The Dream
Scoil Iosagain, 3rd Class, County Cork December 2019
Once upon a time, there was a girl named Sparkle Girl.
She had a huge fear of demon ducks and her best friend was Flower Girl.
One day she met a demon duck but it was fluffy and cute.
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Scoil Iosagain, 3rd Class, County Cork December 2019
Once upon a time, there was a girl named Sparkle Girl.
She had a huge fear of demon ducks and her best friend was Flower Girl.
One day she met a demon duck but it was fluffy and cute.
Scoil Iosagain, 3rd Class County Cork, 10 December 2019
Once upon a time there was a boy named Chon, and he wanted to find a pet panda.
He got bitten by a radioactive snake in the rainforest and he screamed ‘Ouch’ and said ‘I got bit by a radioactive snake, help me’.
A panda comes down from a tree and helps him.
St. Laurence O’Toole CBS, Seville Place, Dublin 1, 2nd & 3rd Class, 10th December 2019
Once upon a time Jordan the Dog found Jerry Ham in the fridge.
Jordan said, “Oh my goodness, Jerry! You want to go fight some dragons?”
They heard a loud bang coming from the roof.
St Patrick’s BNS, Drumcondra, 4th Class, 9th December 2019
Once upon a time there was a cheesecake called Captain Gary Cheesecake.
Gary was screaming in the fridge because it was really cold. His friend, Brownie the Brownie, was in the oven in St John’s Bakery.
Brownie was due to be out of the oven in fifteen minutes but Gary had only just been made.
Our Lady of the Wayside NS, 6th class, County Wicklow, 5th December 2019
Octardo was a half-human, half-octopus who was really lonely.
One day he went to Supervalu where he met a lovely man called Bateson.
“Hello young man, today I woke up and sneezed three times,” moaned Octardo.
St Joseph’s Junior National School, Poppintree, 2nd Class, 5 December 2019
Once upon a time, Ben the elf was in his room at the North Pole Hotel for Elves.
Ben’s job was to go to peoples’ houses and check if they had been good.
It was the day of the big meeting. Santa was going to choose which elves were going with him on Christmas Eve.
Our Lady of the Wayside NS, 6th class, County Wicklow, 4th December 2019
One Friday, Squiggle Pops was in McDonalds. He was getting a McFlurry, a big Mac meal with a latte and chicken nuggets.
When he got his meal he first went for the nuggets and then he found one burnt one.
So he kept it and called it Yohan because he liked it.
Our Lady of Consolation National School, Donnycarney, 1st Class, 4 December 2019
Once upon a time, there was a girl called Katie and her best friend was Mr Nugget.
Katie got lost and then she saw a spider. “Aaaahh!” screamed Katie.
She turned invisible and she ran away.
St. Thomas’ JNS, Jobstown, 2nd and 3rd Class, December 2019
Once upon a time there was a Superhero called Crystal, she was the best Superhero ever.
But one day she realised that the city, called Unicorn World had caught fire.
Her best friend was Fury the Ice Wolf.
St Francis Senior National School, Priorswood, 4th Class, 3 December 2019
Once upon a time there was a reindeer called Johnny the Long-Nosed Reindeer.
Johnny always wished to be friends with Larry the Crazy Christmas Tree.
The problem was that every time Johnny wanted to ask Larry to be his friend, he was afraid that Larry would say no.
St Vincents G.N.S. County Cork, 3rd and 4th Class, 27th January 2017
One day there was a girl called Ellie and her best friend was a dog called Diggy.
Ellie could see magical creatures. They went out to the park and they were playing ball. It was getting dark.
Then there was a big cackle and there was a bully disguised as a clown.
St Vincent’s GNS, County Cork, 3rd Class, 20 January 2017
Once there was a little girl called Emily who lived in an orphanage.
When she was smaller her mom and dad died.
When Emily grew older she met a friend called Buddy the Dog.
St. Vincent’s Convent Primary School, St. Mary’s Rd, Cork, 4th Class 13th Jan 2016
Billy Bob Joe was day-dreaming in school of being an astronaut.
He lived in America. He was meant to be doing his maths but instead he was drawing pictures of himself in space.
The teacher asked him for his maths, but there was none there, it was full of drawings.
Scoil Chualann, 4th class, County Wicklow, 28th March 2019
Once upon a time, I was a baby growing into a banana from a tree.
When I was born my mother and father, who are both banana trees, called me Barry.
One day I saw a kiwi riding on a mole and carrying a genie lamp.
Donard National School, 2nd class, County Wicklow, 27th March 2019
Once upon a time there was chubby plant. His name was Captain Cactus and he had a big wish to one day own a cactus mobile.
His greatest and most massive fear was germs. Microbes.
His best friend said to him when they were in the underground building.
St. Mary’s JNS, Blessington, 2nd Class, County Wicklow, 26th March 2019
Once upon a time a chocolate chip was born and when he grew up he turned into a muffin.
His name was Mr Muffin. He wanted a girlfriend but he thought he was too ugly to get one.
He really hoped he’d get one when he was an adult.
Brittas Bay National School, 3rd and 4th Class, County Wicklow, 20th March 2019
It was a cold and rainy night and Bob Barley, the octopus, heard something crashing outside his comfort zone.
It was Marc, the Shark, who was whirling around his new gaff!
“What are you doing around my gaff again?” asked Bob.
St. Thomas JNS, 2nd Class, County Wicklow, 19th March 2019
Once in a forest there was a wolf named Billy. In the forest there was a big huge family.
His greatest fear was Flame the dragon who lived in a nearby volcano.
Once he went in to the forest to look for food but found Jacks the husky. The next day they became best friends.
St. Thomas’s SNS, 4th Class, County Wicklow, 14th March 2019
Once upon a time there lived a little happy hotdog called Harley the Dancing Hotdog.
He had a friend called Cheesey the Cheeseburger and they were best friends and they were both afraid that people would eat them.
His goal was to make everybody dance. One day they went to the disco.
Donard NS, 3rd class, County Wicklow 13th March 2019
Mr Tom, the fly, was driving his Lamborghini on the N81. Suddenly, it dawned on him that he wanted to become fat.
He looked around, and he saw that everyone around him was fat. He said “I don’t want to be skinny anymore.”
At first he went to McDonalds, and he ordered a Grand Big Mac and Big Mac Bacon.
St Thomas JNS, 2nd Class, County Wicklow, 12th March 2019
Larry, the mysterious pig lived in Pork Chop Land. Most of his friends got cooked and made into pork chops. He was scared that he was going to get cooked.
He really wanted to see his friends again. One day, he was walking in town when he saw the butchers.
Suddenly, he saw his best friend, Piggy.
Scoil Mhuire Realt na Mara, 2nd and 3rd Class, County Wicklow, 6th March 2019
Once upon a time, there lived an old man called Mr. Moody, with his side kick, Rio, the lion.
They lived far, far away from the town, in Slovenia. His super power was to hypnotise people, since he was a baby.
One day he was so angry he hypnotised his side kick Rio by making him do all the work around the house.
St. Thomas’ JNS, 2nd class, County Wicklow, 5th March 2019
Once there was a lion named Louie. Louie was afraid of popcorn.
He was afraid that Popcorn would go up his nose and give him a heart attack.
One day he was outside when he saw a pair of shoes on the ground.
