Once upon a time there was a lonely giant.
He lived in a lonely cottage.
He did not have any friends.
The reason he had no friends was the kids
were afraid of him.
Then one day a new boy came to the village.
His name was Micheal O‘Brien.
The giant saw that the other kids would not play with him.
He went over to Micheal and asked him did he want to play ball with him.
Micheal turned around and saw the giant and said yes.
The two of them started to play ball.
The other kids saw this and they started to play with them.
And in the end the giant and Micheal had lots of friends.

By Martin J. 19/2/1999

I got my rabbit in the pet shop. I was very excited.
I chose a black rabbit because he was very cuddly. I
brought him home in a big box. I called him cuddles.
Daddy built a hutch for him. I play with him every day. I feed him with rabbit food and sometimes I give him a carrot as a treat. He gets water every day. When the summer comes I will play with him in the garden. We will have lots of fun. I called my rabbit Cuddles because he is so cuddly.

By Ciara. 18/2/1999

My neighbour Darren and I built a go-cart out of wood.
There were about 50 nails in a box and we used them all.
Soon it was ready.
First I went down a small hill to practise and it went well.
Then we started down a big hill.
The go-cart began to shake and rock about.
We decided it was time to abandon ship so we jumped off.
All we could do was watch as the go-cart crashed into a telephone pole.

Now we have to build it again.

By Diarmaid.

I wonder what the school will be like in 25 years time.

Kellyann 25/2/1999

I help Daddy on the farm. Daddy brings me for a spin on the tractor. I help to grape in silage. Daddy has five new born calves. I help Daddy feed the calves with milk.
I help granny to feed the hens and put them into their hen-house. I play with my tractor and trailer down on the farm with my cousin Barry. We have fun shovelling sand into the trailer. When the trailer is full we empty it out.

By Declan 19/2/1999

It was the king’s birthday at last.
Everybody had a present for him.
Everybody wanted to see him.
Everybody in the castle that was.

The queen was calling for him. "Where are you?"
"Where are you?" Finally the banquet began.
Lots and lots of presents were stacked up
for the king! The king made a speech!

It was a great banquet and all the king’s friends
had a good time. It was great. It ended with a dance.

THE END.

By Stephanie

It was the schools birthday on the 4^th of February .A man was taping us. Then they had cake. They gave me a piece of the cake. We got our photograph taken that day.

It was a good photograph. We got a drink and a bag of crisps. It was a good day. It was a sunny day. We all had a good day at the silver jubilee.

It was the school’s birthday. It was the 25^th birthday of the school. Everyone was there. We had a photograph in Mrs. Brady’s room. It was on Thursday the 4^th of February.Fr. Martin said the prayers. We sang hymns. Some children did bidding prayers. Ciara Leddy and her Daddy cut the cake. We had crisps and drinks and a piece of cake. We had no homework that night. Master Leddy made a speech. We played with our toys. We played table tennis and I won a drink of seven-up.We had a great day.

By Patrick 18/2/1999

I went to the circus.
My little brother was at the circus too.
There was a gorilla.
The little boy had a whip.
One man put fire in his mouth.
There was a lady on a quad.
The man dressed up as Harry Long Legs.
The circus has gone now.

THE END.

By Martin.

16/2/1999

We have two dogs at home. One is called Sally and one is called Drake. Sally is black and white. She is ten months old. Drake is black and he is three years old.

Sally runs after Scott’s dogs. I play with Sally every day when I come home from school. Martin and I feed her too. I play with Drake and I feed him. Sally is Martin’s dog and Drake is mine. I am glad that I have such a good pet.

By Margaret 26/2/1999

One day I was walking down the road with my friends Megan and Stephanie. We had to go to the bank. The lady was opening the door for us. Then someone pushed me. I looked behind me and I saw a bank robber. We ran away. The men took all the money but we kept running. We got home and I told my mammy what had happened. She went to the phone and rang the gardaí came and they found the robbers. We got into the gardai car and chased the robbers. They stopped outside some house and went in. We got and too and tried to open the door but it was locked.The gardaí found a key and opened it. We saw them running out the back door. We decided to split up. Megan and I went around one side and Stephanie and the gardaí went the other side. Stephanie and the gardaí caught two of the robbers. Megan and I caught one. We got the money and gave it back to the bank lady who was very pleased.

THE END.

BY AISLING.

One day the children were watching a spooky film.

There was a ghost in it. Then after the film it was

time for bed .The children ran into their beds because

they thought a ghost was after them. But they could

not get to sleep. They kept thinking about the ghost.

"I can’t get to sleep" cried the boy. "Don’t think about the ghost" said the girl . "I can’t stop thinking about the ghost" said the boy . "Oh think of other nice things" said the girl. "Ok". said the boy .Then they went to sleep .In a few minutes the boy woke up and screamed.

"Aaah" said the boy .Oh what! said the girl. "I had a bad dream"

said the boy. The girl told the boy to think of nice colours.

Soon they were fast asleep again. Next morning the children decided NEVER to watch a spooky film again.

By Megan . 3/3/1999

There are big planes and little, white, blue, red and green

planes. The man who flies the plane is called the pilot.

He is helped by the co-pilot. Planes land at the airports.

Dublin airport is the biggest in Ireland. Aer Lingus is the name

of Ireland’s airline. My uncle works for Aer Lingus at Dublin airport.

By Gavin.3/3/1999

My Daddy brought Kevin Eimear and I to see a quarry.

It was a very big quarry. There were of lorries in the quarry .Some lorries got stones and gravel and went away. The quarry was very big . I saw volvo dumpers that were yellow. They were huge.We liked the quarry. It was fun to

see all the machines so busy, busy, busy.

By Liam. 2/3/1999

It was the school’s birthday. It was the 25^th birthday of the school.Everyone was there.We had a photograph in Mrs. Brady’s room.It was on Thursday the 4^th of February.Fr. Martin said the prayers.We sang hymns.Some children did bidding prayers. Ciara Leddy and her Daddy cut the cake.We had crisps and drinks and a piece of cake.We had no homework that night.Master Leddy made a speech.We played with our toys.We played table tennis and I won a drink of seven-up.We had a great day.

By Patrick 18/2/1999

My dog’s name is Jimmy. He is cute. When I come

home from school he jumps up on me. We play

together. He is great fun.

By Tom. 4/3/1999

It was the schools birthday on the 4^th of February .A man was taping us. Then they had cake. They gave me a piece of the cake. We got our photograph taken that day.

It was a good photograph. We got a drink and a bag of crisps. It was a good day. It was a sunny day. We all had a good day at the silver jubilee. We all went back to the classroom after the silver jubilee. We could play outside. We could play inside.

Sinead.

 We have two dogs at home. One is called Sally and one is called Drake. Sally is black and white. She is ten months old. Drake is black and he is three years old.

By Margaret 26/2/1999

My dog is black and white .He likes to run around .He loves to eat bones and meat. He and I go for walks. He barked at night. I love him. He is not allowed inside. He licks me in the face. I called him Ginger because I like the name. I pet him every day.

By Feargal. 1/3/1999

My cat’s name is Sparkie. My sister Kim and I own him.

Kim and I love him . My Mammy loves him too.

He follows me to the gate. He goes to my Nanny’s and

sometimes he goes to Emma’s house next door. Then Emma’s dog runs after Sparkie. Sparkie does not like Emma’s dog. He runs back home and rests beside the pond.

By Tammy. 4/3/1999

My Nana and Grandad live in Mayo. They used to have a dog. But he got old and died. His name was Haley.

I am very sad. I go to Mayo on my holidays. I go for walks beside the Yellow River near Foxford. Haley used to go for walks with us.

I hope they will get another puppy.

The End by Caoimhe. 18/2/1999

My Nana and Grandad live in Mayo. They used to have a dog. But he got old and died. His name was Haley.

I am very sad. I go to Mayo on my holidays. I go for walks beside the Yellow River near Foxford. Haley used to go for walks with us.

I hope they will get another puppy.

The End by Caoimhe. 18/2/1999