I

WISH

sc h ool s tarted at i n t h e morning and

eleven oclock

at qua r te r to

nine
Groan

(w h i c h i s fa r too ea r ly fo r m e). Im R UB B I S H at g ett i n g u p o n time.

I
my

t t a k e s m e ey e s to op e n .

to get my brain

wo r k i n g a n d eve n lo n g e r fo r

M r Fu l le r m a n ( my teac h e r ) i s
ALWAYS
cla s s, b e i n g a l l wr it i n g

WIDE AWAKE.
a n d LIV E LY while

R ight now h e s at t h e fro nt of the

that dont make any sense at all. H e s ay s,

random w o rd s o n the board

Youre probably wondering why Im writing all these words down. (Er, slightly.) 3

Does anyone want to ADD their own interesting word to this list? ( I k e e p quiet.) CAKE, sir.

t h e c la s s roo m s ay s,

h e n s o m e o n e at the back of

Wh i c h i s a good c h oi c e ( eve ry one likes cake, do n t t h ey ? ) .

M r Fu l le r m a n w r ite s C A K E
BUG P E N CIL

on the board.

T h e n M a r k C l u m p s ugg e s t s
and Ju l ia Mo r to n wa nt s but (which is

A L L t h e t i m e I m
I wonder

M r Fu l le r m a n w r ite s it down anyway).

W HY M r Fullerman
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NOT t h at i nte resting,

t h i n k i n g to myself

never ever seems to look tired?

MAYBE

SO

MASSIVE
a n d S TAR EY?

it s b e c a u s e h i s

are and

M r Fu l le r m a n
MOST

rea l ly does have the

BIG BEADY EYES.

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ENORMOUS

T h at s w hat Im thinking.

O n ly I m NOT t h i n k i n g it. I m act ua l ly SAY I NG I T

OUT LOUD.

"BIG BEADY EYES."

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Im sorry, Tom, did you say something?

Mr Fu l le r m a n i s s t a r i n g
right at m e .

No, sir. No, sir.

PIES,
sir.

It sounded like you said BIG BEADY EYES, Tom? (Think think)

What was it you said, then?

I said BIG M E ATY

Wh i c h m a k e s eve ry o n e i n t h e class LAU GH

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! Ha ! Ha Ha

(apart from me).

M r Fu l le r m a n g i ve s m e a not h er L
and s ay s, Thats THREE words, Tom choose one.

a n d s ay

PIES,

wh i c h h e w r ite s dow n o n t h e board.

M r Fu l le r m a n ex p la i n s w h at h e wants us to
do n ext . Id like you all to write a short story that includes as MANY of these WORDS on the board as you can.

Your story can be about anything you want. So get creative! G reat if I d k now n THAT, I would

useful word to u s e i n a s to ry , l i k e IT or AND .

have p i c k ed a s l ight ly m o re

Definitely

not PIES

O nc e up on a PI E.

E. Th er e w as a BI G PI

LIST OF WORDS
STORMY GIGANTI C RUNNIN G SURPRI S E D CAKE NICE SM A L L BU G PENCIL FRIDGE PIES
(

Mr Fu l le r m a n d id n t s ay t h e story had to
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ma k e a ny s e n s e, w h i c h i s j u s t as well, really here go e s . )

ENGLISH B y To m G a t e s Y R O T S T R O H MY S n ig ht w h e n I Y M R O T S I R IS ED my g ru m py si st e r D e li a SURP C G h e r a G IGA N T I N I N N U R by in t e d t wa s a

o ut u n t il I p o py p a h ry e v s bat h . S h e w a ad . tt in g o n he r he si t h e re w a s a a sh it o ff in w ld u o c e sh I su g g e st e d ro ss a n d t ri e d c t o g a li e D t t h e b at h . B u in st ea d . a h it w ay it aw to f l i c k ve e n t o ff t o h a w e sh n e h w y v e n t u a ll t h e d e li c io u s o t lf se y m d e lp h e r b at h , I h e . e h t in re e t h at w it . I a t e m o st o f . o o t T h e re w a s b ro t h e r, I le f t a m a B u t b e c a u se I p ie c e . D e li a a re a ll y The end. .) (H e re it is

BU G

PENCIL

PIES

F R I D GE

CAKE N IC E SMALL

There all done. 11