Story Seeds - Adventures Across Limerick and Beyond
Authors: Primary school students, 2nd through 6th class in Limerick and Tipperary Publication Date: February 2023 Description: A collection of ten stories written by classes from schools in Limerick and Tippearary, set in and around the schools and communities of the students. Story Seeds: Adventures Across Limerick and Beyond is a joint project of Fighting Words, Limerick Libraries and Tipperary County Council Library Service, supported by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and Creative Ireland.
Authors: Primary school students, 2nd through 6th class in Limerick and Tipperary
Publication Date: February 2023
Description: A collection of ten stories written by classes from schools in Limerick and Tippearary, set in and around the schools and communities of the students.
Story Seeds: Adventures Across Limerick and Beyond is a joint project of Fighting Words, Limerick Libraries and Tipperary County Council Library Service, supported by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and Creative Ireland.
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<strong>Story</strong> <strong>Seeds</strong>:<br />
<strong>Adventures</strong> <strong>Across</strong><br />
<strong>Limerick</strong> & <strong>Beyond</strong><br />
A collection of stories<br />
by primary school students<br />
from <strong>Limerick</strong> <strong>and</strong> Tipperary
About <strong>Story</strong> <strong>Seeds</strong><br />
The <strong>Story</strong> <strong>Seeds</strong> project first sprouted in 2021, a collaboration between<br />
Fighting Words, An Garda Síochána Community Engagement <strong>and</strong> local<br />
schools - new stories to celebrate the areas where we all live, work <strong>and</strong> play.<br />
The idea was that the first school would write the first chapter of a story, the<br />
next class would write the second chapter <strong>and</strong> so on.<br />
The first hugely successful collection was published with primary schools<br />
on the northside of Dublin, followed by further collections from schools in<br />
Dublin South, Dublin West, Drogheda, Co. Louth <strong>and</strong> in Co. Wicklow. The<br />
collection you hold in your h<strong>and</strong>s now contains stories written by schools in<br />
<strong>Limerick</strong> City <strong>and</strong> in Co. Tipperary.<br />
We think you will agree that each story is full of action <strong>and</strong> fun starring a<br />
huge range of inventive characters in adventures from King John’s Castle to<br />
the Rock of Cashel, from Moyross to Roscrea <strong>and</strong> everywhere in between.<br />
Congratulations to all the young writers for a fantastic achievement. Enjoy!<br />
Fighting Words<br />
Fighting Words is a creative writing centre established in 2009 by Roddy<br />
Doyle <strong>and</strong> Seán Love in Dublin. Fighting Words aims to help students of all<br />
ages to develop their writing skills <strong>and</strong> to explore their love of writing.<br />
Fighting Words is extremely grateful to our project partners at <strong>Limerick</strong><br />
Libraries, Tipperary Library Service, University Concert Hall <strong>and</strong> to the<br />
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration <strong>and</strong> Youth, Creative<br />
Irel<strong>and</strong>, the Arts Council <strong>and</strong> the Irish Youth Foundation for the support of<br />
this project.<br />
Copyright of the work created at Fighting Words rests with the authors, with permission<br />
granted to Fighting Words to feature the creative work in any of their publications,<br />
promotional material <strong>and</strong> websites.<br />
<strong>Story</strong> <strong>Seeds</strong>:<br />
<strong>Adventures</strong> <strong>Across</strong><br />
<strong>Limerick</strong> & <strong>Beyond</strong><br />
A collection of stories<br />
by primary school students<br />
from <strong>Limerick</strong> <strong>and</strong> Tipperary<br />
Contents<br />
The Battle of the Chippers 1<br />
The Big School Shock 11<br />
www.fightingwords.ie<br />
Fergal’s Halloween 19<br />
Big Mama <strong>and</strong> the Bigs 35
Up Moyross! 51<br />
Arthur <strong>and</strong> the Mutant Cheese 61<br />
Illa <strong>and</strong> Her Trip to Disneyl<strong>and</strong> 65<br />
Never Let the Tipp In Tip Out 69<br />
A Spice Bag Makes<br />
Everything Better 73<br />
Sparkles <strong>and</strong> Justin’s<br />
Dreams Come True 77
The Battle of the<br />
Chippers<br />
• Chapter One: Corpus Christi Primary School,<br />
Moyross, <strong>Limerick</strong>, 4th Class<br />
• Chapter Two: Thomond Primary School,<br />
Ballynanty Road, 6th Class<br />
• Chapter Three: Corpus Christi Primary School,<br />
Moyross, <strong>Limerick</strong>, 2nd Class<br />
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Chapter One:<br />
The Freda…ster<br />
One hot summer’s day, Felicia woke up suddenly <strong>and</strong><br />
glanced at her clock in a panic. She realised quickly that<br />
she was late <strong>and</strong> had slept in! Felicia grabbed her clothes<br />
from the wardrobe <strong>and</strong> ran down the stairs. She made<br />
her cup of tea as fast as she could. She ran outside <strong>and</strong><br />
got into her car but she had no petrol. She got out of the<br />
car <strong>and</strong> ran past Shelbourne Park to the St. Munchin’s<br />
Community Centre.<br />
Felicia met her best friend Carlos, who was a Garda.<br />
Thankfully, he gave her a lift. They drove through<br />
Thomondgate, where they saw Thomond Park Stadium<br />
from their windows. They went over a speed bump <strong>and</strong><br />
Felicia’s tea spilt everywhere.<br />
“Oh, sugar!” Carlos said, disappointed. “You just got tea<br />
all over my new car seats!”<br />
“Sorry,” replied Felicia. “But I’m late!!”<br />
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She got out of the car <strong>and</strong> the lollipop lady helped her to<br />
cross the road safely.<br />
When Felicia eventually arrived at work, her boss<br />
threatened her. “What happened to you?” he shouted.<br />
“You’re twenty minutes late! You’re going to have to be<br />
on time if you want to get promoted.”<br />
“Give me a chance! I need a break, I am sick of making<br />
chips,” replied Felicia.<br />
“YOU’RE FIRED!” shouted the boss.<br />
“I make the best chips. Why are you firing me?” she<br />
pleaded anxiously.<br />
“I don’t care, it’s your second time being late this week.<br />
Enough is enough,” he told her.<br />
She shook her head <strong>and</strong> walked off in anger, past Hassett’s<br />
Cross. She saw a poster advertising the boss’s job at Pa’s<br />
Chipper.<br />
Felicia got this new job <strong>and</strong> ate a big bag of chips in<br />
celebration. She invested all of her money to make sure<br />
Pa’s will not get closed down. The only problem was that<br />
a new guy named Alex wanted to buy Pa’s Chipper <strong>and</strong><br />
demolish it!<br />
Carlos went to Pa’s Chipper <strong>and</strong> confronted Alex. “I<br />
might have to arrest you, You don’t work here. why are<br />
you here?”<br />
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Chapter Two: Pa’s Drama<br />
Jack was a nice, small, nerdy guy with glasses. He was<br />
a regular customer of Pa’s Chipper <strong>and</strong> he wanted to be<br />
Felicia’s boyfriend. Little did Felicia know that Jack had<br />
gotten the promotion at Freda’s to become the boss! He<br />
was the new worker who had taken her job.<br />
Jack opened the door to Pa’s <strong>and</strong> said “Hi, how are you<br />
doing today?”<br />
Felicia turned around <strong>and</strong> spilled her chips all over him.<br />
She was surprised <strong>and</strong> got a fright to see him.<br />
“Oh, I’m so sorry!” said Felicia. The chips were extremely<br />
hot <strong>and</strong> they l<strong>and</strong>ed everywhere. As Jack tried to pick<br />
them up, the chips went on his very expensive shoes -<br />
his white Jordan 4s. To make it even worse, it was her<br />
famous curry chips <strong>and</strong> cheese!<br />
“Oh no, I really didn’t mean to do that,” said Felicia. “Do<br />
you want to come in <strong>and</strong> wash your h<strong>and</strong>s?”<br />
“Yeah please, I would love that,” said Jack.<br />
Jack was actually Alex’s brother but Jack was a good guy.<br />
Or was he?<br />
Meanwhile, Felicia went over to Carlos’s house, which<br />
was three houses away from her own house in Ballynanty.<br />
Felicia told Carlos all about Jack <strong>and</strong> he got very jealous.<br />
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Back at the chipper, Felicia got distracted by another<br />
customer who had come in for their supper, leaving<br />
Jack alone. Jack was searching for the secret recipe for<br />
Felicia’s famous chips.<br />
Jack found the recipe, but it was a fake one!<br />
Chapter Three: Jack <strong>and</strong> Felicia<br />
Jack put the recipe in his pocket <strong>and</strong> started to clean his<br />
shoes. Felicia noticed that Jack had taken the recipe.<br />
Felicia said to Jack with a fake smile, “I want to talk to<br />
you.”<br />
Jack was surprised. He ran to Freda’s with the recipe in<br />
his pocket, but he started to feel bad.<br />
“What have I done?” he thought to himself as he made<br />
chips. Jack jumped into a taxi <strong>and</strong> rushed back to Pa’s.<br />
Jack saw Felicia walking down the street near Pa’s.<br />
“Follow that girl!” Jack said to Mikey the driver.<br />
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Jack hopped out of the taxi <strong>and</strong> told Mikey, “Thanks for<br />
the ride,” as he paid him €10.<br />
“Hey Felicia!” said Jack “Sorry for stealing. Here is your<br />
recipe”.<br />
Felicia was not happy. “You should not be stealing!”<br />
Jack apologised again. “I’m really sorry, Felicia,” he said<br />
with his heart beating loudly. He was worried Felicia<br />
wouldn’t forgive him. “It’s okay,” said Felicia.<br />
Jack asked, “Do you want to come for dinner with me to<br />
Shake Dog?”<br />
“Yes,” Felicia replied <strong>and</strong> they hugged each other.<br />
“Will you be my girlfriend?” asked Jack.<br />
“Yes!” said Felicia.<br />
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The Big School<br />
Shock<br />
• Chapter One: Corpus Christi Primary School,<br />
Moyross, <strong>Limerick</strong>, 6th Class<br />
• Chapter Two: Thomond Primary School,<br />
Ballynanty Road, 6th Class<br />
• Chapter Three: Corpus Christi Primary School,<br />
Moyross, <strong>Limerick</strong>, 3rd Class<br />
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Chapter One: The Tales of<br />
Ellie & Carter: Pickle Adventure<br />
Ellie is at soccer training, she is thinking about her secret.<br />
She sees Carter st<strong>and</strong>ing at the sideline <strong>and</strong> she wonders<br />
if she should tell him her secret.<br />
Ellie is under a lot of pressure because she has her 6th<br />
class exams <strong>and</strong> a big game against her archrivals at<br />
Westbridge School. When soccer training is over she goes<br />
to Icel<strong>and</strong> with Carter to get a drink <strong>and</strong> have a chat.<br />
Carter asks, “Would you like Seven-Up or Lucozade?”<br />
“Lucozade, please!” Ellie answers.<br />
Suddenly, Ellie tells Carter, “I don’t believe anyone<br />
l<strong>and</strong>ed on the moon.”<br />
Carter asks,“Do you want to go to NASA <strong>and</strong> find out the<br />
quickest way to get to the moon?”<br />
She says, “Yes, let’s go!”<br />
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Ellie asks her father for a lift to NASA. When they show<br />
up at NASA, there is no one there.<br />
They sneak into NASA <strong>and</strong> see a pickle on the table. Carter<br />
eats the pickle, the light flickers <strong>and</strong> suddenly he can<br />
move stuff with his mind.<br />
But then, suddenly, the door shuts behind them. They<br />
hear the guards coming <strong>and</strong> they ran…<br />
Chapter Two: The Alien’s Secret<br />
Six guards come from all sides but the doors are locked.<br />
Carter screams, “Please! Door open!”<br />
The door flies off the hinges <strong>and</strong> they hurry through. Ellie<br />
<strong>and</strong> Carter get a fright when they go through the door.<br />
They take a step back because they are so scared to see a<br />
big friendly-looking green alien. They stumble onto the<br />
floor.<br />
“Hi, my name is Mr Gooey <strong>and</strong> I will help you escape <strong>and</strong><br />
return back home.”Mr Gooey then says, “Eggselsior!”<br />
BOOM!!<br />
He shapeshifts <strong>and</strong> turns into a cardboard box. Mr Gooey<br />
says, “Get in, quick!”<br />
When they are all in the box, they teleport through a<br />
whirling vortex. They are going so quickly they can see<br />
different pictures of countries <strong>and</strong> places. EVEN places<br />
like Paris <strong>and</strong> the Eiffel Tower!<br />
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They are scared, their heads hitting off the box in terror.<br />
The cardboard box l<strong>and</strong>s on the roof of Thomond Primary<br />
School in <strong>Limerick</strong> with the alien, Ellie <strong>and</strong> Carter inside.<br />
They fall through the roof into Room 13. This is a sixth<br />
class classroom <strong>and</strong> the teacher is Mrs. Becker.<br />
All of the children in the class were in the middle of a big<br />
test - the big test that Ellie had been worrying about.<br />
The box l<strong>and</strong>s on the teacher’s table. The alien transforms<br />
into his original shape.<br />
A girl cries, “‘Oh NO! A big gooey alien!” The children<br />
run in terror.<br />
Mrs Becker says, “Bob, Is that you? Calm down everyone,<br />
that’s my friend.”<br />
Bob/Mr Gooey says, “Yeah it’s me. Long time no see!”<br />
The teacher’s head starts to turn purple <strong>and</strong> into an<br />
abnormal size. She fully transforms into an alien!<br />
Ellie says, “Guys, I have to come clean about something…”<br />
Chapter Three: Ellie’s Big Secret<br />
“Girl, how dare you keep a secret from me?” says Carter<br />
while snapping his fingers.<br />
Ellie is about to reveal her secret when a vortex opens in<br />
the roof, <strong>and</strong> a monster appears. She is white, fluffy <strong>and</strong><br />
hairy with six black eyes. Her name is Mrs. Fireworks.<br />
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Mrs Becker says, “Hey! I know you!”<br />
“I know you too, from space,” says Mrs. Fireworks.<br />
Mr Gooey transforms back into the box, <strong>and</strong> all the<br />
children get in <strong>and</strong> they teleport to the hall at Corpus<br />
Christi Primary School.<br />
The students in third class are playing basketball in the<br />
hall when suddenly the box full of children <strong>and</strong> aliens<br />
l<strong>and</strong>s in the middle of the floor. Max throws the basketball<br />
at Mrs. Fireworks, she falls over <strong>and</strong> nearly destroys the<br />
entire school.<br />
“This has been a crazy day,” says Max.<br />
All the children are screaming in fright. Ellie always<br />
gets nervous when lots of people are screaming. She<br />
shapeshifts into a fox on a wheel, finally revealing her<br />
secret.<br />
“Why didn’t you tell me this?! You’re so cute!” shouts<br />
Carter. “Will you marry me?!”<br />
They promise to marry in Corpus Christi Primary School<br />
in the future <strong>and</strong> live happily ever after.<br />
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Fergal’s Halloween<br />
• Chapter One: Corpus Christi Primary School,<br />
Moyross, <strong>Limerick</strong>, 2nd Class<br />
• Chapter Two: Thomond Primary School,<br />
Ballynanty Road,, 5th Class<br />
• Chapter Three: Corpus Christi Primary School,<br />
Moyross, <strong>Limerick</strong>, 3rd Class<br />
• Chapter Four: Thomond Primary School,<br />
Ballynanty Road, 4th Class<br />
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Chapter One: Happy <strong>and</strong> Scary <strong>Story</strong><br />
Once upon a time, there was a boy named Fergal. He was<br />
in Corpus Christi Primary School, learning with his best<br />
friend, Emma.<br />
The bell rang, school was over <strong>and</strong> his mammy, Susan,<br />
was waiting outside in the yard. They headed home <strong>and</strong><br />
there was a big pink box with a bow on it outside.<br />
“Who’s this for?!” said Fergal, surprised.<br />
“I don’t know. Why don’t you open it?” his mammy<br />
replied.<br />
Fergal flung off the top <strong>and</strong> his mammy said “SURPRISE!”<br />
A puppy jumped out! It was a sausage dog. Fergal hugged<br />
the dog <strong>and</strong> said, “Thank you so much, Mammy.”<br />
Fergal took another look in the big pink box because he<br />
heard wriggling. From the corner of his eye, he saw the<br />
box moving. He looked in the box <strong>and</strong> saw four more<br />
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happy puppies wagging their tails inside. There were<br />
three girls <strong>and</strong> two boys in total. He called his best friend<br />
Emma <strong>and</strong> he told her about the puppies. She came<br />
straight over to play with the puppies.<br />
“They’re so cute!” Emma said. “Can I keep one? I’ll give<br />
you €100.”<br />
“No thank you, I want to keep the puppies together,”<br />
Fergal replied.<br />
It was Emma’s birthday in two weeks’ time. Fergal<br />
wanted to surprise her with a puppy then.<br />
Later that night, Fergal went to bed <strong>and</strong> he brought the<br />
puppies with him. He heard a screeching noise <strong>and</strong> ran<br />
down to his mammy Susan.<br />
“I heard a squeaking noise in my room!” Fergal said,<br />
sounding scared.<br />
“It’s okay, it’s probably just the puppies crying,” she<br />
responded.<br />
Fergal went back up to his room, still scared. He made a<br />
pillow fort <strong>and</strong> snuggled up with the puppies. He heard<br />
the screeching again.<br />
He thought it was coming from outside his window at<br />
the back of his house. Fergal looked out the window,<br />
which overlooks Dalley’s Field. To his horror, he saw the<br />
banshee.<br />
Fergal was terrified. She had long black hair, long sharp<br />
nails <strong>and</strong> she was wearing a long, black ripped dress.<br />
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She scraped her rotten fingernails down the window <strong>and</strong><br />
started to climb up the drainpipe.<br />
Chapter Two: The Call of the Banshee<br />
*FLASHBACK*<br />
When walking home from school one day, Fergal <strong>and</strong><br />
Emma found a comb lying on the ground. They had just<br />
passed the Northside Family Resource Centre when<br />
Emma said, “I dare you to pick up that comb!”<br />
“I’ll do it. I’m not scared of the banshee,” said Fergal.<br />
When Fergal got home he heard a horrifying screech. He<br />
thought it was only in his head though. He was in shock<br />
<strong>and</strong> he flung the comb across his room <strong>and</strong> then it l<strong>and</strong>ed<br />
on the windowsill. The comb was round <strong>and</strong> rusty with<br />
paint peeling off around some old letters on it. It seemed<br />
to spell out the surname M-C-N-A-M-A-R-A…<br />
*FLASH FORWARD*<br />
The puppies started barking <strong>and</strong> Fergal woke up startled<br />
from his flashback. He realised he was back to reality.<br />
He noticed the h<strong>and</strong> creeping up the wall. He was<br />
flabbergasted <strong>and</strong> his heart was pounding.<br />
In that moment, Fergal heard the ding-dong of the<br />
doorbell downstairs.<br />
He screamed in a horrifying voice, “MAAAAAAM!!”<br />
Fergal’s mammy had fallen asleep on the couch watching<br />
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TV. His dad wasn’t in the house because he’d gone to<br />
Susie Buns to get milk <strong>and</strong> some jellies. Susie Buns gave<br />
out free sweets on Halloween.<br />
It was 8.27 p.m when Fergal’s dad returned <strong>and</strong> saw<br />
Emma on the doorstep, waiting.<br />
Fergal shouted once again for his mam.<br />
Fergal’s dad <strong>and</strong> Emma went around to the back door <strong>and</strong><br />
saw the banshee just below Fergal’s window. His father<br />
passed out from the sight of her!<br />
Fergal didn’t hear his mammy answer, so he ran down<br />
the stairs. He saw her lying there <strong>and</strong> he checked her<br />
heart. It wasn’t beating <strong>and</strong> there was no pulse…<br />
He suddenly realised that she must have heard the<br />
banshee sing her horrible wail…<br />
Fergal was so devastated that his mammy seemed to be<br />
dead. Then he remembered the comb <strong>and</strong> how his mammy<br />
told him to never pick up a comb off the ground. He ran<br />
back upstairs, grabbed the comb <strong>and</strong> tried to break it, but<br />
it was embedded with dark magic!<br />
Chapter 3: The Prank That Went Too Far<br />
Fergal was in his room with the comb when he heard<br />
mumbling downstairs <strong>and</strong> out the back window. He went<br />
downstairs. His mammy was still on the couch <strong>and</strong> still<br />
wasn’t moving. He went outside <strong>and</strong> the mumbling was<br />
getting louder with every step he took…<br />
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Fergal’s dad was nowhere to be seen. He walked towards<br />
the noise, which was coming from Corpus Christi Primary<br />
School. He saw another comb on the road. He picked it<br />
up <strong>and</strong> it had a different surname on it. This one spelled<br />
M-A-C-K.<br />
Just outside the school, Fergal saw a key that unlocked<br />
the front door of the school. He felt scared as he kept<br />
hearing the mumbling, screeching <strong>and</strong> wailing <strong>and</strong> it was<br />
getting really loud.<br />
Inside the school, Fergal took a turn <strong>and</strong> walked halfway<br />
down the hall. The mumbling was so loud he heard it<br />
in front of him <strong>and</strong> behind him. He ran into the big PE<br />
hall to hide. To his horror, the mumbling was behind the<br />
curtains on the big stage <strong>and</strong> it was louder than ever.<br />
The curtains flew open - but there was nothing there!<br />
Fergal was st<strong>and</strong>ing on the stage when suddenly the<br />
banshee dropped down behind him. Fergal was scared<br />
<strong>and</strong> ran out the side door <strong>and</strong> into the garden. He saw his<br />
mammy, his dad <strong>and</strong> the four puppies.<br />
The banshee followed him <strong>and</strong> his heart was still racing.<br />
The banshee pulled off her mask <strong>and</strong> it was Emma. She<br />
started to laugh “HAHAHAHAHAHA!”<br />
Fergal said,“I thought you were a real banshee!”<br />
Emma replied, “No, it’s really me. Happy Halloween!”<br />
And then, an actual banshee popped up behind them.<br />
The banshee had thought that Emma was a real banshee<br />
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<strong>and</strong> got really angry that she wasn’t. Fergal said, “Ha, ha<br />
really funny!”<br />
Fergal’s dad said, “Look behind you, that banshee is<br />
real!”<br />
“RUN!” his mammy shouted.<br />
Fergal said, “Mam! Are you okay?”<br />
“Yes I am, but we all need to run!” said Mammy.<br />
Fergal, his parents, Emma <strong>and</strong> the four puppies hurried<br />
to the bus stop. They got the 666 bus to the city. Emma<br />
said, “The banshee is behind the bus - she’s chasing us!”<br />
They got off the bus at the River Shannon. They were<br />
heading towards King John’s Castle. Suddenly, Cara the<br />
sea monster jumped out of the river <strong>and</strong> ate the banshee!<br />
They all said “Phew!”<br />
Emma said, “I’m glad that’s over!”<br />
Fergal said, “Mam, where’s the fifth puppy?”<br />
Mam replied, “I don’t know. He must have ran away!”<br />
They saw the puppy walking toward King John’s Castle<br />
<strong>and</strong> they followed him there.<br />
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Chapter 4: Does White Magic Save Us?<br />
Fergal saw that the fifth puppy had both combs in his<br />
mouth. Fergal caught up with the puppy <strong>and</strong> tried to take<br />
the combs from his mouth, but the puppy pulled away<br />
<strong>and</strong> ran into the castle, up into one of the towers. Fergal<br />
followed the puppy <strong>and</strong> the gate closed behind him.<br />
The comb that spelled M-A-C-K started to glow <strong>and</strong><br />
a good spirit floated up out of it. The good spirit went<br />
to the gates <strong>and</strong> opened them. The good spirit looked<br />
just like the banshee, except she had golden hair <strong>and</strong> a<br />
white dress. It was the banshee’s sister!<br />
The puppy still had the other comb with the dark magic<br />
in his mouth. His eyes started to glow red <strong>and</strong> his head<br />
started to move up <strong>and</strong> down. He started barking which<br />
brought the banshee out of the sea monster <strong>and</strong> up the<br />
walls <strong>and</strong> into the tower.<br />
“Where were you, Hope? I thought I got rid of you the last<br />
time” the banshee shouted.<br />
“You didn’t get rid of me, Divil, I’m too strong,” said<br />
Hope, the good spirit.<br />
As the two sisters were arguing, Fergal looked around <strong>and</strong><br />
the four other puppies were floating in the air. Some of<br />
them were in white clouds, <strong>and</strong> some were in dark clouds.<br />
Just then, the fifth puppy with the dark magic comb in<br />
its mouth drops it. He pushed Divil the banshee out the<br />
window <strong>and</strong> she fell back into the river, but she grabbed<br />
him <strong>and</strong> he fell down with her. They l<strong>and</strong>ed in the river<br />
with a big splash.<br />
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Fergal h<strong>and</strong>ed Hope, the good spirit, back her comb. She<br />
strummed the teeth of her comb with her finger, which<br />
caused Cara the sea monster to come <strong>and</strong> save the puppy<br />
in the river. Hope then took the dark magic comb <strong>and</strong><br />
snapped it in half.<br />
Hope whispered, “Now she’s gone forever...”<br />
The rest of the puppies fell to the ground softly, from the<br />
clouds. Fergal <strong>and</strong> Emma checked to see if they were ok<br />
<strong>and</strong> they were thankfully uninjured.<br />
“THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!” exclaimed Emma. She<br />
opened the box but didn’t notice that the puppy’s eyes<br />
were glowing red….<br />
EPILOGUE<br />
The next Halloween, Fergal looked in a mirror <strong>and</strong> saw<br />
Hope <strong>and</strong> Divil behind him, in his reflection. He turns<br />
around <strong>and</strong>…<br />
Hope <strong>and</strong> Divil’s mother, who was half banshee <strong>and</strong> half<br />
spirit, appeared <strong>and</strong> she said, “I’m so sorry about my<br />
daughters, thank you for finding my combs.”<br />
She picked up the pieces of the broken comb <strong>and</strong> the<br />
glowing comb. She then spotted another comb in one of<br />
the puppy’s mouths <strong>and</strong> took that too. She disappeared<br />
suddenly again.<br />
The castle started to shake. Emma said, “It’s time to go,<br />
don’t forget it’s my birthday soon.”<br />
Fergal’s Dad said, “Let’s get on the bus <strong>and</strong> go get<br />
something to eat.”<br />
They went to the bus stop, <strong>and</strong> as the bus approached,<br />
Emma said, “Guys, it’s safe now, it’s not 666 anymore,<br />
it’s back to normal, look.” The bus number had changed<br />
back to 303. They got off the bus at Johnsey’s shop <strong>and</strong><br />
went to Sequoia for a takeaway.<br />
Two weeks later, it was Emma’s birthday. Fergal gave<br />
Emma a present. It was one of the puppies.<br />
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Big Mama & the Bigs<br />
• Chapter One: Corpus Christi Primary School,<br />
Moyross, <strong>Limerick</strong>, 5th Class<br />
• Chapter Two: Thomond Primary School,<br />
Ballynanty Road, 3rd Class<br />
• Chapter Three: Corpus Christi Primary School,<br />
Moyross, <strong>Limerick</strong>, 5th Class<br />
• Chapter Four: Corpus Christi Primary School,<br />
Moyross, <strong>Limerick</strong>, 4th Class<br />
apple apple apple apple apple apple<br />
Chapter One: Big Mac <strong>and</strong> Big Man<br />
Once upon a time, Big Man woke up in his bed. When he<br />
got dressed, he went to Cosgrave Park to call for his friend<br />
Penaldo. Penaldo got his soccer ball before he went out to<br />
join his friend.<br />
Big Man, whose greatest fear was vegetables, didn’t<br />
realise that the soccer ball was actually made of lettuce<br />
<strong>and</strong> cabbage! Big Man then realised that even Penaldo’s<br />
house was made of vegetables.<br />
Penaldo was a VEGAN! Big Man felt betrayed <strong>and</strong> scared.<br />
“How could you?” he said. He realised he had the<br />
vegetable ball in his h<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong> he kicked it away furiously.<br />
Big Man’s eyes turned red from crying.<br />
He went to the nearest McDonald’s. He ordered an ice<br />
cream <strong>and</strong> the worker explained that the ice cream<br />
machine was broken. He looked behind him <strong>and</strong> saw<br />
his mam there. Her name was Big Mama. His Big Mama<br />
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dragged him out of the place - she was agitated because<br />
he had left the house without telling her that morning.<br />
Outside, a bird flew over Big Man’s head with a piece of<br />
cabbage in its mouth. The cabbage fell out of the bird’s<br />
mouth <strong>and</strong> l<strong>and</strong>ed in Big Man’s mouth. He threw up as<br />
he felt so disgusted by cabbage <strong>and</strong> it l<strong>and</strong>ed all over Big<br />
Mama!<br />
Big Mama was furious <strong>and</strong> said, “You need to move out<br />
<strong>and</strong> find a job, Big Man!”<br />
Big Man was walking home, passing the Treaty Stone<br />
feeling angry because his best friend had lied to him.<br />
He saw an ad in a local shop for a cleaner. The job pays<br />
€50,000 a week. Big Man was excited!<br />
With this much money, he can save enough to buy his<br />
own McDonald’s <strong>and</strong> fix the ice cream machine once <strong>and</strong><br />
for all. He sprinted to the address <strong>and</strong> knocked on the<br />
door.<br />
Penaldo’s mother, Missaldo, opened the door. Big Man’s<br />
mouth dropped open. Big Man asked,“What are you<br />
doing here?!”<br />
Missaldo said, “Penaldo plays for Moyross but got<br />
scouted by Treated United who have a big academy. We<br />
bought this big house with the money.”<br />
Big Man then asked, “Did you advertise for the cleaner?”<br />
“Yes!” Missaldo replied. “Why?”<br />
“Can I have the job please?” asked Big Man.<br />
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“Yes, but don’t break my vase while you are trying to<br />
squeeze through the door!” she told him.<br />
Penaldo was upstairs playing FIFA37, with his little<br />
brother Mesialdo when Big Man went in to clean the<br />
room. Penaldo screamed, “What are you doing here?”<br />
Big Man answered, “I’m here for the cleaning job, to earn<br />
money to buy my own McDonald’s.”<br />
“I don’t care” Penaldo replied <strong>and</strong> made a tackle on him.<br />
Big Man said, “When I buy McDonald’s, I’ll take the<br />
vegan options off the menu if you continue on like that.”<br />
Penaldo apologised for tackling Big Man. Big Man said,<br />
“I forgive you because you’re my friend.”<br />
to come now! Our son’s McDonald’s has been knocked<br />
down.”<br />
Big Daddy wanted to help save the day. His pants didn’t<br />
fit him correctly, he had dark hair <strong>and</strong> a black cape. He<br />
rang the ambulance to rescue Big Mama, but there was<br />
no signal, so Big Daddy had to try <strong>and</strong> rescue her himself.<br />
Big Man <strong>and</strong> Penaldo were trying to help Big Mama, but<br />
they couldn’t. Big Mama wasn’t scared though, even<br />
though she was stuck on top of a crane.<br />
Big Daddy had an idea. He went to the Adoption Centre<br />
<strong>and</strong> adopted a baby. His name is BIG SUPERHERO BABY.<br />
He knew he was the only one who could save Big Mama.<br />
They decided not to go Roy Keane mode on each other.<br />
And they decided that they were going to buy McDonald’s<br />
50-50 <strong>and</strong> when Plenaldo was away playing soccer, Big<br />
Man would run it <strong>and</strong> the rest of the time Plenaldo would<br />
run it.<br />
They went away to Ballybunion in the caravan for a week<br />
to celebrate their new venture. When they came back,<br />
they saw that their McDonald’s had been knocked down<br />
by a crane!<br />
Chapter Two: The Big Mac Attack<br />
Both Penaldo <strong>and</strong> Big Man were so shocked, they called<br />
Big Mama <strong>and</strong> she jumped on top of the crane!<br />
Big Mama was 99! She rang Big Daddy. “We need you<br />
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While they were flying together across Ballynanty Road<br />
to rescue Big Mama, Big SuperHero Baby screamed, “I’m<br />
going to save you, Big Mama!’<br />
Big SuperHero Baby then passed a unicorn named<br />
Savannah. He asked the unicorn to help him save Big<br />
Mama. Big Mama jumped on the unicorn’s back but her<br />
weight caused the unicorn to spiral out of control.<br />
The unicorn’s horn fell off <strong>and</strong> l<strong>and</strong>ed deep into the River<br />
Shannon. It lost all of its magical powers. Big Mama<br />
couldn’t swim but she could float…<br />
Meanwhile Penaldo <strong>and</strong> Big Man were screaming, “My<br />
McDonald’s!”<br />
They saw Big Mama struggling in the water <strong>and</strong> Mesialdo<br />
going towards her. They said, “We love you, McDonald’s,<br />
but we need to help Big Mama. We will fix you later.”<br />
Mesialdo was the fastest swimmer in the world so he<br />
went to rescue Big Mama. He saved her by pushing her<br />
towards Shannon Rowing Club then they went back to<br />
the ruins of McDonald’s, where they found Big Daddy<br />
<strong>and</strong> Big SuperHero Baby fixing the building.<br />
When they had fixed McDonald’s, they had some ice<br />
cream to celebrate - Katchoa, Vanilla <strong>and</strong> Oreo.<br />
They went home then, but Savannah was angry. She was<br />
still in the Shannon <strong>and</strong> nobody had helped her out of the<br />
water, but she had found her horn.<br />
She made a plan for revenge against them. She put<br />
broccoli in a blender <strong>and</strong> hid it under the Oreo on the<br />
Katchoa ice cream. She flew to Big Man’s house.<br />
“This is my special ice-cream. I hope you like it because<br />
everyone does,” she said.<br />
“Mmm,” Big Man said. “This looks good.” He took a big<br />
lick <strong>and</strong> then vomited everywhere “Ugh! What did you<br />
put in this?!”<br />
Savannah answered slyly, “Just oreo <strong>and</strong> mint.”<br />
Meanwhile, Big SuperHero Baby was making a TikTok<br />
video in the library when he saw Savannah flying toward<br />
the library in a fury. Big Mama was with him playing<br />
FIFA15 on her phone.<br />
Savannah thought that her best revenge of all would be<br />
to knock down Watch House Cross Library, because that<br />
was their favourite place in Moyross.<br />
Chapter Three: Library Chaos<br />
In the library, Big Mama tried to read a book but she got<br />
bored, so she threw it on the floor <strong>and</strong> whipped out her<br />
phone instead. She started to play FIFA15 again. Big Mama<br />
got frustrated because she couldn’t sound out the word -<br />
D-O-G - in the graphic novel Dogman. She had spent her<br />
school days at Nessan’s playing on her phone instead of<br />
learning her phonics <strong>and</strong> listening to her teachers!<br />
*FLASHBACK*<br />
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On her first day of school, Big Mama was walking down<br />
the hallway, when a big bully tripped her up.<br />
Jeremy the jock was a centre back in Nessan’s football<br />
team. Jeremy was big <strong>and</strong> strong but next to Big Mama,<br />
he looked like a stick. Jeremy had broad shoulders, a<br />
mullet, ears like Shrek <strong>and</strong> wore the number 4 jersey.<br />
Big Mama said “Hey, why did you do that?”<br />
Jeremy said, “Because I can, punk, <strong>and</strong> you’re junk! I own<br />
these halls!”<br />
Big Mama went to Galaxy Takeaway <strong>and</strong> ordered five<br />
large pizzas for herself after school. She wanted to feel<br />
better….<br />
A couple of years later, in 1973, Big Mama was still only in<br />
third year in school. She was 65 years old!<br />
She’d been held back for the 50th time <strong>and</strong> she was<br />
furious! She took the 303 bus home, passing the Treaty<br />
Stone. She had her dinner <strong>and</strong> at seven o’clock, her five<br />
year old sister, Little Mama, went to bed.<br />
Big Mama had a terrible idea, to cut her sister’s hair in her<br />
sleep! She was jealous of Little Mama’s long, beautiful<br />
hair. She cut it off <strong>and</strong> tried to make extensions of it with<br />
Gorilla Glue.<br />
*FLASHFORWARD*<br />
Suddenly, Big SuperHero Baby fell on top of Big Mama <strong>and</strong><br />
distracted her from her video game <strong>and</strong> her flashback. She<br />
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still had one str<strong>and</strong> of long hair left <strong>and</strong> Big SuperHero<br />
Baby pulled it off as part of a TikTok trend!<br />
Savannah flew into the library <strong>and</strong> shot lasers from her<br />
magical horn. She used it to call her other unicorn friend,<br />
Yermy Yermy. Together, they both used their lasers from<br />
their magical horns to burn down the library! There was<br />
a red laser shining from their horns <strong>and</strong> buzzing noises<br />
coming from the lasers.<br />
Big Mama screamed, she took a mirror from her big nana<br />
purse, <strong>and</strong> said, “Aha!”<br />
She used the mirror to reflect the lasers back to the<br />
unicorns. The unicorns dodge the lasers <strong>and</strong> flee the<br />
scene. The library was saved!<br />
Then Kung Foo Chong Chong flew into the Library. He<br />
had huge wings, <strong>and</strong> could shoot beams from his h<strong>and</strong>s.<br />
Big Mama was worried because she used to bully him in<br />
school <strong>and</strong> she was afraid that he would want revenge.<br />
“OMG, your hair!” said Kung Foo Chong Chong.<br />
“It was Big SuperHero Baby’s fault!” Big Mama said<br />
disappointingly. Kung Foo Chong Chong didn’t know that<br />
the reason Big Mama bullied him is because she actually<br />
liked him! And Kung Foo Chong Chong felt the same way!<br />
Kung Foo Chong Chong used his golden lasso to call<br />
back the unicorns <strong>and</strong> harness their powers. He used the<br />
powers to fix the damage done to the library.<br />
Big Daddy was hiding in the opposite aisle of the library.<br />
All of a sudden, Kung Foo Chong Chong <strong>and</strong> Big Mama<br />
confess their feelings to each other. Big Daddy overhears<br />
this <strong>and</strong>…<br />
Chapter Four: The Revenge<br />
...Big Daddy jumped out from the library aisle <strong>and</strong> kicked<br />
Kung Foo Chong Chong. They started to wrestle each<br />
other.<br />
Big Daddy said in an angry voice, “YOU STOLE MY<br />
WOMAN!”<br />
Big Mama saw them fighting <strong>and</strong> she ran over to rip<br />
them apart, but she couldn’t do it alone <strong>and</strong> she asked<br />
the unicorns to help her.<br />
The unicorns, Savannah <strong>and</strong> Yermy Yermy, used their<br />
powers from their horns to rip them apart. Big Daddy<br />
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grabbed a book off the shelf <strong>and</strong> opened it up. A monster<br />
appeared out of the book!<br />
The monster is named Toomy Toomy <strong>and</strong> he was green,<br />
small <strong>and</strong> had loads of teeth.<br />
He said, “Big Mama is mine!” He then slapped both of<br />
them in their faces <strong>and</strong> Big Mama ran into the monster’s<br />
arms.<br />
*FLASHBACK*<br />
In 2001, Toomy Toomy from Chicken Nuggets L<strong>and</strong><br />
transferred to Corpus Christi Primary School where he<br />
became good friends with Big Mama.<br />
Back in the library, Big Mama said, “It’s been so long<br />
since I’ve seen you!” A tear dripped from her eye. The<br />
tear l<strong>and</strong>ed on the monster <strong>and</strong> magically he turned into<br />
a charming prince.<br />
He looked like Prince Charming - tall, with blond hair<br />
<strong>and</strong> blue eyes. His name was Tommy <strong>and</strong> he was wearing<br />
a green tuxedo.<br />
Big Mama said “I haven’t seen you as a human since<br />
2001, all those years ago!”<br />
All of a sudden, Little Mama crawled in <strong>and</strong> she screamed,<br />
“Where is my hair?”<br />
Big Mama answered, “I don’t know” while she tucks her<br />
hair into her top to hide it.<br />
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Big Man was still sick from the disgusting Katchoa ice<br />
cream <strong>and</strong> was in hospital. A few days later, he recovered<br />
<strong>and</strong> went to the library. Big Man decided to go to the<br />
Sensory Room <strong>and</strong> sat on the bean bag.<br />
A mouse came out. The mouse squeaked, “EEK-EEK-EEK!”<br />
Andreas Mouse ran over <strong>and</strong> bit Big Man’s finger when<br />
he tried to get up. Big Man tried to hide in the little den<br />
<strong>and</strong> then found a secret door that leads to a room with<br />
Big Mama tied up.<br />
He noticed that there is a bomb on her head. She felt<br />
scared, worried <strong>and</strong> paranoid, <strong>and</strong> she screamed<br />
“HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!”<br />
Big Daddy wanted revenge <strong>and</strong> put tape over her mouth<br />
to keep her quiet. He holds her hostage for €50,000!<br />
Big Man used his magical chicken nugget to call the full<br />
team to help rescue Big Mama. The full team consisted<br />
of Savannah, Yermy Yermy, Big SuperHero Baby, Kung<br />
Foo Chong Chong, Penaldo, Mesialdo, Missaldo, Little<br />
Mama <strong>and</strong> Tommy. They all answered the call <strong>and</strong> team<br />
together to save Big Mama.<br />
They all shouted “The Bigs!” with their h<strong>and</strong>s together,<br />
like a team ready for battle. Big Daddy ended up in unicorn<br />
jail <strong>and</strong> Andreas mouse chewed the wire to defuse the<br />
bomb.<br />
All was well in Watch House Cross Library again. Big<br />
Mama <strong>and</strong> Tommy end up getting married in McDonald’s<br />
<strong>and</strong> they all lived happily ever after.<br />
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Up Moyross!<br />
• Chapter One: Thomond Primary School,<br />
Ballynanty Road,2nd Class<br />
• Chapter Two: Thomond Primary School,<br />
Ballynanty Road,2nd Class<br />
• Chapter Three: Corpus Christi Primary School,<br />
Moyross, <strong>Limerick</strong>, 6th Class<br />
apple apple apple apple apple apple<br />
Chapter One: The Superheroes<br />
Save the Day<br />
Once upon a time in Thomond Primary School in 2022,<br />
LeBron was a normal boy with a best friend called Banana<br />
Man.<br />
One day, they were eating chocolate Oreo cookies <strong>and</strong><br />
drinking milk on their break.<br />
Suddenly, a purple rotten banana man called The<br />
Destroyer burst into the classroom <strong>and</strong> turned LeBron<br />
<strong>and</strong> Banana Man into superheroes!<br />
The Destroyer started wrecking the school. LeBron tried<br />
to scare him away using his giant basketball. He threw<br />
the basketball <strong>and</strong> it exploded everywhere!<br />
“What’s happening here?” said Super Banana Man.<br />
“We have to save the city!” said LeBron.<br />
Super Banana Man took off his banana peel face <strong>and</strong><br />
slapped it across The Destroyer’s face. That was his<br />
superpower!<br />
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The Destroyer was very mad <strong>and</strong> emitted a poisonous<br />
green fog. The mysterious fog made the other kids unable<br />
to breathe. The kids <strong>and</strong> the superheroes ran upstairs, to<br />
the Hub to safety.<br />
They locked the door to the Hub behind them. The fog<br />
followed them upstairs <strong>and</strong> seeped underneath the door.<br />
Meanwhile, The Destroyer was still damaging everything<br />
in his sight with his fury.<br />
The superheroes <strong>and</strong> the kids tried to escape through the<br />
window. LeBron used his new power, which was shooting<br />
Nerf bullets from his h<strong>and</strong>s. The Destroyer grew bigger<br />
<strong>and</strong> bigger from the bullets.<br />
“How can this be happening? Why aren’t our bullets<br />
working on him?!” said LeBron. They all jumped into the<br />
Super Van to escape The Destroyer.<br />
They fled toward Henry Street Apartments in <strong>Limerick</strong><br />
City. They crawled through the air vents <strong>and</strong> into their<br />
secret lair there. What they didn’t know was that The<br />
Destroyer placed a tracker on the inside of Super Banana<br />
Man’s peel when he hit him. So he was secretly following<br />
them.<br />
Suddenly, The Destroyer stepped on glass <strong>and</strong> cried out.<br />
He called his team to come help him.<br />
In the lair, there was a kind robot coming to help LeBron<br />
<strong>and</strong> Super Banana Man. The robot teleported them all<br />
back to Moyross <strong>and</strong> they found a treasure box under the<br />
slide in Moyross Park.<br />
They open it up <strong>and</strong>…<br />
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Chapter Two: The Big Fight of Fire <strong>and</strong> Ice<br />
While they were teleporting, the tracker fell off <strong>and</strong> they<br />
lost The Destroyer. When they opened the treasure chest,<br />
it was full of shiny diamonds!<br />
“OMG!” says Super Banana Man. “I’m spending this on<br />
McDonald’s <strong>and</strong> pizza!”<br />
Suddenly, a red dragon swooped into Moyross Park <strong>and</strong><br />
l<strong>and</strong>ed on the chest. Scar, the red dragon, breathed fire<br />
<strong>and</strong> hit Super Banana Man with his wing. LeBron threw<br />
the exploding basketball at the dragon, but the dragon<br />
dodged it. He took the treasure chest in his claws <strong>and</strong><br />
flew back to his cave of wonders.<br />
The Destroyer found Scar’s cave <strong>and</strong> said, “We are both<br />
supervillains, so let’s team up!”<br />
“Yes, indeed” says Scar. “Let’s destroy the universe<br />
together!”<br />
Meanwhile, back in Moyross Park, Kind Robot appeared<br />
out of a hole in the ground. Kind Robot ripped an ice staff<br />
out of the ground, which destroys fire. The ice staff is<br />
inscribed: Use this to defeat Scar the dragon.<br />
Super Banana Man, LeBron <strong>and</strong> Kind Robot then<br />
teleported to the cave. The robot shot ice out of the staff<br />
<strong>and</strong> Scar breathed fire back at him in his defense. A giant<br />
explosion occurred when the fire met the ice! The cave<br />
collapsed from the explosion. Scar <strong>and</strong> Kind Robot were<br />
trapped in the rubble while everyone else escaped to<br />
safety.<br />
The Destroyer does not go back to help Scar. Scar had<br />
been betrayed! Super Banana Man <strong>and</strong> LeBron went back<br />
to rescue Scar <strong>and</strong> Kind Robot. They are good superheroes<br />
<strong>and</strong> didn’t want to leave anyone behind.<br />
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Scar was angry at The Destroyer for his betrayal but<br />
thankful to his new friends who saved him. He switched<br />
to the good side because of this.<br />
The Destroyer cast a spell on Kind Robot to make him evil.<br />
Super Banana Man <strong>and</strong> LeBron notice that Kind Robot’s<br />
eyes have turned red.<br />
Scar gives everyone a ride on his back to King John’s<br />
Castle to the dungeons. He locks the now Evil Robot <strong>and</strong><br />
The Destroyer into the dungeons.<br />
LeBron <strong>and</strong> Super Banana Man return the diamonds to<br />
their rightful owner in the city. The owner was so pleased,<br />
he rewarded them with a big huge diamond. They use<br />
the diamond to buy loads of chips <strong>and</strong> battered sausages<br />
from Freda’s chipper.<br />
They were sitting down <strong>and</strong> eating their food when they<br />
heard a giant explosion. The dungeon gate suddenly flew<br />
open against the wall, <strong>and</strong> The Destroyer emerged!<br />
Chapter Three:<br />
The Battle of the Battered Sausage<br />
Super Banana Man ran for a machine gun <strong>and</strong> filled it<br />
with battered sausages. He aimed it at The Destroyer <strong>and</strong><br />
shot at him, but The Destroyer dodged them all.<br />
Meanwhile, LeBron was eating soggy chips on the curb,<br />
watching the scrap. He finished his chips, tried to get<br />
up to help Super Banana Man but was too bloated!<br />
LeBron uses his echo superpower to call his mother.<br />
“MAAAAMMMMMMM!”<br />
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In a blink of an eye, Mrs. Qu<strong>and</strong>ale, LeBron’s mother<br />
hurried in with a bucket full of battered sausages. “How<br />
are you doing, kids?”<br />
She filled up the machine gun with battered sausages.<br />
LeBron, who was no longer bloated, shots the gun at The<br />
Destroyer. “Thank you, Mam, for helping us!”<br />
LeBron dropped down a rope ladder to free Evil Robot<br />
from the dungeon. He climbed up onto the ladder <strong>and</strong><br />
escaped. While he was trying to talk, one of the flying<br />
battered sausages went into his mouth by accident.<br />
Evil Robot swallowed the sausage <strong>and</strong> he became kind<br />
again. His eyes turned back to green, his normal eye<br />
colour. He took the form of a brown compost bin <strong>and</strong><br />
absorbed all the battered sausages.<br />
Scar the dragon flew into the castle <strong>and</strong> makes a pact with<br />
The Destroyer so that they will morph together to defeat<br />
the superheroes.<br />
Their new name is Scar The Destroyer. He wears Air<br />
Jordans <strong>and</strong> this is his source of power. They make him<br />
jump super high into the air.<br />
All of a sudden, they all take the Super Van to the<br />
schoolyard at Corpus Christi Primary School. Here the<br />
final battle would take place in the basketball court.<br />
Whoever scored three baskets first would win. One team<br />
was LeBron, Super Banana Man, Kind Robot <strong>and</strong> his<br />
mother, Mrs. Qu<strong>and</strong>ale. The other team was Scar The<br />
Destroyer.<br />
LeBron took out his explosive basketball <strong>and</strong> dunked it<br />
into the net, <strong>and</strong> he scored first. Scar The Destroyer flew<br />
up into the air <strong>and</strong> dunked it into the other net. Mrs.<br />
Qu<strong>and</strong>ale was cheering on her son from the sideline while<br />
freestyle dancing.<br />
Kind Robot climbed up the pole of the hoop <strong>and</strong> dunked<br />
the basketball, shattering the hoop into pieces. Team One<br />
wins the final battle! Good prevails!<br />
Scar The Destroyer lost but Mrs. Qu<strong>and</strong>ale felt sorry<br />
for him <strong>and</strong> adopted him. They celebrate their victory<br />
together in Freda’s chipper, eating battered sausages<br />
<strong>and</strong> chips, with a can of Coke each, all satisfied.<br />
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Arthur <strong>and</strong> the<br />
Mutant Cheese<br />
• St. John the Baptist Boys National School,<br />
Cashel, Co. Tipperary, 4th Class<br />
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Arthur was a legendary gunslinger from New York City,<br />
He was having a really bad day. He was being chased by<br />
the law for something he hadn’t done. The police were<br />
after him for something his parents had done. The head<br />
of the law was a police chief called Agent Miltan.<br />
Arthur had been raised by foster parents who were<br />
scientists who worked on mutant creatures <strong>and</strong> things.<br />
When he was younger there had been an accident <strong>and</strong><br />
that’s when his friend Otto the Mutant Moldy Cheese<br />
had been created. Otto <strong>and</strong> Arthur were best friends.<br />
Otto had magical powers including throwing his magical<br />
stink that could transport him <strong>and</strong> Arthur to magical<br />
places.<br />
Arthur was cornered by the law. Miltan said to him, ”One<br />
day in a few years I’m going to be the head of the law<br />
everywhere!”<br />
Arthur felt pretty angry <strong>and</strong> scared. Otto was so scared<br />
that he accidentally transported them with his stink to<br />
Cashel in Tipperary, Irel<strong>and</strong>.<br />
Arthur said, “Where is this??!!”<br />
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Otto said, “Oh, I don’t know. I meant to transport us to a<br />
lab in Chicago.”<br />
Arthur’s foster parents had friends in Chicago with a lab<br />
but the problem was that Otto was out of stink <strong>and</strong> they<br />
were stuck.<br />
They had l<strong>and</strong>ed at the Rock of Cashel. Arthur with Otto<br />
on his shoulder jumped over the wall to go down the hill<br />
into the town <strong>and</strong> was chased by five rams with big horns.<br />
Otto got off Arthur’s shoulder <strong>and</strong> was flying through the<br />
air singing.<br />
When Arthur got to the Palace Hotel he saw a man <strong>and</strong><br />
a woman working there <strong>and</strong> he didn’t realise that they<br />
were his parents but they recognised him.<br />
Arthur thought that he could achieve his dream of<br />
becoming a spy <strong>and</strong> doing good deeds if he just stayed in<br />
Irel<strong>and</strong>.<br />
Meanwhile, the sheep had jumped into the swimming<br />
pool <strong>and</strong> stole all of the floaties…<br />
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Illa & Her Trip<br />
to Disneyl<strong>and</strong><br />
• St. John the Baptist Girls National School, Cashel, Co.<br />
Tipperary, 5th Class<br />
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Illa the dog was at home eating ice cream from Grogan’s<br />
in Cashel. It was her favourite flavour, mint chocolate<br />
chip. Leah, Illa’s owner, said, “I have something to tell<br />
you, we are going somewhere really special.”<br />
“Please tell me!” barked Illa in excitement.<br />
”Please don’t scream,” Leah said, “but we are going to<br />
Disneyl<strong>and</strong>.”<br />
“Are we going on an aeroplane?” asked Illa, tucking her<br />
tail between her legs. Illa was afraid of aeroplanes.<br />
“I’m so sorry but we have to go on an aeroplane,” Leah<br />
told her.<br />
Illa ran downstairs to get a drink of water to calm herself<br />
down. She went outside to find her friend Coco, who lived<br />
down the street. Coco was playing in the front garden<br />
with her dog toys when Illa came along <strong>and</strong> said, “Coco<br />
I’m feeling really anxious. Can you help me calm down?”<br />
“I’ve never seen you this worried before,” Coco said.<br />
“What’s happened?”<br />
“Okay, I’m really excited because Leah said she is going<br />
to take me to Disneyl<strong>and</strong> but we have no choice but to go<br />
on an aeroplane.”<br />
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“Okay,” Coco said to her friend. “Because you need to<br />
go on the aeroplane here, take this toy, I know it’s your<br />
favourite. Then you can think of me <strong>and</strong> you will feel<br />
better.”<br />
Just then, Leah called Illa to go for a little walk to get<br />
some fresh air up at The Rock of Cashel. They saw lots of<br />
sheep on the way.<br />
It had been a nice sunny day but then it started lashing<br />
rain. They tried to run home really fast but as they were<br />
running Leah tripped over another dog. This dog was not<br />
friendly!<br />
The dog started growling at her...<br />
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Never Let<br />
The Tipp Inn Tip Out<br />
• Bishop Harty National School,<br />
Ballinree, Co. Tipperary, 5th/6th Class<br />
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Jimmy Wyles the farmer <strong>and</strong> his best friend Harvey the<br />
Hereford bull were on the way down to The Tipp Inn to<br />
get their Sunday roast.<br />
While they were there, Jimmy saw a poster for a raffle.<br />
The prize was two thous<strong>and</strong> acres of tillage l<strong>and</strong> in<br />
Lissaniskey, just outside Toomevara.<br />
When Jimmy looked at the price of the ticket, he couldn’t<br />
afford it. There were only one hundred tickets. Each ticket<br />
cost €5,000. Jimmy thought that the only way he could<br />
buy one of the tickets would be to sell Harvey.<br />
Harvey said, “That Zetor is as useless as Nenagh are at<br />
hurling. Maybe you should sell that instead.”<br />
“I suppose so,” Jimmy replied. “I’ll throw it up on<br />
DoneDeal this evening.”<br />
Jimmy wanted to be a famous farmer – a famous dairy<br />
farmer. With two thous<strong>and</strong> acres, he could start his own<br />
line of dairy products: milk, cheese, butter, ice cream,<br />
chocolate <strong>and</strong> cream. Then he could buy a John Deere<br />
6930 Premium.<br />
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The Tipp Inn was holding the raffle to stay open – they<br />
were in danger of going bankrupt. Everyone in the<br />
community loved their Sunday dinners <strong>and</strong> watching the<br />
match there. The Tipp Inn was anything but elaborate,<br />
but it was Jimmy’s favourite place.<br />
Jimmy had the tractor up on DoneDeal for a week, but it<br />
just wouldn’t sell…<br />
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A Spice Bag Makes<br />
Everything Better<br />
• Scoil Iosef Naofa, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary, 6th Class<br />
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Daisy the Dog was in the church in Roscrea, praying to<br />
the doggie gods.<br />
Afterwards, she went to Jumbo’s to get a spice bag. She<br />
was walking down to the town park when she saw a man.<br />
The man, who was called Christy, tried to rob Daisy’s<br />
spice bag.<br />
Daisy shouted, “Give me back my spice bag!” She tried to<br />
bite him on the shins.<br />
Christy bent down to give Daisy back her spice bag. He<br />
drew back his fist <strong>and</strong> said, “I won’t hit ya.”<br />
This time, she bit Christy on the shins <strong>and</strong> walked away<br />
on her rear legs with the spice-bag in her mouth. The<br />
local vet, who was called Mysterious Michael, saw Daisy<br />
bite Christy. He captured her <strong>and</strong> put her in the van.<br />
Mysterious Michael said, “You’re not supposed to bite<br />
people, we might have to put you down!”<br />
Christy stole a stop sign <strong>and</strong> put it in front of the van.<br />
Mysterious Michael had to stop the van.<br />
Christy said, “That’s my dog. She was just play-fighting.”<br />
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Michael said, “Tough luck!”<br />
There was a little girl playing on her bike nearby. Christy<br />
pushed her off the bike <strong>and</strong> took off after the van. He<br />
started to go so fast on the bike that he was going over<br />
the speed limit. He rode into the park, used the slide in<br />
the park as a ramp to bunny-hop over the van, which<br />
forced the van to stop.<br />
The van stopped so suddenly that the doors flung open,<br />
<strong>and</strong> Daisy jumped out. A Garda car had stopped in front<br />
of the van. So Daisy <strong>and</strong> Christy leaped on to the bonnet<br />
of the Garda car, jumped over <strong>and</strong> went into Dunnes.<br />
They ran to the elevator <strong>and</strong> pressed the button but the<br />
elevator got stuck.<br />
Fourteen eternities later, the fire brigade broke them<br />
out of the lift. They went to the ATM in Dunnes <strong>and</strong> got<br />
cash because Jumbo’s doesn’t take cards. Daisy bought<br />
Christy a spice bag to say thanks.<br />
Daisy said, “You saved my tail!”<br />
They went to Christy’s gaff <strong>and</strong> ate their food. Christy<br />
said, “Y’know, I always wanted to go to space.”<br />
Daisy replied, “That would be cool, but I’m afraid of<br />
rockets.”<br />
Just then there was breaking news on the TV…<br />
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Sparkles & Justin’s<br />
Dreams Come True<br />
• Chapter One: St. Mary’s National School,<br />
Bishop Street, <strong>Limerick</strong>, 3rd Class<br />
• Chapter Two: St. Mary’s National School,<br />
Bishop Street, <strong>Limerick</strong>, 4th Class<br />
• Chapter Three: St. Mary’s National School,<br />
Bishop Street, <strong>Limerick</strong>, 5th & 6th Class<br />
• Chapter Four: Our Lady Queen of Peace National School,<br />
Janesboro, <strong>Limerick</strong>, 3rd Class<br />
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Chapter 1: Sparkles & Justin’s <strong>Adventures</strong><br />
Sparkles the Cat was in St. Mary’s Park in <strong>Limerick</strong>. She<br />
was playing tag with her best friend Justin the Dog. She<br />
was happy because Justin had shown up - sometimes<br />
Justin didn’t show up.<br />
“I’d love to meet Justin Bieber,” said Sparkles.<br />
Justin the Dog said, “I like Ed Sheeran, actually. He’s way<br />
better!”<br />
Justin <strong>and</strong> Sparkles broke into a fight. They argued over<br />
who was a better singer. Justin suggested that they go<br />
to St. Mary’s National School to ask the teachers <strong>and</strong><br />
children who was the better singer. Whoever got the<br />
most votes would be the best singer.<br />
They stopped at Shake Dog for ice cream on the way to the<br />
school. Justin got chocolate <strong>and</strong> Sparkles got strawberry.<br />
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The school was open <strong>and</strong> all of the children were lined<br />
up. Justin <strong>and</strong> Sparkles lined up with third class. Ms.<br />
McNamara, the teacher asked, “Why is there a cat <strong>and</strong> a<br />
dog in my class?”<br />
Justin said, “We need help to decide who is the best singer.<br />
Can we do a class vote - Justin Bieber or Ed Sheeran?”<br />
Ms. McNamara realised that the cat <strong>and</strong> dog could talk.<br />
She said, “Of course we’ll do a class vote.”<br />
In the classroom, the children voted <strong>and</strong> it was a tie. Both<br />
Justin <strong>and</strong> Sparkles were furious. “We need to find a way<br />
to find out who is better!” said Justin.<br />
They went to sixth class to ask them to vote. Sparkles<br />
said, “These students are so big!” Sparkles biggest fear<br />
was getting stepped on. Sparkles was so afraid that she<br />
felt really sweaty. She asked the teacher Ms. Breen if she<br />
could go to the bathroom.<br />
While Sparkles was gone, Justin asked the students who<br />
they liked better, Ed Sheeran or Justin Bieber. They all<br />
liked Justin Bieber better <strong>and</strong> it made Justin the dog so<br />
angry that he head-butted the door <strong>and</strong> ran away. The<br />
door slammed shut behind him.<br />
Sparkles saw Justin was in the hallway. He was in a bad<br />
mood.<br />
“What’s wrong Justin?”<br />
“Don’t talk to me!” said Justin.<br />
“Fine,” replied Sparkles. They split up.<br />
Sparkles decided to go to another school <strong>and</strong> ask them<br />
to vote. She walked along the River Shannon but took<br />
a wrong turn. She was lost <strong>and</strong> suddenly she heard<br />
marching footsteps coming towards her. She was afraid<br />
that someone was going to step on her.<br />
Meanwhile, Justin went up to the pool room at St. Mary’s.<br />
He played a game of pool against an SNA called Cahir. He<br />
was losing so he jumped up on the table <strong>and</strong> scraped the<br />
felt surface. Cahir said, “Don’t get mad. It’s just a game,<br />
it doesn’t matter.”<br />
Justin felt guilty for being mean to Sparkles, so he went<br />
to look for her but couldn’t find her. Suddenly, he heard<br />
Sparkles screaming. He ran over <strong>and</strong> gave her a hug.<br />
“They are both the best singers,” said Justin.<br />
They were hungry <strong>and</strong> they went to get something to eat<br />
at Pizza Galaxy. The radio was on <strong>and</strong> they heard on the<br />
news that both Justin Bieber <strong>and</strong> Ed Sheeran were going<br />
to perform in Irel<strong>and</strong>. Justin Bieber was going to be in<br />
Thomond Park <strong>and</strong> Ed Sheeran was going to perform at<br />
Croke Park in Dublin...<br />
Chapter Two: Justin & Sparkles’<br />
Little Adventure to Dublin<br />
After their adventures, Sparkles <strong>and</strong> Justin decided to go to<br />
see Scream in the Vue cinema on the Ennis Road. They got<br />
really scared because they didn’t know it was a scary movie!<br />
They ran out of the movie halfway through <strong>and</strong> wanted<br />
to see a nice place, so they went to King John’s Castle.<br />
While they were there, they saw the swords <strong>and</strong> the<br />
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cannons. They climbed to the top of the stairs <strong>and</strong> saw<br />
the stars in the sky. Sparkles was still afraid that she<br />
would be stepped on because the spiral staircase was<br />
very thin <strong>and</strong> narrow.<br />
It was nighttime <strong>and</strong> they felt hungry. They could smell<br />
the seasoning of the soft <strong>and</strong> smooth chips from Stix,<br />
which was next to the castle. At Stix, they hear the radio<br />
on in the background. They hear that Ed Sheeran’s<br />
concert is on in Dublin five hours before Justin Bieber’s<br />
concert in <strong>Limerick</strong> on the same day!<br />
Sparkles said, “OMG, we can go to the two concerts!”<br />
“Wait, how are a cat <strong>and</strong> dog going to get to Dublin?”<br />
replied Justin.<br />
“Oh no, <strong>and</strong> what if we get stepped on? It’s a concert!!”<br />
cried Sparkles.<br />
“We can get the train to Dublin because there’s plenty of<br />
space,” said Justin.<br />
They bought two tickets that were on sale in Stix for both<br />
concerts. They looked at the tickets <strong>and</strong> noticed that the<br />
age limit was 18 years old.<br />
Sparkles said, “Oh no, the age limit is 18 years!”<br />
“Well, I’m 3 but in dog years that means I’m 21!” replied<br />
Justin with relief.<br />
“Oh yeah! I’m not a dog, but I’m 24 years in cat years,”<br />
said Sparkles.<br />
The concert day arrived <strong>and</strong> they got on the train to<br />
Dublin. They changed at <strong>Limerick</strong> Junction <strong>and</strong> the train<br />
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got them up to Dublin quickly. They got to Croke Park<br />
<strong>and</strong> went to the merch<strong>and</strong>ise st<strong>and</strong>. There were t-shirts,<br />
blow horns <strong>and</strong> hats <strong>and</strong> they bought them all.<br />
They went to Hill 16 <strong>and</strong> Sparkles was still afraid someone<br />
might st<strong>and</strong> on her. They were really enjoying it <strong>and</strong> were<br />
dancing to his songs, such as “Bad Habits” <strong>and</strong> “Shape<br />
of You.”<br />
Ed Sheeran announced from the stage, “Ladies <strong>and</strong><br />
gentlemen, I have two special guests here today!”<br />
The audience moved forward so they could see who the<br />
special guests were. The lights were a kind of greenish<br />
colour <strong>and</strong> formed into a spaceship shape.<br />
Suddenly, the spotlight from the stage l<strong>and</strong>ed on Sparkles<br />
<strong>and</strong> Justin in the crowd...<br />
Chapter Three:<br />
Sparkles & Justin’s Crazy Adventure<br />
Sparkles <strong>and</strong> Justin were terrified because they weren’t<br />
expecting themselves to be the special guests. Ed<br />
Sheeran called them up to the stage.<br />
“Sparkles <strong>and</strong> Justin come up <strong>and</strong> sing a song with me!”<br />
said Ed.<br />
Ed started to sing “Perfect.” Justin knew all the words<br />
but Sparkles didn’t. Sparkles was extremely embarrassed<br />
<strong>and</strong> she ran off the stage.<br />
Meanwhile, Justin was having such a great time singing<br />
with Ed that he didn’t realise that Sparkles had gone.<br />
Sparkles slipped through all of the security <strong>and</strong> got on<br />
the Luas. She hid in the clothes section in Sports Direct in<br />
Dundrum Town Centre.<br />
When Ed <strong>and</strong> Justin finished the song, Justin looked<br />
around <strong>and</strong> couldn’t see Sparkles. Justin said, “Look, Ed I<br />
have to go. I have to find Sparkles!”<br />
“Stay!” exclaimed Ed. “One more song. Never mind, you<br />
can find Sparkles in a while.”<br />
“Fine,” replied Justin, “but only one more song.”<br />
They sang the song “Photograph” <strong>and</strong> the crowd went<br />
wild. After the song was over, Justin said, “Ed, seeing as<br />
I sang another song with you, will you help me to find<br />
Sparkles?”<br />
“Yeah!” said Ed.<br />
“Hurry up, we need to find Sparkles before the Justin<br />
Bieber concert in <strong>Limerick</strong>,” said Justin.<br />
“What do you mean a Justin Bieber concert?” asked Ed.<br />
“I don’t like that guy. He tried to steal one of my songs a<br />
couple of months ago.”<br />
Ed <strong>and</strong> Justin Bieber were jealous of each other.<br />
At the Luas stop, they saw a scarf belonging to Sparkles.<br />
Justin asked the Luas driver, “Where did the cat get off?”<br />
The driver replied, “I can’t quite remember, I think it<br />
might have been Dublin Zoo.” The Luas driver fainted<br />
when he saw the dog he was talking to was with Ed<br />
Sheeran.<br />
The people on the Luas asked Ed for his autograph <strong>and</strong><br />
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for him to sing a song. He said, “No, I’m sorry - I’m too<br />
busy, I’m in a rush! And I’m too stressed out to sing.”<br />
At Dublin Zoo they asked the lady at the desk to make an<br />
announcement. “Could Sparkles the cat please come to<br />
the desk?”<br />
After a while, a brown <strong>and</strong> white cat came to the desk.<br />
“Hi, I’m Sparkles!”<br />
Ed <strong>and</strong> Justin freaked out. It was the wrong cat!<br />
“Do you know where there is another cat called Sparkles,<br />
a white cat?” asked Justin.<br />
“Sorry, I never heard of one.” replied the cat.<br />
Meanwhile, the real Sparkles had left Dundrum <strong>and</strong> had<br />
gone to look for some new friends at the Zoo because she<br />
was lonely. Justin <strong>and</strong> Ed saw a shadow running past the<br />
gate.<br />
Justin said to Ed, “I think that was Sparkles.” They ran<br />
out <strong>and</strong> called after her, “Sparkles!”<br />
Sparkles was being chased by a tiny <strong>and</strong> friendly<br />
chihuahua, so she didn’t hear them. She decided to get<br />
on the train at Heuston Station <strong>and</strong> go back home to<br />
<strong>Limerick</strong>.<br />
Disaster happened - she had lost her train ticket! As the<br />
barriers were about to close, she leaped through them<br />
<strong>and</strong> l<strong>and</strong>ed in a rich woman’s h<strong>and</strong>bag.<br />
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The woman had a seat in first class. When the woman<br />
reached down for her lipstick she was surprised to find a<br />
cat. “OHHH MYYY! Where did you come from?” cried the<br />
woman.<br />
Sparkles started gagging <strong>and</strong> threw up a hair-ball on the<br />
woman’s lap. The woman jumped up <strong>and</strong> Sparkles ran<br />
through the train <strong>and</strong> hid in the toilets.<br />
In the meantime, Ed <strong>and</strong> Justin were trying to rent a<br />
Lamborghini <strong>and</strong> drive to <strong>Limerick</strong>. Justin said, “Wait a<br />
minute, there will be loads of traffic <strong>and</strong> red lights on the<br />
road to <strong>Limerick</strong>.”<br />
Ed was pure calm. “We’ll just take my helicopter.”<br />
“We should have thought of that first,” said Justin. “How<br />
long will it take to get to <strong>Limerick</strong> on a helicopter?”<br />
“Forty-three minutes,” replied Ed.<br />
Ed got on the phone <strong>and</strong> his helicopter was there in two<br />
minutes. The helicopter l<strong>and</strong>ed on the top of the Absolute<br />
Hotel. Ed Sheeran had booked a suite there.<br />
They left the hotel to look for Sparkles but stopped at<br />
Wok To Go at Arthur’s Quay for a spice box first.<br />
Sparkles was already there, eating a three-in-one.<br />
“Oh!” said Justin. “There’s Sparkles!”<br />
Justin <strong>and</strong> Ed walked over the Sparkles <strong>and</strong> said, “Where<br />
have you been?”<br />
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Sparkles replied, “I ran away because I didn’t know the<br />
song <strong>and</strong> then I got lost. I just decided to come home<br />
because I didn’t know where you were.”<br />
“Thank goodness you’re safe,” said Ed.<br />
They decided to go back to Ed Sheeran’s suite at the<br />
Absolute Hotel to get ready for the Justin Bieber concert.<br />
Ed said, “Maybe it’s better if I don’t go…”<br />
Chapter Four:<br />
Sparkles’ Wish Comes True<br />
Justin said to Ed, “Please, please come with us.”<br />
Sparkles said, “It will be different without you.”<br />
“I’ll think about it,” replied Ed.<br />
“Don’t let them in!” he shouted. Justin Bieber tripped<br />
<strong>and</strong> fell.<br />
The security guard said, “Quick, Ed, I’ll let you <strong>and</strong> your<br />
friends in if you give me your autograph.”<br />
Ed Sheeran said, “Of course I’ll give you my autograph.”<br />
They skated in at the speed of light <strong>and</strong> tried to blend in<br />
with the crowd. Unfortunately, the crowd recognised Ed<br />
Sheeran <strong>and</strong> tackled him to the ground for his autograph.<br />
Justin Bieber found them. He shouted, “You ruined my<br />
night <strong>and</strong> now I can’t do my concert because of you!”<br />
Ed said, “Well, you’re the one who tried to steal my song.”<br />
The crowd gasped in shock. Everyone went silent.<br />
Sparkles <strong>and</strong> Justin rented roller skates from Arthur’s<br />
Quay.<br />
Ed said, “I’ll go with you but roller skating is my biggest<br />
fear.”<br />
Sparkles said, ”It’s okay, we will teach you!”<br />
Ed agreed <strong>and</strong> they put all of their shoes in a bag on his<br />
back. Off they went <strong>and</strong> Ed only crashed into a wall twice<br />
but he was okay.<br />
Sparkles was afraid that they wouldn’t be let in to<br />
Thomond Park with their roller skates. Security was going<br />
to make an exception for Ed Sheeran when suddenly they<br />
saw Justin Bieber come running down to the gate.<br />
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“B-b-b-b-b-but ...” stuttered Justin.<br />
Sparkles said, “All you’ve been doing is fighting <strong>and</strong> you<br />
have ruined MY night <strong>and</strong> my greatest wish was to meet<br />
Justin Bieber!”<br />
Justin the dog said, “Look what you’ve done to my<br />
friend.”<br />
Ed Sheeran <strong>and</strong> Justin Bieber both felt terrible. Ed went<br />
after Sparkles <strong>and</strong> Justin the dog <strong>and</strong> said he was sorry.<br />
Justin said to Ed, “You need to make it up with Justin<br />
Bieber.”<br />
Justin replied, “Don’t worry that won’t happen, I’ll look<br />
after you.”<br />
They went up on stage <strong>and</strong> were given a microphone to<br />
share. They both said, “Both of our wishes have come<br />
true!”<br />
Afterwards, Justin Bieber adopted Sparkles <strong>and</strong> Ed<br />
Sheeran adopted Justin <strong>and</strong> sometimes they visited each<br />
other in the People’s Park in <strong>Limerick</strong>.<br />
Just then Justin Bieber came out on stage <strong>and</strong> sang an<br />
apology song called “Sorry.”<br />
Is it too late now to say sorry,<br />
I know I let you down,<br />
But is it too late to say sorry?<br />
Then Ed came upon stage <strong>and</strong> he sang it back to Justin.<br />
The crowd was clapping <strong>and</strong> cheering. Sparkles <strong>and</strong><br />
Justin were crying happy tears.<br />
Justin Bieber told the crowd, “We have two special guests<br />
here tonight! Can Sparkles <strong>and</strong> Justin come up here?”<br />
Ed said, “Yes, c’mon up!”<br />
Justin the dog held out his paw <strong>and</strong> said to Sparkles, “Do<br />
you want to come up?”<br />
Sparkles was feeling scared <strong>and</strong> nervous. “What if I get<br />
stepped on?”<br />
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Authors<br />
The Battle Of The Chippers<br />
Illustrations by Nathalie El Baba, Megan Brophy<br />
Corpus Christi Primary School, Moyross, <strong>Limerick</strong><br />
4th Class<br />
Teachers: Deirdre O’Regan, Órfhlaith Prendergast<br />
Corpus Christi Primary School, Moyross, <strong>Limerick</strong><br />
2nd Class<br />
Teachers: Miriam Collins, Davnet Power<br />
AJ Hannon<br />
Allie Vaughan<br />
Amber Price Morey<br />
Brooke Markham<br />
Brooklyn Franklin<br />
Cameron Daly<br />
Darnell Healy<br />
David Ade-John<br />
Dean Kelly<br />
JoJo Fitzgerald<br />
Josh Hollywood<br />
katelynn Fitzgerald<br />
Kayleigh Whiting<br />
Keelen Coughlan<br />
Kelseyann Devereux<br />
Layla O’ Gorman<br />
Lexi Carey<br />
Lucy Mai Hourigan<br />
Luke Quinlivan<br />
Madison Mullane<br />
Polly Kelly<br />
Reece Hannon<br />
Roselynn Collins Dunne<br />
Thomas O’ Neill<br />
-Faulkner<br />
Tianna Slattery Horan<br />
Alex Troy Conway<br />
Brooke Hannon<br />
Callum Murphy<br />
Conor Lynch<br />
Geri Lee O’Callaghan<br />
Jaxson McKie<br />
Jeffery Payne<br />
Kaci Mallard<br />
Kayla Keogh<br />
Kenzie Keogh<br />
Kyle Harte Lynch<br />
Kyle Power<br />
Leon Vaughan Hussain<br />
Lola Higgins Begley<br />
Madison Woulfe<br />
MEadow McInerney<br />
Michael Hackett Daly<br />
RJ McNeill<br />
Robyn Hanley<br />
Zara Vaughan Hussain<br />
Thomond Primary School, Ballynanty Road, <strong>Limerick</strong><br />
6th Class<br />
Teacher: Louise Frawley, Mairead Walsh, Lynda Bennett<br />
Liam Bromell<br />
Oran Liam Conlan<br />
Sophie Crawford<br />
Hannie Marese -<br />
Faulkner<br />
Sean Halvey<br />
Michael Farris<br />
Luke Kelly<br />
Arsen Labunets<br />
Aleesha Moore<br />
Lexi Moten<br />
MJay O’Donoghue<br />
Kayla O’Halloran<br />
Megan O’Halloran<br />
Savanna O’Neill<br />
Tadhg O’Neill<br />
Artem Podolianets<br />
Jamie Power<br />
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The Big School Shock<br />
Illustrations by Joseph Odumegwu, Megan Brophy<br />
Corpus Christi Primary School, Moyross, <strong>Limerick</strong><br />
6th Class<br />
Teacher: Philip Mullins, Ronan Rourke, Katie Flynn<br />
Corpus Christi Primary School, Moyross, <strong>Limerick</strong><br />
3rd Class<br />
Teacher : Erin Slattery, Helen Carey, Louise Clancy<br />
Adrian Bi<br />
Anna Vdovychenko<br />
Cillian Neill Tydings<br />
Daryl Fitzgerald<br />
Dylan Bourke<br />
Grace McNamara<br />
Jack Hogan O Brien<br />
Jamie Daly<br />
Jamie Lysaght<br />
Jasmine Clohessy<br />
Jayden O’Dwyver<br />
Kieva Tierney<br />
Lee Crowley Mallard<br />
Megan O’Gorman<br />
Mishel Eze<br />
Niall Cleary<br />
Semilore Ade-John<br />
Sophie Kelly<br />
Thomas Hogan O Brien<br />
Wil Carey<br />
Abbie Geoghegan<br />
Abbie-Leigh Cassidy<br />
Allie Butler<br />
Allie Duggan<br />
CJ (Chelsea Julie) -<br />
Byrnes Richardson<br />
Carly Whelton<br />
Daryl Ryan Bol<strong>and</strong><br />
Ethan Hogan Kenneally<br />
Kian Sheehan<br />
Kieran Hannon<br />
Kyle King McNamara<br />
Lauren Mallard<br />
Leeah Whelan<br />
Lexi McCormack-Buckley<br />
Lexie Marie Milstein<br />
Logan Power<br />
Rita (RIA) Fitzgerald<br />
Robyn Vaughan<br />
Carlett Fahy<br />
Scott Williams<br />
Thomas McNamara<br />
Volodymyr Vdovychenko<br />
Yeva Vikotriia<br />
Thomond Primary School, Ballynanty Road, <strong>Limerick</strong><br />
6th Class<br />
Teacher: Laura Liddy, Mairead Walsh, Lynda Bennett<br />
Joseph Blackhall<br />
Kyle Byrnes<br />
Ryan Connery<br />
Makayla Cronin<br />
Thomas John Doyle<br />
Keelan Duffy<br />
Nicola Hayes<br />
Amylee Hogan<br />
Matthew Kelly Ryan<br />
Moya Moran<br />
Ellie Mae O Dell<br />
Lynnora O’Donnel<br />
Japheth Odafe Odudu<br />
Taylor Prior<br />
Molly Rafter<br />
Kristiana Soares<br />
John Wyse<br />
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Fergal’s Halloween<br />
Illustrations by Megan Brophy, Catherine Jordan,<br />
Shauna Callanan<br />
Corpus Christi Primary School, Moyross, <strong>Limerick</strong><br />
2nd Class<br />
Teacher: Kevin Hartnett, Lorraine Browne<br />
Alannah Moore<br />
Alex Butler Hogan<br />
Alisha Ryan<br />
Ava Duggan Doran<br />
Ava Mae Brown<br />
Carla Doyle<br />
Cathal McMahon<br />
Cody Conway<br />
Emily Curry<br />
Harry Gleeson<br />
john O’Gorman<br />
Joseph Dean Murphy<br />
Keevah Waters<br />
Kyl Daly<br />
LJ Kelly<br />
Lilly Mullane<br />
Luke Mullane<br />
Mark Hogan Fitzgerald<br />
Mason McInerney<br />
Mason O’Donnell<br />
Nelson Makhubela<br />
Taylor McNamara<br />
Corpus Christi Primary School, Moyross, <strong>Limerick</strong><br />
3rd Class<br />
Teacher: Donnacha O’Conchuir, Una Ferguson<br />
Alex Kelly<br />
Almira Nedvyha<br />
Amelia Duggan Doran<br />
Carly Tubridy Hanley<br />
Cody Mc Inerney<br />
Darren Hogan -<br />
Fitzgerald<br />
Dylan Ryan<br />
Frankie Lyons<br />
Jamie Quinn<br />
Janice Ojeabuo<br />
Jay Cleary<br />
Jessianne Griffin-<br />
Jackson<br />
Katelyn Cronin<br />
Kayleigh Harte Lynch<br />
Patrick Lynch<br />
Robyn Ryan<br />
Ruby Keogh<br />
S<strong>and</strong>ra Begley<br />
Scott MacNamara<br />
Snizhana Boklach<br />
Sofia Boklach<br />
Sophia Birrane<br />
Grendon -<br />
William Quirke<br />
Zoey Carroll<br />
Thomond Primary School, Ballynanty Road, <strong>Limerick</strong><br />
5th Class<br />
Teacher : Emer Rouine, Sarah Mackey, Aisling Corbett<br />
Alannah Buckley-<br />
Leamy<br />
Conor Cahill<br />
Penelopee Chukwuma<br />
Christopher Costelloe<br />
Shanice Costelloe<br />
Jacob Dillon<br />
Julia Faulkner<br />
Shanelle Frawley<br />
Costelloe<br />
Logan Griffin<br />
Kingston Izevbizua<br />
Leon Kelly<br />
Keelan Kinsella Crowe<br />
Alex Lysaght<br />
Lavr Malejevs<br />
Tiana McDonnell<br />
Tomás McGrath<br />
Jake Murrihy<br />
Arianna O’Callaghan<br />
Sinead O’Doherty<br />
Warren O’Sullivan-<br />
Mullane<br />
George Osuoha<br />
Mia Ryan Kelly<br />
Callum Swords<br />
Thomond Primary School, Ballynanty Road, <strong>Limerick</strong><br />
4th Class<br />
Teacher : Lisa Cremin, Aisling Corbett<br />
Olive Liddane, Vivienne Dineen<br />
Demi Bowden<br />
Katie Carr<br />
Emma Daly<br />
Evan Daly<br />
Megan Daly<br />
Kye Dillon<br />
Alanagh Faulkner<br />
Hannahlise Faulkner<br />
Aoife Fitzpatrick<br />
Scott Graham<br />
Riley Hanley Maguire<br />
Chanel Harty<br />
Fiona Hayes<br />
Emma Hehir<br />
Tyler Hickey<br />
Sean Hollywood<br />
Jake Myles<br />
Josh O’Mahony<br />
Hollue O’Neill<br />
Molly O’Riordan<br />
Elliott Owokole<br />
Ben Gerard Power<br />
John Lee Price Hackett<br />
Carolanne Shannon<br />
Andile Sib<strong>and</strong>a<br />
Ellamae Wallace<br />
Tori Leigh Whelan<br />
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Big Mama <strong>and</strong> the Bigs<br />
Illustrations by Megan Brophy, Shauna Callanan,<br />
Joseph Odumegwu<br />
Corpus Christi Primary School, Moyross, <strong>Limerick</strong><br />
5th class<br />
Teacher: Kate Walshe, Emma Linnane<br />
A Jay Bourke<br />
Aaron Hollywood<br />
Abbie May Sheehan<br />
Abbie Power<br />
Alex Keays<br />
Carson Franklin<br />
Chloe McCarthy<br />
Jake Hartigan<br />
James Crawford<br />
James Whelton<br />
Jasmine Ojeabuo<br />
Josh Williams<br />
Kaleb Liddy<br />
Khloe Mallard<br />
Leah McMillan<br />
Lee Jay Reddan<br />
Lee Power<br />
Nathan Price Devereux<br />
Peter O’Leary Moran<br />
Rhianna Price<br />
Teegan Barry Hoare<br />
Tianna Fitzgerald<br />
Tara Quinn<br />
Zoey Mullane<br />
Corpus Christi Primary School, Moyross, <strong>Limerick</strong><br />
5th Class<br />
Teacher: Diarmuid Hickey, Fionnuala Bromell, Dympna Gannon<br />
AJ Daly<br />
Alicia Quinn<br />
Amber McMahon<br />
Carla Daly<br />
Colm Hannon<br />
Daniel McDonnell<br />
Evan O Donoghue-Power<br />
JJ Mc Carthy<br />
Jack Lynch<br />
Jams Keogh<br />
Karla Fitzpatrick<br />
Kayla Cassidy<br />
Kayla Murray<br />
Kyra Frahill Mc Namara<br />
Levi Ryan<br />
Lexi Braddish<br />
Michael Price<br />
Michaéla Mc Mahon<br />
Robyn O’Halloran<br />
Tia Begley<br />
Thomond Primary School, Ballynanty Road, <strong>Limerick</strong><br />
3rd Class<br />
Teacher: Lorraine O’Donnell, Sallyanne Barry<br />
Vivienne Dineen<br />
Lee Browne<br />
Sophie Buckley<br />
Kyle Buckey Cantillon<br />
Choe Callaghan<br />
Dion Faulkner<br />
Logan Galvin<br />
Calvin Harris<br />
Fairuzah (Nabiha)-<br />
Hoque<br />
Lauren Kiely<br />
Zach Kiely<br />
Sophie Kinsella Crowe<br />
Chelsea Malejeva<br />
Guylith Moukala Bizi<br />
Aiden Mulryan<br />
William (Billy) O’Flynn<br />
Louiseanna O’Halloran<br />
Isabella Prior<br />
Gerard Quinlivan<br />
Emma Ray<br />
Adam Ryan Lysaght<br />
Corpus Christi Primary School, Moyross, <strong>Limerick</strong><br />
4th Class<br />
Teacher: Stacey Higgins, Maria Doherty, Sue Higgins<br />
Aaron Mitchel Shannon<br />
Charlotte Ryan<br />
DJ Fitzgerald Coughlan<br />
Damira Treba<br />
Darcie Neill Tidings<br />
Evan Patterson Guerin<br />
Grace Tobin<br />
Jamie Tubridy Hanley<br />
Jasmine Benn<br />
Joey Clery Flynn<br />
John Moran<br />
Katelyn McCormack-<br />
Buckley<br />
Lauren Ryan<br />
Mason Reddan<br />
Melissa O’Neill<br />
Mia Hannon Kelly<br />
Morgan Murphy<br />
Patrick McCarthy<br />
Rian Hanley<br />
Ruby Bermingham<br />
Sean Patterson Guerin<br />
Taylor Duggan<br />
Teddy Eze<br />
Zoey Quirke<br />
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Up Moyross!<br />
Illustrations by Megan Brophy, Shauna Callanan<br />
Thomond Primary School, Ballynanty Road, <strong>Limerick</strong><br />
2nd Class<br />
Teacher: Jane Kennedy, Rachel McNamara<br />
Katie Harrold, Emma Barriscale<br />
Cody Aherne<br />
Abeer Barakzi<br />
Shanon Chukuwuma<br />
Gerard Costelloe<br />
Meadow Daly<br />
Charles John Doyle<br />
Kayden Doyle<br />
Katie Eileen Faulkner<br />
Robyn Fitzgerald<br />
Shane Hackett Price<br />
Simamkele Mahashana<br />
Sophia O’Brien<br />
Archie<br />
Archie Ryan<br />
Sean Ryan<br />
Ava Swords<br />
Corpus Christi Primary School, Moyross, <strong>Limerick</strong><br />
6th Class<br />
Teacher: Mark Culbert, Katie Flynn, Fergus Kerin<br />
Aaron Troy Conway<br />
Alannah Roche Price<br />
Alicia Hayes<br />
Carley Fitzgerald<br />
Cian Naughton<br />
Darragh Moore<br />
Elliot Begley<br />
Faye Hourigan<br />
Jake O Flaherty<br />
Jay Sean Griffin<br />
Jodie Kiely<br />
Johnny Ryan<br />
Katie Marie Keane<br />
Kenneth Payne<br />
Kian Cantillon<br />
Laci O’ Callaghan<br />
Leah Gallagher<br />
Leon Ryan<br />
Mark Benn<br />
S<strong>and</strong>ra Collins Kelly<br />
Thomond Primary School, Ballynanty Road, <strong>Limerick</strong><br />
2nd Class<br />
Teacher: Triona Dineen, Emma Barriscale<br />
Heidi Beau Barrett<br />
Adam Cooper<br />
Mayleigh Cronin<br />
Robbie Daly Earls<br />
Lee Daly Shinners<br />
Jay Hayes<br />
Ava Healy Cahill<br />
Zara Hollywood<br />
Robyn Moten<br />
Scott O’Donoghue<br />
Leon O’Halloran<br />
Sam Quilligan<br />
Amelia Ronan Madigan<br />
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Arthur <strong>and</strong> the Mutant Cheese<br />
Illustrations by Jack Harrison<br />
Illa <strong>and</strong> Her Trip to Disneyl<strong>and</strong><br />
Illustrations by Jack Harrison<br />
St. John the Baptist Boys National School, Cashel<br />
Co. Tipperary, 4th Class<br />
Teacher: Pat Molloy<br />
Patrick Bol<strong>and</strong><br />
Liam Bonnar<br />
Cillian Creed<br />
Odhran Doyle<br />
Ben Gillespie<br />
Cashel Heffernan<br />
Daniel Hogan<br />
Justin Kao<br />
Hugo Kelly<br />
Frederick Lenehan<br />
Luke McCarthy<br />
Daniel Moloney<br />
Gabriels Musinskis<br />
Buddhadi Phadee<br />
Conor Pliszka<br />
Danny Reilly<br />
Kevin Reilly<br />
Micheál Ryan<br />
Lukas Santos<br />
Nichita Savva<br />
Mark Saygachev<br />
Aleks Siryk<br />
John Thompson<br />
Alex<strong>and</strong>er Trinka<br />
Nikita Yashchuk<br />
St. John the Baptist Girls National School, Cashel<br />
Co. Tipperary<br />
5th Class<br />
Teacher: Rachel Power<br />
Amelia Boguska<br />
Maria Bugajova<br />
Ariana Butler<br />
Megan Carew Moylan<br />
Megan Carney<br />
Laura Ciornila<br />
Esmerelda Ciurar<br />
Ana Cojocaru<br />
Wiktoria Gozdzikowska<br />
Lucy Hogan<br />
Sylvia Jasiurkowska<br />
Divyanshi Joshi<br />
Beatrice Kelly<br />
Anna Latusek<br />
Mia McGeer<br />
Saoirse Meehan<br />
Antonia Moanta<br />
Arianna Moloney<br />
Zara Moloney Mirza<br />
Niamh Murphy<br />
Faye Alice O’Connor<br />
Zoe O’Sullivan<br />
Úna Quinlan<br />
Biddy Reilly<br />
Elanna Shevlin<br />
Kelly Reilly<br />
Kristiana Svanberga<br />
P<strong>and</strong>y Reilly<br />
Gráinne Wade<br />
Ellia Zdanova<br />
Amy Zulu<br />
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Never Let The Tipp Inn Tip Out<br />
Illustrations by Jack Harrison<br />
A Spice Bag Makes Everything Better<br />
Illustrations by Jack Harrison<br />
Bishop Harty National School, Ballinree, Co. Tipperary<br />
5th & 6th Class<br />
Sadhbh Kennedy<br />
Elsa Fitzgerald<br />
Molly O’Brien<br />
Finn Cleary<br />
5th Class<br />
Teacher: Joanne Butler<br />
Jake Fahey<br />
Oliver Duff<br />
Páraic Sheehy<br />
Dan Daly<br />
Joseph Connolly<br />
Chloe Sinnott<br />
Craig Fogarty<br />
Darragh Lawless<br />
Ellie Dunphy<br />
Gabor Kurucz<br />
Hollie Dunne<br />
Hughie Lee<br />
Jack Wright<br />
Kailum O’ Meara<br />
Scoil Iosef Naofa, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary<br />
6th Class<br />
Teacher: Claire Madden<br />
Kathryn Stoyanova<br />
Kieran Longhurst<br />
Collins<br />
Kyle Hutchinson<br />
Liam Nash<br />
Libby Dynan<br />
Lizaveta Chuhunova<br />
Lucy Hayes<br />
Natalia Skoczen<br />
Patrick Kiely<br />
Patrik Kurucz<br />
Seán Leamy<br />
Sheila Ryan<br />
Sierra Costelloe<br />
Toddy Feehan<br />
6th Class<br />
Matthew Bergin<br />
Dara Wyles<br />
James Mounsey<br />
Cillian Hayes<br />
Anna Fitzgerald<br />
Niamh Spain<br />
Marykate Purtill<br />
Emma O’Connell<br />
Jessica Kenneally<br />
Molly Sheahan<br />
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Sparkles <strong>and</strong> Justin’s Dreams Come True<br />
Illustrations by Shauna Callanan<br />
St. Mary’s National School, Bishop Street, <strong>Limerick</strong><br />
3rd class<br />
Teacher: Sophie McNamara<br />
Alisa Mason<br />
Caitlin McCarthy<br />
Charlie McNamara<br />
Chloe O’Donoghue<br />
Isabel McNally<br />
Jadine Casey-Braddish<br />
Jake Collins<br />
Kaiden Stewart<br />
Lucy Zhuang<br />
Mohamed Kargbo<br />
Mukhttar Safi<br />
Safia Doumbouya<br />
Shakia Clancy<br />
St. Mary’s National School, Bishop Street, <strong>Limerick</strong><br />
4th Class<br />
Teacher: Eileen McGiff<br />
Ajay Buckley<br />
Anthony Ingle-Falahee<br />
Dion Mason<br />
Teon MOran<br />
Tyler Kevin O’Connor<br />
Kyle Walsh<br />
Kalyn Waters<br />
Raymond Collopy<br />
Martin Coughlan<br />
Alana O’Callaghan<br />
Kaylamay Corbett<br />
Taylor<br />
Isabelle Kacare<br />
Shaniqua Kargbo<br />
Sophie Kelly O’Donnell<br />
Myah McNamara<br />
Ali O’Callaghan<br />
Ria McMahon<br />
Hannah Lyons<br />
St. Mary’s National School, Bishop Street, <strong>Limerick</strong><br />
5th & 6th Class<br />
Teacher: Ann Breen<br />
Niko Berikishvilli<br />
Kayleigh Considine<br />
Ruby Mason<br />
Sophia McShera Keyes<br />
Rebeka Antonovics<br />
Megan Clancy<br />
Ben Doumbouya<br />
Alexis Harsejeva<br />
5th Class<br />
John Dean Moran<br />
Behan<br />
Mia Quinn<br />
Faye Rainsford<br />
6th Class<br />
Lisa Heelan<br />
Eva Malone<br />
Sara Mhawesh<br />
Josh O’ Sullivan<br />
Oliwier Rajchel<br />
Jamie Lee Murphy<br />
Paige O’ Sullivan<br />
James Purcell<br />
Jayden Waters<br />
Our Lady Queen of Peace National School, Janesboro<br />
<strong>Limerick</strong><br />
3rd Class<br />
Teacher: Anne FitzGerald<br />
Bradley Benn<br />
Macie Broe<br />
Preston Calvert<br />
Neddy Clarke<br />
Ava Doran<br />
Christopher Grimes<br />
Peter Hourigan<br />
Robbie Hughes<br />
Hope Keogh<br />
Amelia Kerley<br />
Isabella Kiely<br />
Alex Mc Inerney<br />
Hollie Mc Sweeney<br />
Lily O’ Donoghue<br />
James O’ Dwyer<br />
Nell O’ Dwyer<br />
Robyn O’ Loughlin<br />
Christian Pascoal<br />
Cameron Power Kelly<br />
Scott Sheehan<br />
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Acknowledgements<br />
<strong>Story</strong> <strong>Seeds</strong>: <strong>Adventures</strong> <strong>Across</strong> <strong>Limerick</strong> & <strong>Beyond</strong> would not have<br />
been possible without:<br />
• All the young writers who contributed to each story that celebrate<br />
the communities where we all live<br />
• All the class teachers, special education teachers, special needs<br />
assistants, principals <strong>and</strong> the administration staff for their<br />
incredible commitment to participate in this project.<br />
• The library staff at Watch House Community Library <strong>and</strong><br />
Rathkeale Library in <strong>Limerick</strong>, Nenagh Library, Roscrea Library<br />
<strong>and</strong> Cashel Library in Tipperary <strong>and</strong> the staff at University Concert<br />
Hall for encouraging <strong>and</strong> supporting all the workshops, especially<br />
Patricia Cusack, Margaret Ryan, Suzanne Brosnan <strong>and</strong> Áine<br />
Beausang<br />
• The project coordinators, workshop facilitators, illustrators <strong>and</strong><br />
volunteers who are at the heart of everything that Fighting Words<br />
does.<br />
• The staff of Fighting Words for their help with planning <strong>and</strong><br />
logistics<br />
• The support of the Department of Children, Equality, Disability,<br />
Integration <strong>and</strong> Youth, Creative Irel<strong>and</strong>, the Arts Council <strong>and</strong> the<br />
Irish Youth Foundation<br />
• The design skills of Philip Elliott <strong>and</strong> of Pete <strong>and</strong> Louis Moreau at<br />
Central Press, Bray, for the beautiful <strong>Story</strong> <strong>Seeds</strong> logo, poster <strong>and</strong><br />
book design<br />
• The generosity of Thomond Park, who kindly donated their space<br />
to host this wonderful book launch<br />
Workshop Facilitators<br />
Clara Planelles<br />
Colm Quearney<br />
Colm Ó Cuanacháin<br />
Michelle Dunning<br />
Sara Bennett<br />
Sarah D’arcy<br />
<strong>Story</strong> Illustrators<br />
Catherine Jordan<br />
Joseph Odumegwu<br />
Megan Brophy<br />
Nathalie El Baba<br />
Shauna Callanan<br />
Jack Harrison<br />
Workshop Writing Mentors<br />
Caitriona Quirke<br />
Noelene Nash<br />
Tara Smith<br />
Trish McHale<br />
Nicole Bassuk<br />
Project Coordinators<br />
Michelle Dunning<br />
Clara Planelles<br />
Sinéad Hope<br />
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