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Story SeedsAutumn In The City Story Seeds - Autumn In The City In autumn 2021, Fighting Words and the DMR South Central Community Policing Units approached 20 schools to create new stories focused mainly on the south side, with one quick trip to the northside. The five Story Seeds - Autumn In The City stories were written in September and October 2021 at online workshops with the participating schools and teams of volunteer mentors and illustrators from Fighting Words. We think you will agree that each story is full of action and fun starring a huge range of inventive characters in adventures from the Grand Canal to the Gaiety Theatre, from the Guinness Storehouse to St. Stephen’s Green and everywhere in between. Congratulations to all the young writers for a fantastic achievement. Enjoy! A collaborative and creative collection by primary school students from Dublin
Story Seeds: Autumn In The City A collection of five stories by primary school students from across Dublin
About Story Seeds The Story Seeds project was born in spring 2021, a collaboration between Fighting Words, An Garda Siochána Community Policing Unit and local schools - new stories to celebrate the areas where we all live, work and play. The idea was that the first school would write the first chapter of a story, the next class would write the second chapter and so on. The first collection was published in June 2021 with the help of the Irish Youth Foundation, NEIC and the Arts Council and was a huge success. With potential to grow and expanded support from Creative Ireland the Department of Children, Equality, Disability Integration and Youth, the project partners approached a further 20 schools to create new stories focused mainly on the south side. with one quick trip back to the northside. The five Story Seeds - Autumn In The City stories were written between September and October 2021 at online workshops with the participating schools and teams of volunteer mentors and illustrators from Fighting Words. We think you will agree that each story is full of action and fun starring a huge range of inventive characters in adventures from the Grand Canal to the Gaiety Theatre, from the Guinness Storehouse to St Stephen’s Green and everywhere in between. Congratulations to all the young writers for a fantastic achievement. Enjoy! Copyright of the work created at Fighting Words rests with the authors, with permission granted to Fighting Words to feature the creative work in any of their publications, promotional material and websites. Fighting Words Fighting Words is a creative writing centre established in 2009 by Roddy Doyle and Seán Love in Dublin. Fighting Words aims to help students of all ages to develop their writing skills and to explore their love of writing. The Community Policing Units - DMR South Central Community engagement is at the heart of policing. This project included children from the Pearse Street, Kevin Street, Irishtown, Kilmainham and Donnybrook areas. Community Policing is a proactive, solution-based and community-driven form of policing. Fighting Words and the DMR South Central Community Policing Units are extremely grateful to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, the Irish Youth Foundation, the Arts Council and to Creative Ireland for the financial support of this project.
Story Seeds: Autumn In The City A collection of five stories by primary school students from across Dublin Contents Rocky’s Way Home 1 Terry’s Disaster 15 The Dublin Mystery 29 Tiny Jeff and the Squad’s Adventure 43 The Amazing Adventures of Sausage Roll 57
Rocky’s Way Home • Chapter One - Scoil Chaitríona, 4th Class, Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2 • Chapter Two - St. Patrick’s Girls National School, 4th Class, Ringsend, Dublin 4 • Chapter Three - St. Audeon’s National School, 4th Class, Cook Street, Dublin 8 • Chapter Four - St. Patrick’s Boys National School, 4th & 5th Class, Ringsend, Dublin 4 Chapter 1: The Marvelous Adventures of Rocky and Stick-Stick: Causing Trouble on Baggot Street Once upon a kennel, there was a dog called Rocky. Rocky was walking down Baggot Street one day when he saw a stick being blown down the street by the wind. The stick was feeling nervous and scared. She was afraid she was going to crack. “AAAHHHHHHH!” cried the stick. Rocky decided to try to stop the stick from rolling with his paws. “Oh! Thank you for saving me!” said the stick. “I could’ve cracked in that strong wind.” “You’re welcome! What’s your name?” replied Rocky. “My name is Stick-Stick, the thick stick. How can I repay you?” “I’m looking for a friend. Would you like to be my friend?” 1
Rocky and Stick-Stick became best friends. Stick-Stick used to belong to a big oak tree, but the wind had broken her off. When she met Rocky, she was missing her family, but she didn’t know that he also wanted a family! Rocky had been out looking for a family, but everybody kept saying no. This made him feel very sad. Having Stick-Stick as a best friend was nice, but he really wanted a family so he had a place to play with his new best friend. Rocky and Stick-Stick were walking to McDoggos. Rocky had found a fiver on the ground and wanted a Big Mac and Stick-Stick wanted chips and a burger. They had to pass by Scoil Chaitríona to get to McDoggos. They saw fourth class playing in the yard. Rocky could hear a few words coming from the students as they walked by. “There’s a stick walking by with a dog!” cried one of the students. “That’s really strange!” shouted another. “Isn’t the dog supposed to chew on the stick?” Rocky and Stick-Stick went up to the yard. Ms. Cagney had just come out to see what was happening. “Stop this messing around and get back to class!” said Ms. Cagney. Rocky and Stick-Stick decided to follow the students into their school. They wiggled through the gate and followed them into their classroom. Before they got too far, Rocky was terrified when he saw the class pet: a butterfly named Jimmy. Stick-Stick tried 2
to shoo the butterfly away. “There’s no need for that,” said Jimmy. “You could’ve just asked me nicely...” Chapter 2: An Adventure to Ringsend Rocky and Stick-Stick decided to leave Scoil Chaitríona to go to Ringsend Park. “Do you want to come with us?” they asked Jimmy. “Yeah sure, I will come with you and Stick-Stick,” he replied. On their way, they stopped and looked at all the trees. Pinned to one of the trees was a poster that said ‘MISSING DOG’. The poster had a photo of Rocky with his address in Ringsend. Rocky felt very shocked. “I’m finally going to have a family like I wanted.” “Can we go along on your journey too?” asked Stick- Stick. “Sure!” They went to Spar to buy dog treats and then another dog came along and began to chase Stick-Stick. Stick-Stick ran and was screaming for her life because she had the dog treats. The other dog was very greedy and wanted to take the dog treats from her. “Go to Canon Mooney Gardens, that’s where your family lives!” Stick-Stick shouted back at Rocky and Jimmy as she ran away. Rocky and Jimmy went to the top of the steps and found 3
Stick-Stick. They all jumped into the sewers. It was shallow enough that Jimmy and Stick-Stick hopped onto Rocky’s back. It got a little bit deeper and they began to sink. Soon they were underwater, where they found a hole. When they went through it, they found a big underground mansion. They decided to go into the mansion. There was a big bear on a chair in the sitting room. The bear was eating a big chocolate cake. “Who are you?” asked Jimmy. “I’m the big bear called Joey. WHO DARES ENTER BIG JOEY’S MANSION?!” Rocky, Stick-Stick and Jimmy laughed at Big Joey. They were not scared of him. “No wonder why they call you Big Joey, you’re so big,” they said. “Why aren’t you scared of me?” squeaked Big Joey. “Because you’re so fluffy and cute, and your voice is so high-pitched,” replied Rocky. “WHO DARES LAUGH AT BIG JOEY!?” “We do, because you’re so funny.” Big Joey got really mad and chased Rocky, Stick-Stick and Jimmy back into the sewers and out by Ringsend Park. As they were running away, they heard Big Joey shouting in the distance, “I just wanted to ask you if you like jazz!” They saw the dog that tried to steal the dog treats from Stick-Stick when they arrived back in Ringsend Park. She walked over to them. 5
“Sorry for trying to steal your dog treats earlier,” said the dog. “I haven’t eaten for a long time. My name is Bonnie.” “That’s okay. Do you know where Canon Mooney Gardens are?” asked Stick-Stick. “I don’t know,” said Bonnie. “But you can ask the girls over there.” Bonnie ran over to the group of girls to ask if they knew where Canon Mooney Gardens was. The girls were all in fourth class at St. Patrick’s Girls National School and they were playing rugby. “Bonnie, don’t you live in Canon Mooney Gardens?” asked one of the girls. “Oh yeah… I forgot!” Bonnie replied. Another girl turned around and exclaimed, “Rocky, I missed you so much!” “Who are you?” asked Rocky. One of the other girls threw the rugby ball and it almost hit Bonnie in the face. Stick-Stick and Jimmy were happy for Rocky but they didn’t know what was going to happen next. Rocky tried to run away but he tripped over the rugby ball. Bonnie saw the ball and ran after it. Rocky looked at the ball and really stared at it. He ran away again. “I know where Canon Mooney Gardens is,” said one of the girls. “I live there. I can show you how to get there.” They all moved towards Canon Mooney Gardens. 6
“Is it just me or did that dog talk?” asked the teacher, Ms. Oates. They all hopped on the bus toward Canon Mooney Gardens and all the adults stared at them. “Mammy, Mammy, there’s a dog on the bus,” said a child on the bus. They started to pet Rocky but Rocky growled and jumped off the bus before their stop... Chapter 3: Rocky and Bonnie’s Taxi Trip Rocky walked up to the next stop where his friend Bonnie was waiting for him. Rocky was limping because he had hurt his leg. “I hurt my leg when I jumped off the bus,” Rocky explained. “You shouldn’t have jumped off the bus,” Bonnie told him. Just then a taxi pulled over and they both hopped in. “Tino’s beside the Liffey, please!” said the dogs together. “I really want some ice cream,” said Bonnie. While they were in the taxi, Rocky and Bonnie got dog- napped! It turned out that the man driving them wasn’t really a taxi driver. He drove them to a very dark and mysterious place. “We’re here,” said the taxi driver. Rocky and Bonnie were really scared until the taxi driver turned on the lights. The taxi driver gave them a map and told them to find the park that would lead him to St. 7
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Audeon’s National School. The taxi driver wanted to go on holiday to Dubai, but someone had buried his tickets in the park next to the school. “Find my tickets and I’ll let you free,” said the taxi driver. “You only have one week.” “Should we run away?” whispered Bonnie. “What if the dog-napper stays with us while we dig the tickets up?” said Rocky. “Yeah, that makes sense,” she replied. Rocky and Bonnie were put into cages and brought to the park. When they arrived, they saw some students from fourth class at St Audeon’s NS on a school trip. They were drawing pictures of St Audeon’s Church. The taxi driver opened the cages to let the dogs free, then hid behind a tree. One of the students screamed because they were afraid of dogs, so they went to tell the teacher, Ms. Johnson. Rocky and Bonnie came closer to them, but the student who was afraid of dogs ran away and the other students followed them. “Hey, kids! GET BACK HERE!” shouted Ms. Johnson. As the students were running away, one of them looked back and noticed Rocky. “Hey, that’s the lost dog from the poster,” said the student. “Let’s go back and help it look for its owner.” “Maybe there’s a collar with a number on it,” said another student. 9
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The students rang the number on Rocky’s collar and found out where he lived: Canon Mooney Gardens. The students walk to the bus stop on Thomas Street. They hopped on the next bus to Canon Mooney Gardens. When they found Rocky’s house, it was being destroyed. The students recognised the person destroying the house. It was The Green Lady, a ghost from their church who followed them to Rocky’s house… Chapter 4: The End of the Line Rocky and Bonnie saw The Green Lady and tried to stop her from destroying the house. “Stop!” Rocky screamed, pushing her gently away from the house. “I will stop under one condition,” The Green Lady replied. “You bring back my pet butterfly, Jimmy.” Meanwhile, Jimmy was trapped in a cage. They didn’t know it, but the same taxi driver who captured Rocky and Bonnie had caught Jimmy. Rocky and Bonnie made their way back to the park outside St. Audeon’s National School. On their way, they passed Spar, Canton House, Lin’s, and Cambridge Football Club in Ringsend. They finally reached the park only to discover that Jimmy was moved to the new playground in Ringsend Park. Rocky and Bonnie returned to Ringsend on the bus and got off at the stop outside Robinson’s. They picked up a bottle of Coke and some packets of crisps. They had a long journey and were very hungry! 11
“Okay!” Rocky, Bonnie and Big Joey met Jerome at the chipper, Ferrari’s. Jerome hopped onto Rocky’s back and they all dashed to Ringsend Park. In the park, Stick-Stick had broken free of the cage but accidentally cracked some of her stick body on her way. Luckily, she had found a magical spellbook and regenerated her cracked body. Stick-Stick then bumped into Rocky and their other friends and told them that the taxi was parked in O’Rahilly Flats. “We should head over to the climbing frame to find Jimmy.” They all found Jimmy in a cage. Stick-Stick used a spare twig to pick the lock on the cage and Jimmy was free! They finally raced back to Rocky’s house in Canon Mooney Gardens to give Jimmy to The Green Lady. The problem was that Jimmy did not want to go back to her. Stick-Stick told Jimmy to wait. She went to find her spell book to make a clone of Jimmy. She made the clone and called it Jimbo and brought him to The Green Lady. “Thank you for bringing back Jimmy!” said The Green Lady, who did not realise that Jimbo was a clone and she left them alone. To celebrate, Rocky, Bonnie, Stick-Stick, Jimmy, Big Joey, Tom and Jerome walked to Cheekos, which was parked outside of St. Patrick’s Boys National School, for some ice cream. “Thank you for helping me save my home,” said Rocky. 12
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They walked over to Ringsend Park. and ran into Big Joey, who popped out of the sewer. They were surprised to see him. “What are you doing here?” asked Big Joey. “We’re going to make a plan to find Jimmy,” replied Rocky. “Oh, Jimmy is in the climbing frame hiding from The Green Lady,” Big Joey told Rocky and Bonnie. Rocky and Bonnie followed Big Joey to the park to look for Jimmy, but first they popped into Spar to see Tom, an employee there who knew Big Joey. “We have some Ireland vs Qatar tickets in the Aviva Stadium on sale!” Tom said. “Well, we have tickets to the 80s disco,” replied Big Joey. “When are jawbreakers coming back in stock?” asked Rocky. “They’ll be back next week,” said Tom. “This is useless,” said Bonnie. “I’m calling my spider detective friend, Jerome, to help us find Jimmy.” She turned to Tom. “Can I borrow your phone?” “Sure.” Bonnie called Jerome. “Can you help us find our friend, Jimmy the Butterfly?” “No can do. You have to give me something in return,” replied Jerome. “What do you want?” “I want jawbreakers.” “I can have them for you in a week.” 14
Terry’s Disaster • Chapter One - Inchicore National School, 6th Class, Kilmanham, Dublin 10 • Chapter Two - Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál, 6th Class, Tyrconnell Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8 • Chapter Three - St. Christopher’s Primary School, 5th Class, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 • Chapter Four - Our Lady of Lourdes National School, 2nd Class, Inchicore, Dublin 8 Chapter One: Terry’s Travels - The Dinosaur from Mars Terry the six-legged dinosaur crashed down from Mars into Grattan Crescent in Inchicore. He landed on his feet but still felt a bit dazed. A magical donkey called Blob found Terry. Blob felt a bit sorry for the dinosaur because he looked so confused. “Hi, are you okay?” Blob asked. “No, I’ve just been kicked off my planet. I failed my king,” Terry explained. “How did you fail the king?” Blob wanted to know. “I’m a jester. My jokes weren’t funny and I might have just eaten one or two of the dino-nuggets. Or there might have been a chance that I ate them all,” Terry replied sheepishly. A crowd had gathered around Terry and Blob and people were taking pictures with their phones. Terry became 15
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really scared and ran away. Blob went after him. Terry and Blob ran into the secret garden in Inchicore National School to hide. When they opened the door in the garden, they discovered a secret tunnel. The secret tunnel led to Tesco in Grattan Crescent. A woman said to them, “You can’t be here. I’m going to call the manager if you don’t leave.” But there was a problem. Terry’s magical powers kicked in and turned the woman to stone. Blob looked at Terry, perplexed. “How did you do that? How did you get those powers?” Terry replied, “Well, when I am scared, I turn things into stone by accident…” Chapter 2: Lost and Found Suddenly, he ran away from the conversation, and he took a wrong turn. Terry started to smell pizza, and his tummy rumbled. He licked his lips. His nose led him to Rascal’s Pizza. Terry climbed into the air vents to get to the kitchen and followed the smell. Halfway through the air vents, he fell through and into the restaurant! He crashed down onto the table, and a sudden gasp filled the room as the crowd backed away. He ran outside, and to his surprise, he heard an ominous whir as UFOs emerged from the clouds. He heard a robotic sounding voice coming from the spaceship. It said, “Come take your rightful place in front of the court of law for the crimes you have commited!” Terry looked up, enraged, and said, “Never! I won’t come back!” And he ran away towards the school, Scoil Mhuire 17
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Gan Smál, known as SMGS. Terry’s heart was racing and his hands were shaking with fear. Once inside the door, he saw a basket titled Lost and Found. He saw people wearing uniforms, and thought to himself, “They won’t recognize me in this,” as he grabbed a uniform of navy trousers, blue shirt, and navy jumper with the crest of the Oblates Church on it from the Lost and Found basket. A teacher found him in the corridor and asked, “Why aren’t you in your classroom?” Terry was shocked and he stuttered, “Uh, eh, uh,” and he turned and bolted up the stairs. He saw doors with numbers on them. He burst through one of the doors and into a class. All the students looked at him, and he accidentally turned all of them into stone because he got scared. Terry ran back down the stairs and saw the aliens standing at the door. He jumped into the Lost and Found basket. The aliens ran past Terry and into the classroom where all the kids were turned into stone. Instantly, they knew Terry had been there. They looked at each other and said, “We’ve lost him!” Gobsmacked, they gazed out the window as the ground shook and the spaceship’s engine revved. Their jaws dropped, as did the leaves from the trees as the spaceship ascended from the schoolyard. Terry waved mockingly from the spaceship. Distracted from the excitement, he didn’t realize that there wasn’t enough fuel on the spaceship. The engine spluttered and the spaceship wobbled from side to side. He crashed abruptly into the canal with a large splash! 19
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As the water began to seep into the ship, Terry’s heart began to sink along with the ship. Terry, panicked, tried relentlessly to open the door. He eventually found the eject button and pressed it. As he pressed it, the seat flew into the air and a parachute deployed, and Terry sailed into the sunset as the aliens incredulously watched on in amazement. Terry could see the astronomical size of Dublin below him. He saw Blob with his arms up in the air. Blob whistled to get his attention and cheered, “You can do it!” As he was enjoying his moment gliding through the Dublin skyline, he saw an armada of spaceships coming down from the sky. He saw the mother spaceship charging up its lasers… Chapter Three: The Candy Sea Terry saw a red square of land on top of a school where he could land. He attempted to glide to it and landed near some colourful benches. It was St. Christopher’s Primary School. Blob the magical donkey came out of nowhere and kicked the mother spaceship out of the sky. Blob had bought him some time, so Terry dashed through the doors and into the classroom. The students there were shocked and they began launching their lunches at Terry. “Oh wow, some lunch on the floor! This really is a nice school,” Terry said. He began eating the turkey sandwiches, carrots, and apples off of the floor. Terry got so full that he couldn’t handle it anymore 21
and he had to take a nap. He collapsed on the student’s tables. The students dragged Terry into the library. The library was big and colourful, with a big bean bag. They left him to rest on the bean bag. The students then called Animal Control to come and deal with Terry. When the Animal Control crew went into the library, they saw Terry. One of them said, “Why did I sign up to do this?” They ran away from Terry. The spaceships were still approaching. They could see the red brick houses with Halloween decorations all around the school. They could also see a church, a bell tower, Herbert Park, and an old school right next to the new one. Blob had been captured after kicking the mother spaceship. One of the spaceships flew by the windows, and there was the silhouette of a donkey inside. A robotic voice announced: “Terry. We’ve captured your friend.” Terry had a plan because he knew that Blob the magical donkey could swim. He wouldn’t give himself up to the aliens since he knew that they would take them out to sea. Terry woke up from his nap, bashed open a window, and followed the spaceship out to sea. He hopped on top of the Number 17 bus and rode it towards the sea. He saw the two red and white striped chimneys at Poolbeg. They kind of reminded him of candy canes. Terry then saw Blob get launched into the ocean and he was scared. He was ready to turn the spaceship into stone. Candy came out of Blob’s eyes as he was crying. 22
He cried so much that he filled the whole ocean with candy. Terry followed the trail of candy that Blob had made and it led to the back of the spaceship. From out of all the candy came a fish, and in a deep, grumpy voice, he said, “What have you done to the sea?” Terry explained the whole story and the fish decided to help him by building a ladder made of fish in order to reach the spaceship. (The fish were able to do this because they had eaten so much sugar.) Terry was so nervous and shocked that he accidentally turned all of the fish into stone. In a scared voice, he stuttered, “I-I-I’m sorry!” to all of them. When Terry entered the spaceship, there were no aliens. They had escaped down the stone fish ladder when he wasn’t looking. Before they left, the aliens had planted a bomb in the spaceship. Terry was smart, though. He looked around the spaceship and spotted the bomb in the corner. He turned it into stone. He then turned the spaceship into stone so the aliens couldn’t return to their planet. Blob climbed the ladder into the spaceship to meet up with Terry, and figure out what they would do next… Chapter Four: The Help For The Rocks “How are we going to turn people back to people?” Blob asked. They thought about some science experiments that 23
could turn all of the things back from stone. “I have an idea,” said Terry. Terry and Blob caught a bus and then on the Luas to get to Inchicore. They passed the Good Counsel football club and then went past the Grand Canal. The trees were a bit yellow and a bit green, with a little orange and red, too. They stopped in the Applegreen Garage to pick up some supplies.They found potions and - because they were also hungry - they bought a Fanta and a couple of packets of crisps. Terry and Blob went to the Youth Project in the red and blue building to start experimenting. Inside, they saw fake grass and met Thomas. “Hi Thomas, can we come in and do some experiments to turn people back from stone?” Terry asked. “I turned them into stone because I was scared.” Thomas asked him, “Why were you scared?” “I get nervous when I see people,” Terry explained. Thomas said, “That is no problem. I can help you.” Together, Terry, Blob, and Thomas began to come up with a solution. They failed a few times. They made a huge mess the first time. Then there was a small explosion and the potion went everywhere! Terry said, “We’ll try again. If it doesn’t work, we’ll try new potions!” When they tried again, it worked! They tested it on a 24
tiny stone, and it became a person! It was the teacher that Terry had turned to stone earlier. “Thank you so much!” said the teacher, who was delighted to be back. Terry, Blob, and Thomas all cheered and bumped elbows. “Yay!” they shouted, waving their hands in the air. They took the bus back to one of the schools they had been in before - Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál - so they could turn the students back to life. “Get out! Stay away!” said the principal from the school as Terry, Blob, and Thomas walked in. “Don’t worry! We’ve got the cure,” Terry reassured her. The principal said, “I’ll give you one chance, and one chance only!” They gave the potion to each of the kids. Everyone went BOOM, and came back to life! Everyone exclaimed, “Thank you! The potion worked!” Terry felt happy to be able to help. Terry said to the kids, “We have a job for you. Would you like to help us?” “That’s a great idea!” they all said. They all hopped on a bus with all of the buckets and shovels that they needed to clear out the sea. It took them a half hour to clear the sea of candy. They filled twenty buckets with candy. 25
They still had to de-stone the fish, but had to be careful in case the potion got into the sea, since it would take all of the rocks away. Everyone helped to take all of the fish out and put them in buckets before giving them a bit of the potion that turned them back to life. They gently put the fish back into the sea. Terry and Blob were thinking of going back to Mars, but the people didn’t want them to go. They decided to stay and live in Ring Street in a yellow, black, and grey terraced house. Terry and Blob were happy crying. They loved staying in Dublin now that they had friends and weren’t scared anymore. 26
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The Dublin Mystery • Chapter One - St. Catherine’s National School, 5th Class, Donore Road, Dublin 8 • Chapter Two - Loreto College Junior School, 6th Class, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2 • Chapter Three - North Dublin Muslim National School, 5th Class, Navan Road, Dublin 7 • Chapter Four - Warrenmount Primary School, 6th Class, Blackpitts, Dublin 8 Chapter One: Dublin In The Eyes Of An Orange Oisín the Orange was in India in a marketplace. He wanted to escape because he knew James Bond wouldn’t be able to find him there. Oisín was escaping the market when a seagull swooped down and picked him up. The seagull dropped Oisín in the yard in St. Catherine’s National School in Dublin. One of the students in third class, Jack, picked him up. Jack thought the orange looked a bit dusty and dirty so threw him at the compost bin. He didn’t have very good aim, so Oisín landed beside the bin rather than in it. A couple minutes later, the junior infants came out into the yard. A little girl named Ella picked Oisín up and shoved him in her lunchbox. Inside the lunchbox, Oisín met Claire the Cucumber and Adam the Apple. 29
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Adam said, “Hi.” Claire said, “Ewww! You’re an orange!” “You think you’re better because you’re a vegetable?” Oisín responded. Claire told him, “Yes I do - I know that.” Adam said to Oisín, “She’s only a stinking vegetable. No one likes them.” Claire retorted, “You fruits think you’re so smart, just because you grow on trees.” “How was your fall?” Oisín said to Adam. “It was good, like a fall from heaven,” Oisín replied. Suddenly, Ella’s lunchbox fell - but it didn’t feel like a fall from heaven. The lunchbox opened and they ran out. One of the kids, Tom, stepped on Claire. Gerry the Cat saw all this happening. Gerry jumped over the fence into the schoolyard and put Claire in the bin. Adam and Oisín asked Claire if she needed help getting out. “Claire, do you need some help? We can climb up there and get you out of there.” “No, I don’t need help from fruits!” she yelled at them. Adam and Oisín climbed over the fence. They went to Noshington because they felt they were safe there. Adam the Apple had an ice cream and Oisín the Orange had hot chocolate. Gerry the Cat followed them and was watching them 31
from a tree. When Adam and Oisín left Noshington, Gerry jumped down and started chasing them. Oisín and Adam climbed up the drainpipe on the side of Noshington, where they found a bucket. They both pushed the bucket to the ground and it landed on Gerry’s head. “Meow!” cried Gerry. He wriggled out from under the bucket and spotted the bird who had dropped Oisín at St Catherine’s earlier. The bird had been trying to get some of Adam’s ice cream. Gerry jumped up into the tree again and caught the bird. They both fell from the tree and into the bin outside Noshington. Adam and Oisín left Noshington with a giggle and went into Harolds Cross Park. They saw a newspaper in a bin. Oisín saw an ad with a photograph of James Bond, wearing sunglasses and holding two thumbs up. The ad read: JAMES BOND MEET AND GREET! ONE WEEK ONLY! GET YOUR TICKETS BEFORE THEY SELL OUT! Oisín was ecstatic. “This is my dream! I’m going to meet James Bond. I need to clean myself up.” Oisín then jumped off the Robert Emmet Bridge and into the Grand Canal... Chapter 2: A Fruity Disaster “Wait for me!” Adam shouted as he jumped in after him. They couldn’t see anything in the murky brown water. They felt a bit lost because they were just floating there. 32
A dolphin who lived in the canal jumped up and tried to eat them, but didn’t like the taste of them. He spat them out and they ended up in the pond in St Stephen’s Green. Adam and Oisín could see a swan and a duck fighting over some bread. Adam felt really nervous in the water. They could see the edge of the pond and tried to swim over - but to no avail. A catfish called Bob spotted them and swam over. Adam asked, “Would you please help us get out of the pond?” “Yeah, sure, I’d love to,” said Bob. “Hop on my back and I’ll bring you to the edge.” Oisín said “Thank you!” “We need a little more help,” said Adam. He told Bob about the James Bond Meet and Greet. Bob called his friend Lucy the Seagull. Oisín was surprised when he saw Lucy. She was the same seagull who had brought him over from India! “Hi Lucy, thanks for coming to help!” Oisín said. “Would you bring me to the James Bond Meet and Greet in the Gaiety Theatre?” “Well, I’m kind of busy making a nest,” Lucy replied. “I’ll see if my sister Emily is free.” Lucy let out a humongous squawk, which brought a load of seagulls into the park. She had only meant to call Emily but she was a little too loud. There were loads of families having lunch in St. Stephen’s Green when 33
the big group of seagulls arrived. It made the toddlers cry. The seagulls stole the sandwiches and packets of crisps so everyone started to run away. Emily abruptly arrived and she was a little annoyed. Lucy was always calling her for help. “Hi Lucy, I heard you calling. What’s the matter now?” Lucy told Oisín and Adam, “This is my sister Emily. She’s going to help you.” Emily said, “I’ll only help you if you steal me an ice cream. It has to be from Gino’s and it has to be strawberry ice cream with chocolate sauce and marshmallows. Or I’ll destroy your nest!” Lucy promised, “I’ll get you ice cream. This is Oisín and Adam. They’ve had a hard day so be nice to them!” Lucy left to build her nest. The Loreto College Junior School girls in 6th class were on a nature project field trip in St. Stephen’s Green. As Lucy flew over their heads, she pooped on them. Everyone laughed together and Ms. Walsh came by and gave the students tissues to wipe it off. The distraction allowed Oisín, Adam and Emily to fly over them without being noticed. They flew over to the Gaiety where there was a play on. It was Hamlet by Shakespeare. Oisín, Adam and Emily landed on the roof and climbed down into the theatre through the skylight. They landed on the stage in the middle of the play... 34
Chapter 3: The Great Big Disaster The crowd gasped in shock. The actors looked at Oisín and Adam and Emily. “Oh my goodness!” said one of the actors. “Who are you and how did you get here?” Emily started flapping her wings around and this scared the crowd. One of the men in the audience ran for the exit and everyone else followed him. The actors also fled the scene. After everyone left, Oisín and Adam and Emily were alone on the stage. “Oh, oops, we didn’t mean to do that,” Oisín said. Adam said, “Let’s go and see if we can find James Bond.” They found James Bond backstage. He was watching Matilda on his laptop and didn’t notice them at first. Oisín was so excited that he wasn’t able to talk at all. James Bond looked up and saw the apple, orange and seagull staring at him. He dropped his laptop and it smashed. Oisín, Adam and Emily ran out of the theatre. James Bond ran in the opposite direction. Oisín, Adam and Emily got on the next bus. It was the 39 to Cabra. They got out at Bogies Park and went to the playground. Oisín wondered, “Are we dreaming or not?” 35
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seagull in the basket. Then the light went green and she took off. When the light went red again, though, she was staring at the fruit - and not concentrating. She ended up going through the red light. There were Gardaí behind her who saw this. They pulled her over and one of them demanded, “Why were you not looking at the road?” “I randomly saw fruit and a seagull in my basket,” explained the girl. Oisín, Adam, Emily and Soupy didn’t want to be stopped by the Gardaí, but the basket was high off the ground and.Oisín was too afraid to jump down. Emily said, “Get on my back! Let’s get out of here.” Meanwhile, the Garda said to the girl, “There’s no fruit in your basket now.” He let her off with a warning. Emily flew them to the Phoenix Park, where they found a funfair. They landed on a candy floss stand. They went inside the stall and ate some candy floss. Then the owner of the stand spotted them. He tried to catch them and they nearly got away on Emily’s back. Adam and Oisín fell off when the candy floss stall owner got hold of her wing. They hid behind the swing ride. Emily squawked for her sister Lucy. “You stay and rest,” said Oisín. Lucy flew in to help Emily. “Let’s teach that guy a lesson!” 38
Emily replied, “Let’s unhook the candy floss machine and push it in the pond!” Meanwhile, Oisín, Adam and Soupy got on the bus again and headed for the hospital… Chapter 4: The Mystery The first bus that came along was a Dublin Tourism bus, so before they could get to the hospital they had to stop first at Guinness’s. There was a Garda on the bus so they jumped off. One of the security guards, Sarah, saw Oisín and Adam and Soupy. Sarah was a boxer and was hungry after her training. Sarah picked them up when they weren’t looking and put them in her lunchbag. They were all feeling terrified and frustrated. Soupy was feeling claustrophobic. Oisín was having an anxiety attack. Adam was laughing with his nerves. At the end of Sarah’s shift, she left and forgot her bag. They managed to munch a hole in the lunchbag as a way out. They were up in the Gravity Bar at the top of the Guinness Storehouse. They spotted the Spire, the Phoenix Park, Christchurch and St. Patrick’s Cathedral. They also saw Dublin Castle, lots of houses and Warrenmount Primary School. They were amazed at all they saw. They spotted loads of horses and carriages on the ground outside Guinness’s for the tourists. The fruits rolled downstairs and climbed onto one of the horse’s tails. 39
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basket with other fruit in it that he saw at the reception desk. The basket had a card on it, addressed to James Bond. Adam said “We finally got in.” “I’m delighted! I’m finally going to meet my hero,” whispered Oisín. One of the doctors picked up the basket, got in the lift, and went up to James Bond’s room. James Bond wasn’t there - but the window was wide open! Outside, Lucy and Emily saw James Bond jump out into his sports helicopter. Everyone felt disappointed. It was a mystery to them where he had gone. In the meantime, poor Fred had completely rotted. “RIP Fred,” said all of the fruits sadly. The rest of the fruits and the seagulls were determined to keep going and go on their next adventure to find James Bond. First, they stopped off for some fish and chips in Burdocks. 42
Tiny Jeff and the Squad’s Adventure • Chapter One - St. Enda’s Primary School, 3rd Class, Whitefriar Street, Dublin 8 • Chapter Two - Our Lady of the Wayside National School, 4th & 5th Class, Inchicore, Dublin 12 • Chapter Three - Star of The Sea Boys National School, 4th Class, Leahy’s Terrace, Dublin 4 • Chapter Four - St. Kilian’s German School, 4th Class, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14 Chapter One: Tiny Jeff’s Journey Introduction Hello. My name is Tiny Jeff and I live in a cage. I love pizza but I have never eaten a hamburger. I’m not sure what a hamburger is but I’ve seen my neighbours eating them. There is a spider in one corner of my cage. I sleep in the other corner because my biggest fear is spiders. The cage is not very big so I want to escape! My cage is in St Enda’s Primary School, at the top of the library, in the secret room. I’ve never been out of my cage and I’m not sure how to get out. There are a lot of spiders and cobwebs everywhere in the secret room. It’s very dusty and dark. I don’t like the dark either. I’m really lonely and I wish I had a friend... One day, Spy Toast broke down the door to the secret room in the library at St Enda’s Primary School. His mission was to steal two books. 43
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“Wow! Yesterday I was in a cage and today I’m having the best day ever! I’m so glad you’re my friend,” said Tiny Jeff. “I’m glad you’re my friend too,” said Spy Toast. They then decided to go to the small cemetery that was right around the corner from Our Lady of the Wayside National School. That is where they met the Spy Master, who gives Spy Toast his missions. The guy giving orders was a goat in a tuxedo - his name was Toby. Chapter 3: Toby’s Dilemma Toby the goat was a mafia boss. They all went to play football in the Aviva Stadium with James McClean. “Our main base is the incinerator,” Toby explained to Tiny Jeff and Spy Toast. “It’s about to be attacked and we have to hide in the Poolbeg Towers because my evil twin brother is trying to resurrect Stalin, the communist goat and his sidekick Goat Cena, who is Stalin’s best friend from school.” Jamar, Toby’s evil twin brother, lived in Lin’s Palace in Sandymount. Toby was so scared that his brother would take over the world with Stalin and his sidekick Goat Cena that he went to get ice cream in Scoop. While they were eating ice cream, Toby told Spy Toast that Goat Cena was invisible and no one could see him! 50
Meanwhile, Goat Cena was watching them and they didn’t know. Goat Cena wanted to find out where their base was. Jamar, Stalin and Goat Cena’s ultimate goal was to take over the world so that they could fix all of the McDonalds ice cream machines. Tiny Jeff, Spy Toast and Toby went to Star of the Sea National School and into the secret room under the stairs. They knew they needed to devise a plan to stop Jamar and his minions from taking over the world. The secret room was very dark with only one light in the corner. They could see the walls lined with spiders and cobwebs. The LED lights turned on when they walked in the room and they kept a stash of food just in case they had to hide there for long periods of time. The room also had a tunnel that led back to their base at the incinerator. Toby and Spy Toast suggested a recon mission to find out Jamar’s location. “That’s a great idea!” said Spy Toast. “You guys go on. I’ll stay in the school and have a look around here,” said Tiny Jeff. Toby and Spy Toast left the secret room through the tunnel and went to the incinerator. They used air tubes to shoot them to the top of the Poolbeg Towers where they could parachute off to anywhere in Dublin. Tiny Jeff was leaving the secret room when he thought he heard a voice. When he turned around, he couldn’t see anyone. At first, he thought he was imagining things but when he heard the door close behind him he looked and there was nobody there… 51
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the canteen, where they could see Tiny Jeff was chasing a Goat Cena-shape covered in school dinner. Toby saw everything that was going on and it made him feel a bit nervous. Because he was a mafia boss,Toby carried a special gun that shoots donuts. He was shooting donuts at the Goat Cena shape - but he accidentally hit Tiny Jeff instead. Tiny Jeff was allergic to donuts! He started to swell up and fainted. Spy Toast noticed something fall off the Goat Cena shape. When he went to pick it up, it was the watch that made Goat Cena able to turn invisible. Spy Toast took the watch and gave it to Tiny Jeff because he was self-conscious about his allergic reaction. Toby knew that chicken nuggets were the antidote to Tiny Jeff’s donut allergy and that he had to get Tiny Jeff on the bus to the KFC in Dundrum. When Toby and Tiny Jeff got into KFC, it was full of tortoises. They had to wait a loooooong time until all of the tortoises had ordered their food. In the end, they got their chicken nuggets and Tiny Jeff felt a lot better. Tiny Jeff and Toby made it back to St Kilian’s to meet up with Spy Toast and Goat Cena. They wanted to return to their spy base at the incinerator but they knew that some of Jamar’s minions were in the tunnels so they had to walk. They went to Deer Park because they knew there was a secret entrance to their spy base there. Spy Toast had the passcode for the fake tree that had a special pattern of bark on it. Spy Toast told everyone what the passcode was and they all entered the secret entrance. 54
When they entered, the tree was hollow and lined with titanium with a ladder going down. They climbed down the ladder into a tunnel. To their surprise they could see Jamar’s minions from a distance. They tip-toed through the tunnel because Jamar’s minions hadn’t noticed them yet. That was when Toby accidentally stepped on a stick, which got the minions’ attention. They tried to run to the incinerator but the minions caught them. Tiny Jeff was devastated but Toby used his donut gun on all of the minions - it turns out that they were also allergic to donuts. They became paralysed. Tiny Jeff and Toby ran back to the base and began to plan their next adventure. “I think we should travel to the next school for our adventure!” Tiny Jeff said to Toby. 55
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The Amazing Adventures of Sausage Roll • Chapter One - Griffith Barracks Multi Denominational School, 3rd Class, South Circular Road, Dublin 8 • Chapter Two - Muslim National School, 5th Class, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14 • Chapter Three - St. Conleth’s College Junior School, 5th Class, Clyde Rd, Dublin 4 • Chapter Four - Scoil Treasa Naofa, 6th Class, Donore Avenue, Dublin 8 Chapter One: The Swag Sausage Roll The sausage roll, whose name was Sausage Roll, was baked at Noshington Café and Restaurant at 2:30pm. After he was baked, Sausage Roll jumped out of the frying pan and walked along the South Circular Road. “I was walking along, minding my own business, until I saw a ketchup with chicken nuggets and made her my friend,” said Sausage Roll. Sausage Roll walked up to the ketchup with chicken nuggets but realised he forgot his pastry clothes back in Noshington! “Jeepers! I need my pastry!” said Sausage Roll. He ran back to find his pastry. He slid under the counter and grabbed it. But when he returned, the ketchup with chicken nuggets was gone! 57
Ugigyagaga the ketchup and chicken nuggets, had run away to find some more chicken nuggets in KFC. When she got there, the other chicken nuggets were being held hostage by knives and forks. Ugigyagaga walked along the street sadly, trying to come up with a plan on how to get the chicken nuggets back. Suddenly, Ugigyagaga saw Sausage Roll, who looked like he was feeling a bit lousy.They hadn’t seen each other in four minutes, which is really long in sausage time. Ugigyagaga said, “I lost my ex-boyfriend in KFC. And the knives and forks there are holding the other chicken nuggets hostage!” They came up with a plan… Chapter Two: Wanted Sausage Sausage Roll and Ugigyagaga needed a pizza as part of their plan. They went to the Apache Pizza near Muslim National School and ordered loads of pizzas. They used the pizzas for their transport vehicle called ‘Pizza on Wheels.’ Sausage Roll received a call informing him that the chicken nuggets were being moved to the Golden Olive restaurant. They needed to change their rescue plan! “We need some lettuce from the Golden Olive restaurant to make a Pizzacopter!” declared Sausage Roll. “Agreed!” replied Ugigyagaga. 58
They snuck into the Golden Olive Restaurant. While they were there, they decided to pick up some chips for the propellers and ketchup for the fuel. It was then that Sausage Roll saw an old friend called Pizza Steve. Sausage Roll told Pizza Steve what they needed. “Don’t do this! It’s really bad and the restaurant owner might notice.” Pizza Steve was scared that something bad might happen. “If you come with us, we will give you a lifetime supply of free pizzas,” replied Sausage Roll. Pizza Steve changed his mind. “Yes of course! Let’s do this!” he said. They had everything they needed to build the Pizzacopter. They flew to Munch Cafe and stole all of their cupcakes. “Hey! What are you doing?” shouted General Donut and Sergeant Sprinkles. Suddenly, they were surrounded by the Coffee Cup Army, holding their coffee stick weapons. “Please don’t hurt us! We’re trying to save our chicken nugget friends,” cried Pizza Steve. Pizza Steve grabbed a pizza and stretched it. He twirled it and swung it around to knock all of the coffee stick weapons to the ground. This gave them enough time to jump into their Pizzacopter and escape without General Donut and Sergeant Sprinkles noticing. The only one who noticed their escape was Chief Coffee 59
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