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** CARLA'S BIG ADVENTURE **

When I was born my parents were shot and killed by poachers who were trying to catch and trade me for money. I was lucky enough to escape. As I was escaping I ran into a human couple that had seen what had happened and they took me in, gave me shelter, food and they accepted me into their family. Because I was so young I only vaguely remember what my parents looked like. I don’t know what I am but I know that I’m different to my adopted parents.

My owners’ names are Tony and Amanda; they are the closest thing I’ve had to a family. I have lived in Africa with my adoptive parents for over a year and a half but today Tony, Amanda and I are moving to Australia. We’re all looking forward to it.

When we arrived at the airport, we went to get our tickets but on the way there I saw quite a few men staring at me. As they walked closer and closer to me I got scared and started to run. Luckily, I ran into Tony and Amanda.

Because I am not human I had to fly in the plane in a cage in a different area to where my parents were. When I boarded the plane I was given some bananas and then suddenly I felt drowsy. When I woke up I was in this unfamiliar bedroom. The television was running, I had a soft toy sitting next to me that looked kind of like me and the window was left open. I didn’t feel safe at all. Something was wrong!

Suddenly a newsflash came on the television. It said that a monkey had been kidnapped and that she was being held for ransom. They showed a photo of the monkey and the picture was of me. Then I suddenly thought to myself, hey I’m a monkey. I glimpsed back at the television and I saw Tony and Amanda. They were very upset and pleading to the public for any information about me. I decided to try and find Amanda and Tony on my own and escaped out of the open window. As I crawled out the window I heard a big crash. Someone was coming. I better hurry.

When I started to run I paused for a minute because there was something familiar about those men standing there looking for me. They were the guys from the airport. Then they saw me and started to crawl out of the window. When I saw them I started to move a little bit faster but I was trapped. I had walked onto a plank that was hanging over the edge of the building then suddenly one of them jumped onto the plank and it sent me flying over to the building next door with the plank following after me.

When I was on top of the other building I could see all the places in town. I then saw signs with pictures of different forms of animals on it and it said something about a zoo. So I went there straight away thinking they could help me find Tony and Amanda. When I got there I went to the front office but instead of helping me they locked me up in a cage thinking I was a monkey from the zoo. But then they realised I wasn’t a monkey from the zoo. I was the monkey that everyone was looking for so they called Amanda and Tony right away. A couple of minutes later Tony and Amanda arrived. They were so happy to see me but the decided it would be better if I stayed at the zoo with the monkeys. From then on they’ve come to see me really frequently at the zoo.

by Cassie 

** A TURTLE **  One day there was a turtle that was called James. James the turtle was up to no good and was always getting into trouble! This turtle was a bad turtle. He was the meanest of all turtles but one day that all changed.

He was swimming and he was trying to get out of the water when he smacked his head so hard it was not funny. The zoo doctor got him out of the water and did surgery. When he was finished the little turtle could not remember anything!

When the zookeepers put James back in his tank all the other turtles ran away but one didn’t move. James walked up to the turtle and the turtle said, 'Hi my name's Joe. You hit your head pretty hard, are you ok?” The turtle nodded and said, "Yeah, I think so.”

That night James realised how mean he was! He promised himself he was going to change. The next morning he was very polite to all of the other turtles and peace was restored.

THE END!!


 * by Ricky**

** MY LIFE AT THE ZOO  28/04/09 ** **Dear Diary, T oday I was doing my rounds feeding the animals. When I was feeding the animals I saw all the lemurs acting more excited and friendly than normal. I was lost for words trying to figure out why so I gave them their food and left. As soon as I left I turned around all their food was gone. They looked like they were smiling at me like they had just played a joke. It was weird, funny and very very strange. ** **29/04/09**  **Dear Diary,

Today, yet again, I was feeding the animals and as always I was happy. Today the plants played an unusually large part in that happiness for today the plants smelt particularly nice. In a way they smelt so nice I could almost taste it in my mouth. It was a strange but nice feeling and that feeling continued for the whole day. ** **Dear Diary,
 * 30/04/09 **

Today I didn’t feed the animals. I was stuck with cleaning out their pens. It isn’t the most pleasant job ever and yes it does smell pretty bad but someone needs to clean it and so that was what I did for the day. Pretty boring! ** **Dear Diary,
 * 01/05/09 **

Today I did the usual feeding thing and did my once a month job of planting new plants. I found a whole lot of slimy worms eeeeeeeewwwwwww! They were slimy to touch and that is what I did for the whole day. ** **<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; color: #ca0c0c; font-size: 130%;">Dear Diary,
 * 02/05/09 **

Today all the animals were being very noisy, especially the lions and lionesses. That lasted all day. I had a killer headache from all the noise and needing to separate the lions because they looked as though they were trying to kill each other. If we hadn't of separated them there would have been one less lion at the zoo. ** by Gemma **
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** Henry and Hattie Rumble in the Jungle **



“Hahahaha!” the twins laughed in sync. Henry and Hattie were twins. Hattie born 1 minute and 43 seconds before Henry and she always rubbed it in. They got along so well and were the best of friends!

One day they were having a play in their waterhole when out of nowhere Hattie punched Henry, “Ouch!” Henry shouted. “Why’d you do that!?” he continued. “Well, you kicked my leg!” Hattie shouted. “I did not!” screamed Henry “You did so!!” screeched Hattie. This went on and on for about half an hour. Finally Hattie ran out of the waterhole and ran away. They didn’t speak for hours. Those hours became days and those days became lots of hours and days. They were separated for a lot longer than normal. Still neither of them wanted to apologise first. Their friends tried to get them happy again but nothing would work.

One night they were both in their beds thinking about the same thing; how much they missed each other. Hattie couldn’t even remember why they were arguing. That night she fell asleep deciding that tomorrow was the day to go and apologise. Henry was thinking too. He was also going to apologise. He missed his sister, his best friend, his whole world. He missed it so much that he fell asleep also deciding that tomorrow was the day; the day to apologise. Hattie and Henry woke up early to get ready. They left their huts at the same time and started walking, both thinking heavily... What was he going to say?? How was he going to say it?

He was thinking so hard that he didn’t see where he was going and bumped into someone. He turned around startled. “Watch where you’re going!” they said grumpily lifting their head. “Woops, I mean hi, I mean umm...” he stuttered. It was Hattie, “Hello Henry, I was just coming to see you I...” Hattie started. “I also came to see you!” he said feeling good looking at his beloved sister.

For a minute they were silent, just staring at each other, both happy to see one another; “Sorry!” the twins said in sync. Hattie had missed that happening, they both smiled! They were both forgiven. “Want to go for a swim!?” Hattie said. “Oh what the hay, sure! I’d love to!” They walked off together and headed towards the waterhole. “I have forgotten what we were fighting about! Let’s be good again!” Henry said. “Yes, definitely,” Hattie said as they entered their favourite waterhole.

By Dallas