INTRODUCTION
TO
THE KID
When
my father
passed in
2014,
a little
book I
had begun in
1989
at seven years old surfaced – my boyhood
Prep.
It had been locked in the attic at
the foot of the fell all
these years, where
it sometimes made the sound of footsteps that could be heard below.
There
are several pieces missing because the original was stolen before I
had typed it up; but
this will do. I can’t seem to tell what it is about but it mentions
the net. Last
time I published it, even though it wasn’t that long ago, the
frame
wasn’t right
– so this second edition should be better. It
needed the little one at the start to give it shape, order and
purpose that for some reason the previous version left out. I
think what it was about was storing the idea of the net in the attic
in writing to
give
the net a
chance
to
grow
all the way round the world. So I thank whomsoever got me to do it
because it meant I was part of that process. Whether I am allowed to
keep it I do not know, but would say what
happened to me happened to me because I was very well hung as a
child.
2
JOHN
TUCKER
ENGLISH
E
Ah
yes now I need to find another piece… the piece that was lacking
when I first brought it out. Ah yes I find it – what is it still
doing here? It’s been here since Christmas!
[NO
NAME]
teacher
rite elephant nite
everything
lite lesson love
learn
tell everyone Esso orange
ADVENTURE
IN A CAR
On
a Tuesday morning there was a big car in Form 2 and it had flashing
lites all over it and then I said it's a magic car and we all got in
to hide and it took off in to space and it landed on the moon then
just as we were going to explore the moon a gravity force pulled us
and the car under the sea and a propeller came out of the back of the
car and we crashed on a ship REC and we tried the canons an they were
still red hot. Then we went into the cabin and we saw a captain's
chest and twenty fighting pirates and we looked out we saw a
whirlpool heading straight towards us and since we were under the sea
the whirlpool pulled on top of the water. then we were getting bored
so we decided we wanted to go to the dinosaur age. we disappeared to
a little island we saw Tyrannosaurus rex then we were all back in
Form 2.
WEDNESDAY
JUNE 28TH
We
made sandcastles on the beach
I
am going to meet mummy
today
we are having exams this week
it
is too dear to buy
Sweden
China
country
tail
tender
street
share
lies
late
dry
weak
poor
small
prinsesses
countries
is
stories
tables men pens manes
TUM
TUMPTY TUM
Tum
tumpty tum
The
cat is playing the drum
Four
little mice
Are
shaking the ground
Dancing
merrily around
Tum-
tumpty- tum
The
cat is playing the drum
Three
little mice are dancing
[NO
NAME]
In
the picture of the airport
I
can see... a runway,
two
planes, a controwl
tower,
a cloud
and
the ire ii net.
SEPTEMBER
WEDNESDAY 13TH
one
day me and Andrew set off on an adventure in a big jungle. We brought
a tent a sleeping bag two knives a rope some matches a spear and an
axe. We came in a boat we sailed a thousand miles. It took us six
days when we landed on the island we were exhausted so we made camp
and feel asleep. In my story there were six monkeys a wizard a tiger
and an elephant and two snakes. When we awoke we went hunting we
brought a spear and the rope. Just as we got out of the tent a snake
fell down in front of us. We threw the spear at it he crawled away in
pain. When we came back we had killed a tiger. We had seen the wizard
yet but when we came back the tent was gone. Remember the wizard. We
went out trying to find it AaaaaaaaHH we just feel in an animal trap
we threw the rope up some body hang onto it. It was the wizard. We
climbed up he invited us to his house. When we got there we saw my
tent instead of the sleeping bag. There was lots and lots of
chemacals. The wizard said do you like my house. I stole it from some
body. It was my tent i said. Then he gave it back to us and we sailed
back home and lived happily ever after.
[NO
NAME]
There
is a waterfall at the back of our house.
I
saw a mural in France.
I
lost my blue paints.
Ten
plus ten equals twenty.
Our
housekeeper is called Joyce.
In
our new pogrom there is a Vetacore.
A
bomp explodes.
I
faded my work.
WEDNESDAY
OCTOBER 4TH
My
monster is 12 feet tall and 5 foot wide.
He
weighs 13 stone he is very good and friendly he is as strong as ten
tigers.
He
has got five friends and six enemies.
6100000000
years old he is as fast as a cheetah.
He
is only a friend of alive trees.
He
talks a little bit of English but lots of alien.
He
eats hay and straw and rams horns.
He
has got 1000 hearts.
He
is very well armed he works 12 hours a day.
he
works in houses.
his
name is Roy the robot.
He
sleeps 3 hours from 6 til 8 and he has got 300 gagats.
THE
LAZY WIND
One
day the wind would not blow.
He
said he was too tired so he fell asleep.
All
the flowers died down the boats
stayed
still, the wind mills stayed still
the
trees stopped talking to each other.
Every
body grew sick and hungry.
Who
is going to wake him up.
I
will said the crow. He flew up in the clouds.
Go
away said the wind I’ll sleep for weeks.
When
the crow came back the world sulked.
I
have got an idea said the cunning fox.
Off
he went running away. He told
the
wind you can stay asleep
we
have got some body to replace you.
No
I will not stay asleep and he came
rushing
towards them. It’s all right everyone
the
wind is comming they got a lot happy.
[NO
NAME]
I
rely like the leaves that fall to the ground
Specele
like to push them around
I
like the foul moon hai up in the sky
I
try to reach it but it’s much too hai
I
like the fruits that are on the trees
They
fall down with a little breeze.
FRIDAY
OCTOBER 13TH
I
have a scar+ that is red and black.
I
have dirty feet and I'll make
footprints
on the floor.
I
threw a snowball and it landed
in
my brothers face.
I
watched a film and a man was
in
a snowstorm.
I
went outside and it was snow.
Flakes
were falling. On Hallowine
wiches
makes spells.
My
dog did a puddle on my
bedroom
floor.
I
made a pattern with my spirograph.
GOOD
AND EVIL
Last
night at 1. oclock I was sitting up in bed and a dark creature
grabbed me by my hand and then came three more. i turned the light on
and fainted. They were rielly dangerous. Then four good ones came
well I think they were good and I hope they were good ones. They
attacked the bad ones with whips. We went off in a big vehicle to a
Stone Henge where they lived. one of the bad ones pushed a big stone
on top of the vehicle. There were 5 of us we all got out but one
still got killed. The good ones were strong. We went and attacked
them and we killed them all. 16 more of them came and started to
throw rocks at us. They captured all of us and they started to fire
guns at us until there was only me and one of the good ones left.
Then we escaped and ran away. We made camp and went and attacked
them. They killed the good one until there was only me left but
1000000000 more of them came and we killed every bad one on earth.
GRAND-DARTH'S
SHIP
People
wondered why Don had chosen to become
a
deep sea diver. There were so many other things
he
could've been. Whatever had put such an idea
into
his mind? "Who suggested is?" he was
asked.
"No-one", Don always replied.
BLEEP
AND BOOSTER
One
day Booster made a sonic solidifying gun Bleep thorte it was an earth
mouse-trap. It is not a mouse trap said Booster it is a sonic
solidifying gun. What can it do. It makes things rock hard look it is
nothing and he made Bleep's asteroridade hard. Then he got in his
space pod. Commander I've found him he is in deadly danger. He is on
planet Gelatanus X he heard a voice help Ime sinking just then Bleep
got two ray guns and a back pack. He flew down to the planet and
started to shoot the monsters away the ray gun was so hot so it made
the planet melt.
WEDNESDAY
NOVEMBER 1ST
One
day I was walking in the woods and I saw some popple pushing a little
boy around. I went up an tried to stop them. They said to him go and
get that delicious apple on that spookey tree and he went and got it.
Then the ground started to rumble and lots of ghosts came out and
grabbed us. The apple rolled down the hill and fell in to a deep
river. And the trees came alive and we got sucked underground then
Jamie came along. He saw a big hole in the ground. Just then every
thing disappeared and all the bad trees turned into apple trees with
lots of apples on.
EVERY
We
had a snowball fight with the Widgets.
Go
and wait with Boris at Ash Rock. –
The
rocks fell from the cliff.
Amanda
and Rodey built a snow shelter.
Rockets
fly with a jet of flame.
A
train puffs a cloud of steam.
My
dad dug an underground tunnel.
My
dad was mentioning something about Christmas.
We
are going to do fractions in maths.
I
got on a train at the station.
The
first one is a boy’s name.
This
one is a lady’s name.
This
one is the name of a seaside town.
This
one is a doctor’s name.
This
one is title of a man.
This
one is a question mark.
VIKING
NAMES
Vikings
liked to make up nick-names for people.
here
are some I have made up
Christopher
leaker. carrie two teeth.
christophere
long nails les.
curly
wayne.
nodey
claire.
Big
mouth Tony.
No
tooth wayne.
Small
guy Stewart.
Give
a way Tony.
Mrs
parr in her wight car.
Mis
gab and the Vikings.
WHEN
I WAS BRAVE
One
day I pulled a radiator off the wall and I blamed it on my brother.
And I was very scared and then we went to Carlisle to do some
shopping. And I got lost and I was too scared to go and ask a police
man. But I went and did it. And just then my dad found me. Then we
went back home and it was dark upstairs and I had to go and get
something. And I was too scared and I found my dad's torch and I went
and got it and then the batteries went flat and I carried on and I
got it and I gave it to my dad and he said it took you a long time
and I laughed. Then we went to school Wayne and I climbed up a tree,
and I did not want to but I did.
ADVENTURE
ON THE BEACH
One
day me and Wayne went camping and we were exploring a beach. We saw
two rowing boats. Three men came out with a big chest. It was nearly
time to go home. I said lets go and hide and see who they are. and we
did. They carried it into a cave then we went back and we went and
had a look. But the cave was gone. Wayne said it is dark now lets go
back home. Next day we had a look it was still not there. Then we
went back.
Just
then i stepped on something then we heard a noise. The cave opened we
went in and there was no sign of the box. Just then the cave shut and
we could not see a thing. The passage way went down a lot further.
When we got to the bottom of the cave it was a lot lighter. Then we
saw a big box it was two meters long and half a meter high. It was
stuck to the ground. We saw a sledge hammer we smashed the box and
lots of treasure poured out. We brought the sledge hammer to the
other end of the cave and we smashed our way out. There were 10000
pounds all together 5000 each. We got lots and lots of money.
[NO
NAME]
Dark
brown is the river
Golden
is the sand
It
flows along forever
With
trees on either hand
Green
leaves a-floating
Castles
of the foam
Boats
of mine a-boating
Where
we’ll all come home
CREEPING
IN THE CELLARS
My
mum asked me to go down in the cellars to get some washing. I found a
piece of string with a stone on it. I put it round my neck. I saw
that the stone could fit into a hole in the wall. I turned it and a
door opened on the floor. There were some steps going down I started
to unwind the ball of string I followed the steps and they lead to a
maze. Just then I heard a grunting noise and fell into a hole.
It was full of dead skeletons.
THE
CREEPY HOUSE
One
day I was walking along in the woods. Suddenly I came across a house.
It was quite a big house but it was in ruins. I went to envestergate
and I heard a howling nose I could not find what was making the nose
and i was quite afraid. I went back home and Jamie had come to play.
I said come over here. We looked out of the window. I caught a
glimpce of the house. he said shall we go and have a look at that
house. I said alright then, lets go.
We
went down in the woods and explored. Then we saw a vision of a giant
spidder. Jamie saw a machine. that's what it was coming from. Then I
heard my mum calling me. We went back home. my mum had made some
cakes. I was delighted. Just then I tripped over and I fell in a
cobweb.
[NO
NAME]
Who
has seen the wind?
Neither
I nor you:
But
when the leaves
Hang
trembling
The
wind passes thru’.
Who
has seen the wind?
Neither
you nor I:
But
when the trees
Bow
down their heads
The
wind is passing by.
THURSDAY
MARCH 1ST
He
has spines all over him. He has got a nose like a pig. A name for
Henry the Hedgehog is urchin, Mr. Prickels and Hedge pig. An adder
came up and attacked Henry the Hedgehog but he curled up in a pile
and the adder jumped back. Henry’s defence system was working.
Eventually the adder died. Henry eats worms and leaves, he dreams of
eating little chickens. All winter he hibernates in a pile of leaves
and he is very warm.
NOTE
TO READER
I
thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiink this is the point where, upon
filling the first, red exercise book that the young poet wrote
2
John
Tucker
English
E
on
the front of the first book, then, like making an Escherian shape,
wrote on the front of the new, empty, red exercise book:
English
John
Tucker
Harecroft
Hall
1
[NO
NAME]
Colour
circles red. How many circles?
Colour
triangles blue. How many squares?
Colour
oblongs orange. How many triangles?
MY
BICYCLE ACCIDENT
When
I was 4 I was on holiday in Sweden. My dad had just bought me a new
bike. The new bike was too big for me. I was going down the hill
quite fast. The breaks was to pedal backwards but I could not reach
the the pedals. Suddenly the bike got faster I had a bad feeling. I
did not what to do. I fell head first in a patch of nettles. My mum
heard me crying she came. By the time she found me it was ten
o’clock. They asked what hapened. I said it was a long story. They
said never ride your bike withouta parent.
MY
NIGHT TIME ADVENTURE
One
night I was lying in bed and I heard a tapping on the window. I
thought it was a branch. I said to myself, it's not a windy night. I
looked at my watch it was half past 1 pm. Then I decided to get drest
I got a ruck-sack put a packed lunch in it a rope, a compass, a
touch, a knife, and a map of our county. I went out the front door. I
saw my bedroom light still on so I new which window it was. What was
it that was making such a racket. I tied the rope to the knife and
threw it to the top of the nearest tree to my bedroom I had another
look at the window, there was nothing there perhaps it was a branch.
O well I said and climbed up the rope. When I got to the top of the
tree I still could not see what it was that was making such a nose.
Just then i heard a halfdead mouse lying on the windowsill I jumped
to the windowsill, climbed down the rope, went in the house and went
to my bed.
THE
THIEF
Once
a woman lost a lovely brooch. She hunted everywhere but could not
find it. So she asked the police to send a detective to her house to
assist her. The detective climbed the stairs to the room where the
brooch had been kept. Soon he came down. I believe the brooch is in
the jackdaw's nest in that tall tree," he said. He brought a
ladder and climbed the tree. With the brooch safe in his pocket he
descended. I knew where to look, because the bird left marks on your
dressing table he explained.
THURSDAY
MAY 24TH
At
midnight I was lying in bed. I could not get to sleep. Just then I
heard some body walking very quietly across the stones on are drive.
At first I was scared stiff and then I plucked up some courage and
crept along the floor to the light switch I turned it on carefully
not to make a nose. I got dressed. Then I looked through the window I
could not anything because it was too dark. I looked at my watch it
was 1:32 AM . I have got lots of time I said to my self I put my
shoes on and went downstairs to get some food to eat. When I got
downstairs I heard the noise again. I thought to myself, theres
something suspicious going on then I heard jogging footsteps coming
towards the kitchen. Just then a masked murderer came in through the
door with a machine gun i pulled the rug that he was standing on and
he fell down on the floor. Then I sprinted up stairs to tell my dad
what had happened. At first he did not believe me. Then I said come
and see for your self. He got out of bed and got dressed and got the
firepoker. He went down stairs with me. We got in the kitchen but he
wasn't there. We heard a voice from behind us he said hands up
busters turn around dead slowly i grabbed the firepoker turned rond
and knocked him out with it. My dad ran to the phone and dialled 999.
A minute later the police were here. They came in. We showed them
what had happened they said he is very dangerous they also said that
his name was called Mike the murderar.
THURSDAY
MAY 31ST
When
the stork and the fox. were sitting in the house and eating their
dinner. The fox could not eat every bit of it because it was on
plates. Even though the stalk could not eat it he still was polite.
When they finished the stalk asked if he would come to my house for
dinner. Verey well said the fox. The very next day he did as the
stork said and went to his house for dinner the stork put a
very well cooked lunch into two long vases so the stork could get the
food but not the fox
WEDNESDAY
MAY 30TH
I
think that the picture wood be O.K. for 11 – 12 year olds to play
in.
Last
year they were building a new house near us. I went after school to
look at it w/ my little sister. Her name is Emaly. It was very
interesting. We saw four builders two were in the house, one climbing
up a ladder and the last one was wheeling a wheel barrow. We allso
saw lots of bricks and cement. The best thing was the scaffolding. My
little sister is quite nautghy. She allso loves climbing things. The
first thing she said was 'I am going to climb the scaffolding.”
“You mustn't go up there!” I shouted. I am going to go up there.
Just then when she got to the top she fell.
She
cried “HELP”. There was an enormous thud. I ran as fast as I
could home, diled 999 and asked for the Ambulance. They came in a
flash and took her to hospital.
BEING
IN A HUFF
One
Saturday when I was just about to go out
my
dad came into the porch where I was
and
saw a scribbly picture on the wall
and
a black felt tip pen beside it. He said John
why
have you drawn on the wall? I said
it
wasn’t me it was Hannah. I’ll take ten pounds
out
of your pocket money towards some new
wall
paper. I ran up stairs and locked myself in my
bed
room. In the end he found out it was
Hannah
and didn’t take the money away.
[NO
NAME]
Wolf
to shut
Holiday
to wash
Marry
to fix
Glass
Child
the wind-
Fox
blows through
Tooth
the trees
Clock
the rain
Shoe
falls
Against
the window
JOHN
TUCKER
FORM
3
HARECROFT
ENGLISH
MY
BROTHER
He
is five years old.
His
hair is straight and blond.
He
has small blue eyes.
He
has got a plump face and a plump nose.
He
is terrified of snakes.
He
likes to were colourful clothes.
He
is very funny some times.
Sometimes
he gets into terrible tempers.
He
is kind and soft.
His
favourite hobby is football.
He
does not like playing cricket.
His
favourite food is fish and chips.
His
favourite couler is Blue.
He
can not swim.
He
likes traveling.
He
likes Jive Bunny music and Star Wars films.
He
collects butter flies and Moths.
He
is a good climber.
His
name is Robert.
He
has got a big mouth.
He
talks a lot.
He
likes making people laugh.
He
hates having his photograph
he
has got a good imagination.
SMELLS
Why
is it that poets tell
So
little of the cence of smell?
These
are the odours I love well.
The
smell of coffee freshly ground
Or
rich plum pudding, holly crowend,
Or
onions fried and deeply browend
The
fragrance of a fumy pipe
The
smell of applles, newly ripe
And
printers ink on leaden type.
Woods
by moonlite in September
Breath
most sweet and I remember
Many
a smoky camp fire ember
Camphor,
turpentine, and tea
The
balsom of a Christmas tree
These
are whiffs of grammerye
A
ship smells best of all to me.
THE
MONTHS OF THE YEAR
January
brings the snow;
Makes
our toes and fingers glow.
February
brings the rain,
Thaws
the frozen ponds again.
March
brings breezes loud and shrill,
Stirs
the dancing daffodil.
April
brings the primrose sweet,
Scatters
daisies at our feet.
May
brings flocks of pretty lambs,
Skipping
by their fleecy dams.
June
brings tullips lillies roses;
Fills
the childrens hands with posies.
Hot
July brings cooling showers,
Straw
berries and gilly flowers.
August
brings the sheaves of corn,
Then
the harvest home is borne.
Warm
September brings the fruit,
Sports
men then begin to shoot.
Fresh
October brings the Peasant,
Then
to gather nuts is pleasent.
Dull
November brings the blast
Then
the leaves are falling fast.
Chill
December brings the sleet,
Blazing
fire and Christmas treat.
MY
DAD
When
I see beer it reminds me of my dad when he is drunk and when I see a
police man it reminds me of the time my dad lost his drivers license.
When I see shoes it reminds me of my dad's smelly feet. My dad is the
sort of person who tells you not to put your elbows on the table when
he does it himself and my dad tells me not to ride my bike on the
garden flowers when once he reversed the car on them. My dad helps me
with my prep and most of the time I get it wrong. Sometimes my dad
acts as he is three years old but he is really forty-one. When I say
“I should play soccer for the England team” he just says “some
chance.”
[NO
NAME]
If
I had a lollipop tree
I'de
be as happy as can be.
I'
would sit by it all day long
Eating
away until there nearly gone
I'de
say “that's enough lollies for today
But
I'll come back to morrow and eat away.
SIX
INCHES HIGH
I
was sitting on the sofa drinking lemon-ade when suddenly I felt funny
and then I started shrinking and shrinking till I was six inches
high. I fell down on the sofa w/ a plod. I climbed down a loose
string on to the ground and then started walking across to the chess
board I had left lying around. Suddenly I herd something that sounded
like me beating up my brother. I looked around me but at first I
couldn't see anybody but then I saw a chess pawn hanging w/ all his
might on the chess board for he was just about to fall on the ground
which was a long way down. He slipped and I ran and caught him, but
just then a big rat came running out from under a sofa so I ran w/
the pawn as fast as I could and dived into a mouse hole which the rat
couldn't fit in. We couldn't get out because the rat was guarding the
hole so we sat down and talked. He said his name was “Humph”. He
said he could get me back to my normal size but he would need help
from more chess pieces. Humph said “When it is 7. 00, if you sit on
the same sofa you shrunk on w/ all the chess pieces you will grow
back to your normal size. I looked at my watch. I was 6. 30 and 56
seconds. We didn't have much time so we looked around for something
to fight the rat w/. Just then Humph found the perfect thing. An old
toothbrush. I got my pen-knife out of my pocket and sharpend the end
of the tooth brush w/ no bristles on. Then I cut off all the bristles
on the other end and started fighting the rat w/ the toothbrush. The
rat was soon dead so we brought the toothbrush and went to look for
the other chess pieces. We soon gatherd them all together and told
them every thing. It was 6. 58 and 37 seconds so we all ran as fast
as we could towards the sofa. I was the first one up followd by the
white pawns then the two queens then the kings then the blakc pawns
then the bishop then the rooks and last of all the knits. We counted
them all. There was only 31 pieces. There was a little pawn trying to
get up on the sofa so I jumped down and lifted him up. I grew back to
my normal size but there was no chess pices. I put the rest of the
lemonade I had been drinking before in the bin and went to sleep.
When I woke up I thought I had been dreaming but then I found the
toothbrush and went back to sleep.
APRIL
In
April it is the beginning of Spring.
The
daffodils are waving their yellow heads in the wind.
In
the gardens and in the woods Catkins,
that
look like lambs tails are dangling
from
the branches on bushes in the hedges.
The
days are gradually getting longer.
We
have many showers.
It
is my birthday in April.
The
first of April is called “April Fools day.
We
play tricks on people that day.
The
buds on trees are swelling and oppening.
The
birds are coming back from the hot countries.
THE
BIGGEST LIAR IN THE WORLD
A
long time ago in Japan, I saw a funny looking man walk out of a big
bubbling volcano. He had three eyes but that was the only difference
between him and us. He wore a mask that was made from white metal,
his sweat-shirt was white, his trousers were white, his high leather
boots were black. He had black gloves with spikes sticking out about
seven inches but the most peculiar thing about him was that around
his shoulder was a big gun. It had all sorts of gizmoes that shoot
lasers, fire, water, poison, spoof, bullets, you name it. So I went
up to him and asked him “What's your name?” He said “Wotsit”.
I asked “where do you come from?” He said
“Fingermebobdownthevolcano!” I said “what's the gun for?” He
said “first let me tell you a secret.” He said he's the biggest
liar in his country. He said once that thousands of little aliens
attacked his country, he said that he blew them all away with three
blasts of his gun. He also said he was God's messenger and had helped
God to make the world and had stayed alive ever since. The real truth
is I am the biggest liar...this whole story's codswallop.
[NO
NAME]
Pod:
God morning
Fat
Guy: No it isn't
Pod:
Why not?
Fat
Guy: Because I said not
Pod:
But why did you say not.
Fat
Guy: I didn't say not, I said no it isn't. so what
I've
got something to tell you. Guess what?
Fat
Guy: what
Pod:
Your...erm, er....a
clot
and I'm not.
[NO
NAME]
MY
DOG HAS GOT NO BRAIN,
MY
DOG IS A TOTAL PAIN,
HE'S
GOT THREE EYES
AND
A BIG FAT NOSE
AND
GETS HIMSELF TANGLED
WITH
THE GARDEN HOSE,
HE
ONCE TOOK A PILL
THAT
MADE HIM ILL
AND
EVER SINCE THEN
HE'S
BEEN STANDING VERY STILL
Moving
to Chetwynde, I had no idea that any writings of mine were locked in
the attic. But when we wrote ‘The Hunter’ as a class exercise, I
knew I had written poetry before, and knew it was my strong point,
and lo and behold the teacher singled mine out for excellence!
“THE
HORRIBLE HUNTER”
The
hunter, a horrible old man,
Is
hunting in the forest, every moment he can.
Searching
for foxes, with his hunting dogs,
Charging
through the dark, dark forest,
Through
rivers and through bogs.
Only
his prey can see his eyes,
He
never looks up to the sky.
He's
a finger missing with a scar on his face,
He
lives his life in awful disgrace.
His
dead prey is hooked onto his jacket,
When
he kills it makes an awful racket.
He
puts out his snapping snares,
hoping
to catch foxes and hares.
He
lives in a small, tobacco smelling hut,
Deep
in the forest it is put
He's
got a small patch of hair,
And
a horrible hypnotizing stare.
As
a bullet is pulled from his belt,
You're
bound to hear an animal's yelp.
A
DEADLY CHARM
I
am a padlock: who locks up your thoughts,
I
am pollution: that blackens yourheart,
I
am electricity: fast, furious and frightening,
I
am a machine gun: looking for a kill,
I
am a politician: dizzy, dazzled and dazed,
I
am a radio: that speaks of death,
I
am the concrete: that stiffens your body,
I
am the computer: that controls the world,
I
am dynamite: who always gets his way,
I
am a micro-chip: small but clever,
I
am a missile: roaring through the air,
I
am a rocket: somewhere up there,
I
am a drink machine: wasting your money,
I
am a digital watch: who but I, is telling
you
the time as the hours go by?
[NO
NAME]
My
cage walls are nearly pressing in at my sides.
There
are multi-coloured giants stroking me and treating melike a baby.
There
is a deaffening sound of birds humming in a corner.
It
turns dark emmediately, by a touch of a button.
All
the captured animals around me probably have the same, agonizing
feeling as I do.
I
feel like running away when people take me out of my cage and cuddle
me.
I
feel likeI've been imprisoned in a jail for no reason.
I
always feel like staring at the masive, multi-coloured men,
mechanically moving.
THE
BADGER [draft 2]
As
soon as I was imprisoned, inside my cage,
A
happy feeling vanished from my mind,
It
was a feeling of roaming, round the countryside,
Catching
my own prey, chasing mice and digging in burrows.
But
now I feel like I've been jailed for no reason.
I
suppose all the other animals here
have
the same agonising feeling that I have.
It
seems quite weird, the massive, multi-coloured men,
Making
it turn night by a touch of a little white button on a wall.
When
all the humans have gone at night,
And
the birds have stopped twittering,
I
try to escape but I don't think a mouse
Could
squeeze through the gaps in the bars.
But
one day someone took me away.
He
tried to tame me. I didn't want him to
but
I gradually became tamer and tamer.
It
was a lot better than in the pet shop,
But
not as good as the forest.
I
doubt anything is as good as the forest.
THE
INTERVIEW ON MY MUM
J.
What is the most important event that's happened in your life?
M
Giving birth to four healthy children.
J.
Why is that so important to you?
M
I myself came from a family of four children and there was always
something going on, so when I came to have children myself, I thought
it would be nice to have four.
J.
What sort of things went on?
M
One thing is that when there are four of you, you always have someone
to talk to or play with. I was the oldest and my sister and brother
who were very close in age, used to get up to some terrible things
like once they made porridge on the floor and once they put
crispbread under the rug and walked on it just to hear it go crunch.
My grandmother called them 'the termites'.
J.
Are your children like your siblings?
M.
A little bit. I think if you put four young children together one of
them will think of something dreadful to do. My son once tried to
teach the cat how to swim in a bucket of water.
THE
TYGER
What
kind of creature is the Tyger? I think God made the Tyger and ment
him to be a normal tiger but the devil caught him and hypnotised him
against God. I think the Devil puts him in everyone's dreams. I think
he is just an image ment to come at the right time to take control of
there brains I think he is a ghost of a normal tiger but the Devil
turned him evil. I think the Tyger is an angel of Hell. He is not
tangible because it says “what dread grasp? Dare its deadly tendon
clasp?” I think it came from Hell by wings because it says, “In
what distant deeps or skies burnt the fire of thine eyes,” and “On
what wings dare he aspire.” I think the Devil stole the minds of
all the criminals and made the Tyger from them. I think the Tyger is
immortal and turns your dreams to nightmares.
From
‘PAGE 11’
1.
Area of whole shape = 80 CM squared
Area
of unshaded part = 4 CM squared
Area
of shaded part = 76 CM squared
2.
Area of whole shape = 72 CM squared
Area
of unshaded part = 8 CM squared
Area
of shaded part = 64 CM squared
EQUATIONS
(1)
3 a + 4 = 2 a + 8
(2)
4 b + 4 = 1 b + 7
(3)
5 a + 3 = 2 a + 12
(4)
5 b + 1 = 3 b + 11
(5)
7 c + 3 = 3 c + 31
(6)
7 y + 1 = 3 y + 25
(7)
11 c + 9 = 8 c + 24
(8)
7 b + 12 = 1 b + 24
(9)
3 t + 5 = 2 t + 12
(10)
5 b + 10 = 2 b + 19
SYSTEMS
11TH MAY
1.
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WHINNIE'S
CHOICE
I'm
awake very early but it is light, and very hot outside. I'm seventeen
todayand I've been thinking about it all night but decided not to
drink the water. I would lose a lot of my friends and relatives and
would feel alien. I could jumpoff the Empire State Building for
billions of pounds but friends are better than money. Anyway, my
grandmother believes in gnomes so she could advise me somehow. I
asked her, “Grandma, if there was a spring in the wood with
everlasting water in it would you drink it?”
“Whatever
made you ask that question?”
“But
would you?”
“Well
probably and probably not. There are lots of disadvantages and only a
few advantages.”
After
that I went into my room to think about it. If I did drink it, now
would be the best time to do it because I'm at the prime of my life
and I have Jesse. I might as well take Tuck's advice because he's
drunk the water and experienced it so I don't think I'll drink the
water. Anyway I'll go out there and I might change my mind. The
spring looked so lovely but something was different. Then I noticed
that there was a stone missing from the top. The water looked so
delicious and fresh that I walked up to it, took another stone off
the top, was just about to drink it when a traveller came.
“Hello,”
he said. “Could you please direct me to Treegap?”
“It's
just down this road,” I said.
When
he had gone I took another stone and again I would have drunk it if
it weren't for the toad. He was sitting in the spring bathing. So I
thought it over again.it was like a war in my head between Jesse and
Tuck, with me not knowing which side to take. Then I thought that God
might've tried to stop me and that God had told the traveller and the
toad to disturb me when I was going to drink the water. So I've made
up my mind. I won't drink the water.
THE
BEAST
The
Beast was quick as lightning,
Strong
as an ox and very frightening,
Cunning
as a fox, tough as leather,
Hungry
as a hunter and not very clever.
He
is as large as life, as swift as a hare,
Keen
as mustard, he'll give you a scare,
Don't
go near it at half past three,
Because
that's the time it will have you for tea.
NIGHT
(BEDTIME)
Mum
said, “It's time to go to bed,”
I
said “C'mon not yet.”
She
said “It's half past eleven, dear,
And
tomorrow's school don't forget.”
Underneath
my pillow was food for a midnight feast,
I
can hear an owl hooting and the shuffling of feet,
Making
shadows on the wall,
Which
is the spookiest of them all.
Dogs
barking and dad is snoring,
Lying
in bed is very boring,
Thinking
of chocolate and soda crème,
Nothing
to do except to dream.
MY
WORLD
My
world would be a chocolate factory in the clouds. It would be
completely made of chocolate and if you ate a wall it would just grow
back. It is invisible to any other people and only certain people can
get there. The weather is always what you want it to be and if you
want it to rain, snow or shine it will happen. There is a chocolate
fun world as well and it is called Choc World. You can walk all over
the clouds and look down at any place in the world and if you want to
go there you can just take the Choc-mobile down to earth.
RELIGION
Dear
Family,
I
hope you are all feeling well. I have got some very bad news to tell
you. I may never see you again. I'm very sorry but I've got to go
into hiding somewhere where no-one will find me. All of Jesus'
followers that are in danger are coming because we could be killed by
Saul. I don't want to go, but I have to and I'm not allowedto tell
you where so that you're not in danger as well. We have to get
together and all go disguised at night time. I have two messengers
that I can trust to bring us food and news safely. Just to make you
more secure, I'll tell you that I have enough food and a good warm
shelter.
Lots
of love,
John.
PRIVATE
Squawk
squawk gaggle gaggle,
squawk
squawk gaggle gaggle,
squawk
squawk gaggle gaggle,
squawk
squawk gaggle gaggle,
bongles
has still got the stones,
bongles
has still got the stones,
bongles
has still got the stones,
bongles
has still got the stones.
Squawk
squawk gaggle gaggle,
squawk
squawk gaggle gaggle,
squawk
squawk gaggle gaggle,
squawk
squawk gaggle gaggle,
bongles
has still got the stones,
bongles
has still got the stones,
bongles
has still got the stones,
bongles
has still got the stones.
THE
FIRE AND THE SEA
The
fire is observed, its hundred tongues, flirting, dancing, entrancing,
mesmerising the eye.
The
sea is remembered and imagined, its rhythmical engine grinding some
one mile or so away down the road.
The
fire is hot but the sea casts no heat.
The
red and blue thing is a graph with one long line, kinking headward
from the heart and its wine, and ending up in the stars.
That’s
where the hottest heat burns blue.
It’s
not the same in our haunted house, where the fire is nearer red and
mother can’t find her other whisk because of the over-friendly
ghost.
It’s
very thin, that line, kinking headward from the heart and its wine,
and ending up in the stars, where the hottest heat burns blue.
(1995,
reconstructed)
