13/11/18 Jo Cotterill https://jocotterill.com

12/11/2018

‘What’s that?’ Jazz’s mum stared, eyes wide, at the thing that stood next to Jazz.
‘I don’t know,’ Jazz confessed. ‘I found it in the park. I think it’s lost.’ She glanced down at the furry creature. Was it a dog? It didn’t look like one. Or a cat. It was too big for a rabbit, too small for a bear. And really…well, what kind of creature had blue fur? Proper navy blue, like a school blazer.
It looked back up at her with intelligent orange-rimmed eyes. ‘Prrraaawp?’ it said, in a voice that sounded a little like a cat’s but with a metallic ring to it that reminded Jazz of the sound the metal plug made banging in the sink.
‘Can we keep it?’ Jazz asked her mum. Her mum looked doubtful. ‘Oh, I don’t know, love. I mean, what does it eat, for a start? And what if it’s…savage? Does it have sharp teeth?’
As if it understood, the blue creature said, ‘Prrraaawp’ again and opened its mouth in something like a smile. Its teeth were small and rounded.
‘There, you see?’ said Jazz. ‘It’s completely harmless.’

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Mikayla and Alexandra Christ the King Australia

13/11/2018 01:04:41

Jazz took the funny looking creature into her arms and laid it down on the end of her bed. She was soooooo excited, what would her friends say tomorrow at school! Jazz wondered where the creature came from and what it could do? She ran back down stairs to fetch some food for her new friend, but she didn’t know what was about to happen. When Jazz skipped back into her room the creature wasn’t anywhere to be seen.

‘Prrrawp’ exclaimed the creature.

“Ow, there you are” whispered Jazz. Just then, the blue creature turned into a fluorescent yellow with dark purple patches. Its strange eyes turned a blood red, and its teeth turned black and pointy. “Muumm” yelled Jazz as the creature started to growl at her and walk towards her.

Dolcie French, Darcy McIntosh, Darius Korga, Sonny Varrell - Warren Wood Primary Academy link

13/11/2018 10:00:42

“If you want to keep it, you must clean it, feed it and tidy up after it…will you do those things?” Asked Jazz’s mum. Jazz replied, “YES, YES!” Eagerly, she grabbed the furry navy blue thing saying “I’m going to call you Harry.” As fast as a flash, Jazz rushed to the pet store to find out: what he eats, what he sleeps on and how to clean him. Later that day, Jazz ate her dinner and then after her putting Harry in the shower, took about three minutes to get changed into her pyjamas.
Jazz came back from her room and Harry the fury, dull, navy blue thing, had disappeared from the shower. She went looking for him and found Harry in the basement. “Right, it’s time for you to go to bed!” said Jazz. She picked Harry up and he started to grow into…

Isabella and Erin Brighton and Hove Prep

13/11/2018 11:26:46

Jazz ‘s mum managed to pull a thin-lipped smile, although her eyes bulged with obvious dislike.
“where will it sleep?” jazz’s mum asked, her face white like skimmed milk.
“it’s fine mum, I’ll take care of it, you go sit down.” Jazz’s mum was too disgusted to thank Jazz. she brushed her self off, “fine but don’t let it come in my room!” she warned. Jazz rolled her eyes.

it was almost half nine and Jazz decided to start getting ready for bed, when a tremendous thud came from downstairs. “mum!” screeched Jazz in despair, “Are you ok?” Jazz got a feeble groan in response, as a bead of cold sweat formed on her forehead. Slowly, Jazz descended down the stairs towards the kitchen. With shaking hands, jazz reached out and turned the door knob, allowing the door to slowly creak open. A small “Prrraaawp” cane from the other side of the door.

Simon and Aliefe, International Community School

13/11/2018 14:09:12

As the door opened a huge furry paw with the sharpest nails she had ever seen grab her neck and pulled her inside the room, she yelled “help me” “call 911”.The door shut rapidly and made a huge gunshot like noise as it hit the frame. As Jazz's mum listened carefully she heard a window break and rushed into the room where she found to her surprise that the animal was gone and Jazz was safe but badly injured. They called the police and emergency services as well as a local zoo which told them and the police that they should just finish it off. The police end it up calling a helicopter to chase the animal down, after about 7 hours they found the animal next to a small cliff and deployed animal safety officers that shot the animal with a tranquilizer dart. As the animal started to doze off it tripped on a big rock and rolled down the hill which they were on and fell off the cliff and died by an impact on the ground.

Jazz was really sad that her animal died but she was grateful to be alive. She finished her studies and got a job with dangerous animals in her local zoo. She then proceeded to adopt many animals and take care of them to commemorate the death of her animal.

Simon and Aliefe, International Community School

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