is
Simon’
Bruno walked up to Simon and
blubbered
‘How do you know our names Simon?’
Simon replied
‘This world is magic for whatever you
wish for will come true’
Bruno gasped
‘So if you want to fly you can?’
All of a sudden Bruno started going
upwards and wasn’t coming down. Simon roared up to him.
‘Bruno if you wish to come down you
must wish it.’
Bruno didn’t wish to float downwards.
Instead he just dropped down and landed in a big green tree.
Chapter 4
Bruno looked at Simon, John and
Scott. He knew by the look on Simon’s face that you never wish to just drop
down. Simon flew up to bring Bruno down. When Bruno was back down Scott and
John Whispered
‘WOW!’
A few minutes after Bruno was down
Simons top glowed gold. John blubbered to Simon
‘Why is your top glowing?’
Simon replied
‘ When I do something that will stop
someone getting killed my top glows gold.’
For example if Bruno kept going
upwards he would reach the elimination line. If that happens to him, what ever
he wishes for won’t work.
Bruno was shocked at what he
had and put his hands up to his head and saw his watch. It was half past six and he soon realised that his dinner
was at seven o clock. Bruno told Simon that they would be back tomorrow. Scott
asked Simon how they would get back to the crack. Simon took the boys back to
the crack in no time. As Simon lived there, he knew the place back to front.
Chapter 5
The next day when the boys were at school the teacher was teaching
English and said whatever you wish for you have to work hard for it. Bruno, John and Scott all looked at each
other and smiled. When the bell rang to go home the three boys ran to the
building site. They were inside the crack and they got lost. They called
Simon’s name and he came out and he groaned “typical, those boys always get
lost”.
Simon took the three
boys to the tree and told them that since they knew all about the magic world
they could have one magic wish in their outside world. However, they must swear
not to tell anyone. On the other hand you can just forget everything that
happened to you. Bruno went up to Simon and said “I want one wish please”. One
by one all the boys got their wish. Bruno got the wish to fly. Scott got the
wish to be strong and John got the wish to be invisible. Simon told the three boys that they have to
leave before the crack closes. John asked Simon why and Simon replied “the
builders will be closing the crack up soon, so you have to leave”. All the
three boys went to the crack and got out just in time. The builders were just
about to close up the crack when they popped out. The builders were asking how they got in
through such a small wall. The three boys all said together “we don’t know, it’s probably magic”.
For the next few years Bruno flew home from school every day and when
his parents asked him how he got home so quickly he would always say “I’m
probably going faster”. His parents were becoming suspicious so they used to
drive him home from school every day. Bruno was delighted that his parents were
driving him home from school every day but he still wanted to fly home on the
dry days.
The Bullying
By Amy
Leonard
Chapter 1
I never knew so many people hated
foreigners.
As dad drove the car, I peeped my
head out the window.
Lots of children stood there looking
at me, like I was the Queen
Of England London
By now I sat there thinking what
would it be like out there playing
. Hopscotch with girls, football with
boys. I used to do that in
Time for dinner, while I would hide.
I love Germany
“We’re here, honey” mum announced. I
couldn’t wait to see the house.
“I’m picking my room first,” Ashley
giggled.
“No I am” Aisling laughed
They fought.
“SHUT UP “ I hissed.
Growing up with twins is hard work.
Especially with eight year olds.
I opened the car door and saw a big
Creamy house shinning. I couldn’t
believe it
The beautiful house was mine. I couldn’t
Wait to go into the biggest house
ever.
When I opened the house door. I
skimmed through the parts of the house I could see.
Mum and dad where thinking what
colour to paint the walls.
I legged it upstairs. I felt like a
dog after a ball or something. I opened a wooden door and saw the room the
suited me best.
I unpacked my suitcases, and look in
a box of paints. I picked a nice deep
Purple colour and a ghost white so
the room wouldn’t look too dull.
At dinner time Mum and Dad were
talking about my new
School. At the other school the
teacher was a 16-year-old girl,
Doing baby stuff. Addition and
subtraction. I’m13! I should be doing different stuff!!!!!
The bright, yellow, sun rose early
Monday morning
I was up around 8:00 am . Mum drove me to school
I was so nervous I almost wet myself.
A tall blonde Chelsea
“Good day” she smirked. I had no idea
what she was saying
“Good day are you deaf?” she barked.
“No” I whispered. She looked at me
then turned and glared back at me
Two girls who looked quite nice came
up to her.
They stared to whisper and laughed
about me.
I got very anger and spited out.
“Good day love ” and other English
sayings.
They stared at me like I was speaking
gibberish.
“Stop!!!!!” the girl shouted. I stood
there without moving a muscle.
“Look who ever you are uh…. um…”
I knew she was thinking of a mean name to call
me.
“Look, German this is my school so
don’t be cheeky” she demanded
“Build a bridge and get over it,” I
teased.
Suddenly I felt in charged for once.
“A” when she was going to continue
the bell rang.
I moved 1 step and she stopped me “
I’m Judy and your worst nightmare”.
I thought to myself “HELP ME”
CHAPTER 2
I went home after school and Mum said
that she had big news.
“I got a job ” mum cried
“As what” I questioned
“A hairdresser, the woman who owns it
said her daughter goes to your school.
I wished it wasn’t Judy that would
make my life worse
“ Judy O’Rail, her mom is Kitty” she
cheered.
“ What “ I paused. I was so angry I
felt like hitting
Mum. I was going to tell her about
that wicked old witch.
But this was mums first job, she did
on the other hand have one as a maid but she wished she never said yes to Rude
Rod.
His house was so smelly. I thought it
was a damp dump.
The dirty walls were making huge
cracks.
And his single camp bed was so small
I never thought Ashley
Or Aisling would fit!!!!!!
The next day I walked to school.
When I arrived I saw Judy. She knew
my mum got the job. I knew there was going to be war.
They followed me
“Hey where you going?” she barked
As soon as she said that I got a
painful punch in my belly.
It felt like 10,000000 knifes were
stuck into me.
I could feel blood but there was
none. My heart was thumping so hard I thought it was going to explode!!!!!
I fell miserably down on the sore,
hard and grey ground. They started to kick me.
In my ribs, my knee, my leg, my
EVERTHING
6 MONTHS LATER CHAPTER 3
I was in my room writing in my Judy
book. I made up story about an old witch who is mean to all the fairies but
then she dies.
Everyday was the same; Judy thinks she is the highlight of my day.
But she is not. My dad is you see he
is a army man and I would do anything to see him. I love and miss him so much.
I went school early and Judy wanted
to talk. She said:
“My mom is firing your mum” she
teased wickedly
I was so so so so (there is 1 million
so s) angry.
I rushed home.
“Mom!!” I screamed
She looked at me with a frightened
look.
“Honey it’s only 10:00 am go back to school” she moaned .
“Mom you’re going to get……….” .The
phone rang hard
“Hello” Mom greeted.
“Uh, uh uh uh ok bye now” she hung up
.
“That was Kitty ……”
“She wants to see me,” she announced.
At 3:00 pm I arrived home from school. Ashley and Aisling
were very giddy.
When mom arrived home from speaking
with Kitty.I tried my best to erase that humorous grin of my pale face.
I knew that she got fired. I could
see it in her blue eyes. The next day I had a great plan to ruin Judy’s life.
“Hey Judy” I cheered. They ran after
me.
I had a string and they tripped over
it. Their knees were very bloody and sticky. They all cried.
Judy looked the most babyish.
“Payback” I thought.
I got my camera from my pale blue school bag.
I called everyone and they all
laughed.
MEANWHILE
Dad was home and I left a note
saying:
Dear Dad Mom got fired tell the
President
Dad rushed to the president. They had
a long chat and at the end Mom got her job back.
And now she owns the hair salon.
St Joseph’s
BNS, Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan.
Kevin the Naughty Boy.
By Marcus Obajuluwa
Something very strange happened last month. People
around the world were really confused.
A boy called Kevin removed famous landmarks from
country to country .
He put the Pyramids of
Egypt in Paris
Kevin moved the leaning tower of Pizza London London Germany tower of London London
Kevin swapped the Sydney Opera House with Stonehenge and a man asked “Where are the stones Man?
When his mother found out about everything from the
newspaper, she got very angry. Kevin she fumed put those landmarks back where
they belong.
Kevin did what he was told but since then he’s been
missing the fun of mixing things up in different countries.
Euro 2012 Final
By Robert McCloskey.
“ Here Here,” buy your tickets here shouted the
salesman. I walked over to him and asked him what he was selling and how much
they were. “These are two priceless tickets to the EURO 2012 final, the price
five euro” he replied. I thought to myself five euro that’s one weeks pocket
money. I reached into my pocket and grabbed out a fiver. I wondered should buy
the ticket or get some sweets on the way home. All I had was the fiver. I
thought long and hard about it and eventually decided to buy the ticket. While
I was buying the ticket he told me that the winner would be revealed at 12.00pm next Saturday the 22nd
of May here at this stall. That night I dreamed about winning the raffle and
getting my hand on those two priceless tickets to the EURO 2012 final. I
impatiently waited for two long days until finally the big day came. I
excitedly jumped out of my bed and quickly threw on my clothes and out the door
in a flash. I scurried down the town with the ticket clasped firmly in my hand.
I arrived at the stall about 20 minutes early. A large crowd was gathering
around the small stall. Each person hopeful
that they might be the lucky winner of the raffle. My heart was beating
fast the adrenaline was pumping and finally the salesman took hold of the
microfone and began to speak. The winner for the two tickets to the EURO 2012
final is, the winner had been revealed ROBERT MCCLOSKEY it read. I frantically
jumped up and down with delight. I could not believe that this was really
happening. I was so glad that I had bought the ticket and now it had all paid off.
I quickly ran home and rapidly knocked on my door. My Mam asked me what had
happened and I told her the whole story. I leaped for joy again. I ran into my
room with the two tickets for the final clasped tightly in my hand. I grabbed
my phone and called my friend Jamie. I told him what had happened and asked him
did he want to come to the final with me. He screamed repeatedly into the phone
“Yes”. The big day was coming in two weeks and I was so excited. It was between
Ireland Spain
game I had some sleepless nights thinking about the
match. My friend
Jamie kept thanking me for giving him the other
ticket. Each day I got
more and more excited. The day before the match my
heart was pumping
fast. I was so excited and I couldn’t believe this was
real. That
night I kept dreaming that Ireland
way back to celebrate with the Irish fans.
“Rise and Shine” said my mam as she pulled over the
curtains in my
bedroom. The big day had finally came. I called for my
friend Jamie
and we walked back to my house. When I got back I ate
my breakfast.
Suddenly my mam let out a shout to get ready because
we were leaving
in five minutes. I got
ready for the car and so did Jamie. When I was
done I sat down nervously in the car waiting for my
mam to start the
car. I put on my seatbelt and off we went . It was
obviously going to
be the best day of my life, but I had a bad feeling
that Ireland
not pull of the win against champions Spain
The journey to the airport was boring but I was so
excited I didn’t
really care. When we got to the airport we found out
that the flight
to Poland 12.00pm . We waited for a while
and
then got on to the plane. I said “goodbye” to my mam
and soon enough
after we were on our way to the EURO 2012 final.
After the long journey to Poland
pitch. When we got to the pitch I thought that it was
brilliant.
When we got our seats in the stadium it was almost
time for kick off.
I bought Coke , Popcorn and Candy Floss. Time past
quickly and the
referee slowly walked onto the pitch with his
officials. Suddenly the
two teams came jogging out of the long tunnel which
leaded down to the
dressing rooms. Spain
The big game that I had spent weeks thinking about was
finally here.
by a nice goal from their star player Xavi and about 5
minutes later
on to the bar by Shay Given. But Ireland
half time and on 45 minutes Iniesta bagged Spain
Then the half time whistle blew and Spain
don’t know was it the team talk that Giovani
Trapattoni gave the team
or the bananas that the team ate at half time but when
they came out
of the tunnel for a second time it was certainly a
different
performance compare to the first half. Early on in the
second half
Shay Givens ling punt down the field was controlled by
Damien Duff
then passed to Robbie Keane who slotted it past the
Spanish goalkeeper
to make it 2-1. Suddenly Aidan Mc Geady got past the
last defender and
scored to make it 2-2 it was suddenly game on. I was
amazed by the way
forget when Spanish Centre Back Carlos Puyol fouled
Damien Duff inside
the box. “Penalty” screamed the Irish fans but when
the referee “who
by the way had an outstanding game” pointed straight
to the spot the
stadium erupted. Robbie Keane Irelands number 10
stepped up to the
spot to take the penalty. The stadium went silent ,
the referee blew
the whistle and Robbie Keane hit it into the left top
corner. 3-2 the
comeback had just been complete. Soon after that the
referee blew the
full time whistle.
All the Irish fans cheered and shouted. I rapidly ran
on to the pitch
and celebrated with some of the Irish players. The man
of the match
award went to striker Robbie Keane, He also got to
lift the trophy as
he was the Ireland
The next day I returned home and so did the Irish team
who had done
the impossible by beating the former champions Spain
final. The welcome the players got was amazing . That
day was
definately the best day of my life and some day
hopefully I will play
for Ireland
Clochar
Coca Naofa N S Kilcock, Co. Kildare.
A Wonderful Dream
By
Deborah Martins
I put my head on the pillow
and fell fast asleep.
I found myself in a big
jeep.
The car stopped.
The magic had been drained
out if by Frosty the Monster.
The monster had left a trail
of water.
I followed it
I knew the land could be in
big trouble.
The monster turned into fire
and tried to set the whole world on fire.
I lassoed him with my big
rope and took him to a water fall.
The land was safe at last
and peace and magic were restored.
But there was more danger.
The name of this land was
Alfia and it was the land of fairies.
A wild beast lived here and
he was trying to destroy all the fairies.
I crossed the clouds of
darkness and the seas of waves until I came to the deadly cave.
This is where the monster
lived with his deadly brothers and sisters.
I took out my might sword
and slayed every monster.
Alfia was saved and I was
crowned queen
Suddenly I woke up.
A Wonderful Dream
By
Grace
I
put my head down and fell fast asleep.
I
was sitting on a magic unicorn.
He
was so beautiful.
He
had big wings.
He
gave me a ride up into the sky.
I
woke up.
It
was just a dream.
Scoil Naisiunta Mhuire, Rathpeacon, Cork
A Fall of Snow
Eadaoin O’Neill
One winter’s morning, Judy woke up and felt a nip in
the air. She sprang from the bed and flew like a flash over to the window. She
suddenly started jumping in up and down with excitement. “There’s snow in the
garden! There’s snow in the garden!!” She then noticed a little robin perched
on a log in the deep snow. He looked hungry. She phoned her friend Harry. It
took a while for Harry to come over because of the deep snow. While Harry was
on his way over, Judy threw her clothes on and went downstairs. Judy went
outside and Harry was already making the snowman’s body. Judy went inside again
and got a scarf for the snowman and one of her dad’s pipes for his mouth. Then
Judy and Harry made snowballs and threw them at each other. Judy had more
snowballs than Harry, so when Harry bent over to make more, Judy threw one at
him! Harry got so angry he hit Judy in the face. But Harry did not realise that
Judy’s face started bleeding! Harry fell over laughing! Meg ran in and told
Mammy. Mammy gave Judy a cloth for her face and Harry came in still smirking.
Harry gave a big yell. “Oh my God! I’m so sorry”, he said to Judy. But when
they were inside they never realised their snowman and all the snow had melted
to the ground because of the sunshine. Then Judy and Harry went back into the
garden. “Where are my snowballs?” said Judy. “Where is our snowman?” screamed
Harry. “Oh!” said Judy. “They’re melted away”. Loads of the snow was gone and
Judy and Harry were very sad. Judy and Harry were thinking about next
Christmas. “Let’s make the biggest snowman ever next year”, said Judy and Harry
together. “But let’s say this was the best Christmas ever!” said Judy.
Wax Nightmare!
Alan Dennehy
It was Halloween night and my friend Mark and I were
going to a Halloween wax museum. When we arrived it was black with people! We
had to squeeze through the door. We were there an hour and then all of a sudden
the lights went off. We heard screams and then they faded slowly. The lights
came back on and only mark and I were left. Even the wax statues were gone!
Mark and I both looked at each other and wondered what
was going on. Next, we heard noises. They were coming closer. Mark and I both
ran for the cleaner’s room and locked it. We sat there for a while wondering
what was going on bit eventually we got fed up so we got some weapons such as a
football bat, two broken pipes and a flashlight and then off we went.
When we reached the hall it was pitch black so we
turned on our flashlights, we looked around and then we heard the same noises
again. Something moved behind us – we turned like lightening before you could
say a thing. Mark took out the pipe he found and went up to the curtain. When
he swung it there was a thump and then silence. Something jumped out at Mark
and I reacted as fast as lightening and hit whatever it was with my baseball
bat. It fell and then scattered. When Mark got up he looked like he had seen a
ghost or something. Then he said “that thing that jumped out at me was a
vampire!” Then we realised that the wax statues had come to life!
We searched every door in the museum but they were
locked and that’s when we started to panic! We were wrecked after running
around the museum. We stopped and I looked at my watch. It was nearly midnight . We heard the same noises
again except this time they were louder and closer. I could see dark figures in
the distance. Mark and I both took out our weapons. Now I could see what the
figures were and so could Mark. There was every single type of monster you
could think of! But before they could touch us, the clock struck midnight and moonlight came in and
burned them all to pieces. The doors flew open. Mark and I ran out, turned
around and looked at the museum. Everyone who had disappeared earlier came
running out.
Mark and I will always remember that night and wonder
what made these strange things happen on Halloween night.
Scoil Haróid Boys, Dalkey, Co Dublin.
How to Become a Super Hero
By Noah Kouadri, 5th
class
Step One:
Make a costume. Go around your house and find any
clothing that looks great.
Step Two:
Have a
name. This is the easy part , just have
a name and you’re good to go.
Step Three:
Have a lair.
Just find any old place that nobody goes to any more to use as a hide-out.
Step Four:
Have Weapons. Not guns, because they’re rubbish. Just
have a grapple hook or something more adventurous.
Step Five:
Have a side kick. Maybe find a friend or a sort of
nerd, to help you.
Step Six:
Train. This final one- always keep training in
fighting skills and stuff like that.
Well that it’s so have fun becoming a Super Hero !.
A HOLE IN THE WALL
By
Caylam Gamble
I’m Ben Keane. I was Frank Dunne’s cellmate. People in
prison say they’re innocent when they’re
not. but Frank was. , He never killed his mother, he loved her so
much. So I’ll tell you about the life and death of Frank Dunne.
Guilty said the judge,’’ No
question about it. Franks face was blank. The judge said he would serve a life
sentence [25years]
they got him in his orange uniform and off he
went. As he was walking in, all the prisoners hands were trying to grab Frank . He
got in to his cell and got so angry that
he threw a stone at the wall and it was
made of... plaster?
Frank didn’t sleep that night, the prisoners
were shouting at him all night until dawn. The first day in prison is the
worst. Frank’s first breakfast was when he met me. Prison breakfast isn’t what
you see on TV. Today we had brown bread and orange juice.
“Is anyone sitting here
?” asked Ben. “Doesn’t look like it” grunted Frank.
Frank Dunne wasn’t a morning
person because he was half asleep when he was eating. The Russell twins were
over to Frank as quick as the wind. The Russell twins are kind of like fat
bullies in prison. Frank wasn’t the type of person you wanted to start a fight
with. One of the Russell twins threw Frank’s orange juice in his face. Frank
stood up and shoved the twin. The twin shoved Frank on the ground. All the
prisoners were chanting “Fight! Fight!
Fight ! Frank got up and punched
the twin in the face. The twin was knocked out stone cold. Then the other
Russell twin jumped on Frank and the guards came in and hit them with their
bats. When Frank got back to his cell he was in pain. He couldn’t chip away at
the wall. He called it a night. When Frank woke up there were guards searching
his cell. “What’s going on?” asked Frank. Someone broke your window last night.
How. That’s what were trying to find out
.Another day in prison for Frank . I threw the rock at your window. You what . Why did you that I needed your help
, you could of told me today
well what’s the news, there’s a hole in your wall. You can’t tell
anybody and how did you find out ? well when
I was walking up to your cell to tell you that I’m leaving in 18 months
I seen the hole . So I came up here to give you this pen knife to help you dig
faster and here’s a poster of Liverpool
players to cover the hole up. Thanks man. (16 MONTHS LATER) Dear Ben I’m leaving the hole is finished and
I’ve heard that one of the Russell twin’s has died. P.S I’ll be in Hawaii Hawaii
Somehow his new life would never
be the same again.
(Frank Dunne 1898-1981)
Scoil
Naisiunta Mhin Teineadh Ardara, Donegal.
The Missing Baboon
Le Ailín Nic Suibhne
Yesterday morning, Mrs. Brown, the zoo-keeper
discovered a baboon from her zoo had vanished.
Later that morning, the zoo-keeper put an ad on the local radio saying
saying
“Missing baboon from
Dublin Zoo”.
Anyone who spots the
baboon roaming the streets
please call 1875-baboon”.
The next day a call came in from a woman who had seen
what she called a ‘big bird with strange
wings and tail’ running along a field.
Eventually, Mrs. Brown tracked down the ‘big bird’ and you’ll never guess! The bird with the strange wings and tail was
none other than the silly old baboon.
The Stations
Le Cora Ní Bhaoill
The station masses were an event that used to take
place every March and October. The
priest would call out the namesof the people that were to hold the stations in
their homes. The people that would be
picked would have to clean the whole house, even the sheds and the hen coops
and everything inside the house.
When the day came, the polished china sets would be
brought out at 7 am . The man of the house would go outside finish
last minute jobs. Neighbours would start
to arrive at 8 am . They may have walked 3 or 4
miles . The priest would
arrive at 9am and he clerks would be in
the car with him. Someone would be nominated to meet them and bring in the
suitcase. In the middle of the mass,
they would bring in a barrel of water which would be blessed by the priest.
After mass, most neighbours would leave but the ones
that had walked a long distance would stay for breakfast along with the
priest. They would get bacon, egg, toast
and tea.
All Ireland
Le Ultán Ó Braonáin
The All Ireland football final of 2011 will go down as
one of the most dramatic sporting events in Gaelic history.
The game took place in Croke Park Dublin
The match was very close at times and nerve-racking
for the fans from both counties. Colm
Cooper scored a great goal to put Kerry into the lead. A great ball in from Darren O’Sullivan was
finished exquisitely by the Gouch.
In the second half Kerry had an early flurry of scores,
including a fine long range point from Brian Sheehan, to put the Kingdom ahead
by 4 points. But a goal from Philly Mc
Mahon put the Dubs right back into the game and the equalizer from Kevin Nolan
made for a tense finish.
A last minute free for Dublin
The Kerry keeper kicked the ball out and the ref blew
his whistle. The Dublin
All in all, it was one of the best finals I have seen-
a well deserved win for the Dubs.
'What's the Story?' is produced by Enda M. Roche, is a
Pearlman Media Production for RTEjr, and is supported by the BAI Sound &
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