O
Ne day when I was playing
with my friend Andy we saw a
competition poster stuck on the
tree that said: ‘Competition: you have to
work with a partner to try and win 10, 000
dollars by making a funny film of one of
you. If you win we will call you’.
‘Hey Andy’, I said, ‘do you think we could
try and win this thing?’.
‘Great idea, Gabe’, Andy answered.
‘Who wants to act it out?’ I asked.
‘I will’, said Andy.
‘Cool’, I say. ‘I will film you, OK? See you
tomorrow for our first practice run’.
‘See ya tomorrow, Gabe’, winked Andy.
While that was happening, I didn’t see
my big sister Jen spying on us. She is ten
years old. I am only eight years old. She
had been listening to us the whole time. I
didn’t notice her until Andy was gone. She
was hiding in a bush with her binoculars.
I was really, really shocked that Jen would
do that. It was just unbelievable.
At dinner time, I asked Jen to not spy
on me and why she
did it. But she
didn’t reply. The next
day after breakfast, I went
to the park to meet Andy there. He
had been waiting for me for a few minutes.
I had brought my camera to film Andy
with. I didn’t notice Jen sneaking behind
me to the park. I started to film Andy. He
was going down the slide and bumping
onto the ground of the park. He also did a
really funny dance to some music. It was
this old, famous music about bugs!
When I wasn’t watching, Jen took my
camera after we had finished, to run home
and send to the judge. Me and Andy were
really shocked that someone like Jen would
do that sort of thing because she usually is
really nice. But right now she definitely was
not being kind, nice or respectful.
‘Hey Gabe’, said Andy, ‘what shall we do
now?”
‘Don’t worry mate’, I said. ‘I have got a
plan.’
‘Come over here’, I called to Andy. ‘Here’s
the plan. OK – we wait until Jen sends the
funny film to the guy. Then, we wait till she
wins the 10, 000 dollars and then we wi–…’
but then I got interrupted by Andy.
‘Good point’, I replied. ‘Really good point.
OK, Andy, let’s just say, if she doesn’t win,
we will be doomed! Now where was I? Oh
yes, I remember. We will sneak into her
room and get the money. Do you like the
plan, mate?’
‘It’s great, Gabe’, shouted Andy.
We sneaked back to the house to see if Jen
had won the competition yet, or somebody
else. Guess what? Jen won it! Me and Andy
were so happy! The $10,000 was in her
room. So was Jen. We tiptoed into Jen’s
room and stole the money. Victory!
But, oh no! Jen saw us. She said we can only
keep it by paying ten dollars each. So we
both rush to my room to get the money for
her. We gave it to Jen. She said sorry about
what she did and that we should keep it.
Andy and I were always happy since we
got the prize.
By Gabriel Logan
Age 7
MOUNT STUART – TAS.
Andy asked the question, ‘Jen might not
win, so what will we do then?’.
listen O God! And take me to care,
I am a panda, of a species rare!
I am an innocent endangered creature,
In a world so cruel full of terror!
Some of us are imprisoned in a zoo,