by Nick by Kahra —>
His mate Harry said, "Oh, who cares about possums."
Bill said, "Oh, all you think about is football. I'm going to come back on the weekend and see what happens to the possums."
"Naah. You can't come into the school over the weekend. You're not allowed to."
"Ohhh. I really wanted to see what happens to the brushies."
That Saturday afternoon, Bill rode his bike down the road and over Hogers Bridge across Deep Gully. "Gee, it's good to see clear water in the swimming hole again," he thought to himself.
He rode up the other side towards the school. He looked from the road but couldn't see any possums.
"They're probably cuddled up above the air conditioner. I bet they stay there all weekend. If I was a brushy that's what I'd do."
Just then he heard a sound. There was a crash and a smash and then 'Eeeeh uuuuuh, Eeeeh uuuuuh, Eeeeh uuuuuh.' Bill looked up and on the side of the school was a flashing blue light.
"Cool. The school must have installed a security alarm. There must be robbers in the school!"
"Someone's probably steeling a computer and the smart board and all the games. Oh no!"
Bill jumped back on his bike, rode down the hill and over Hogers Bridge. As he rode over the bridge he looked down to the swimming hole and saw someone jumping into the creek with a splash.
'Bill riding across the bridge' by Ryan
'Oh wish I could stop for a swim as well but I've got to get home and get mum to ring the police.'
Up the hill he rode as fast as he could, along the Hogers Road, around the corner and into his place. He ran upstairs shouting, "Mum, mum, someone's broken into the school. The new security alarm is going off. You can hear it from here mum."
When his mum opened the window, sure enough, you could hear the alarm and see the flashing blue light through the gum trees lining the creek. His mum ran to the phone and rang the police.
Bill said, "Mum it's going to be fifteen minutes at least before the police get here. Can we drive down to the school?"
His mother said, "I think I'd better ring the school principal as well. Now where's her number. I'm sure I saw it on the P&C list here somewhere. She rifled through the draw and found the P&C newsletter and there was the after hours number. When the she rang it, the principal said, "Ohhh. I'm always getting called out to the school."
Bill's mother said, "Well we'll go down there first. We've already called the police. If it looks like there's been a break in we'll ring you back."
They ran down the back stairs and around to the car. Bill's mother started it up and backed out of the driveway. She drove around the corner and down the hill over Hogers Bridge. Bill looked out the window to see if the person was still swimming but all he saw was a few ripples and a hat floating on the surface.
by Zach
Bill said, "Mum! I think someone's drowned in the creek!"
"What now! What do you mean someone's drowned in the creek?"
"When I was riding across the bridge before mum, I saw someone jumping into the water. I didn't stop because I wanted to tell you about the alarm but now, when I looked, there's just a hat floating on the surface."
"Ohhhh. What are we going to dooooo!" said his mum.
She put on the brakes and reversed back and stopped in the middle of the bridge. She said, "All right, where's this hat?"
Bill said, "It's over there? It was over there mum. They must've drowned, even the hat is gone."
"Oh, it's just your imagination Bill. Your imagination is just too active sometimes. I think you play too many internet games. It was probably one of those tortoises or something. Come on, we've got to get up to the school."
She drove up the hill, into the carpark, backed up to the fence and stood by the gate looking at the school. It was starting to get a bit dark so Bill's mother went to the car glovebox and got out a torch and shone it around the windows of the school
Bill said, "Hey mum look! There's somebody's head in that window. Look!" but, when Bill's mother shone the torch around to see, it had disappeared.
Just at that moment, they heard the sound of the police siren and it wasn't long before they heard it rattling over Hoger's bridge and screaming into the school parking lot. Two police officers jumped out and one of them has holding the leash of a police dog. As soon as the police dog jumped out it started barking really loudly.
by Shaliah
The policeman said, "Quiet. Sit." The dog sat on the grass just outside the gate. The other police officer opened the gate and shone a torch all around. "I can't see anything, come on." and they took the dog up the stairs.
Possum running across roof by Hayley
At that point they heard the sounds of someone running across the roof of the school. The police officer shone the torch up at the roof and in the light they could all see two brush tailed possums bumping across the roof and on one of its back, holding on to its mother fur, was a baby possum.
by Lachlan
The officer said, "Oh, there's your problem. Did you call us all the way out here just for possums?" He walked up the stairs and looked in and, sure enough, there was a broken window next to the air conditioning unit. When he flashed his torch in he could see a trail of possum poop and a little bit of wee dribbling down the side.
'Air conditioning unit on side of school' by Lachlan R.
"Oh, just a couple of silly possums. We'll we better be getting back to Gatton. Can you ring the principal and let her know?" The two officers and the dog jumped back in the police car and it drove down the hill but as they drove across Hogers Bridge one of them looked down into the Gully pool. "Hey there's something floating down there. Better pull up. We'd better have look."
by Braydon
When they climbed down they could see a backpack floating in the water. They sent the police dog in after it. The dog swam back with the straps of the back pack in it's teeth. When they unzipped the backpack do you know what they found? - one of the school's laptops.
They called out the SES and they dragged the waterhole but they didn't find anyone. And do you know, they never worked out who stole the laptop but the next Monday, when Bill went to give the possums something to eat, he found a wet hat. When he managed to dig it out from under the brushies, he found his mates name on the head band of the hat.
Harry jumping into the water by Tristan
I've always wondered what Bill did with that hat.
(This story was created by the students of Ropeley Primary School and Daryll Bellingham
as part of the Catchy Lockyer Stories, Bush to Beach Under 8's Week Tour.
Big thank you to all of the students and teachers for their energy and creativity.)
as part of the Catchy Lockyer Stories, Bush to Beach Under 8's Week Tour.
Big thank you to all of the students and teachers for their energy and creativity.)
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