Here are some samples of narratives written by Raupo students. The authors this week are Alex, Oscar and Danielle. Their stories certainly have some unusual ideas!

The Big Pig                                                                 By Alex

Once there was a big pig. It honked like an elephant, stomped like a hippo and it was as big as a T-rex. It was crazy how big. IHe lived in a small town but with tons of people in the town. Most of the town the pig stayed in thought he was nice until one day!!! Nobody knew why. He rolled out of town and carried on rolling. He stopped rolling at New York. The pig thought he was big until he saw New York. At the end he just wanted a doughnut and when he ate it he stopped being bad.

The Mad Truck Driver                                                  By Oscar

Hi my name is Ben. I was walking down the street and I saw a round plump guy driving a truck. I waved at him. He looked at me and drove onto the footpath and started to speed up from 50 to about 180. I had to run as fast as I could. He was 20 metres away from me, now 10, now, 5 now 2, now 1. I was running on a bridge that was going over the sea. The truck was ten centimetres away and I had to jump. SPLASH as I hit the water. I swam to the surface. I could hear the truck driver shouting Old man Jakons will get you. I hear a siren but I don't know what siren it is. I realise it’s a TSUNAMI SIREN!  To be continued...

Life Home Alone As An Animal!                              By Danielle

Zzzz… Zzzz...“Here guinea guinea, come here Muffin…” AAAHH MY OWNER IS COMING!! I NEED TO RUN!! Oh hi there, my name is Muffin and I am a guinea pig. I have a sister called Licorice and she is the best! I will go get her. Hold on, give me a second… “Licorice come here, I have someone for you to meet.” Oh wait, she’s asleep. Better not disturb her. Anyway, My owner is called Danielle. She is the best person in the whole universe! She feeds me carrot, cucumber, spinach, cabbage, capsicum, apple, pellets and the list goes on. Right now I am in my tunnel since Licorice hogs the cave house. My tunnel is SO uncomfortable but it's good enough. Me and Licorice fight A HEAP!! But at the end of the day we are always happy with each other. Wait a second, I think I heard the spinach bag!! Maybe if me and Licorice start squeaking together really really loudly, then Danielle will feel bad and hopefully give us some. “SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK.” Oh oh oh she’s coming over, I’ll hide in my tunnel in case she is just coming over to pick us up - Dang it, It’s only a carrot. I will only eat a carrot if I am about to die of starvation. Which is very unlikely since I get fed every morning and night. And then we get something from the treat jar. Ah the treat jar. My favourite is definitely dried apple.Oh, uh, Muffin you're drooling a bit. Let me guess, you're thinking about dried apples again? We aren’t getting it until dinnertime, and it's only morning.” “ Didn’t know you were awake, Licorice.” said Muffin. “Well I am,” Licorice said in a weird voice. Suddenly there was a loud BANG! Someone slammed the door shut. “ Wait a second, if the door slammed shut, and it is silent, THEN THAT MEANS NO ONE IS HOME!! PARTY TIME!!! Oh wait I don’t have anything to party with… SLEEP TIME!!!! Still not as good but whatever. Goodbye!!!