Writing contest 2014

 

Hello !
The following posts are part of a writing contest we are organising in our school.
You can vote for your TOP 3 before 31st December 2014, by posting a comment on your favourite texts (after that, your vote won't be taken into account but you can still post a comment if you want to).
The pupils have been writing a fiction, a poem or about their personal experiences.
Please remember that English is not their native language !
Enjoy your reading !!!

"A" : Crazy Halloween

On the 31st October at 8 p.m it's Halloween in Nevada . The children are very happy because they are dressing up for the occasion. Jenny, John and Brenda are twelve, they live in Nevada. They are ready for Halloween. They are very excited and going crazy. They are going out of their home and starting to walk. Outside, it is night and dark, Jenny, John and Brenda are scared, they are alone on the road. They are ringing at a house. A grandmother is opening the door and she says «Good evening children ! »

The children say «trick or treat» The grandmother is coming with a lot of sweets. The children say «thank you very much ,bye ! » and the grandma closes the door. They are continuing on the road . They are talking and they suddendly hear step noises in their back. They turn around and they see a shadow. Jenny says «who is it ??? » John answers « it is a monster » and Brenda says « help us !! » and they see a dreadful man is following Jenny ; John and Brenda start running, they are scared, they are crying too. The man is coming near. The children are hiding behind a little house. They are terrified. The man is continuing and is coming home. Jenny, John and Brenda meet a little girl who lost her dad, Jack, Jenny and her friends understand the man found her little girl. The man gives sweet to the children. Jenny, John and Brenda leave the house to count their sweets.

Once arrived the children are counting the sweets but some sweets have disappeared. Jenny, John and Brenda are angry because some sweets are missing but John perceives a hole at the bottom of the bags, the children are disappointed. But then they are eating sweets .

 

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"B" : Caramel Heart

Chapter 1: My name is Lise

Hi, my name is Lise and I'm 14, I live near Paris with my father Paddy. Today is a special day because I am moving to London, in England, with my father's new partner, Jennifer. I've seen her already but I've never seen her 3 children who now are my three half-sisters. The Twins Lucy and Salome who are 13 and Manon who is 16 years old.

That's it, I've finished packing my bags and suitcases...
"Lise Hurry up! We need to leave in 5 minutes or we'll be late to get to the airport in time”, said my Dad.
Chapter 2: Flight to London

"Hurry up! Run!!!!!” said my father
We ran through the airport trying to catch our plane. Finally, here it was! We then got into it. I thought it would take about 1 hour to reach the city center of London. The plane took off. My London Adventure began.

*
"Lucy, Manon, Salome!” Jennifer called. “Let's go! We need to go and get Lisa and Paddy at the airport. They will soon be here.”
*
"Lise! Wake up, we have landed !!!” said my Dad.
I opened my eyes and I saw my Dad smiling at me. We were in London! We got off the plane and we waited for Jennifer's car in the car park. A car pulled over. My heart was racing...
Chapter 3: A warm hello from the twins

"- Hi! Okay? Welcome to England! Do you need anything?” said Salome and Lucy warmly.
“- No thank you. By the way, my name is Lisa!”
“- Yes we know, we are Salome and Lucy and Manon is here.”
“- OK "
We jumped into the car and we left.
"- Lise, here is your new home ! "said Jennifer
I looked to the right and I saw a large house, a lovely and very flowery triple storey house. It looked like a fairy-tale. I carried my cases into my new room and I smiled.
"- Lise, please come down." my father called.
Chapter 4: Love at first sight

I went donwstairs and I saw a very good-looking boy of my age who smiled at me. And then I saw Manon give me a dirty look and she told me:
"- Lise, This is my boyfriend Enzo!
I went into the kitchen and I saw Salome, Lucy, Jennifer and Dad around the dining table.
"- Yes, is there a problem?
“- No but I want to talk to you about a project ", said my father
Chapter 5: A project like no other

"-If we came to live here, this is for good reasons”, said my father, “We'll have a business making homemade caramel!!!! Are you happy with that?”
“- Oh yes, I am so happy, though Manon is not too nice to me! But I love the twins!!!”
“- Are you happy to begin to set up our shop to sell our caramel?”
“- Of course."
Chapter 6: Confidence

After a month of living with my new family, Manon was still rude to me but I was getting increasingly closer to the twins. My father was so happy living with Jennifer. However Manon could not bear to have me as a half-sister and neither did she support having my father as her father.

One day I went to find the twins in their room.
"- Hi Girls, do you mind if I have a word with you?”
“- No, of course not!” replied Lucy.
“- It's been over a month since I first saw you and I wanted to tell you about something. In fact, I'm in love with Manon's boyfriend Enzo.”.
“- Then you are in big trouble, my poor girl ! Manon is very much in love with Enzo and she will not want you to touch a hair of Enzo's head! ", said Salome.

Chapter 7: Auditions

I was in my room with Salome and I saw Lucy get extremely happy jumping on my new bed:
"- Girls I'm so happy, I'm auditioning for a big ballet school!!” said Lucy
“- That's awesome! When are the auditions?” replied Salome
“- Wednesday Afternoon! But I am EXTREMELY stressed!”
“- Don't worry, Salome and I will help you,” I replied
“- Thanks ! You really are the best sisters ever!"
Wednesday came and Lucy was preparing for the auditions. We got in the car and left for the "Ballet Academy Tembay". Lucy arrived and entered the room while the family waited in the waiting room. We waited and waited ... Then Lucy came up with a paper and cried, "'I got accepted to the dance school! I passed the audition!”
Everyone shouted with joy and we all hugged Lucy with happiness.
Chapter 8: Unexpected from Manon

"- Mum, I can not stand you marrying Paddy, he's so ugly, I do not want to stay here, I'm going to join Dad in Australia, I can not believe that you left Dad for Paddy!”, shouted Manon at Jennifer.
“- I do not believe you can talk to me like that! So be it, I'll call your father to see if he agrees!” replied her mother
Her mother picked up the phone and dialed the number of Manon's father.
"Hello Stephane, I cannot stand your daughter! She's having a complete teenage crisis! I want to send her to you in Australia.”
“That's good, I haven't seen her since I moved to Australia! Tomorrow there's a flight to Australia she can take,".Stéphane replied.
Chapter 9: Changing

Now it's been more than 4 months since Manon left and the house is more relaxed.

Lucy is doing very well at the ballet academy, Salome is very happy with me and I will still have another half sister because Jennifer is pregnant. And sometimes Enzo comes to see me. Life goes on...

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"C" : The national archery championship

 

On the 8^th June 2014, at 7:30 am, I arrived in La Mure for the 30^th national Ufolep championship. Under the stall, I said « Hello » to my coach and my friends : Célia, Hugo and Doudou. Our parents went to get the bar ready because my club organized this event. After having seen all my friends, I went to the yard to see our targets. On 71 targets, I was on the 10C with Doudou. The first shooting was okay but when we started to score it was a disaster ! When I shot, I stressed a lot so my movement was not good so my arrow didn't go in the yellow... and the sun raised in our face and a canicular heat arrived. Sudden terrible conditions ! The first series was good. When the series ended, we went to eat a good sandwich. In the afternoon we held the refreshment area, it was very funny : we sang, we danced for people to come and we washed dishes (it was less funny). My coach gave me a pink tee-shirt with a beautiful hat and green sun glasses for the staff. Our surname given to us by the people who were there was « V.I.P ». It was a lot of fun. At 7:00 pm, the thanks to the volunteers and archers started. At 8:00 pm, the ceremony of palmares began. I am very stressed because with my very bad points and the stress of the result it was horrible. « The girls now and the champion of France is Camille !! »

In my head I thought it was impossible. On the first step of the podium, I could see everyone and I broke down.

My friends were in tears because they were very happy. Back at the bottom of the podium I didn't have the time to realize that I was in the arms of my friends, my family and my club. Hugo, Celia and Doudou were on the podium too on the first step ! At dinner we were so happy with the perfomance : we sang «  It's in Isere we sing the strongest ! » Everyone sang with us. It was the most beautiful day of my life !

That's why everyone can make it !

 

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"D" : Prince

 

Jade, ten years old , a little blond girl with green eyes, lived alone with her parents, she wanted a younger sister or small brother but her parents did not want one. One Summer evening Jade was playing in the garden and there, at that moment, she heard some shouts. By advancing towards these strange noises she saw some blood on the ground. She hesitated for a moment but found shelter behind a tree, she saw nothing, then suddenly she discoverred a small furry ball of black hairs, it was a wounded puppy. She moved near it, began to stroke it, but it growled.

Delicately she observed it to see where the blood came from and it was hurt on the paw.

Not to awaken the suspicions of her parents she retuned home, and left the dog behind but she worried a lot for the puppy. Later at night, Jade returned to see the puppy after she had had some rest and she took an old blanket, and a disinfectant. With caution, she bandaged its paw and gave it something to drink and eat. All night long , she thought of the puppy, she had already given it a name : Prince.

Knowing that her parents would refuse to keep it, she kept the secret. During the next days she visited Prince in secret, and brought him what it needed so its state improved. She felt that the puppy trusted her. She spent a lot of time with it, played, walked it, they had become accomplices, the best friends in the world. She was very happy. She did not think of a possible younger brother any more. All the same her parents had felt the change of behavior, they had questioned her but she had kept the secret. One day her father came home, he was very angry, furious, Jade knew that he had discovered Prince. She had never seen her father in a similar state, he shouted that she was a liar, an irresponsible girl, that he would never trust her again that she was punished, that he would give the dog, Jade could not find words to defend herself so she went to find shelter in her bedroom, she was very sad. Some days passed, Jade could not eat or speak any more. Her parents were worried, they consulted a doctor, her health was in danger. Her father did not want to give in for the child would win. Jade's health degraded, she fainted and she stayed in a hospital for one week .

When she came back, Jade discovered Prince in her house. She got better and she is very happy now.

 

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"E" : Holidays in Paris

Last Summer, I was in Paris during three days.

I will tell you about this trip. My family travelled there for the first time because my parents said: “children, you have to see the Eiffel Tower”.

The first day we took the underground of Paris, called the “Métro”. I was very impressed because there are many lines, many passengers and many stops.

When we arrived at the Eiffel Tower we were excited. The tower is tall and we are so small. Now we could either take the elevator or walk to reach the top of the Eiffel tower. We decided to take the stairs up to the second floor. There are one thousand stairs to go up and after ten minutes we had a splendid view on the enormous city of Paris. I was thrilled: houses, streets, avenues, monuments, roofs, chimneys everywhere. At the top of the Eiffel Tower, I heard thirty different languages because people come from all over the world to see Paris.

The second day we visited the church called “Sacré Coeur”. It is located on the hill of “Mont Martre”. First we visited the Sacré Coeur and then we sat on the stairs in front of the church where we watched a street artist who juggled with his soccer ball on a lamp post without ever dropping his ball. At the end of his performance, the public gave him a coin.

Then we walked to the main square of Mont Martre: there were many painters who did portraits of tourists.

We found a typical French restaurant there, too, where my brother and I ate pizza and ice cream.

On the third day we visited some museums of Paris. We needed to make a choice. We are interested in nature and animals, we decided to visit the Museum of Paleontology first and then the “Galérie de l'Evolution” which is the National Museum of Natural History. This is a huge building with a black background and a line of animals living in the desert in the front: elephants, giraffes, bears, gazelles. In another part of the museum, we saw animals living in the oceans of the world: fish, sharks, swordfish, whales and dolphins and huge ocean turtles. Upstairs, we discovered a big hall with animals that will soon be extinguished. Some animals have already been extinguished and they can only be seen in museums.

On the fourth day we drove to “La Villette” which is the Technical Museum of Paris. Next to the museum there is “The Géode”, a round building, which looks like a huge ball floating on water. It is a special cinema where you can see films about nature such as the Grand Canyon in North America or historical films about the Second World War or fishermen and their children on a Southern Pacific Island. We chose the film about the island. The screen was very high, very large, and almost round. When we saw the little boy diving in clear sea water we thought we were diving next to him.

We spent four very busy days in Paris: everyday we took the noisy underground, we walked a long time in the streets and the parks until our legs hurt. We also met very poor people who live in phone boxes and in the underground and who always beg for money because they have no home, no work and no school for their children. This was very shocking for my brother and me. But most of the experiences I made were new for me: I visited monuments that I saw for the first time, I enjoyed Montmartre and also the “Notre Dame Cathedral” along the Seine River and I also liked playing soccer in the Park of the “Tuileries” with a new soccer ball from Paris St Germain. I would like to go back to Paris soon to go to the top of the Eiffel Tower (and not only to the second floor) and to visit the “Louvre Museum” and also take a “Bateau Mouche”, a tourist boat on the Seine river.

We returned to Grenoble with lots of good memories in our mind and we will try to go to Paris again soon because we loved it.

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"F" : Human being or Cat

Baptiste, 13 and a half was in the forest to collect some wood, when he saw a wild gray cat with black stripes and some brown spots. It was so beautiful that Baptiste followed it to a river. But there he saw nothing, he looked around for the cat but he didn't see it. Suddenly a woman's figure barely visible was standing behind the river, watching him. Her eyes looked like a wild cat's eyes.
-”Who are you?”, asked Baptiste.
But she didn't answer, Baptiste realised that the young woman had disappeared.

Later in the evening, Baptiste tried to talk to his parents but they thought he was mad. Baptiste went back the next day. The young woman wasn't here anymore, but he saw traces of cat paws that appeared on the floor, so he followed the footsteps up to a small den large enough for a human. He saw a little light out there. With great courage and great curiosity he crept inside. And there, he found a little girl crying. When she saw Baptiste, she turned into a cat and ran as fast as possible in the opposite direction.

  Shocked by what he had seen, Baptiste returned back home. The day after, he decided to go to the den again. The little girl was still there, and she was still crying. But this time she didn't see him! Baptiste went closer and then tried to console her:
-”What's wrong, little girl?”, asked Baptiste.
-”It is my mother ... She disappeared, kidnapped by a band of wild cats around here”.
-”Was it your mother that I saw last day, near the river?” asked Baptiste.
-”Yes this was the last time I saw her ... where do you come from, and what's your name?”, asked the little girl.
-”My name is Baptiste and I am a human being! And you?”, Baptiste asked.
-”Me? I am half-woman half-cat and my name is Sofia”, replied the little girl.

Since that day, there was a great friendship between Baptiste and Sofia. Every day, they played together.
One day, Baptiste asked Sofia:
-”Is it possible for me to become a cat? “
He didn't know why, but every time he asked this question, she didn't answer. It seemed that he was bothering her and she spoke about something else.

All was going on well until the day when Sofia and Baptiste found the dead body of her mother on the river side. A message had been left there. It was written in another language. When she saw it, Sofia cried even more than before. A week later, when Sofia got calmer, they read the message together. It said : “if you do not join the band of headhunters this month we will kill you”. Baptiste consoled Sofia and went back home to steal his father's gun and some knives, in case the headhunters would attack them. Sofia said to Baptiste that now he had to turn into a cat. Baptiste said yes of course, because he realy wanted to be a cat, and his parents didn't have so much importance to him, they were sometimes beating him.

Sofia started a ritual. It was a night of full moon. Baptiste, who was surrounded by candles, began to change : his ears disappeared and two new ones grew. He began to be extremely hairy. A long tail grew too. At the end of the ritual, the following morning, Baptiste fell asleep, exhausted by the ceremony. He looked like a normal human being. When he woke up, he realised he didn't know how to become a cat ! Sofia had to teach him. Then the lessons started. Two days later he knew perfectly how to turn into a cat, how to move like a cat, how to be a cat. There was something special about Baptiste, a sort of problem : he was a very big cat, as big as a wolf ! That is why Sofia didn't want to answer him when he had asked her how to become a cat a few days before. But times had changed and headhunters would come soon. They were already in their dreams. It was time to get ready!
Baptiste made traps, and Sofia went and looked for her mother's old friends to help them in their fight. The enemies were close! Their friends arrived. They were wearing armors on their back while they were cats, they also had extended indestructible iron claws. It was great. Baptiste would have preferred not to fight, but he had no choice.

The day after, they had to get prepared for the battle. They put their armor and their iron claws too. And they waited for the headhunters. Suddenly they arrived and they drew a circle around Baptiste and his friends. They had to fight one against one. The headhunters were much more numerous than the cats but the cats had the advantage with their armors and their claws.
Baptiste with his father's gun shot on several headhunters. After an hour of fighting the headhunters ran away. Two of Sofia's friends were hurt, and many friends of Sofia's mother died. The ground was red with blood.

Sofia and Baptiste healed all the victims and burnt all the dead bodies, even the enemies'. After all these difficult days and this bloody battle, it was time to rest and forget about those headhunters.

One month after the carnage Baptiste and Sofia fell in love. Yes, love was now the only feeling present in the forest. And after a few years, they had beautiful children, half-cat and half-man who grew up and passed the beautiful story of Baptiste and Sofia from generation to generation.

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"G" : So much to say !

O! sadness why do you come tonight?

Why make me your home?

I'm just a body shot

Wandering, my soul is pain

I am able to tell them

All I have on my mind,

All that is sad,

Everything that dies.

I am able to cry,

It's not too late,

I can talk,

Even late.

The sources of my dreams are dry

Heat pain settles

I'm thirsty for a drop of tenderness,

A glimmer of hope ever

 

My eyes flow with tears.

Pierce my heart like blades.

Bleeding pain that disarms me.

It is in this silence

My words soar

Across the sky

Where's all the same.

To you to understand

Reading these verses,

All that is sad

And everything that is lost

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"H" : Zack

It's the story of a boy, Zack, who fell in love with his best friend, Madisson, she was so beautiful, so sweet, so friendly, she was perfect. She spent her days crying thinking of Bradley, who wasn’t hers and in the meantime Zack felt as if he received blows deep in his heart confronted to the tears of the woman he loved. She repeated all the time she loved Bradley, whom Zack hated and whom Madisson loved more than anything and who made her cry..  Every night, every day, every hour, every minute, Zack thought of Madisson.

One day, while Bradley passed, Zack, full of hatred and bitterness, hit him, forgetting that Bradley was all muscles ! The fight lasted throughout the break until the supervisor finally separated them. On leaving the school, while Zack was about to board his bus, someone grabbed his arm, it was Madisson who wanted to know the reason for the attack. At that moment when he wanted to explain himself, Bradley grabbed him and began to hit him again, Zack didn't have time to react, he was already on the ground while Bradley was kicking him, he tried to defend himself but to no avail, Zack didn't have enough strength, too many shouts, too much hatred, too many things... The other students didn't react to this... Nobody was going to save him... Some were crying, others argued Bradley, but no one separated them...

 
He heard the scene but he did not see anything, he wanted to speak, defend himself, but no, his body stayed there motionless, Zack was in the process of dying because of Bradley's endless blows ! Madisson tried to separate Bradley and Zack while crying but Bradley seized her and pushed her to the ground while Zack was dying, a little more every minute, every second ...

 
The police arrived, someone in the crowd had called them, they arrested the young Bradley and an ambulance came for Madisson and Zack. But when they arrived at the hopital, each stretcher went to a distinct ward : Madisson's was carried to a bedroom and that of Zack ... to the morgue...


With love, nothing is impossible

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"I" : SUMMER

     

It's the summer. In fields the bales of straw are bright ; and the colored wheat dances with the wind and wakes the morning pink.

the sun shines and birds sing in the forest. It extends of all its magnificence on the golden striped valleys . The blue sky shines behind the white clouds and the trees of the mountains are so beautiful.

The nature returns happy people and made them dream.

The rays of the sun cross the transparent waters of the river and caress the pebbles which dance at the bottom of the water.

But the tired sun bows towards the horizon and illuminates with its last rays the twilight.

At this moment all the light of the countryside switches off and everybody falls asleep.

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"J" : The war

 

The cold, the fear. It's humide out there, and I can't see a thing. What ? I don't know. Breathing, it is the most important. Suffocating. It's stuffy. A cellar. In dark. I can't remember... I have a headache. Where am I exactly ? I remember just a little. I am in Scotland, in an underground passage. It's not a cellar. I am in the camp of the enemy, a prisoner. When? On the 24^th January 1943. I am just a soldier, treated like a puppet. I wanted to protect my homeland but I was caught by the invader, during a mission. It has been one month since I am here. I made friends with the rats. I share my meal with them. I became like them: a poor rat lost full of grime. I am a poor human rag. I miss my family. I don't want them to know what I became. I would doubtless never see them again. I am tortured everyday. They want information. They will have nothing. I know nothing. I am just a soldier. It is the war.

I hear a noise. They get closer. No!!! This time I will escape. I can't stand anymore, the hunger, the thirst all this is too hard for me. They open the door. They are two. I throw myself on the first one and drill him the stomach with the end of a rusty metal winch I found by groping at the bottom of my prison. The second takes me by surprise. I forget everything around me. I fall. It's fuzzy. I die slowly; he shot on me. My only regret is not to be able to say goodbye to my wife and my two children...

I leave this world. It's not serious; I would have at least the merit to have died for my homeland. I hope that I would go to Heaven... Not enough luck... I merit Hades. I had killed a person for my survival. But I feel that I finally see the end of the tunnel. I am going to find my brothers who died in the fight.

Goodbye

George Harrison

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"K" : My dear soft friend

 

You are a friend for everyone, sometimes even a bestfriend

Always present for birthdays, you are the most expected guest

Of all sorts, you are really our favourite

Sour or sweet you are the best

Of all colors I am never tired

The problem when you are here is surely the reaction of my dentist

My belly you make flicker, my spirit you make circle

Soft or sticky you do not do good to my teeth

But I like you as much as possible

When you are seen it's a real treat for everbody

My friend you are, my friend you will stay

Always there for me when I feel bad

Would like your odor to become a perfume

You fill our heart with joy and you make our mouth water

This friend is called Candy

And he always makes me happy

I don't care about what people say

I love you and I will love you forever

To be taken in moderation !

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"L" : The black tulip

 

My name is Sarah and I live in an apartment in Chicago. I’m 17 years old, small and thin. I have long blond hair and brown eyes. My mother and father had gone to work and my brother had gone swimming. It was Wednesday, 3 o’clock pm, I was sitting on my couch when I received a message from Helena, she invited me to the movies. When I arrived in the street, without paying attention to the traffic, I crossed. I saw Helena open her mouth at the precise moment when I was hit by a vehicle. As in slow motion I got up from the ground and suddenly I felt my back hit by something hard with a violence that cut my breath. I heard cries, noises, someone was calling me, someone was touching me, I saw blurred things and then nothing.

I opened my eyes, lying in the dark cold. Then, I saw a spot of white light shining in front of me. I saw a figure coming towards me. It was a woman dressed in a long dress, black as the night, her long curly red hair falling in cascades on her back. Her big pale blue eyes seemed to enlighten her face. She fixed me and then smiled : « Hello Sarah, my name is Drina. I am the queen of Limbes, the world which is situated between the light and the dark. If you see this world, it is that you are between life and death, as you have had an accident : a car hit you and you fell in a coma. » She also explained then that I did not need to eat or sleep anymore, but that time passed faster. A day in this world was equal to a month in the world of light.

I looked at her, I had tears in my eyes.

- « It is impossible, it must be a dream, nothing at all is real » I screamed

She squeezed me hard, and murmured in my ear with a soft voice : « I promise Sarah », she added.

I was wandering in the Limbes when I heard a familiar voice, it was my mother : « Sarah my dear daughter, your father and I love you with all our heart », then nothing more. I sat down. I let the tears flow on my cheeks then I looked at the big clock that indicated the years, the months, the days, the hours, the minutes and the seconds that go by in the world of light.

Everybody has his own clock. For me, it indicated 4 months, 28 days, 11 hours, 6 minutes and 30 seconds. It had been 4 days in the world of Limbes that I had been wandering.

A voice made me jump, it was the voice of Helena : « Hi Sarah, it is Helena, I've brought you a new bouquet of perfumed red tulips as you like them. All the students of the high school wrote you a card, they miss you a lot, mainly Kevin. They offered you a teddy bear.

I was very glad that all my friends thought about me and I was very pleased that Kevin was interested in me. Kevin ! The boy I was in love with since my entry into high school. I had the impression that I was with them.

I looked again at the clock. It indicated 5 months, 3 days, 14 hours, 26 minutes and 8 seconds. A voice attracted me, the voice of my little brother warmed my heart and also moved me a lot : « Sarah, I am very sad, there is a great emptiness in the house. Mam' cries each night and Dad doesn't know what to do for her. I am waiting for you to go to the swimming pool and drink the best milk shake in the city. »

The clock indicated 9 months. Someone talked to me, it was Kevin : « Sarah it has been a month since your birthday. My hope has not been realised, it will maybe never be realised. But before, I would like you to know something…. »

My heart accelerates.

« ….When I saw you for the first time at high school I fell in love with you. I am offering you my drawing book, I want you to have it, if you go forever I will be very bad. »

Kevin put the book on my blanket. I wanted to take his hand but I took only emptiness. Kevin bent towards me and I felt a light pressure on my mouth then nothing more.

My clock indicated 1 year, 1 month and 10 hours. A year that I was in the coma, a year that I had had my accident, a year that I had not opened my eyes and that I had not seen all those I loved.

Drina appeared before me.

- « Sarah do you remember my promise ?

- Yes

- You believed in it, you wanted it.

- You helped me not to lose footing, I am ready, I want to live! »

And a wave of heat invaded me, I smelt the perfume of tulip. Their voices fought in the darkness and left a path, a fault that was bringing me back to reality.

Now I was in the light. Drina, always near me, was smiling at me. Smiling, smiling......Helena was smiling… My brother was smiling and my parents were also smiling at me. Their hands were touching my face, their arms were holding me and squeezing me. They kissed me, tears of joy flowing on their face, shining with life and happiness.

Then they went away leaving me alone, and I found a card on a leather book : « for Sarah, from Kevin » I opened it and I looked at myself, marvellously well-drawn on each page, with a black tulip in my hair, in my hands or all around the paper, up to the two last pages there was my empty desk, an only black tulip on it, and me lying on my hospital bed holding one in my hands.

I went back to high school and I went into the higher level class. I saw Kevin again, who approached me : « Sarah ! » he squeezed me in his arms. We stayed together up to the end of high school and even beyond. I know now that love is the strongest feeling that could exist and that it will vanquish the darkness no matter what.

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"M" : a trip to Brittany

 

I am going to tell you about my school (study) trip to the seaside in Brittany. I was in my 3rd year of primary school in Monteynard.
There were 5 classrooms (1st year,2nd year,3rd year,4th year,5th year). We took the bus from Monteynard to Lyon, then in Lyon we took the TGV (fast train) up to Rennes and again another bus from Rennes to Beg port. It was a stay of 7 days.
When I arrived, I saw a big building with a big yard. I was happy.
We visited the biggest aquarium in Europe, we went on a catamaran we went by bus and we visited the biggest harbour of Quimper, we also ate the specialities : pancakes and a cheesetopped dish of fish.
Girls and boys were separated in different rooms to sleep. It was a good trip, I liked the landscapes a lot. It was the first time that I went to Brittany and it was an unforgettable trip.
Before leaving, my parents were sad because they were afraid for me. When coming back from my stay in Brittany my parents were pleased to see us again.

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"N" : my holidays in Bari

I am going to tell you about my last holidays in Bari, in Italy. My parents and their friends rent a big car and we were all in the same car. We were very happy because the journey lasted 16 hours.
We could sleep in the van at the back.

When we arrived in Bari at the campsite it was very beautiful. We were very tired but really happy to arrive. There were many olive trees, two big swimming-pools and many houses (trulli), small typical houses.
Every day we had breakfast in a big room we could choose different things to eat : cornflakes, butter croissants, cakes, ham...

We often went to the sea, we took the car and we could choose between two different seas : "the Adriactic" or the "Ionian" sea. My favorite sea was the Ionian sea because the water was very beautiful, clear and hot.
We went diving with my friends with masks and snorkels. We played and stayed a lot of time under the water. We could see small fishes ; yellow, blue brown and black.

One day we went to a small town called Alberobello. It's a typical town with "trullis" everywhere. It's really beautiful! All the trullis are white with a grey roof. We went to visit Lecce, it's a very nice town with monuments and a lot of churches. The week after, we went to a big zoo, it's the biggest zoo in Europe ! We could see the animals very well and touch them. At the beginning, we saw a vivarium, we could see crocodiles very well,they were very near ! Then we took a small train to see the monkeys, they were baboons. They were everywhere, one hundred ! We could give them some peanuts. They could climb on the roof of the train, it was very strange!
After we took a small boat to go to a small island to see very small monkeys, it was fun ! we could give them some fruits and touch them.
Then we went to a show of dolphins and sea lions. It was magic! After, we went into a big romm there were dinosaurs (like robots). We could touch them and they moved their legs and their head.

The day after, my family and all our friends went to the sea. On the cliff, there was a big hole with water. It was very high (more than 7 meters). We jumped in the water, it was a lot of fun ! We stayed a long time to see the people jump.

One evening at the campsite, there was a party with dinner and a D.J.. Everybody was here to dance ! There were Germans, Italian, French people and it was very nice because there were many lights around the swimming-pools and in the park. Sometimes the swimming pool was pink or green and the trees in the parks were blue or yellow !

Those were my favourite holidays in Italy, I hope to go back there soon !

 

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"O" : the pen

 

My name is Pablo and I will tell you the amazing story that happened to me last year.

I picked up my friend Antoine to go to school when I saw a white stone.

It shone and it was next to an old leather case.

Curious, I opened the case and I found a beautiful black and gold pen.

I took it in class and I used it to do my dictation.

I usually had trouble spelling words and there was a miracle.The pen wrote the words for me.

I  made my job by being proud of myself for the first time.

When my teacher gave me my copy, she made me a face because she was surprised, it was the first time I had 20/20.

She thought I had cheated.

But I decided to use my magic pen for all the other tests.

I became the best in class.

For the last test, instead of describing my cat, my pen began to speak about my teacher and say bad things about her.

I tried to leave my pen on the table but it continued to write wicked things.

I was punished severely so I decided to get rid of my pen.

I tried everything to lose it, crush it … But it always came back to my kit.

This is my friend Antoine who found a solution.

I left it on my desk in plain view so that someone could steal it.

We went out to recess and when we returned in class the pen was gone.

And it is Thomas who began to be the best in class.

Good tip : if you find a black and gold pen don’t pick it up!!

 

 

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