A co l l abora t ive story wri t t en

by the ch i l dren from

Room 2 Normanda l e Schoo l

Room 3 Ki l b i rn i e Schoo l

Room 10 Maor ibank Schoo l

Room 6 Mangaroa Schoo l

us ing a wik i to share the i r stor i e s

with each other

Beep! Beep! Beep! goes my alarm. It is 5am. Butterflies are fluttering in

my tummy as I am feeling excited - and also scared because today I am going in a hot air balloon. Quickly I get dressed and have something to eat.

Off we go...

... we arrive at the BIG flat field. We see the hot air balloon lying flat on the ground and the basket was on its side.

WOOSH we heard a LOUD noise and we saw yellow flames and the balloon started to wobble like jelly as the hot air began to inflate it. The balloon was beginning to lift

off the ground as it began to rise slowly into the air. Soon it was as big as a tall building. Now we can carefully climb into the huge basket. We are ready. The men let go of the ropes and WOOSH we begin to rise slowly... Part 1 by Room 2 Normandale School

.....through the air, across the Australian bush. As we looked down we saw a kangaroo. She bounced up high and she cried "Help!, I've lost my baby, have you seen it?", "No" we said, "but we will help you find it, what is it's name?". His name is "Joey". "Hop in and we will all go and look for

Help!

him" We flew off across the bush. We made LOST posters and dropped them from the balloon. Then we waited for the phone to ring.... Part 2 by Room 3 Kilbirnie School

At 5pm on Tuesday we heard brrrring, brrrrring, brrrrrring, brrrrring. We answered the

phone, "I have been reading your poster. I think I have found your Joey!", said Tom, the Bushman. We screamed a happy scream. "Is he OK?” we said. The

Bushman said, "Yes, he's OK now but at first he was very hungry." "Thank you for feeding him. Where do you live?" "In a green treehouse, in Red Bush, by the river." We jumped back into the hot air balloon ..... Part 3 by Room 10 Maoribank School

…..right up to the fluffy clouds...we floated in the air through the blue sky to Tom the Bushman's house. We floated down to the ground, Mother Kangaroo jumped out and hopped up to the door and banged on it. "Can I please have my Joey back?" she cried.

"Yes you can!" said the Bushman in a strong voice. The Joey bounced to his Mum and climbed into her pouch. They said, "Thank you" to the bushman and hopped off home to live happily ever after.

We lifted off in our hot air balloon and floated home. We had such an amazing adventure! Maybe there will be another one just around the corner. Part 4 by Room 6 Mangaroa School