kebun baru primary school ''level magazine" of primary 5 (1990)
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Dear -ma tes
Do you know when Mrs Lily Seah f i r s t
got us t oge t he r and t old us ou r ass i gnment
pr od uce a leve l ma ga z i ne we wan t ed
OUT 1 Wha t a t all or der 1 In c ase you c a nt
c ount t here a re s eve n PS class es
budding wr iter s t o be exact How on earth
a r e we going to c ompile our works together
and yet no t produc e a vo lume
Anyway we ros e to the s i t ua t i on
as us ua l We s tocki ngly met t he challe nge
We sieved t hr ough the mountainous pi l e
of con t ribu t i ons t hat poured in What
headache Ev e ryone was s o good Wha t
t ask Whos e t o choos e In the end we decided
t o s ele c t t wo or thre e a r t i cles fran each
clas s ( to be fa ir and s orne news r e p or ts
puzz l es j o kes a nd riddles to whe t your
a ppe t i t e We hope you wi l l find t he m int e resti ng
a nd enjoyable
We would like to t ake t h i s
opportuni ty t o apo l og i se t o t hos e
whos e mas t erpi eces were not s e lec ted
Pl eas e unde r s t a nd our constra i nts
Ma ny thanks t o MIs L Se a h f or pus hi ng
a nd gu i ding us a l ong a nd a l l o f you
who have he l ped one way or anothe r
to make t h i s first l eve l magazine
a success
HAPPY READ I NG 1
Editor ial Te am Zhua ng Wi l li ( SA ) Benjamin Zhuo Hong She ngha o ( 5B) Li Aiqin g ( SC ) Li u Me i me i
Hu Qiwei ( SE ) Azhar i b Mus liman ( SF ) Ma Lili n
Comput er expert s ~ Gr ace Wa ng (SA) Che n Yi ngfe n
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Gu i s hu n c ome f ClI w lt~r d cnd E)-pl ~~i n to the rest o f the c lass r Hl W l OU wo uld s ol v e th is pr o bl e m Mrs 3eah called oUt
Gu i shun stoo d u p s lowl y All e y e s we r e o n hi m
R inq inq i ng bull bull ECl V f~ by th~~ b e l l But wait that s th e f ir e a l arm
Lim~ u p quick l y Le~v e fi v frmiddot yt hi ng o n t he table Mi nqyucln lt~ji t c h clf f th e 1 i gh t= an d f an s 1 Mr s Se a h o rdered We rushed o u t o f t he cl a s sr oom a n d Mrs Seah l e d us out t o the f i e ld In t h e e xci teme nt Xin y u a n p a n icked a nd a lmos t mi s s a step
Ta kE~ it eesy camE- l1r s Seah s vo ice Th i s i s on J I a f ir e c1 r i 1 1 bull
When we r eached th e f i e ld ma ny of the o the r clas ses h a d al r e a d y a s s e mbled th e r e Sudden l y we s aw a column of b lac k smok e r i s in g u p i nto th e s ky Th er e was ac tual l y a f i r e Excit e me nt mo unt ed wh e n t he news s p rea d roun d Mrs Se a h was v e r y c ompos e d Sh e c a lm l y o rdered every o ne to move f u r t h e r to the end of t he fi e ld a way f rom th e s c hool bu ild i n g Th e n s he ma ce us si t o n t h e fi eld Ever y one l oc ked a n x i o usl y at t he b l a c k smo ke We whi s p ered t o on e another tr y i n g to g ue ss wh at was happeni n g
Wh e n two fi re engines dr ove in t o t he c ar park we cheered a nd c l appe d loud l y From wher e we wer e s e a t e d we could not s ee h o w the fi r e was p ut out Ther e was comp l ete silence o n th e f i e l d a s ~ l l eyes we r e o n t h e s ch ool b uild ing rli li u t(~ Si t ic ked by vJhen middott h f f i r-fmen -~p p earmiddot ed a t th e cat-pa t- k y
cheers and cl ap pi n g bro ke ou t a gain
Af t e r t h e f i re engi nes l e ft Mr Chec k to l d us tha t eve ryth in g was al l r i ght We h eav ed a s i g h of r elief a n d cheered a gai n Then h e en l igh t en e d us by t ell i n g us t h at the fire i n t h e Ar t Room b rok e out b ec a u s e of a sh or t cir c u i t After t hat we went b ac k t o o u r c lass room t o r esume our lessons but we we re j ust t oo e xci ted to con c e n t r a te So Mrs Sea h to ld us t o wr it e a n e ssay abou t the f i r e whi le th e i nc i den t wa s s t i ll fr e sh i n o u r minds
Ben j am i n Zhuo Pr SA
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My Pets
Nowadays youngst e rs l i ke to have a pet of t he i r o wn Pet s are love ly c reatures and f un to play wi th I ke e p pets t oo Th ey were given to me o n t he last Chri stmas Eve a s a pr e s en t f rom my mo ther They look ve r y c u te a n d h a v e t wo t iny eyes They have long pink e ars a n d th e ir f ur s are whi te I l ike t o hug t hem be caus e t hey ar e very s oft an d g e n t le a n imals
I n amed t hem Ju mp y and Ru n n y They l o ve t h e i r names b e c ause whenever I ca l l t heir n a mes they wi l l r u n t owards me s mi l e to me t heir swe et e st sm i le I feed t h em th r i ce a day o n ce in the mor nin g af t ernoon a n d even in g) wi th carrot s a n d vegetables Every e ven ing a fter my d inner ~
I usual l y let t hem out o f t he cages s o that t hey can run ab out Onc e in a wh i l e I g i v e t h e m a bath Wh en I rememb e r to q i ve t hem a bath th e y will r un a way to h i de f r om me Af ter t he ir bath I wil l d r y th em a n d c omb the i r soft fur s I wil l al so cut their n ai ls o n their p aws before I pu t them back to t he c ages
One morni n g whe n I went t o fee d the m I h a d a s urp r ise J umpy h ad fi ve b ab i e s I wa s v er y happ y They were middot fed on the i r mo ther s mi l k Later the y started e a ti ng v e getab les a n d leafl et s I had to g i ve th r ee of th e bab ies awa y be cause we d i d no t h ave muc h s p ace fo r t h em Now I h a ve f our o f t h e m I named the o t he r t wo Skippy a nd Bunn y I th ink I am t h e l uc kiest boy i n the wor l d Im sur e you can guess what my pets are by n ow
Wang Dehui Pr 58
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RAT S TALE
When Pied Piper had hypnotized the rat population i n Hame l in and dtowned the m to death I was the sale s ur v i vor I was sleeping soundl y i n bed when I was awakened by the s cre ams and crying of my fe llowme n In amazement I found mys elf all alone i n t he hole My f amily and t he others wer e miss i ng I was s o fri ghtened t hat I started to cry l oudly After s ome t ime t he vi llagers went back to their huts I stopped crying and crept ou t looki ng for my
of my hole family
I ran around t he v i llage
on t he r i ver t o dea t h I depress ed by on
At las t I found them floa ting What am I going to do Wil l I starve
asked mys elf sadly I f e l t very the i ncid ent but I mus t still live
In the stil l ness of the n i ght I fel t my s tomach groaning I felt very hungr y i ndeed f or I had no t eate n anything since -morn i ng s o I decided to steal some food I crept out quietly looking for food
Fi nally I f ound a big piece of cheese I carried i t back happ ily Suddenly I knocked into some t hing ha r d The p i ece of cheese rol l ed down t he floor noisily The Mayor woke up and s aw me on the tabl e He picked up a piec e of wood and began t o chas e after me I ran as fast as my l egs could carry me I ran into the jungle I f elt f r ightened The wolves were howl ing and I felt cold I hi d i n t he bush hopelessly wait i ng f or dawn
When d awn broke I r a n out o f t he j ungl e and came to a padi field I middotmet some field mic e a nd made fr i ends with them I t old them t he whole s tory The took pity on me and asked me whether I would l ike t o join them I was overjoyed At last I have a fami ly and I won t be alone again
Li Ai qing Pr 5C
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THE STRA Y KITTEN
Aft e r d inner Raj a an a his sister Dev i dec i ded t o go f or a ~ a l k ne a r the i r h ome l hey have been walki ng fo r qu i te a d i stance when they hea r d a so f t me owin g s oun d c o ming f r om t h e drain nearby They we n t towa rds th e dra in
Th ey were ta ke n a b ack by wh a t t he y s aw - a pi ti f ul loo ki ng k i t t e n I t was all wet and shiveri ng wi t h cold Th e t wo ch i ld ren q ui ck l y rushed home wi th the ki tten
Th e y as ked the ir fa ther s perm iss ion t o keep t h e k i t t e n as t hei r pet Seeing no h a rm i n i t thei r fat h e r consente d The childr en we re thri ll e d Raja i mme d iate ly prepar e d s ome s o ap water Th e gave th e k itten a good s c rub After t hat t h e dri ed the k itten t h o r oug hly and wr ap ped i t up in a towel to keep i t warm Th en th e y f ed the ki tt en s o me mille
The k i t teuror-t j-l dS f r Clfn t h ~I t clay Orlw cu cs 01 bec o me p a r t a nd p ar cel of th e fami l y
Freddy Li n Wenhua F r 5D
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Fr 5E
A ROBBERY
Mr Lim La i Ha n an e~ ec ut i v e wit h a lar ge fir m went t o t h e Po s t Off i c e Sav in gs Bank to wi t h dr a w fi ft een thousan d doll a rs He then p u t the mon e y in hi s b r i efca se a nd left the b a n k He did not real i se t ha t h e wa s b e i ng fo l 1o wed
On t h e wa y to the o f fic e he met Mr Chen W M a n o l d co lleague wh o m h e h ad not seen f o r a long time Mr Ch e n i nsis t e d t hat t h ey go to the c o f f eehouse near b y for a drink Th e y or de red be e r and beg a n exc h a ngi n g n e ws Mr Lim l e f t hi s bri efc a s e on t h e sea~ besi d e him The t wo me n we re s o e n grossed in thei r c onversat ion they d id no t no t ice t he bul ky- l ooking ma n s i t ti n g a cross the table wat c h in g t h e m s il entl y Sudd e nly t h e ma n st o od up rushed towards Mr Li m grabb e d his br i ef c ase a n d dashed out of t h e d o or Bot h men rec overed fro m the s h oc k a n d i mmed i at e l y gave chase 5 11 0 11 j ng ~ t the top 01 t r leuro i t- voi ce Stop Th i e f ~3top I
A p a s ser b y hear d hi s c r i e s a nd t ri e d t o s top the robber But the robber wh ipp ed o ut ~ kn i fe and s l ashed h im on t he ar m Then he esc aped o n a s coo ter parked out s id e the c o+ f e~2 h ClU~i f2
Poor Mr Li m He was robb e d of t he f i ft e en thousa nd do llars
The p o li c e ar e now ask i ng for wi tne sses t o come f orward to help t h em i n th eir i nvesti gations
Chen Zh iqi a n g
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On c e I owned an is l and It h a d a long s t retc h o f the most beautiful beac h wh e re p a lm tr ees swayed in t h e gen t le b ree ze There was a c ha l et wi th a very b ig pool Holiday-ma ker s cou ld stay i n tropical h u t s wh i c h o verloo k the s ea There we r e sever a l ten ni s c o u rts and a hor se-r i d i ~ g
range Th e re was a wa ter fa l l sur rounded b y pal m t r ees a nd fern s Every n i gh t ther e wou l d b e dan c i ng and di ni ng under t he r omant ic moonl i ght Pe op l e cou l d go h o rse- ri d i n g or camp und er t h e s t2YmiddotS
I was a g l a mo rous s t ar ma k ing a mo v ie wi th two o f my favou r ite co- star s on t he i s land We were fi l ming a n adventure movi e wh i ch t ook us i nto t h e dark e st j ungle We h a d to wad through th e d eepest sw a mps a n d c o me fac e to f ac e wi th bl ood -suck ing creat ures We we re sear c hing for an o l d t e mpl e u p in the mou n ta in wh er e we could obt a in the a ntidote f o r s nake bites a nd other p o isons
Sud denly ~ t he be l l rang and I s a w my c l a s smates gett i ng up to leave th e class I r e a l i sed I h a ve b een daydr e a ming a gai n
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THE LUCKY TRAVELLER
Lon g ago a t r a ve l l e r came t o an i n n to rest a n d to r ent a room for t he n ig h t Th e next morn i ng t he i nn shykeep e r wa r ned t h e t r avel l e r that ther e we r e tigers i n the moun t ain an d -tri ed to d i ssu ade h i m f r om go i ng up as i t i s very dang e rous But th e trav e ll er woul d not li sten and i nsis t ed on c o nt i nuing wi th h is j ourney So t he inn- k ~eper gave him a l o ng staff t o he lp h im c limb the rocky mou n tain
Af t e r some time ~ t h e traveller came to a wat e r fall It was cool and b reez y Th e scenery was beaut i ful He c ou ld hear bi r ds c h irping and monkeys chatteri n g As h e had wa l ked a long way he deci ded to rest un d e r a shady tree A whi l e l a ter t h e chattering stopped He l o o ked u p an d s t ar e d i n to t he eyes of a tiger The t i ger g r owled at h i m a nd th e trave l l e r was 50 fright e ned th a t he s tayed motion l ess and d i d not kn ow what to do Th e n the t i ger p o un ced at h im The travel l er recovered fro m the shock an d j umpe d f o r h is li f e a nd r a n behi nd the tree The t ig e r h it hi s head a qainst t he tree trunk instead and f ai nted The tr a ve ll er qu ic k l y gr a b bed a big stone and h i t its head s e vera l t i me s u n til i t died
J ust then a few hunters appeared at the sc e ne Th e y were nearby a n d had hear d t he t i gers gr o wls and had come to hi s reSCUE They were amazed to see the t r a veller safe and sou nd an d the tiger killed They pra ised t he t ravel l er for being so brave Then they helped t o tie th e ti ger to t h e staf f and t h e y carried the dead t ig e r bac k t o t h e inn
Ma Lilin Pr 58
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I t is the t i me of t h e mon th ag ain Mrs Chen went t o the bank to wi thdr aw same money She joined t h e l on g queue
Sud d en l y t h e s o l e mn si lenc e in the b a nk was br o ken by t h e dea fen i ng s cr eeth o f a car o u ts ide Th e n ext sec o nd t hr e e mas ked men car r y i ng a ut oma tic rif les rushed into th e b ank On e o f th em fi r ed a wa r ni ng shot in t o t he a ir Th e gun s hot ex ploded loud ly in the air-conditi oned room an d a ll t h e peop l e i n th e b an k sc rea med a n d r a n f or cover The Cisc o gu ard took a s t ep f o r wa rd but h e was shot dead a t po in t b lan k There was a shoc ked s il ence
Me) v e al l o f you ~ Li E~ flat and put y o ur han d s behi nd Y fJ U r hea d I on e o f t he mas ked rC)b be l~ s s h o u ted in Ho k kien
Anot her robb e r th r e w t h r ee l arg e b l ack c a nva s b ags at the c a sh i er s a nd order-ed Fi 11 t hem LI p
Un known to the rob ber s on e of t he cas h i er s h ad a lr e ady a ct i v a t ed th e s il en t a larm Sudde nl y t he sire ns of po l i c e c ar s c o uld be heard The masked robbers p an i cked a n d r an out e mpty- h an ded an d f l e d in the car that wa s waitin g o utsi d e Th e po l ice gave c hase The ge t away car wove i n and o u t of the b u s y t r affic When t h e y r ealized tha t t h e po l ic e were zooming i n on them t h ey aban d o n t h e ir c ar and ran up a b l ock of flat s Th e po l i c e dr ew t h e i r 38 r evol ve rs and c a ut ious ly sea rc hed the bloc k f loor by fl oor Soon t h e r obbers were sighted o n t he 18t h fl oor The rob bers o pened fire at the po l ic e men The po l i cemen dodged just in time They coul d n o t d o anyth i ng They c all e d for r einforcement
YOLI r e bEi n g s Urrmiddotounde d Tt-Irow d o wn y o ur weap on s and Show lc)ur selve s c ame t he ~-ja r n i n g from the Dfficer - in shyc h a r ge of t h e Spec i al Task Fo r ce who had ar r ived at th e ~5cen e
The po l i ce wa it ed Minut e s t i c ked b y Ther e was no r e sponse fr o m t he robb ers Th e si gna l was gi v e n an d the Police Task For c e we n t int o ac t ion A tear gas grenade was t h r own towards t h e rob b e r s
Dont s hl)o t I Don t s hoo t ~ We give u p U c a me t h e f ranti c s h o ut Th e n thr e e s h a d owy figure s emer ged f r o m the smoke Tea rs wer e s t reami n g down t h ei r c heek s a nd th e y we r e c oug h in g a wa y The police qui c kly h a nd c uf fed t h em a n d they WBye 1 e d 2vay
Zh o u Yi c hua n Fr SA
-1 0 shy
The Day In The Life Of A Detective
What a h arrowing day Am I so tired Let me tel l you wh o I am I am S herlock Steve a detective Today I am a n t h e tr i cd of ttleuro cr i mi nal Thf Fm( HE had g i l e n me t he s l ip for months b ut today he had left a c l ue beh ind Ah ha The Fox had been c a re less enough to l eave behind an a dd r ess
1 wasnt sure if this was a tr a p b u t I decided to t ake the risk I went to the address indicated on the paper I was sur p r i sed to find t h e dodr op en I went inside b u t fo un d tht~ hO LlS E~ empty The fm( had g iven me the SJip once cJg21i n
I t hen noticed a sh a dow behind me I turned around EHid S2 the cr i mi n a l The Fomiddot and I had c ome f a ce to face t 1 3st
It was t hen that I r ea li ted that he was holding a qun Im much t oo v ulnerable in t h i place I have to hid e some llif2t-e The t houq ht c ame int o my min el I found some boxes a n d hid beh i nd them Bam Bam Just in time He fi r ed a s h ot at me I exchanged shots with h im before the due l came to a sudden halt
One of my shots went wild and the bullet found The Foxs head The police came and one of the sergeant sai d Good jC1b Sher-Iock Steve
Being a de tective is d angerous but exciting If evel you need a job li ke mine just contac t Sher loc k Steve
Hc)ng Shenghao PI 58
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AN EXPENSIVE LESSON
Pete r used t o be a good and c l e v e r boy i n school He did his homework and handed t hem in on time However he met some boys who t augh t him t o be bad j ust like t hem
He woul d go out wi t h t h e m and l i tter public p laces He wou l d d r aws on t he walls wi t h foul words or make t he toilets we t a nd dir ty His behaviour became worse e ach day One day t he l e ader of t he ga ng sa id t o Peter Hey Pe ter 1 I t wou l d be f un playi n g t ruan t Foolis h l y Peter a greed t o j o i n in
The s c hoo l informe d Peter s pare nt s a f ter was abs e n t f r om s c hool for one we ek Peter ignored h is pa rents a dvice and kept on playing t r uant
One d a y Pe ter threw a s tone a t a c ar and smas he d t he wind ow He d i d not not i c e a pol i c e car a r ound the a r e a and was caught r ed -hand ed Peter was br ought t o c o ur t and fin ed $1 000 Sin c e then he has l e arnt h is les son a nd s t oppe d meetin g t he gan gs t ers a nd went back t o s c hoo l
Wang Chunpin g Pr 5C
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Wh at ma kes coo ks cr u e l f i d ) I b - i _ M g a n d tJl b 1 () 2 d
THE HRUnTED HOUSE Durin g r ecess~ my fri e n d s a nd I were ta l ki n g
a f ter we had e at e n Someh o w we always ended u p ta l k i n g a bou t the haun ted house a c r o s s t h e road beh i n d t he wood Xiuxiu h ad s o me t h i n g n ew to a dd on to what we al read y knew She s ai d he r ne ig hbour s g r a n d fath er tol d her that t he house o nc e bel o n g e d to a n o l d woma n wh o was b u r n t f or a l l her e v i l deeds We d id no t b e l i eve her a n d she d ared u s t o go ther e that ni g h t t o p r o ve h e r wr ong We a cc epted h er cha l lenge
Af t e r I had e a ten my d i n ner I wen t to t h e bus st o p to meet th e o ther s I have t ol d my mo ther tha t I am g o in g t o s tay o ve r n i g h t a t my fri en d s h ouse the nex t day b e i ng Sat u r d a y Whe n ever yone h a d a rr i ved we walked si l en t l y t o war d s t he house a l l t oo ner vous t o t al k
Then we saw the house I t was s po o ky- l ooking i n t h e di m moonli g h t When we c a me t o t h e door we ga ve i t a p u s h a nd t t sque aked op en We wen t in s l owl y I hel d o n to so~eon e s h and and i t was i c y c o l d l i ke mine We s h on e o u r torch ar o und t h e p l a c e I t wa s dus t y and musty Then WE s et tl e d d o wn in the livi n g room We t o o k out our s l e e p ing b ag s s o me f o od a nd drink s an d began to ta l k a l l at on ce beshyc aus e th e s ilence was un beara b le Su d denl y we s t o p p ed t a lk ing We hear d a funny s o u nd I t was t he s oun d of l a u ght er Then we saw~ t o o ur hor ror the f i gure of the ol d woma n Sh e stop ped laug hin g a ll o f a sudden a n d said Le a ve a t on c e o r yo u s h a l l die We wer e scar ed sti f f b ut we did n ot mo ve I nst ead we h eld o n t o our c r u s i f i x and began to p r ay c on t i nuous l y The ol d woma n moved c los er and c loser a nd we prayed har der a n d har d er Sud denl y we hea r d a l oud s crea m Th e o l d woma n was melti n g Bl oo d s treak e d out f r o m ever y p art o f her b o dy Sud d en ly we fe l t diz zy and fe l l int o a d eep s l eep
When we fina ll y op e ned our eyes the sun was sh ini n g o n t o o u r f a c es Th e bod y of t he o l d woman was nowhere t o be s e e n We q u ic kl y packed u p and r a n h ome We sure h a ve a n ama z ing stor y to t e l l But wi l l a n yone b e l i eve u s
Kr is i nd er M Kaur Pr 5D
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A Lesson For Sa my
One fine morning Bamy wen t to s c h o o l as u s ual On h is wa y he me t his nei g hbour s Raj u an d Ba oj ian They a s ked h im t o go f i shi n g with t hem Barny agree d i mmedi a te ly
Th e y went to a river wher e th e w~ter was d eep a n d d a r k They found a p l ac e where i t was c o o l and wi nd y Barny p laye d wit h the water wh i l e Raju a nd Baoji a n st a rt e d to f ish All of a s u d den Ba rn y f el l i n to t h e r i v e r wit h a lou d s p l as h Raj u a n d Ba o jian wer e sh o ck ed They s hout e d f o r h e l p Luc k i ly a passer - b y hea rd the ir shout a nd quickl y jumped i n t o t he river and pu l l e d Bam y out o f the water Bamy was safe a n d soun d
Af t e r t h a t t h e t h r e e o f t hem dec i d e d t o g o h ome Barn y was we t an d c o ld He t o ld hi s moth er wh at had hap pen e d Hi s moth e r wa s f ur i o us She c aned h i m f or go i ng fis h i ng i nstea d of g o i ng t o sc h o o l
Ba rny had l e a r n t his l esson He p r om ised hi s mother that h (gt A i 11 n e v e r- play tr-lIa n t ltHllmOr- e
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Hari Ra y a PU2sa i s a Ma lay f estiva l that ma r ks the en d o f the mon th of Ram andan Ra mandan is a month whic h Mu s li ms f ast fr o m d a wn t o sunse t
A fort n i ght before the ~esti yal I h e l ped my q ran d mo th e r t o s pr i n gc l ean t h e wh o le f l at I pa i n t ed the walls put up the ne w c urtain a n d d ecorat ed the house I e ven s t rung u p co l our f ul lights a c ross th e doo rway an d let th em twin k l e t hr oughout th e n i g h t
A week before Ha ri Raya Puasa ~ I helpe d my mot her a u n t and q r- and mot her prep a r e festive specialit i e s such a5 tarts cakes a nd cook i es I a l so f o ll owed my aunt t o Ge yl ang- Ser ai to b uy spi c es~ chic ke ns and b e e f t o prep ar e fo r the b ig d inn e r on the e v e o f Hari Raya Puasa
As u s u a l my f a mi ly ha d a s p ecial gat h e r ing on t h e eve of Har i Raya PUas a My mot h e r who l ive s i n Buk it Bat ok came with my b r ot h er and sister t o my gr a ndmother s hou s e t o c e leb r a te We had a bi g feas t wit h my uncles a un ts and cou sins
Then came the mor n i n g of the big day We pu t on our new cl othes My fat her an d u n c l e went to t h e mosque t o pray After that we ga thered to seek forgiven e ss from our gran d moth er and paren t s Then we had our brea kfast a nd t hereaf t e r we we nt to vi sit our ne ig h b ours a n d rel at ives
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Caug h t In The Ra in
One sun ny after n oon Ali ca ll e d up his frie n d s t o g o to t h e fiel d to p lay football Whi l e they were ki cki ng hap pil y in the f i led dark clouds began t o for m i n t he sky an d a st rong win d blew The boys d e ci de d to stop playin g as t hey knew it was goi n g to r a i n soon Mingxiang an d John r od e h ome as quick l y a s p ossib l e o n their b i cycles whi l e Ali a n d t h e r est ran a s fa s t a s their l e g s could c ar r y them Bu t t h e y were not quick enou gh Al i was caugh t i n the r ain wh ich c a me down suddenl y When he r eac hed home he wa s all dr e n c hed
That even i n g Al i felt warm a n d uncomf ortab le He di d not want to e a t his dinner His mother touched h i s f o r e head a n d fo u n d that Al i was ha v in g a h ig h feve r Sh e q uick l y br oug h t him to s ee a d oc tor Th e doc tor to l d Alis mother t h a t Ali had a f l u b e c aus e he wa s caught i n t h e ra in t ha t a f t er noon He t ol d her not to worry bec a use he would b e al rig h t after t aki n g t h e medic i ne He then advised Al i t o t a ke two days leave f rom school to rest at home
Ali was sad He was also bored He missed hi s fri ends very much J u s t then t h e d o or be l l rang It was Mingxiang and John They had come to visi t h im wh en they h e a r d that he was ill Th e y brough t him some comic books to let him pass the time
From that day Ali h ad l earnt h is lesson He p ro mised that h e wi l l never p lay i n th e ra in ever aga i n
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An Honest Deed
Ti m a nd J ohn went j oggi ng a s usual on e Sunda y morn i ng i n Bi s han Pa r k Aft e r a wh il e t he y sto p ped to r e s t Whi le t he y were dri nk i nq some w3 t e r Ti mnoti ced a wal let under t he ben c h He p ic ked i t u p
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Ti m wa s r e luct a n t at f i r st But a ft er mu c h per sua s i o n fro m J ohn he f ina ll y re lented He put t he wa l let int o h is bac k pocket an d t hey walked o u t of Bi sha n Par k
To r each the r o a d the t wo boys had to j ump a cr os s a d r a in While d o in g tha t t h e wa l l e t fell o u t o f Tim s poc ket J u s t as t hey wer e go j ng t o cros s th e r oad t hey h e ar d a li ttle gir l calling t hem As s he came up t o t hem s he handed a walle t t o Tim and s a id Emiddotcuse me Y C1U
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Tim was e mba rrassed but J oh n snat ch ed the wa llet fr o m her hand Af t er thank i n g her they we n t on the ir wa y
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SPECIAL FEATURE ~art f rom writing ~our d i a r i es
fo r m tea c her Mrs Sea h encourages us t o wri te i n lOur J o urna l in whi ch we pour ou t our s e c r e ts prob l ems f a n t asies woes j oy j okes r iddles bull bull a nyth i ng Here Mr s Seah a cts as our conf i dan t g iving advice e ncouragemen t l e nding he r s houlde r s f or a nyone t o cry on shar i ng our j okes s o l v i ng the r i ddles e t c I t i s a very pe rs onal li t tle black book No one has a cces s to t he e n tries e xcep t the stric tly con
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My English i s very poor I
am especially poor in my
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my rrother always has t o remind
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a box of crayons so tha t she
need not borrow from you in
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I have a s ister who is ver y
childish and bad-tempered Why is Peipe i s o clever
She can remember everythin~ampnet~ I cant stand
she r eads and i s alwa ys topher For example t he o t he r girl i n our class r want to
be like her good at every ~
day she wanted to borrow my
crayons but I t old her t ha t I need i t for my art l esson I t hing
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A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
The end of an old year The start of a new Thinking of and planning The things to do
Going to do better Going to be nice Going to be kind to all From bears to little mice middot
But its so hard to do them All these things youve planned to
do Cause while you try hard to do
them Someone comes to bother you
You dont have to be nice they say Forget it all - just have your way But stop before you rush out to play shyYoure throwing all your hard work
away
You see when you make a New Years Promise
Youve got to make it right shyAnd only if you fo llow it right thru shyWill the New Year be bright
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Dear -ma tes
Do you know when Mrs Lily Seah f i r s t
got us t oge t he r and t old us ou r ass i gnment
pr od uce a leve l ma ga z i ne we wan t ed
OUT 1 Wha t a t all or der 1 In c ase you c a nt
c ount t here a re s eve n PS class es
budding wr iter s t o be exact How on earth
a r e we going to c ompile our works together
and yet no t produc e a vo lume
Anyway we ros e to the s i t ua t i on
as us ua l We s tocki ngly met t he challe nge
We sieved t hr ough the mountainous pi l e
of con t ribu t i ons t hat poured in What
headache Ev e ryone was s o good Wha t
t ask Whos e t o choos e In the end we decided
t o s ele c t t wo or thre e a r t i cles fran each
clas s ( to be fa ir and s orne news r e p or ts
puzz l es j o kes a nd riddles to whe t your
a ppe t i t e We hope you wi l l find t he m int e resti ng
a nd enjoyable
We would like to t ake t h i s
opportuni ty t o apo l og i se t o t hos e
whos e mas t erpi eces were not s e lec ted
Pl eas e unde r s t a nd our constra i nts
Ma ny thanks t o MIs L Se a h f or pus hi ng
a nd gu i ding us a l ong a nd a l l o f you
who have he l ped one way or anothe r
to make t h i s first l eve l magazine
a success
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Editor ial Te am Zhua ng Wi l li ( SA ) Benjamin Zhuo Hong She ngha o ( 5B) Li Aiqin g ( SC ) Li u Me i me i
Hu Qiwei ( SE ) Azhar i b Mus liman ( SF ) Ma Lili n
Comput er expert s ~ Gr ace Wa ng (SA) Che n Yi ngfe n
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Gu i s hu n c ome f ClI w lt~r d cnd E)-pl ~~i n to the rest o f the c lass r Hl W l OU wo uld s ol v e th is pr o bl e m Mrs 3eah called oUt
Gu i shun stoo d u p s lowl y All e y e s we r e o n hi m
R inq inq i ng bull bull ECl V f~ by th~~ b e l l But wait that s th e f ir e a l arm
Lim~ u p quick l y Le~v e fi v frmiddot yt hi ng o n t he table Mi nqyucln lt~ji t c h clf f th e 1 i gh t= an d f an s 1 Mr s Se a h o rdered We rushed o u t o f t he cl a s sr oom a n d Mrs Seah l e d us out t o the f i e ld In t h e e xci teme nt Xin y u a n p a n icked a nd a lmos t mi s s a step
Ta kE~ it eesy camE- l1r s Seah s vo ice Th i s i s on J I a f ir e c1 r i 1 1 bull
When we r eached th e f i e ld ma ny of the o the r clas ses h a d al r e a d y a s s e mbled th e r e Sudden l y we s aw a column of b lac k smok e r i s in g u p i nto th e s ky Th er e was ac tual l y a f i r e Excit e me nt mo unt ed wh e n t he news s p rea d roun d Mrs Se a h was v e r y c ompos e d Sh e c a lm l y o rdered every o ne to move f u r t h e r to the end of t he fi e ld a way f rom th e s c hool bu ild i n g Th e n s he ma ce us si t o n t h e fi eld Ever y one l oc ked a n x i o usl y at t he b l a c k smo ke We whi s p ered t o on e another tr y i n g to g ue ss wh at was happeni n g
Wh e n two fi re engines dr ove in t o t he c ar park we cheered a nd c l appe d loud l y From wher e we wer e s e a t e d we could not s ee h o w the fi r e was p ut out Ther e was comp l ete silence o n th e f i e l d a s ~ l l eyes we r e o n t h e s ch ool b uild ing rli li u t(~ Si t ic ked by vJhen middott h f f i r-fmen -~p p earmiddot ed a t th e cat-pa t- k y
cheers and cl ap pi n g bro ke ou t a gain
Af t e r t h e f i re engi nes l e ft Mr Chec k to l d us tha t eve ryth in g was al l r i ght We h eav ed a s i g h of r elief a n d cheered a gai n Then h e en l igh t en e d us by t ell i n g us t h at the fire i n t h e Ar t Room b rok e out b ec a u s e of a sh or t cir c u i t After t hat we went b ac k t o o u r c lass room t o r esume our lessons but we we re j ust t oo e xci ted to con c e n t r a te So Mrs Sea h to ld us t o wr it e a n e ssay abou t the f i r e whi le th e i nc i den t wa s s t i ll fr e sh i n o u r minds
Ben j am i n Zhuo Pr SA
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My Pets
Nowadays youngst e rs l i ke to have a pet of t he i r o wn Pet s are love ly c reatures and f un to play wi th I ke e p pets t oo Th ey were given to me o n t he last Chri stmas Eve a s a pr e s en t f rom my mo ther They look ve r y c u te a n d h a v e t wo t iny eyes They have long pink e ars a n d th e ir f ur s are whi te I l ike t o hug t hem be caus e t hey ar e very s oft an d g e n t le a n imals
I n amed t hem Ju mp y and Ru n n y They l o ve t h e i r names b e c ause whenever I ca l l t heir n a mes they wi l l r u n t owards me s mi l e to me t heir swe et e st sm i le I feed t h em th r i ce a day o n ce in the mor nin g af t ernoon a n d even in g) wi th carrot s a n d vegetables Every e ven ing a fter my d inner ~
I usual l y let t hem out o f t he cages s o that t hey can run ab out Onc e in a wh i l e I g i v e t h e m a bath Wh en I rememb e r to q i ve t hem a bath th e y will r un a way to h i de f r om me Af ter t he ir bath I wil l d r y th em a n d c omb the i r soft fur s I wil l al so cut their n ai ls o n their p aws before I pu t them back to t he c ages
One morni n g whe n I went t o fee d the m I h a d a s urp r ise J umpy h ad fi ve b ab i e s I wa s v er y happ y They were middot fed on the i r mo ther s mi l k Later the y started e a ti ng v e getab les a n d leafl et s I had to g i ve th r ee of th e bab ies awa y be cause we d i d no t h ave muc h s p ace fo r t h em Now I h a ve f our o f t h e m I named the o t he r t wo Skippy a nd Bunn y I th ink I am t h e l uc kiest boy i n the wor l d Im sur e you can guess what my pets are by n ow
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RAT S TALE
When Pied Piper had hypnotized the rat population i n Hame l in and dtowned the m to death I was the sale s ur v i vor I was sleeping soundl y i n bed when I was awakened by the s cre ams and crying of my fe llowme n In amazement I found mys elf all alone i n t he hole My f amily and t he others wer e miss i ng I was s o fri ghtened t hat I started to cry l oudly After s ome t ime t he vi llagers went back to their huts I stopped crying and crept ou t looki ng for my
of my hole family
I ran around t he v i llage
on t he r i ver t o dea t h I depress ed by on
At las t I found them floa ting What am I going to do Wil l I starve
asked mys elf sadly I f e l t very the i ncid ent but I mus t still live
In the stil l ness of the n i ght I fel t my s tomach groaning I felt very hungr y i ndeed f or I had no t eate n anything since -morn i ng s o I decided to steal some food I crept out quietly looking for food
Fi nally I f ound a big piece of cheese I carried i t back happ ily Suddenly I knocked into some t hing ha r d The p i ece of cheese rol l ed down t he floor noisily The Mayor woke up and s aw me on the tabl e He picked up a piec e of wood and began t o chas e after me I ran as fast as my l egs could carry me I ran into the jungle I f elt f r ightened The wolves were howl ing and I felt cold I hi d i n t he bush hopelessly wait i ng f or dawn
When d awn broke I r a n out o f t he j ungl e and came to a padi field I middotmet some field mic e a nd made fr i ends with them I t old them t he whole s tory The took pity on me and asked me whether I would l ike t o join them I was overjoyed At last I have a fami ly and I won t be alone again
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THE STRA Y KITTEN
Aft e r d inner Raj a an a his sister Dev i dec i ded t o go f or a ~ a l k ne a r the i r h ome l hey have been walki ng fo r qu i te a d i stance when they hea r d a so f t me owin g s oun d c o ming f r om t h e drain nearby They we n t towa rds th e dra in
Th ey were ta ke n a b ack by wh a t t he y s aw - a pi ti f ul loo ki ng k i t t e n I t was all wet and shiveri ng wi t h cold Th e t wo ch i ld ren q ui ck l y rushed home wi th the ki tten
Th e y as ked the ir fa ther s perm iss ion t o keep t h e k i t t e n as t hei r pet Seeing no h a rm i n i t thei r fat h e r consente d The childr en we re thri ll e d Raja i mme d iate ly prepar e d s ome s o ap water Th e gave th e k itten a good s c rub After t hat t h e dri ed the k itten t h o r oug hly and wr ap ped i t up in a towel to keep i t warm Th en th e y f ed the ki tt en s o me mille
The k i t teuror-t j-l dS f r Clfn t h ~I t clay Orlw cu cs 01 bec o me p a r t a nd p ar cel of th e fami l y
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A ROBBERY
Mr Lim La i Ha n an e~ ec ut i v e wit h a lar ge fir m went t o t h e Po s t Off i c e Sav in gs Bank to wi t h dr a w fi ft een thousan d doll a rs He then p u t the mon e y in hi s b r i efca se a nd left the b a n k He did not real i se t ha t h e wa s b e i ng fo l 1o wed
On t h e wa y to the o f fic e he met Mr Chen W M a n o l d co lleague wh o m h e h ad not seen f o r a long time Mr Ch e n i nsis t e d t hat t h ey go to the c o f f eehouse near b y for a drink Th e y or de red be e r and beg a n exc h a ngi n g n e ws Mr Lim l e f t hi s bri efc a s e on t h e sea~ besi d e him The t wo me n we re s o e n grossed in thei r c onversat ion they d id no t no t ice t he bul ky- l ooking ma n s i t ti n g a cross the table wat c h in g t h e m s il entl y Sudd e nly t h e ma n st o od up rushed towards Mr Li m grabb e d his br i ef c ase a n d dashed out of t h e d o or Bot h men rec overed fro m the s h oc k a n d i mmed i at e l y gave chase 5 11 0 11 j ng ~ t the top 01 t r leuro i t- voi ce Stop Th i e f ~3top I
A p a s ser b y hear d hi s c r i e s a nd t ri e d t o s top the robber But the robber wh ipp ed o ut ~ kn i fe and s l ashed h im on t he ar m Then he esc aped o n a s coo ter parked out s id e the c o+ f e~2 h ClU~i f2
Poor Mr Li m He was robb e d of t he f i ft e en thousa nd do llars
The p o li c e ar e now ask i ng for wi tne sses t o come f orward to help t h em i n th eir i nvesti gations
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On c e I owned an is l and It h a d a long s t retc h o f the most beautiful beac h wh e re p a lm tr ees swayed in t h e gen t le b ree ze There was a c ha l et wi th a very b ig pool Holiday-ma ker s cou ld stay i n tropical h u t s wh i c h o verloo k the s ea There we r e sever a l ten ni s c o u rts and a hor se-r i d i ~ g
range Th e re was a wa ter fa l l sur rounded b y pal m t r ees a nd fern s Every n i gh t ther e wou l d b e dan c i ng and di ni ng under t he r omant ic moonl i ght Pe op l e cou l d go h o rse- ri d i n g or camp und er t h e s t2YmiddotS
I was a g l a mo rous s t ar ma k ing a mo v ie wi th two o f my favou r ite co- star s on t he i s land We were fi l ming a n adventure movi e wh i ch t ook us i nto t h e dark e st j ungle We h a d to wad through th e d eepest sw a mps a n d c o me fac e to f ac e wi th bl ood -suck ing creat ures We we re sear c hing for an o l d t e mpl e u p in the mou n ta in wh er e we could obt a in the a ntidote f o r s nake bites a nd other p o isons
Sud denly ~ t he be l l rang and I s a w my c l a s smates gett i ng up to leave th e class I r e a l i sed I h a ve b een daydr e a ming a gai n
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THE LUCKY TRAVELLER
Lon g ago a t r a ve l l e r came t o an i n n to rest a n d to r ent a room for t he n ig h t Th e next morn i ng t he i nn shykeep e r wa r ned t h e t r avel l e r that ther e we r e tigers i n the moun t ain an d -tri ed to d i ssu ade h i m f r om go i ng up as i t i s very dang e rous But th e trav e ll er woul d not li sten and i nsis t ed on c o nt i nuing wi th h is j ourney So t he inn- k ~eper gave him a l o ng staff t o he lp h im c limb the rocky mou n tain
Af t e r some time ~ t h e traveller came to a wat e r fall It was cool and b reez y Th e scenery was beaut i ful He c ou ld hear bi r ds c h irping and monkeys chatteri n g As h e had wa l ked a long way he deci ded to rest un d e r a shady tree A whi l e l a ter t h e chattering stopped He l o o ked u p an d s t ar e d i n to t he eyes of a tiger The t i ger g r owled at h i m a nd th e trave l l e r was 50 fright e ned th a t he s tayed motion l ess and d i d not kn ow what to do Th e n the t i ger p o un ced at h im The travel l er recovered fro m the shock an d j umpe d f o r h is li f e a nd r a n behi nd the tree The t ig e r h it hi s head a qainst t he tree trunk instead and f ai nted The tr a ve ll er qu ic k l y gr a b bed a big stone and h i t its head s e vera l t i me s u n til i t died
J ust then a few hunters appeared at the sc e ne Th e y were nearby a n d had hear d t he t i gers gr o wls and had come to hi s reSCUE They were amazed to see the t r a veller safe and sou nd an d the tiger killed They pra ised t he t ravel l er for being so brave Then they helped t o tie th e ti ger to t h e staf f and t h e y carried the dead t ig e r bac k t o t h e inn
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I t is the t i me of t h e mon th ag ain Mrs Chen went t o the bank to wi thdr aw same money She joined t h e l on g queue
Sud d en l y t h e s o l e mn si lenc e in the b a nk was br o ken by t h e dea fen i ng s cr eeth o f a car o u ts ide Th e n ext sec o nd t hr e e mas ked men car r y i ng a ut oma tic rif les rushed into th e b ank On e o f th em fi r ed a wa r ni ng shot in t o t he a ir Th e gun s hot ex ploded loud ly in the air-conditi oned room an d a ll t h e peop l e i n th e b an k sc rea med a n d r a n f or cover The Cisc o gu ard took a s t ep f o r wa rd but h e was shot dead a t po in t b lan k There was a shoc ked s il ence
Me) v e al l o f you ~ Li E~ flat and put y o ur han d s behi nd Y fJ U r hea d I on e o f t he mas ked rC)b be l~ s s h o u ted in Ho k kien
Anot her robb e r th r e w t h r ee l arg e b l ack c a nva s b ags at the c a sh i er s a nd order-ed Fi 11 t hem LI p
Un known to the rob ber s on e of t he cas h i er s h ad a lr e ady a ct i v a t ed th e s il en t a larm Sudde nl y t he sire ns of po l i c e c ar s c o uld be heard The masked robbers p an i cked a n d r an out e mpty- h an ded an d f l e d in the car that wa s waitin g o utsi d e Th e po l ice gave c hase The ge t away car wove i n and o u t of the b u s y t r affic When t h e y r ealized tha t t h e po l ic e were zooming i n on them t h ey aban d o n t h e ir c ar and ran up a b l ock of flat s Th e po l i c e dr ew t h e i r 38 r evol ve rs and c a ut ious ly sea rc hed the bloc k f loor by fl oor Soon t h e r obbers were sighted o n t he 18t h fl oor The rob bers o pened fire at the po l ic e men The po l i cemen dodged just in time They coul d n o t d o anyth i ng They c all e d for r einforcement
YOLI r e bEi n g s Urrmiddotounde d Tt-Irow d o wn y o ur weap on s and Show lc)ur selve s c ame t he ~-ja r n i n g from the Dfficer - in shyc h a r ge of t h e Spec i al Task Fo r ce who had ar r ived at th e ~5cen e
The po l i ce wa it ed Minut e s t i c ked b y Ther e was no r e sponse fr o m t he robb ers Th e si gna l was gi v e n an d the Police Task For c e we n t int o ac t ion A tear gas grenade was t h r own towards t h e rob b e r s
Dont s hl)o t I Don t s hoo t ~ We give u p U c a me t h e f ranti c s h o ut Th e n thr e e s h a d owy figure s emer ged f r o m the smoke Tea rs wer e s t reami n g down t h ei r c heek s a nd th e y we r e c oug h in g a wa y The police qui c kly h a nd c uf fed t h em a n d they WBye 1 e d 2vay
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The Day In The Life Of A Detective
What a h arrowing day Am I so tired Let me tel l you wh o I am I am S herlock Steve a detective Today I am a n t h e tr i cd of ttleuro cr i mi nal Thf Fm( HE had g i l e n me t he s l ip for months b ut today he had left a c l ue beh ind Ah ha The Fox had been c a re less enough to l eave behind an a dd r ess
1 wasnt sure if this was a tr a p b u t I decided to t ake the risk I went to the address indicated on the paper I was sur p r i sed to find t h e dodr op en I went inside b u t fo un d tht~ hO LlS E~ empty The fm( had g iven me the SJip once cJg21i n
I t hen noticed a sh a dow behind me I turned around EHid S2 the cr i mi n a l The Fomiddot and I had c ome f a ce to face t 1 3st
It was t hen that I r ea li ted that he was holding a qun Im much t oo v ulnerable in t h i place I have to hid e some llif2t-e The t houq ht c ame int o my min el I found some boxes a n d hid beh i nd them Bam Bam Just in time He fi r ed a s h ot at me I exchanged shots with h im before the due l came to a sudden halt
One of my shots went wild and the bullet found The Foxs head The police came and one of the sergeant sai d Good jC1b Sher-Iock Steve
Being a de tective is d angerous but exciting If evel you need a job li ke mine just contac t Sher loc k Steve
Hc)ng Shenghao PI 58
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AN EXPENSIVE LESSON
Pete r used t o be a good and c l e v e r boy i n school He did his homework and handed t hem in on time However he met some boys who t augh t him t o be bad j ust like t hem
He woul d go out wi t h t h e m and l i tter public p laces He wou l d d r aws on t he walls wi t h foul words or make t he toilets we t a nd dir ty His behaviour became worse e ach day One day t he l e ader of t he ga ng sa id t o Peter Hey Pe ter 1 I t wou l d be f un playi n g t ruan t Foolis h l y Peter a greed t o j o i n in
The s c hoo l informe d Peter s pare nt s a f ter was abs e n t f r om s c hool for one we ek Peter ignored h is pa rents a dvice and kept on playing t r uant
One d a y Pe ter threw a s tone a t a c ar and smas he d t he wind ow He d i d not not i c e a pol i c e car a r ound the a r e a and was caught r ed -hand ed Peter was br ought t o c o ur t and fin ed $1 000 Sin c e then he has l e arnt h is les son a nd s t oppe d meetin g t he gan gs t ers a nd went back t o s c hoo l
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THE HRUnTED HOUSE Durin g r ecess~ my fri e n d s a nd I were ta l ki n g
a f ter we had e at e n Someh o w we always ended u p ta l k i n g a bou t the haun ted house a c r o s s t h e road beh i n d t he wood Xiuxiu h ad s o me t h i n g n ew to a dd on to what we al read y knew She s ai d he r ne ig hbour s g r a n d fath er tol d her that t he house o nc e bel o n g e d to a n o l d woma n wh o was b u r n t f or a l l her e v i l deeds We d id no t b e l i eve her a n d she d ared u s t o go ther e that ni g h t t o p r o ve h e r wr ong We a cc epted h er cha l lenge
Af t e r I had e a ten my d i n ner I wen t to t h e bus st o p to meet th e o ther s I have t ol d my mo ther tha t I am g o in g t o s tay o ve r n i g h t a t my fri en d s h ouse the nex t day b e i ng Sat u r d a y Whe n ever yone h a d a rr i ved we walked si l en t l y t o war d s t he house a l l t oo ner vous t o t al k
Then we saw the house I t was s po o ky- l ooking i n t h e di m moonli g h t When we c a me t o t h e door we ga ve i t a p u s h a nd t t sque aked op en We wen t in s l owl y I hel d o n to so~eon e s h and and i t was i c y c o l d l i ke mine We s h on e o u r torch ar o und t h e p l a c e I t wa s dus t y and musty Then WE s et tl e d d o wn in the livi n g room We t o o k out our s l e e p ing b ag s s o me f o od a nd drink s an d began to ta l k a l l at on ce beshyc aus e th e s ilence was un beara b le Su d denl y we s t o p p ed t a lk ing We hear d a funny s o u nd I t was t he s oun d of l a u ght er Then we saw~ t o o ur hor ror the f i gure of the ol d woma n Sh e stop ped laug hin g a ll o f a sudden a n d said Le a ve a t on c e o r yo u s h a l l die We wer e scar ed sti f f b ut we did n ot mo ve I nst ead we h eld o n t o our c r u s i f i x and began to p r ay c on t i nuous l y The ol d woma n moved c los er and c loser a nd we prayed har der a n d har d er Sud denl y we hea r d a l oud s crea m Th e o l d woma n was melti n g Bl oo d s treak e d out f r o m ever y p art o f her b o dy Sud d en ly we fe l t diz zy and fe l l int o a d eep s l eep
When we fina ll y op e ned our eyes the sun was sh ini n g o n t o o u r f a c es Th e bod y of t he o l d woman was nowhere t o be s e e n We q u ic kl y packed u p and r a n h ome We sure h a ve a n ama z ing stor y to t e l l But wi l l a n yone b e l i eve u s
Kr is i nd er M Kaur Pr 5D
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A Lesson For Sa my
One fine morning Bamy wen t to s c h o o l as u s ual On h is wa y he me t his nei g hbour s Raj u an d Ba oj ian They a s ked h im t o go f i shi n g with t hem Barny agree d i mmedi a te ly
Th e y went to a river wher e th e w~ter was d eep a n d d a r k They found a p l ac e where i t was c o o l and wi nd y Barny p laye d wit h the water wh i l e Raju a nd Baoji a n st a rt e d to f ish All of a s u d den Ba rn y f el l i n to t h e r i v e r wit h a lou d s p l as h Raj u a n d Ba o jian wer e sh o ck ed They s hout e d f o r h e l p Luc k i ly a passer - b y hea rd the ir shout a nd quickl y jumped i n t o t he river and pu l l e d Bam y out o f the water Bamy was safe a n d soun d
Af t e r t h a t t h e t h r e e o f t hem dec i d e d t o g o h ome Barn y was we t an d c o ld He t o ld hi s moth er wh at had hap pen e d Hi s moth e r wa s f ur i o us She c aned h i m f or go i ng fis h i ng i nstea d of g o i ng t o sc h o o l
Ba rny had l e a r n t his l esson He p r om ised hi s mother that h (gt A i 11 n e v e r- play tr-lIa n t ltHllmOr- e
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Hari Ra y a PU2sa i s a Ma lay f estiva l that ma r ks the en d o f the mon th of Ram andan Ra mandan is a month whic h Mu s li ms f ast fr o m d a wn t o sunse t
A fort n i ght before the ~esti yal I h e l ped my q ran d mo th e r t o s pr i n gc l ean t h e wh o le f l at I pa i n t ed the walls put up the ne w c urtain a n d d ecorat ed the house I e ven s t rung u p co l our f ul lights a c ross th e doo rway an d let th em twin k l e t hr oughout th e n i g h t
A week before Ha ri Raya Puasa ~ I helpe d my mot her a u n t and q r- and mot her prep a r e festive specialit i e s such a5 tarts cakes a nd cook i es I a l so f o ll owed my aunt t o Ge yl ang- Ser ai to b uy spi c es~ chic ke ns and b e e f t o prep ar e fo r the b ig d inn e r on the e v e o f Hari Raya Puasa
As u s u a l my f a mi ly ha d a s p ecial gat h e r ing on t h e eve of Har i Raya PUas a My mot h e r who l ive s i n Buk it Bat ok came with my b r ot h er and sister t o my gr a ndmother s hou s e t o c e leb r a te We had a bi g feas t wit h my uncles a un ts and cou sins
Then came the mor n i n g of the big day We pu t on our new cl othes My fat her an d u n c l e went to t h e mosque t o pray After that we ga thered to seek forgiven e ss from our gran d moth er and paren t s Then we had our brea kfast a nd t hereaf t e r we we nt to vi sit our ne ig h b ours a n d rel at ives
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Caug h t In The Ra in
One sun ny after n oon Ali ca ll e d up his frie n d s t o g o to t h e fiel d to p lay football Whi l e they were ki cki ng hap pil y in the f i led dark clouds began t o for m i n t he sky an d a st rong win d blew The boys d e ci de d to stop playin g as t hey knew it was goi n g to r a i n soon Mingxiang an d John r od e h ome as quick l y a s p ossib l e o n their b i cycles whi l e Ali a n d t h e r est ran a s fa s t a s their l e g s could c ar r y them Bu t t h e y were not quick enou gh Al i was caugh t i n the r ain wh ich c a me down suddenl y When he r eac hed home he wa s all dr e n c hed
That even i n g Al i felt warm a n d uncomf ortab le He di d not want to e a t his dinner His mother touched h i s f o r e head a n d fo u n d that Al i was ha v in g a h ig h feve r Sh e q uick l y br oug h t him to s ee a d oc tor Th e doc tor to l d Alis mother t h a t Ali had a f l u b e c aus e he wa s caught i n t h e ra in t ha t a f t er noon He t ol d her not to worry bec a use he would b e al rig h t after t aki n g t h e medic i ne He then advised Al i t o t a ke two days leave f rom school to rest at home
Ali was sad He was also bored He missed hi s fri ends very much J u s t then t h e d o or be l l rang It was Mingxiang and John They had come to visi t h im wh en they h e a r d that he was ill Th e y brough t him some comic books to let him pass the time
From that day Ali h ad l earnt h is lesson He p ro mised that h e wi l l never p lay i n th e ra in ever aga i n
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An Honest Deed
Ti m a nd J ohn went j oggi ng a s usual on e Sunda y morn i ng i n Bi s han Pa r k Aft e r a wh il e t he y sto p ped to r e s t Whi le t he y were dri nk i nq some w3 t e r Ti mnoti ced a wal let under t he ben c h He p ic ked i t u p
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Ti m wa s r e luct a n t at f i r st But a ft er mu c h per sua s i o n fro m J ohn he f ina ll y re lented He put t he wa l let int o h is bac k pocket an d t hey walked o u t of Bi sha n Par k
To r each the r o a d the t wo boys had to j ump a cr os s a d r a in While d o in g tha t t h e wa l l e t fell o u t o f Tim s poc ket J u s t as t hey wer e go j ng t o cros s th e r oad t hey h e ar d a li ttle gir l calling t hem As s he came up t o t hem s he handed a walle t t o Tim and s a id Emiddotcuse me Y C1U
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A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
The end of an old year The start of a new Thinking of and planning The things to do
Going to do better Going to be nice Going to be kind to all From bears to little mice middot
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Dear -ma tes
Do you know when Mrs Lily Seah f i r s t
got us t oge t he r and t old us ou r ass i gnment
pr od uce a leve l ma ga z i ne we wan t ed
OUT 1 Wha t a t all or der 1 In c ase you c a nt
c ount t here a re s eve n PS class es
budding wr iter s t o be exact How on earth
a r e we going to c ompile our works together
and yet no t produc e a vo lume
Anyway we ros e to the s i t ua t i on
as us ua l We s tocki ngly met t he challe nge
We sieved t hr ough the mountainous pi l e
of con t ribu t i ons t hat poured in What
headache Ev e ryone was s o good Wha t
t ask Whos e t o choos e In the end we decided
t o s ele c t t wo or thre e a r t i cles fran each
clas s ( to be fa ir and s orne news r e p or ts
puzz l es j o kes a nd riddles to whe t your
a ppe t i t e We hope you wi l l find t he m int e resti ng
a nd enjoyable
We would like to t ake t h i s
opportuni ty t o apo l og i se t o t hos e
whos e mas t erpi eces were not s e lec ted
Pl eas e unde r s t a nd our constra i nts
Ma ny thanks t o MIs L Se a h f or pus hi ng
a nd gu i ding us a l ong a nd a l l o f you
who have he l ped one way or anothe r
to make t h i s first l eve l magazine
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HAPPY READ I NG 1
Editor ial Te am Zhua ng Wi l li ( SA ) Benjamin Zhuo Hong She ngha o ( 5B) Li Aiqin g ( SC ) Li u Me i me i
Hu Qiwei ( SE ) Azhar i b Mus liman ( SF ) Ma Lili n
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Gu i s hu n c ome f ClI w lt~r d cnd E)-pl ~~i n to the rest o f the c lass r Hl W l OU wo uld s ol v e th is pr o bl e m Mrs 3eah called oUt
Gu i shun stoo d u p s lowl y All e y e s we r e o n hi m
R inq inq i ng bull bull ECl V f~ by th~~ b e l l But wait that s th e f ir e a l arm
Lim~ u p quick l y Le~v e fi v frmiddot yt hi ng o n t he table Mi nqyucln lt~ji t c h clf f th e 1 i gh t= an d f an s 1 Mr s Se a h o rdered We rushed o u t o f t he cl a s sr oom a n d Mrs Seah l e d us out t o the f i e ld In t h e e xci teme nt Xin y u a n p a n icked a nd a lmos t mi s s a step
Ta kE~ it eesy camE- l1r s Seah s vo ice Th i s i s on J I a f ir e c1 r i 1 1 bull
When we r eached th e f i e ld ma ny of the o the r clas ses h a d al r e a d y a s s e mbled th e r e Sudden l y we s aw a column of b lac k smok e r i s in g u p i nto th e s ky Th er e was ac tual l y a f i r e Excit e me nt mo unt ed wh e n t he news s p rea d roun d Mrs Se a h was v e r y c ompos e d Sh e c a lm l y o rdered every o ne to move f u r t h e r to the end of t he fi e ld a way f rom th e s c hool bu ild i n g Th e n s he ma ce us si t o n t h e fi eld Ever y one l oc ked a n x i o usl y at t he b l a c k smo ke We whi s p ered t o on e another tr y i n g to g ue ss wh at was happeni n g
Wh e n two fi re engines dr ove in t o t he c ar park we cheered a nd c l appe d loud l y From wher e we wer e s e a t e d we could not s ee h o w the fi r e was p ut out Ther e was comp l ete silence o n th e f i e l d a s ~ l l eyes we r e o n t h e s ch ool b uild ing rli li u t(~ Si t ic ked by vJhen middott h f f i r-fmen -~p p earmiddot ed a t th e cat-pa t- k y
cheers and cl ap pi n g bro ke ou t a gain
Af t e r t h e f i re engi nes l e ft Mr Chec k to l d us tha t eve ryth in g was al l r i ght We h eav ed a s i g h of r elief a n d cheered a gai n Then h e en l igh t en e d us by t ell i n g us t h at the fire i n t h e Ar t Room b rok e out b ec a u s e of a sh or t cir c u i t After t hat we went b ac k t o o u r c lass room t o r esume our lessons but we we re j ust t oo e xci ted to con c e n t r a te So Mrs Sea h to ld us t o wr it e a n e ssay abou t the f i r e whi le th e i nc i den t wa s s t i ll fr e sh i n o u r minds
Ben j am i n Zhuo Pr SA
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My Pets
Nowadays youngst e rs l i ke to have a pet of t he i r o wn Pet s are love ly c reatures and f un to play wi th I ke e p pets t oo Th ey were given to me o n t he last Chri stmas Eve a s a pr e s en t f rom my mo ther They look ve r y c u te a n d h a v e t wo t iny eyes They have long pink e ars a n d th e ir f ur s are whi te I l ike t o hug t hem be caus e t hey ar e very s oft an d g e n t le a n imals
I n amed t hem Ju mp y and Ru n n y They l o ve t h e i r names b e c ause whenever I ca l l t heir n a mes they wi l l r u n t owards me s mi l e to me t heir swe et e st sm i le I feed t h em th r i ce a day o n ce in the mor nin g af t ernoon a n d even in g) wi th carrot s a n d vegetables Every e ven ing a fter my d inner ~
I usual l y let t hem out o f t he cages s o that t hey can run ab out Onc e in a wh i l e I g i v e t h e m a bath Wh en I rememb e r to q i ve t hem a bath th e y will r un a way to h i de f r om me Af ter t he ir bath I wil l d r y th em a n d c omb the i r soft fur s I wil l al so cut their n ai ls o n their p aws before I pu t them back to t he c ages
One morni n g whe n I went t o fee d the m I h a d a s urp r ise J umpy h ad fi ve b ab i e s I wa s v er y happ y They were middot fed on the i r mo ther s mi l k Later the y started e a ti ng v e getab les a n d leafl et s I had to g i ve th r ee of th e bab ies awa y be cause we d i d no t h ave muc h s p ace fo r t h em Now I h a ve f our o f t h e m I named the o t he r t wo Skippy a nd Bunn y I th ink I am t h e l uc kiest boy i n the wor l d Im sur e you can guess what my pets are by n ow
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RAT S TALE
When Pied Piper had hypnotized the rat population i n Hame l in and dtowned the m to death I was the sale s ur v i vor I was sleeping soundl y i n bed when I was awakened by the s cre ams and crying of my fe llowme n In amazement I found mys elf all alone i n t he hole My f amily and t he others wer e miss i ng I was s o fri ghtened t hat I started to cry l oudly After s ome t ime t he vi llagers went back to their huts I stopped crying and crept ou t looki ng for my
of my hole family
I ran around t he v i llage
on t he r i ver t o dea t h I depress ed by on
At las t I found them floa ting What am I going to do Wil l I starve
asked mys elf sadly I f e l t very the i ncid ent but I mus t still live
In the stil l ness of the n i ght I fel t my s tomach groaning I felt very hungr y i ndeed f or I had no t eate n anything since -morn i ng s o I decided to steal some food I crept out quietly looking for food
Fi nally I f ound a big piece of cheese I carried i t back happ ily Suddenly I knocked into some t hing ha r d The p i ece of cheese rol l ed down t he floor noisily The Mayor woke up and s aw me on the tabl e He picked up a piec e of wood and began t o chas e after me I ran as fast as my l egs could carry me I ran into the jungle I f elt f r ightened The wolves were howl ing and I felt cold I hi d i n t he bush hopelessly wait i ng f or dawn
When d awn broke I r a n out o f t he j ungl e and came to a padi field I middotmet some field mic e a nd made fr i ends with them I t old them t he whole s tory The took pity on me and asked me whether I would l ike t o join them I was overjoyed At last I have a fami ly and I won t be alone again
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THE STRA Y KITTEN
Aft e r d inner Raj a an a his sister Dev i dec i ded t o go f or a ~ a l k ne a r the i r h ome l hey have been walki ng fo r qu i te a d i stance when they hea r d a so f t me owin g s oun d c o ming f r om t h e drain nearby They we n t towa rds th e dra in
Th ey were ta ke n a b ack by wh a t t he y s aw - a pi ti f ul loo ki ng k i t t e n I t was all wet and shiveri ng wi t h cold Th e t wo ch i ld ren q ui ck l y rushed home wi th the ki tten
Th e y as ked the ir fa ther s perm iss ion t o keep t h e k i t t e n as t hei r pet Seeing no h a rm i n i t thei r fat h e r consente d The childr en we re thri ll e d Raja i mme d iate ly prepar e d s ome s o ap water Th e gave th e k itten a good s c rub After t hat t h e dri ed the k itten t h o r oug hly and wr ap ped i t up in a towel to keep i t warm Th en th e y f ed the ki tt en s o me mille
The k i t teuror-t j-l dS f r Clfn t h ~I t clay Orlw cu cs 01 bec o me p a r t a nd p ar cel of th e fami l y
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A ROBBERY
Mr Lim La i Ha n an e~ ec ut i v e wit h a lar ge fir m went t o t h e Po s t Off i c e Sav in gs Bank to wi t h dr a w fi ft een thousan d doll a rs He then p u t the mon e y in hi s b r i efca se a nd left the b a n k He did not real i se t ha t h e wa s b e i ng fo l 1o wed
On t h e wa y to the o f fic e he met Mr Chen W M a n o l d co lleague wh o m h e h ad not seen f o r a long time Mr Ch e n i nsis t e d t hat t h ey go to the c o f f eehouse near b y for a drink Th e y or de red be e r and beg a n exc h a ngi n g n e ws Mr Lim l e f t hi s bri efc a s e on t h e sea~ besi d e him The t wo me n we re s o e n grossed in thei r c onversat ion they d id no t no t ice t he bul ky- l ooking ma n s i t ti n g a cross the table wat c h in g t h e m s il entl y Sudd e nly t h e ma n st o od up rushed towards Mr Li m grabb e d his br i ef c ase a n d dashed out of t h e d o or Bot h men rec overed fro m the s h oc k a n d i mmed i at e l y gave chase 5 11 0 11 j ng ~ t the top 01 t r leuro i t- voi ce Stop Th i e f ~3top I
A p a s ser b y hear d hi s c r i e s a nd t ri e d t o s top the robber But the robber wh ipp ed o ut ~ kn i fe and s l ashed h im on t he ar m Then he esc aped o n a s coo ter parked out s id e the c o+ f e~2 h ClU~i f2
Poor Mr Li m He was robb e d of t he f i ft e en thousa nd do llars
The p o li c e ar e now ask i ng for wi tne sses t o come f orward to help t h em i n th eir i nvesti gations
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On c e I owned an is l and It h a d a long s t retc h o f the most beautiful beac h wh e re p a lm tr ees swayed in t h e gen t le b ree ze There was a c ha l et wi th a very b ig pool Holiday-ma ker s cou ld stay i n tropical h u t s wh i c h o verloo k the s ea There we r e sever a l ten ni s c o u rts and a hor se-r i d i ~ g
range Th e re was a wa ter fa l l sur rounded b y pal m t r ees a nd fern s Every n i gh t ther e wou l d b e dan c i ng and di ni ng under t he r omant ic moonl i ght Pe op l e cou l d go h o rse- ri d i n g or camp und er t h e s t2YmiddotS
I was a g l a mo rous s t ar ma k ing a mo v ie wi th two o f my favou r ite co- star s on t he i s land We were fi l ming a n adventure movi e wh i ch t ook us i nto t h e dark e st j ungle We h a d to wad through th e d eepest sw a mps a n d c o me fac e to f ac e wi th bl ood -suck ing creat ures We we re sear c hing for an o l d t e mpl e u p in the mou n ta in wh er e we could obt a in the a ntidote f o r s nake bites a nd other p o isons
Sud denly ~ t he be l l rang and I s a w my c l a s smates gett i ng up to leave th e class I r e a l i sed I h a ve b een daydr e a ming a gai n
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THE LUCKY TRAVELLER
Lon g ago a t r a ve l l e r came t o an i n n to rest a n d to r ent a room for t he n ig h t Th e next morn i ng t he i nn shykeep e r wa r ned t h e t r avel l e r that ther e we r e tigers i n the moun t ain an d -tri ed to d i ssu ade h i m f r om go i ng up as i t i s very dang e rous But th e trav e ll er woul d not li sten and i nsis t ed on c o nt i nuing wi th h is j ourney So t he inn- k ~eper gave him a l o ng staff t o he lp h im c limb the rocky mou n tain
Af t e r some time ~ t h e traveller came to a wat e r fall It was cool and b reez y Th e scenery was beaut i ful He c ou ld hear bi r ds c h irping and monkeys chatteri n g As h e had wa l ked a long way he deci ded to rest un d e r a shady tree A whi l e l a ter t h e chattering stopped He l o o ked u p an d s t ar e d i n to t he eyes of a tiger The t i ger g r owled at h i m a nd th e trave l l e r was 50 fright e ned th a t he s tayed motion l ess and d i d not kn ow what to do Th e n the t i ger p o un ced at h im The travel l er recovered fro m the shock an d j umpe d f o r h is li f e a nd r a n behi nd the tree The t ig e r h it hi s head a qainst t he tree trunk instead and f ai nted The tr a ve ll er qu ic k l y gr a b bed a big stone and h i t its head s e vera l t i me s u n til i t died
J ust then a few hunters appeared at the sc e ne Th e y were nearby a n d had hear d t he t i gers gr o wls and had come to hi s reSCUE They were amazed to see the t r a veller safe and sou nd an d the tiger killed They pra ised t he t ravel l er for being so brave Then they helped t o tie th e ti ger to t h e staf f and t h e y carried the dead t ig e r bac k t o t h e inn
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I t is the t i me of t h e mon th ag ain Mrs Chen went t o the bank to wi thdr aw same money She joined t h e l on g queue
Sud d en l y t h e s o l e mn si lenc e in the b a nk was br o ken by t h e dea fen i ng s cr eeth o f a car o u ts ide Th e n ext sec o nd t hr e e mas ked men car r y i ng a ut oma tic rif les rushed into th e b ank On e o f th em fi r ed a wa r ni ng shot in t o t he a ir Th e gun s hot ex ploded loud ly in the air-conditi oned room an d a ll t h e peop l e i n th e b an k sc rea med a n d r a n f or cover The Cisc o gu ard took a s t ep f o r wa rd but h e was shot dead a t po in t b lan k There was a shoc ked s il ence
Me) v e al l o f you ~ Li E~ flat and put y o ur han d s behi nd Y fJ U r hea d I on e o f t he mas ked rC)b be l~ s s h o u ted in Ho k kien
Anot her robb e r th r e w t h r ee l arg e b l ack c a nva s b ags at the c a sh i er s a nd order-ed Fi 11 t hem LI p
Un known to the rob ber s on e of t he cas h i er s h ad a lr e ady a ct i v a t ed th e s il en t a larm Sudde nl y t he sire ns of po l i c e c ar s c o uld be heard The masked robbers p an i cked a n d r an out e mpty- h an ded an d f l e d in the car that wa s waitin g o utsi d e Th e po l ice gave c hase The ge t away car wove i n and o u t of the b u s y t r affic When t h e y r ealized tha t t h e po l ic e were zooming i n on them t h ey aban d o n t h e ir c ar and ran up a b l ock of flat s Th e po l i c e dr ew t h e i r 38 r evol ve rs and c a ut ious ly sea rc hed the bloc k f loor by fl oor Soon t h e r obbers were sighted o n t he 18t h fl oor The rob bers o pened fire at the po l ic e men The po l i cemen dodged just in time They coul d n o t d o anyth i ng They c all e d for r einforcement
YOLI r e bEi n g s Urrmiddotounde d Tt-Irow d o wn y o ur weap on s and Show lc)ur selve s c ame t he ~-ja r n i n g from the Dfficer - in shyc h a r ge of t h e Spec i al Task Fo r ce who had ar r ived at th e ~5cen e
The po l i ce wa it ed Minut e s t i c ked b y Ther e was no r e sponse fr o m t he robb ers Th e si gna l was gi v e n an d the Police Task For c e we n t int o ac t ion A tear gas grenade was t h r own towards t h e rob b e r s
Dont s hl)o t I Don t s hoo t ~ We give u p U c a me t h e f ranti c s h o ut Th e n thr e e s h a d owy figure s emer ged f r o m the smoke Tea rs wer e s t reami n g down t h ei r c heek s a nd th e y we r e c oug h in g a wa y The police qui c kly h a nd c uf fed t h em a n d they WBye 1 e d 2vay
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The Day In The Life Of A Detective
What a h arrowing day Am I so tired Let me tel l you wh o I am I am S herlock Steve a detective Today I am a n t h e tr i cd of ttleuro cr i mi nal Thf Fm( HE had g i l e n me t he s l ip for months b ut today he had left a c l ue beh ind Ah ha The Fox had been c a re less enough to l eave behind an a dd r ess
1 wasnt sure if this was a tr a p b u t I decided to t ake the risk I went to the address indicated on the paper I was sur p r i sed to find t h e dodr op en I went inside b u t fo un d tht~ hO LlS E~ empty The fm( had g iven me the SJip once cJg21i n
I t hen noticed a sh a dow behind me I turned around EHid S2 the cr i mi n a l The Fomiddot and I had c ome f a ce to face t 1 3st
It was t hen that I r ea li ted that he was holding a qun Im much t oo v ulnerable in t h i place I have to hid e some llif2t-e The t houq ht c ame int o my min el I found some boxes a n d hid beh i nd them Bam Bam Just in time He fi r ed a s h ot at me I exchanged shots with h im before the due l came to a sudden halt
One of my shots went wild and the bullet found The Foxs head The police came and one of the sergeant sai d Good jC1b Sher-Iock Steve
Being a de tective is d angerous but exciting If evel you need a job li ke mine just contac t Sher loc k Steve
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AN EXPENSIVE LESSON
Pete r used t o be a good and c l e v e r boy i n school He did his homework and handed t hem in on time However he met some boys who t augh t him t o be bad j ust like t hem
He woul d go out wi t h t h e m and l i tter public p laces He wou l d d r aws on t he walls wi t h foul words or make t he toilets we t a nd dir ty His behaviour became worse e ach day One day t he l e ader of t he ga ng sa id t o Peter Hey Pe ter 1 I t wou l d be f un playi n g t ruan t Foolis h l y Peter a greed t o j o i n in
The s c hoo l informe d Peter s pare nt s a f ter was abs e n t f r om s c hool for one we ek Peter ignored h is pa rents a dvice and kept on playing t r uant
One d a y Pe ter threw a s tone a t a c ar and smas he d t he wind ow He d i d not not i c e a pol i c e car a r ound the a r e a and was caught r ed -hand ed Peter was br ought t o c o ur t and fin ed $1 000 Sin c e then he has l e arnt h is les son a nd s t oppe d meetin g t he gan gs t ers a nd went back t o s c hoo l
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THE HRUnTED HOUSE Durin g r ecess~ my fri e n d s a nd I were ta l ki n g
a f ter we had e at e n Someh o w we always ended u p ta l k i n g a bou t the haun ted house a c r o s s t h e road beh i n d t he wood Xiuxiu h ad s o me t h i n g n ew to a dd on to what we al read y knew She s ai d he r ne ig hbour s g r a n d fath er tol d her that t he house o nc e bel o n g e d to a n o l d woma n wh o was b u r n t f or a l l her e v i l deeds We d id no t b e l i eve her a n d she d ared u s t o go ther e that ni g h t t o p r o ve h e r wr ong We a cc epted h er cha l lenge
Af t e r I had e a ten my d i n ner I wen t to t h e bus st o p to meet th e o ther s I have t ol d my mo ther tha t I am g o in g t o s tay o ve r n i g h t a t my fri en d s h ouse the nex t day b e i ng Sat u r d a y Whe n ever yone h a d a rr i ved we walked si l en t l y t o war d s t he house a l l t oo ner vous t o t al k
Then we saw the house I t was s po o ky- l ooking i n t h e di m moonli g h t When we c a me t o t h e door we ga ve i t a p u s h a nd t t sque aked op en We wen t in s l owl y I hel d o n to so~eon e s h and and i t was i c y c o l d l i ke mine We s h on e o u r torch ar o und t h e p l a c e I t wa s dus t y and musty Then WE s et tl e d d o wn in the livi n g room We t o o k out our s l e e p ing b ag s s o me f o od a nd drink s an d began to ta l k a l l at on ce beshyc aus e th e s ilence was un beara b le Su d denl y we s t o p p ed t a lk ing We hear d a funny s o u nd I t was t he s oun d of l a u ght er Then we saw~ t o o ur hor ror the f i gure of the ol d woma n Sh e stop ped laug hin g a ll o f a sudden a n d said Le a ve a t on c e o r yo u s h a l l die We wer e scar ed sti f f b ut we did n ot mo ve I nst ead we h eld o n t o our c r u s i f i x and began to p r ay c on t i nuous l y The ol d woma n moved c los er and c loser a nd we prayed har der a n d har d er Sud denl y we hea r d a l oud s crea m Th e o l d woma n was melti n g Bl oo d s treak e d out f r o m ever y p art o f her b o dy Sud d en ly we fe l t diz zy and fe l l int o a d eep s l eep
When we fina ll y op e ned our eyes the sun was sh ini n g o n t o o u r f a c es Th e bod y of t he o l d woman was nowhere t o be s e e n We q u ic kl y packed u p and r a n h ome We sure h a ve a n ama z ing stor y to t e l l But wi l l a n yone b e l i eve u s
Kr is i nd er M Kaur Pr 5D
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A Lesson For Sa my
One fine morning Bamy wen t to s c h o o l as u s ual On h is wa y he me t his nei g hbour s Raj u an d Ba oj ian They a s ked h im t o go f i shi n g with t hem Barny agree d i mmedi a te ly
Th e y went to a river wher e th e w~ter was d eep a n d d a r k They found a p l ac e where i t was c o o l and wi nd y Barny p laye d wit h the water wh i l e Raju a nd Baoji a n st a rt e d to f ish All of a s u d den Ba rn y f el l i n to t h e r i v e r wit h a lou d s p l as h Raj u a n d Ba o jian wer e sh o ck ed They s hout e d f o r h e l p Luc k i ly a passer - b y hea rd the ir shout a nd quickl y jumped i n t o t he river and pu l l e d Bam y out o f the water Bamy was safe a n d soun d
Af t e r t h a t t h e t h r e e o f t hem dec i d e d t o g o h ome Barn y was we t an d c o ld He t o ld hi s moth er wh at had hap pen e d Hi s moth e r wa s f ur i o us She c aned h i m f or go i ng fis h i ng i nstea d of g o i ng t o sc h o o l
Ba rny had l e a r n t his l esson He p r om ised hi s mother that h (gt A i 11 n e v e r- play tr-lIa n t ltHllmOr- e
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Hari Ra y a PU2sa i s a Ma lay f estiva l that ma r ks the en d o f the mon th of Ram andan Ra mandan is a month whic h Mu s li ms f ast fr o m d a wn t o sunse t
A fort n i ght before the ~esti yal I h e l ped my q ran d mo th e r t o s pr i n gc l ean t h e wh o le f l at I pa i n t ed the walls put up the ne w c urtain a n d d ecorat ed the house I e ven s t rung u p co l our f ul lights a c ross th e doo rway an d let th em twin k l e t hr oughout th e n i g h t
A week before Ha ri Raya Puasa ~ I helpe d my mot her a u n t and q r- and mot her prep a r e festive specialit i e s such a5 tarts cakes a nd cook i es I a l so f o ll owed my aunt t o Ge yl ang- Ser ai to b uy spi c es~ chic ke ns and b e e f t o prep ar e fo r the b ig d inn e r on the e v e o f Hari Raya Puasa
As u s u a l my f a mi ly ha d a s p ecial gat h e r ing on t h e eve of Har i Raya PUas a My mot h e r who l ive s i n Buk it Bat ok came with my b r ot h er and sister t o my gr a ndmother s hou s e t o c e leb r a te We had a bi g feas t wit h my uncles a un ts and cou sins
Then came the mor n i n g of the big day We pu t on our new cl othes My fat her an d u n c l e went to t h e mosque t o pray After that we ga thered to seek forgiven e ss from our gran d moth er and paren t s Then we had our brea kfast a nd t hereaf t e r we we nt to vi sit our ne ig h b ours a n d rel at ives
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Caug h t In The Ra in
One sun ny after n oon Ali ca ll e d up his frie n d s t o g o to t h e fiel d to p lay football Whi l e they were ki cki ng hap pil y in the f i led dark clouds began t o for m i n t he sky an d a st rong win d blew The boys d e ci de d to stop playin g as t hey knew it was goi n g to r a i n soon Mingxiang an d John r od e h ome as quick l y a s p ossib l e o n their b i cycles whi l e Ali a n d t h e r est ran a s fa s t a s their l e g s could c ar r y them Bu t t h e y were not quick enou gh Al i was caugh t i n the r ain wh ich c a me down suddenl y When he r eac hed home he wa s all dr e n c hed
That even i n g Al i felt warm a n d uncomf ortab le He di d not want to e a t his dinner His mother touched h i s f o r e head a n d fo u n d that Al i was ha v in g a h ig h feve r Sh e q uick l y br oug h t him to s ee a d oc tor Th e doc tor to l d Alis mother t h a t Ali had a f l u b e c aus e he wa s caught i n t h e ra in t ha t a f t er noon He t ol d her not to worry bec a use he would b e al rig h t after t aki n g t h e medic i ne He then advised Al i t o t a ke two days leave f rom school to rest at home
Ali was sad He was also bored He missed hi s fri ends very much J u s t then t h e d o or be l l rang It was Mingxiang and John They had come to visi t h im wh en they h e a r d that he was ill Th e y brough t him some comic books to let him pass the time
From that day Ali h ad l earnt h is lesson He p ro mised that h e wi l l never p lay i n th e ra in ever aga i n
Chen Pe if e n Pr 5G
An Honest Deed
Ti m a nd J ohn went j oggi ng a s usual on e Sunda y morn i ng i n Bi s han Pa r k Aft e r a wh il e t he y sto p ped to r e s t Whi le t he y were dri nk i nq some w3 t e r Ti mnoti ced a wal let under t he ben c h He p ic ked i t u p
HE y I Look WhEIt I VE f o und II he s hout ed
Qll i c k l [)euroe how fTlJc h money th e r e s i n si de cl O ~ln
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They s a t t here s t ar i ng at e ach o th e r Then Tim f i n a ll y foun d h is vo i ce t-IJE) d b e tt e r t a ke t h i s t o t he NPF
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Ti m wa s r e luct a n t at f i r st But a ft er mu c h per sua s i o n fro m J ohn he f ina ll y re lented He put t he wa l let int o h is bac k pocket an d t hey walked o u t of Bi sha n Par k
To r each the r o a d the t wo boys had to j ump a cr os s a d r a in While d o in g tha t t h e wa l l e t fell o u t o f Tim s poc ket J u s t as t hey wer e go j ng t o cros s th e r oad t hey h e ar d a li ttle gir l calling t hem As s he came up t o t hem s he handed a walle t t o Tim and s a id Emiddotcuse me Y C1U
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Tim was e mba rrassed but J oh n snat ch ed the wa llet fr o m her hand Af t er thank i n g her they we n t on the ir wa y
Ma ybe WE sho u l d t ak E the wal J et to the po l i ce st)t i cm Ti m sai d after a wh i l e Look a t t hat l i tt l e g ir l j ust n ow She s younger t han us a nd yet s he kn ows what i s r i Clh t a n d wh a t 1 s v~ronq II
J oh n ~lt a s thollgh tf u l f o t- lt ~ihi le I g le SS you a r e r i qh t Lets ta ke the wa J I (i to th e NFF II
A wil 1le later th e t wo boys eme r g ed f r om t he Ke bun Bar u Ne i gh bourhood Poli c e Post s mi li ng They f e l t s o g ood i n s i dE~
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SPECIAL FEATURE ~art f rom writing ~our d i a r i es
fo r m tea c her Mrs Sea h encourages us t o wri te i n lOur J o urna l in whi ch we pour ou t our s e c r e ts prob l ems f a n t asies woes j oy j okes r iddles bull bull a nyth i ng Here Mr s Seah a cts as our conf i dan t g iving advice e ncouragemen t l e nding he r s houlde r s f or a nyone t o cry on shar i ng our j okes s o l v i ng the r i ddles e t c I t i s a very pe rs onal li t tle black book No one has a cces s to t he e n tries e xcep t the stric tly con
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A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
The end of an old year The start of a new Thinking of and planning The things to do
Going to do better Going to be nice Going to be kind to all From bears to little mice middot
But its so hard to do them All these things youve planned to
do Cause while you try hard to do
them Someone comes to bother you
You dont have to be nice they say Forget it all - just have your way But stop before you rush out to play shyYoure throwing all your hard work
away
You see when you make a New Years Promise
Youve got to make it right shyAnd only if you fo llow it right thru shyWill the New Year be bright
A c ommuni t y pr o j ec t on r~ ir- i nCi l l1ci ShaYi n q
t h e middotmiddot Communi t v Che ~ t
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Gu i shun stoo d u p s lowl y All e y e s we r e o n hi m
R inq inq i ng bull bull ECl V f~ by th~~ b e l l But wait that s th e f ir e a l arm
Lim~ u p quick l y Le~v e fi v frmiddot yt hi ng o n t he table Mi nqyucln lt~ji t c h clf f th e 1 i gh t= an d f an s 1 Mr s Se a h o rdered We rushed o u t o f t he cl a s sr oom a n d Mrs Seah l e d us out t o the f i e ld In t h e e xci teme nt Xin y u a n p a n icked a nd a lmos t mi s s a step
Ta kE~ it eesy camE- l1r s Seah s vo ice Th i s i s on J I a f ir e c1 r i 1 1 bull
When we r eached th e f i e ld ma ny of the o the r clas ses h a d al r e a d y a s s e mbled th e r e Sudden l y we s aw a column of b lac k smok e r i s in g u p i nto th e s ky Th er e was ac tual l y a f i r e Excit e me nt mo unt ed wh e n t he news s p rea d roun d Mrs Se a h was v e r y c ompos e d Sh e c a lm l y o rdered every o ne to move f u r t h e r to the end of t he fi e ld a way f rom th e s c hool bu ild i n g Th e n s he ma ce us si t o n t h e fi eld Ever y one l oc ked a n x i o usl y at t he b l a c k smo ke We whi s p ered t o on e another tr y i n g to g ue ss wh at was happeni n g
Wh e n two fi re engines dr ove in t o t he c ar park we cheered a nd c l appe d loud l y From wher e we wer e s e a t e d we could not s ee h o w the fi r e was p ut out Ther e was comp l ete silence o n th e f i e l d a s ~ l l eyes we r e o n t h e s ch ool b uild ing rli li u t(~ Si t ic ked by vJhen middott h f f i r-fmen -~p p earmiddot ed a t th e cat-pa t- k y
cheers and cl ap pi n g bro ke ou t a gain
Af t e r t h e f i re engi nes l e ft Mr Chec k to l d us tha t eve ryth in g was al l r i ght We h eav ed a s i g h of r elief a n d cheered a gai n Then h e en l igh t en e d us by t ell i n g us t h at the fire i n t h e Ar t Room b rok e out b ec a u s e of a sh or t cir c u i t After t hat we went b ac k t o o u r c lass room t o r esume our lessons but we we re j ust t oo e xci ted to con c e n t r a te So Mrs Sea h to ld us t o wr it e a n e ssay abou t the f i r e whi le th e i nc i den t wa s s t i ll fr e sh i n o u r minds
Ben j am i n Zhuo Pr SA
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My Pets
Nowadays youngst e rs l i ke to have a pet of t he i r o wn Pet s are love ly c reatures and f un to play wi th I ke e p pets t oo Th ey were given to me o n t he last Chri stmas Eve a s a pr e s en t f rom my mo ther They look ve r y c u te a n d h a v e t wo t iny eyes They have long pink e ars a n d th e ir f ur s are whi te I l ike t o hug t hem be caus e t hey ar e very s oft an d g e n t le a n imals
I n amed t hem Ju mp y and Ru n n y They l o ve t h e i r names b e c ause whenever I ca l l t heir n a mes they wi l l r u n t owards me s mi l e to me t heir swe et e st sm i le I feed t h em th r i ce a day o n ce in the mor nin g af t ernoon a n d even in g) wi th carrot s a n d vegetables Every e ven ing a fter my d inner ~
I usual l y let t hem out o f t he cages s o that t hey can run ab out Onc e in a wh i l e I g i v e t h e m a bath Wh en I rememb e r to q i ve t hem a bath th e y will r un a way to h i de f r om me Af ter t he ir bath I wil l d r y th em a n d c omb the i r soft fur s I wil l al so cut their n ai ls o n their p aws before I pu t them back to t he c ages
One morni n g whe n I went t o fee d the m I h a d a s urp r ise J umpy h ad fi ve b ab i e s I wa s v er y happ y They were middot fed on the i r mo ther s mi l k Later the y started e a ti ng v e getab les a n d leafl et s I had to g i ve th r ee of th e bab ies awa y be cause we d i d no t h ave muc h s p ace fo r t h em Now I h a ve f our o f t h e m I named the o t he r t wo Skippy a nd Bunn y I th ink I am t h e l uc kiest boy i n the wor l d Im sur e you can guess what my pets are by n ow
Wang Dehui Pr 58
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RAT S TALE
When Pied Piper had hypnotized the rat population i n Hame l in and dtowned the m to death I was the sale s ur v i vor I was sleeping soundl y i n bed when I was awakened by the s cre ams and crying of my fe llowme n In amazement I found mys elf all alone i n t he hole My f amily and t he others wer e miss i ng I was s o fri ghtened t hat I started to cry l oudly After s ome t ime t he vi llagers went back to their huts I stopped crying and crept ou t looki ng for my
of my hole family
I ran around t he v i llage
on t he r i ver t o dea t h I depress ed by on
At las t I found them floa ting What am I going to do Wil l I starve
asked mys elf sadly I f e l t very the i ncid ent but I mus t still live
In the stil l ness of the n i ght I fel t my s tomach groaning I felt very hungr y i ndeed f or I had no t eate n anything since -morn i ng s o I decided to steal some food I crept out quietly looking for food
Fi nally I f ound a big piece of cheese I carried i t back happ ily Suddenly I knocked into some t hing ha r d The p i ece of cheese rol l ed down t he floor noisily The Mayor woke up and s aw me on the tabl e He picked up a piec e of wood and began t o chas e after me I ran as fast as my l egs could carry me I ran into the jungle I f elt f r ightened The wolves were howl ing and I felt cold I hi d i n t he bush hopelessly wait i ng f or dawn
When d awn broke I r a n out o f t he j ungl e and came to a padi field I middotmet some field mic e a nd made fr i ends with them I t old them t he whole s tory The took pity on me and asked me whether I would l ike t o join them I was overjoyed At last I have a fami ly and I won t be alone again
Li Ai qing Pr 5C
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THE STRA Y KITTEN
Aft e r d inner Raj a an a his sister Dev i dec i ded t o go f or a ~ a l k ne a r the i r h ome l hey have been walki ng fo r qu i te a d i stance when they hea r d a so f t me owin g s oun d c o ming f r om t h e drain nearby They we n t towa rds th e dra in
Th ey were ta ke n a b ack by wh a t t he y s aw - a pi ti f ul loo ki ng k i t t e n I t was all wet and shiveri ng wi t h cold Th e t wo ch i ld ren q ui ck l y rushed home wi th the ki tten
Th e y as ked the ir fa ther s perm iss ion t o keep t h e k i t t e n as t hei r pet Seeing no h a rm i n i t thei r fat h e r consente d The childr en we re thri ll e d Raja i mme d iate ly prepar e d s ome s o ap water Th e gave th e k itten a good s c rub After t hat t h e dri ed the k itten t h o r oug hly and wr ap ped i t up in a towel to keep i t warm Th en th e y f ed the ki tt en s o me mille
The k i t teuror-t j-l dS f r Clfn t h ~I t clay Orlw cu cs 01 bec o me p a r t a nd p ar cel of th e fami l y
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Fr 5E
A ROBBERY
Mr Lim La i Ha n an e~ ec ut i v e wit h a lar ge fir m went t o t h e Po s t Off i c e Sav in gs Bank to wi t h dr a w fi ft een thousan d doll a rs He then p u t the mon e y in hi s b r i efca se a nd left the b a n k He did not real i se t ha t h e wa s b e i ng fo l 1o wed
On t h e wa y to the o f fic e he met Mr Chen W M a n o l d co lleague wh o m h e h ad not seen f o r a long time Mr Ch e n i nsis t e d t hat t h ey go to the c o f f eehouse near b y for a drink Th e y or de red be e r and beg a n exc h a ngi n g n e ws Mr Lim l e f t hi s bri efc a s e on t h e sea~ besi d e him The t wo me n we re s o e n grossed in thei r c onversat ion they d id no t no t ice t he bul ky- l ooking ma n s i t ti n g a cross the table wat c h in g t h e m s il entl y Sudd e nly t h e ma n st o od up rushed towards Mr Li m grabb e d his br i ef c ase a n d dashed out of t h e d o or Bot h men rec overed fro m the s h oc k a n d i mmed i at e l y gave chase 5 11 0 11 j ng ~ t the top 01 t r leuro i t- voi ce Stop Th i e f ~3top I
A p a s ser b y hear d hi s c r i e s a nd t ri e d t o s top the robber But the robber wh ipp ed o ut ~ kn i fe and s l ashed h im on t he ar m Then he esc aped o n a s coo ter parked out s id e the c o+ f e~2 h ClU~i f2
Poor Mr Li m He was robb e d of t he f i ft e en thousa nd do llars
The p o li c e ar e now ask i ng for wi tne sses t o come f orward to help t h em i n th eir i nvesti gations
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On c e I owned an is l and It h a d a long s t retc h o f the most beautiful beac h wh e re p a lm tr ees swayed in t h e gen t le b ree ze There was a c ha l et wi th a very b ig pool Holiday-ma ker s cou ld stay i n tropical h u t s wh i c h o verloo k the s ea There we r e sever a l ten ni s c o u rts and a hor se-r i d i ~ g
range Th e re was a wa ter fa l l sur rounded b y pal m t r ees a nd fern s Every n i gh t ther e wou l d b e dan c i ng and di ni ng under t he r omant ic moonl i ght Pe op l e cou l d go h o rse- ri d i n g or camp und er t h e s t2YmiddotS
I was a g l a mo rous s t ar ma k ing a mo v ie wi th two o f my favou r ite co- star s on t he i s land We were fi l ming a n adventure movi e wh i ch t ook us i nto t h e dark e st j ungle We h a d to wad through th e d eepest sw a mps a n d c o me fac e to f ac e wi th bl ood -suck ing creat ures We we re sear c hing for an o l d t e mpl e u p in the mou n ta in wh er e we could obt a in the a ntidote f o r s nake bites a nd other p o isons
Sud denly ~ t he be l l rang and I s a w my c l a s smates gett i ng up to leave th e class I r e a l i sed I h a ve b een daydr e a ming a gai n
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THE LUCKY TRAVELLER
Lon g ago a t r a ve l l e r came t o an i n n to rest a n d to r ent a room for t he n ig h t Th e next morn i ng t he i nn shykeep e r wa r ned t h e t r avel l e r that ther e we r e tigers i n the moun t ain an d -tri ed to d i ssu ade h i m f r om go i ng up as i t i s very dang e rous But th e trav e ll er woul d not li sten and i nsis t ed on c o nt i nuing wi th h is j ourney So t he inn- k ~eper gave him a l o ng staff t o he lp h im c limb the rocky mou n tain
Af t e r some time ~ t h e traveller came to a wat e r fall It was cool and b reez y Th e scenery was beaut i ful He c ou ld hear bi r ds c h irping and monkeys chatteri n g As h e had wa l ked a long way he deci ded to rest un d e r a shady tree A whi l e l a ter t h e chattering stopped He l o o ked u p an d s t ar e d i n to t he eyes of a tiger The t i ger g r owled at h i m a nd th e trave l l e r was 50 fright e ned th a t he s tayed motion l ess and d i d not kn ow what to do Th e n the t i ger p o un ced at h im The travel l er recovered fro m the shock an d j umpe d f o r h is li f e a nd r a n behi nd the tree The t ig e r h it hi s head a qainst t he tree trunk instead and f ai nted The tr a ve ll er qu ic k l y gr a b bed a big stone and h i t its head s e vera l t i me s u n til i t died
J ust then a few hunters appeared at the sc e ne Th e y were nearby a n d had hear d t he t i gers gr o wls and had come to hi s reSCUE They were amazed to see the t r a veller safe and sou nd an d the tiger killed They pra ised t he t ravel l er for being so brave Then they helped t o tie th e ti ger to t h e staf f and t h e y carried the dead t ig e r bac k t o t h e inn
Ma Lilin Pr 58
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I t is the t i me of t h e mon th ag ain Mrs Chen went t o the bank to wi thdr aw same money She joined t h e l on g queue
Sud d en l y t h e s o l e mn si lenc e in the b a nk was br o ken by t h e dea fen i ng s cr eeth o f a car o u ts ide Th e n ext sec o nd t hr e e mas ked men car r y i ng a ut oma tic rif les rushed into th e b ank On e o f th em fi r ed a wa r ni ng shot in t o t he a ir Th e gun s hot ex ploded loud ly in the air-conditi oned room an d a ll t h e peop l e i n th e b an k sc rea med a n d r a n f or cover The Cisc o gu ard took a s t ep f o r wa rd but h e was shot dead a t po in t b lan k There was a shoc ked s il ence
Me) v e al l o f you ~ Li E~ flat and put y o ur han d s behi nd Y fJ U r hea d I on e o f t he mas ked rC)b be l~ s s h o u ted in Ho k kien
Anot her robb e r th r e w t h r ee l arg e b l ack c a nva s b ags at the c a sh i er s a nd order-ed Fi 11 t hem LI p
Un known to the rob ber s on e of t he cas h i er s h ad a lr e ady a ct i v a t ed th e s il en t a larm Sudde nl y t he sire ns of po l i c e c ar s c o uld be heard The masked robbers p an i cked a n d r an out e mpty- h an ded an d f l e d in the car that wa s waitin g o utsi d e Th e po l ice gave c hase The ge t away car wove i n and o u t of the b u s y t r affic When t h e y r ealized tha t t h e po l ic e were zooming i n on them t h ey aban d o n t h e ir c ar and ran up a b l ock of flat s Th e po l i c e dr ew t h e i r 38 r evol ve rs and c a ut ious ly sea rc hed the bloc k f loor by fl oor Soon t h e r obbers were sighted o n t he 18t h fl oor The rob bers o pened fire at the po l ic e men The po l i cemen dodged just in time They coul d n o t d o anyth i ng They c all e d for r einforcement
YOLI r e bEi n g s Urrmiddotounde d Tt-Irow d o wn y o ur weap on s and Show lc)ur selve s c ame t he ~-ja r n i n g from the Dfficer - in shyc h a r ge of t h e Spec i al Task Fo r ce who had ar r ived at th e ~5cen e
The po l i ce wa it ed Minut e s t i c ked b y Ther e was no r e sponse fr o m t he robb ers Th e si gna l was gi v e n an d the Police Task For c e we n t int o ac t ion A tear gas grenade was t h r own towards t h e rob b e r s
Dont s hl)o t I Don t s hoo t ~ We give u p U c a me t h e f ranti c s h o ut Th e n thr e e s h a d owy figure s emer ged f r o m the smoke Tea rs wer e s t reami n g down t h ei r c heek s a nd th e y we r e c oug h in g a wa y The police qui c kly h a nd c uf fed t h em a n d they WBye 1 e d 2vay
Zh o u Yi c hua n Fr SA
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The Day In The Life Of A Detective
What a h arrowing day Am I so tired Let me tel l you wh o I am I am S herlock Steve a detective Today I am a n t h e tr i cd of ttleuro cr i mi nal Thf Fm( HE had g i l e n me t he s l ip for months b ut today he had left a c l ue beh ind Ah ha The Fox had been c a re less enough to l eave behind an a dd r ess
1 wasnt sure if this was a tr a p b u t I decided to t ake the risk I went to the address indicated on the paper I was sur p r i sed to find t h e dodr op en I went inside b u t fo un d tht~ hO LlS E~ empty The fm( had g iven me the SJip once cJg21i n
I t hen noticed a sh a dow behind me I turned around EHid S2 the cr i mi n a l The Fomiddot and I had c ome f a ce to face t 1 3st
It was t hen that I r ea li ted that he was holding a qun Im much t oo v ulnerable in t h i place I have to hid e some llif2t-e The t houq ht c ame int o my min el I found some boxes a n d hid beh i nd them Bam Bam Just in time He fi r ed a s h ot at me I exchanged shots with h im before the due l came to a sudden halt
One of my shots went wild and the bullet found The Foxs head The police came and one of the sergeant sai d Good jC1b Sher-Iock Steve
Being a de tective is d angerous but exciting If evel you need a job li ke mine just contac t Sher loc k Steve
Hc)ng Shenghao PI 58
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AN EXPENSIVE LESSON
Pete r used t o be a good and c l e v e r boy i n school He did his homework and handed t hem in on time However he met some boys who t augh t him t o be bad j ust like t hem
He woul d go out wi t h t h e m and l i tter public p laces He wou l d d r aws on t he walls wi t h foul words or make t he toilets we t a nd dir ty His behaviour became worse e ach day One day t he l e ader of t he ga ng sa id t o Peter Hey Pe ter 1 I t wou l d be f un playi n g t ruan t Foolis h l y Peter a greed t o j o i n in
The s c hoo l informe d Peter s pare nt s a f ter was abs e n t f r om s c hool for one we ek Peter ignored h is pa rents a dvice and kept on playing t r uant
One d a y Pe ter threw a s tone a t a c ar and smas he d t he wind ow He d i d not not i c e a pol i c e car a r ound the a r e a and was caught r ed -hand ed Peter was br ought t o c o ur t and fin ed $1 000 Sin c e then he has l e arnt h is les son a nd s t oppe d meetin g t he gan gs t ers a nd went back t o s c hoo l
Wang Chunpin g Pr 5C
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Wh at ma kes coo ks cr u e l f i d ) I b - i _ M g a n d tJl b 1 () 2 d
THE HRUnTED HOUSE Durin g r ecess~ my fri e n d s a nd I were ta l ki n g
a f ter we had e at e n Someh o w we always ended u p ta l k i n g a bou t the haun ted house a c r o s s t h e road beh i n d t he wood Xiuxiu h ad s o me t h i n g n ew to a dd on to what we al read y knew She s ai d he r ne ig hbour s g r a n d fath er tol d her that t he house o nc e bel o n g e d to a n o l d woma n wh o was b u r n t f or a l l her e v i l deeds We d id no t b e l i eve her a n d she d ared u s t o go ther e that ni g h t t o p r o ve h e r wr ong We a cc epted h er cha l lenge
Af t e r I had e a ten my d i n ner I wen t to t h e bus st o p to meet th e o ther s I have t ol d my mo ther tha t I am g o in g t o s tay o ve r n i g h t a t my fri en d s h ouse the nex t day b e i ng Sat u r d a y Whe n ever yone h a d a rr i ved we walked si l en t l y t o war d s t he house a l l t oo ner vous t o t al k
Then we saw the house I t was s po o ky- l ooking i n t h e di m moonli g h t When we c a me t o t h e door we ga ve i t a p u s h a nd t t sque aked op en We wen t in s l owl y I hel d o n to so~eon e s h and and i t was i c y c o l d l i ke mine We s h on e o u r torch ar o und t h e p l a c e I t wa s dus t y and musty Then WE s et tl e d d o wn in the livi n g room We t o o k out our s l e e p ing b ag s s o me f o od a nd drink s an d began to ta l k a l l at on ce beshyc aus e th e s ilence was un beara b le Su d denl y we s t o p p ed t a lk ing We hear d a funny s o u nd I t was t he s oun d of l a u ght er Then we saw~ t o o ur hor ror the f i gure of the ol d woma n Sh e stop ped laug hin g a ll o f a sudden a n d said Le a ve a t on c e o r yo u s h a l l die We wer e scar ed sti f f b ut we did n ot mo ve I nst ead we h eld o n t o our c r u s i f i x and began to p r ay c on t i nuous l y The ol d woma n moved c los er and c loser a nd we prayed har der a n d har d er Sud denl y we hea r d a l oud s crea m Th e o l d woma n was melti n g Bl oo d s treak e d out f r o m ever y p art o f her b o dy Sud d en ly we fe l t diz zy and fe l l int o a d eep s l eep
When we fina ll y op e ned our eyes the sun was sh ini n g o n t o o u r f a c es Th e bod y of t he o l d woman was nowhere t o be s e e n We q u ic kl y packed u p and r a n h ome We sure h a ve a n ama z ing stor y to t e l l But wi l l a n yone b e l i eve u s
Kr is i nd er M Kaur Pr 5D
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A Lesson For Sa my
One fine morning Bamy wen t to s c h o o l as u s ual On h is wa y he me t his nei g hbour s Raj u an d Ba oj ian They a s ked h im t o go f i shi n g with t hem Barny agree d i mmedi a te ly
Th e y went to a river wher e th e w~ter was d eep a n d d a r k They found a p l ac e where i t was c o o l and wi nd y Barny p laye d wit h the water wh i l e Raju a nd Baoji a n st a rt e d to f ish All of a s u d den Ba rn y f el l i n to t h e r i v e r wit h a lou d s p l as h Raj u a n d Ba o jian wer e sh o ck ed They s hout e d f o r h e l p Luc k i ly a passer - b y hea rd the ir shout a nd quickl y jumped i n t o t he river and pu l l e d Bam y out o f the water Bamy was safe a n d soun d
Af t e r t h a t t h e t h r e e o f t hem dec i d e d t o g o h ome Barn y was we t an d c o ld He t o ld hi s moth er wh at had hap pen e d Hi s moth e r wa s f ur i o us She c aned h i m f or go i ng fis h i ng i nstea d of g o i ng t o sc h o o l
Ba rny had l e a r n t his l esson He p r om ised hi s mother that h (gt A i 11 n e v e r- play tr-lIa n t ltHllmOr- e
Ci n d y Li n Mi a o li n q F t- 5E
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Hari Ra y a PU2sa i s a Ma lay f estiva l that ma r ks the en d o f the mon th of Ram andan Ra mandan is a month whic h Mu s li ms f ast fr o m d a wn t o sunse t
A fort n i ght before the ~esti yal I h e l ped my q ran d mo th e r t o s pr i n gc l ean t h e wh o le f l at I pa i n t ed the walls put up the ne w c urtain a n d d ecorat ed the house I e ven s t rung u p co l our f ul lights a c ross th e doo rway an d let th em twin k l e t hr oughout th e n i g h t
A week before Ha ri Raya Puasa ~ I helpe d my mot her a u n t and q r- and mot her prep a r e festive specialit i e s such a5 tarts cakes a nd cook i es I a l so f o ll owed my aunt t o Ge yl ang- Ser ai to b uy spi c es~ chic ke ns and b e e f t o prep ar e fo r the b ig d inn e r on the e v e o f Hari Raya Puasa
As u s u a l my f a mi ly ha d a s p ecial gat h e r ing on t h e eve of Har i Raya PUas a My mot h e r who l ive s i n Buk it Bat ok came with my b r ot h er and sister t o my gr a ndmother s hou s e t o c e leb r a te We had a bi g feas t wit h my uncles a un ts and cou sins
Then came the mor n i n g of the big day We pu t on our new cl othes My fat her an d u n c l e went to t h e mosque t o pray After that we ga thered to seek forgiven e ss from our gran d moth er and paren t s Then we had our brea kfast a nd t hereaf t e r we we nt to vi sit our ne ig h b ours a n d rel at ives
Razal ina bte Rahu Pr 5F
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Caug h t In The Ra in
One sun ny after n oon Ali ca ll e d up his frie n d s t o g o to t h e fiel d to p lay football Whi l e they were ki cki ng hap pil y in the f i led dark clouds began t o for m i n t he sky an d a st rong win d blew The boys d e ci de d to stop playin g as t hey knew it was goi n g to r a i n soon Mingxiang an d John r od e h ome as quick l y a s p ossib l e o n their b i cycles whi l e Ali a n d t h e r est ran a s fa s t a s their l e g s could c ar r y them Bu t t h e y were not quick enou gh Al i was caugh t i n the r ain wh ich c a me down suddenl y When he r eac hed home he wa s all dr e n c hed
That even i n g Al i felt warm a n d uncomf ortab le He di d not want to e a t his dinner His mother touched h i s f o r e head a n d fo u n d that Al i was ha v in g a h ig h feve r Sh e q uick l y br oug h t him to s ee a d oc tor Th e doc tor to l d Alis mother t h a t Ali had a f l u b e c aus e he wa s caught i n t h e ra in t ha t a f t er noon He t ol d her not to worry bec a use he would b e al rig h t after t aki n g t h e medic i ne He then advised Al i t o t a ke two days leave f rom school to rest at home
Ali was sad He was also bored He missed hi s fri ends very much J u s t then t h e d o or be l l rang It was Mingxiang and John They had come to visi t h im wh en they h e a r d that he was ill Th e y brough t him some comic books to let him pass the time
From that day Ali h ad l earnt h is lesson He p ro mised that h e wi l l never p lay i n th e ra in ever aga i n
Chen Pe if e n Pr 5G
An Honest Deed
Ti m a nd J ohn went j oggi ng a s usual on e Sunda y morn i ng i n Bi s han Pa r k Aft e r a wh il e t he y sto p ped to r e s t Whi le t he y were dri nk i nq some w3 t e r Ti mnoti ced a wal let under t he ben c h He p ic ked i t u p
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Ti m wa s r e luct a n t at f i r st But a ft er mu c h per sua s i o n fro m J ohn he f ina ll y re lented He put t he wa l let int o h is bac k pocket an d t hey walked o u t of Bi sha n Par k
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A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
The end of an old year The start of a new Thinking of and planning The things to do
Going to do better Going to be nice Going to be kind to all From bears to little mice middot
But its so hard to do them All these things youve planned to
do Cause while you try hard to do
them Someone comes to bother you
You dont have to be nice they say Forget it all - just have your way But stop before you rush out to play shyYoure throwing all your hard work
away
You see when you make a New Years Promise
Youve got to make it right shyAnd only if you fo llow it right thru shyWill the New Year be bright
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My Pets
Nowadays youngst e rs l i ke to have a pet of t he i r o wn Pet s are love ly c reatures and f un to play wi th I ke e p pets t oo Th ey were given to me o n t he last Chri stmas Eve a s a pr e s en t f rom my mo ther They look ve r y c u te a n d h a v e t wo t iny eyes They have long pink e ars a n d th e ir f ur s are whi te I l ike t o hug t hem be caus e t hey ar e very s oft an d g e n t le a n imals
I n amed t hem Ju mp y and Ru n n y They l o ve t h e i r names b e c ause whenever I ca l l t heir n a mes they wi l l r u n t owards me s mi l e to me t heir swe et e st sm i le I feed t h em th r i ce a day o n ce in the mor nin g af t ernoon a n d even in g) wi th carrot s a n d vegetables Every e ven ing a fter my d inner ~
I usual l y let t hem out o f t he cages s o that t hey can run ab out Onc e in a wh i l e I g i v e t h e m a bath Wh en I rememb e r to q i ve t hem a bath th e y will r un a way to h i de f r om me Af ter t he ir bath I wil l d r y th em a n d c omb the i r soft fur s I wil l al so cut their n ai ls o n their p aws before I pu t them back to t he c ages
One morni n g whe n I went t o fee d the m I h a d a s urp r ise J umpy h ad fi ve b ab i e s I wa s v er y happ y They were middot fed on the i r mo ther s mi l k Later the y started e a ti ng v e getab les a n d leafl et s I had to g i ve th r ee of th e bab ies awa y be cause we d i d no t h ave muc h s p ace fo r t h em Now I h a ve f our o f t h e m I named the o t he r t wo Skippy a nd Bunn y I th ink I am t h e l uc kiest boy i n the wor l d Im sur e you can guess what my pets are by n ow
Wang Dehui Pr 58
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RAT S TALE
When Pied Piper had hypnotized the rat population i n Hame l in and dtowned the m to death I was the sale s ur v i vor I was sleeping soundl y i n bed when I was awakened by the s cre ams and crying of my fe llowme n In amazement I found mys elf all alone i n t he hole My f amily and t he others wer e miss i ng I was s o fri ghtened t hat I started to cry l oudly After s ome t ime t he vi llagers went back to their huts I stopped crying and crept ou t looki ng for my
of my hole family
I ran around t he v i llage
on t he r i ver t o dea t h I depress ed by on
At las t I found them floa ting What am I going to do Wil l I starve
asked mys elf sadly I f e l t very the i ncid ent but I mus t still live
In the stil l ness of the n i ght I fel t my s tomach groaning I felt very hungr y i ndeed f or I had no t eate n anything since -morn i ng s o I decided to steal some food I crept out quietly looking for food
Fi nally I f ound a big piece of cheese I carried i t back happ ily Suddenly I knocked into some t hing ha r d The p i ece of cheese rol l ed down t he floor noisily The Mayor woke up and s aw me on the tabl e He picked up a piec e of wood and began t o chas e after me I ran as fast as my l egs could carry me I ran into the jungle I f elt f r ightened The wolves were howl ing and I felt cold I hi d i n t he bush hopelessly wait i ng f or dawn
When d awn broke I r a n out o f t he j ungl e and came to a padi field I middotmet some field mic e a nd made fr i ends with them I t old them t he whole s tory The took pity on me and asked me whether I would l ike t o join them I was overjoyed At last I have a fami ly and I won t be alone again
Li Ai qing Pr 5C
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THE STRA Y KITTEN
Aft e r d inner Raj a an a his sister Dev i dec i ded t o go f or a ~ a l k ne a r the i r h ome l hey have been walki ng fo r qu i te a d i stance when they hea r d a so f t me owin g s oun d c o ming f r om t h e drain nearby They we n t towa rds th e dra in
Th ey were ta ke n a b ack by wh a t t he y s aw - a pi ti f ul loo ki ng k i t t e n I t was all wet and shiveri ng wi t h cold Th e t wo ch i ld ren q ui ck l y rushed home wi th the ki tten
Th e y as ked the ir fa ther s perm iss ion t o keep t h e k i t t e n as t hei r pet Seeing no h a rm i n i t thei r fat h e r consente d The childr en we re thri ll e d Raja i mme d iate ly prepar e d s ome s o ap water Th e gave th e k itten a good s c rub After t hat t h e dri ed the k itten t h o r oug hly and wr ap ped i t up in a towel to keep i t warm Th en th e y f ed the ki tt en s o me mille
The k i t teuror-t j-l dS f r Clfn t h ~I t clay Orlw cu cs 01 bec o me p a r t a nd p ar cel of th e fami l y
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Fr 5E
A ROBBERY
Mr Lim La i Ha n an e~ ec ut i v e wit h a lar ge fir m went t o t h e Po s t Off i c e Sav in gs Bank to wi t h dr a w fi ft een thousan d doll a rs He then p u t the mon e y in hi s b r i efca se a nd left the b a n k He did not real i se t ha t h e wa s b e i ng fo l 1o wed
On t h e wa y to the o f fic e he met Mr Chen W M a n o l d co lleague wh o m h e h ad not seen f o r a long time Mr Ch e n i nsis t e d t hat t h ey go to the c o f f eehouse near b y for a drink Th e y or de red be e r and beg a n exc h a ngi n g n e ws Mr Lim l e f t hi s bri efc a s e on t h e sea~ besi d e him The t wo me n we re s o e n grossed in thei r c onversat ion they d id no t no t ice t he bul ky- l ooking ma n s i t ti n g a cross the table wat c h in g t h e m s il entl y Sudd e nly t h e ma n st o od up rushed towards Mr Li m grabb e d his br i ef c ase a n d dashed out of t h e d o or Bot h men rec overed fro m the s h oc k a n d i mmed i at e l y gave chase 5 11 0 11 j ng ~ t the top 01 t r leuro i t- voi ce Stop Th i e f ~3top I
A p a s ser b y hear d hi s c r i e s a nd t ri e d t o s top the robber But the robber wh ipp ed o ut ~ kn i fe and s l ashed h im on t he ar m Then he esc aped o n a s coo ter parked out s id e the c o+ f e~2 h ClU~i f2
Poor Mr Li m He was robb e d of t he f i ft e en thousa nd do llars
The p o li c e ar e now ask i ng for wi tne sses t o come f orward to help t h em i n th eir i nvesti gations
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On c e I owned an is l and It h a d a long s t retc h o f the most beautiful beac h wh e re p a lm tr ees swayed in t h e gen t le b ree ze There was a c ha l et wi th a very b ig pool Holiday-ma ker s cou ld stay i n tropical h u t s wh i c h o verloo k the s ea There we r e sever a l ten ni s c o u rts and a hor se-r i d i ~ g
range Th e re was a wa ter fa l l sur rounded b y pal m t r ees a nd fern s Every n i gh t ther e wou l d b e dan c i ng and di ni ng under t he r omant ic moonl i ght Pe op l e cou l d go h o rse- ri d i n g or camp und er t h e s t2YmiddotS
I was a g l a mo rous s t ar ma k ing a mo v ie wi th two o f my favou r ite co- star s on t he i s land We were fi l ming a n adventure movi e wh i ch t ook us i nto t h e dark e st j ungle We h a d to wad through th e d eepest sw a mps a n d c o me fac e to f ac e wi th bl ood -suck ing creat ures We we re sear c hing for an o l d t e mpl e u p in the mou n ta in wh er e we could obt a in the a ntidote f o r s nake bites a nd other p o isons
Sud denly ~ t he be l l rang and I s a w my c l a s smates gett i ng up to leave th e class I r e a l i sed I h a ve b een daydr e a ming a gai n
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THE LUCKY TRAVELLER
Lon g ago a t r a ve l l e r came t o an i n n to rest a n d to r ent a room for t he n ig h t Th e next morn i ng t he i nn shykeep e r wa r ned t h e t r avel l e r that ther e we r e tigers i n the moun t ain an d -tri ed to d i ssu ade h i m f r om go i ng up as i t i s very dang e rous But th e trav e ll er woul d not li sten and i nsis t ed on c o nt i nuing wi th h is j ourney So t he inn- k ~eper gave him a l o ng staff t o he lp h im c limb the rocky mou n tain
Af t e r some time ~ t h e traveller came to a wat e r fall It was cool and b reez y Th e scenery was beaut i ful He c ou ld hear bi r ds c h irping and monkeys chatteri n g As h e had wa l ked a long way he deci ded to rest un d e r a shady tree A whi l e l a ter t h e chattering stopped He l o o ked u p an d s t ar e d i n to t he eyes of a tiger The t i ger g r owled at h i m a nd th e trave l l e r was 50 fright e ned th a t he s tayed motion l ess and d i d not kn ow what to do Th e n the t i ger p o un ced at h im The travel l er recovered fro m the shock an d j umpe d f o r h is li f e a nd r a n behi nd the tree The t ig e r h it hi s head a qainst t he tree trunk instead and f ai nted The tr a ve ll er qu ic k l y gr a b bed a big stone and h i t its head s e vera l t i me s u n til i t died
J ust then a few hunters appeared at the sc e ne Th e y were nearby a n d had hear d t he t i gers gr o wls and had come to hi s reSCUE They were amazed to see the t r a veller safe and sou nd an d the tiger killed They pra ised t he t ravel l er for being so brave Then they helped t o tie th e ti ger to t h e staf f and t h e y carried the dead t ig e r bac k t o t h e inn
Ma Lilin Pr 58
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I t is the t i me of t h e mon th ag ain Mrs Chen went t o the bank to wi thdr aw same money She joined t h e l on g queue
Sud d en l y t h e s o l e mn si lenc e in the b a nk was br o ken by t h e dea fen i ng s cr eeth o f a car o u ts ide Th e n ext sec o nd t hr e e mas ked men car r y i ng a ut oma tic rif les rushed into th e b ank On e o f th em fi r ed a wa r ni ng shot in t o t he a ir Th e gun s hot ex ploded loud ly in the air-conditi oned room an d a ll t h e peop l e i n th e b an k sc rea med a n d r a n f or cover The Cisc o gu ard took a s t ep f o r wa rd but h e was shot dead a t po in t b lan k There was a shoc ked s il ence
Me) v e al l o f you ~ Li E~ flat and put y o ur han d s behi nd Y fJ U r hea d I on e o f t he mas ked rC)b be l~ s s h o u ted in Ho k kien
Anot her robb e r th r e w t h r ee l arg e b l ack c a nva s b ags at the c a sh i er s a nd order-ed Fi 11 t hem LI p
Un known to the rob ber s on e of t he cas h i er s h ad a lr e ady a ct i v a t ed th e s il en t a larm Sudde nl y t he sire ns of po l i c e c ar s c o uld be heard The masked robbers p an i cked a n d r an out e mpty- h an ded an d f l e d in the car that wa s waitin g o utsi d e Th e po l ice gave c hase The ge t away car wove i n and o u t of the b u s y t r affic When t h e y r ealized tha t t h e po l ic e were zooming i n on them t h ey aban d o n t h e ir c ar and ran up a b l ock of flat s Th e po l i c e dr ew t h e i r 38 r evol ve rs and c a ut ious ly sea rc hed the bloc k f loor by fl oor Soon t h e r obbers were sighted o n t he 18t h fl oor The rob bers o pened fire at the po l ic e men The po l i cemen dodged just in time They coul d n o t d o anyth i ng They c all e d for r einforcement
YOLI r e bEi n g s Urrmiddotounde d Tt-Irow d o wn y o ur weap on s and Show lc)ur selve s c ame t he ~-ja r n i n g from the Dfficer - in shyc h a r ge of t h e Spec i al Task Fo r ce who had ar r ived at th e ~5cen e
The po l i ce wa it ed Minut e s t i c ked b y Ther e was no r e sponse fr o m t he robb ers Th e si gna l was gi v e n an d the Police Task For c e we n t int o ac t ion A tear gas grenade was t h r own towards t h e rob b e r s
Dont s hl)o t I Don t s hoo t ~ We give u p U c a me t h e f ranti c s h o ut Th e n thr e e s h a d owy figure s emer ged f r o m the smoke Tea rs wer e s t reami n g down t h ei r c heek s a nd th e y we r e c oug h in g a wa y The police qui c kly h a nd c uf fed t h em a n d they WBye 1 e d 2vay
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The Day In The Life Of A Detective
What a h arrowing day Am I so tired Let me tel l you wh o I am I am S herlock Steve a detective Today I am a n t h e tr i cd of ttleuro cr i mi nal Thf Fm( HE had g i l e n me t he s l ip for months b ut today he had left a c l ue beh ind Ah ha The Fox had been c a re less enough to l eave behind an a dd r ess
1 wasnt sure if this was a tr a p b u t I decided to t ake the risk I went to the address indicated on the paper I was sur p r i sed to find t h e dodr op en I went inside b u t fo un d tht~ hO LlS E~ empty The fm( had g iven me the SJip once cJg21i n
I t hen noticed a sh a dow behind me I turned around EHid S2 the cr i mi n a l The Fomiddot and I had c ome f a ce to face t 1 3st
It was t hen that I r ea li ted that he was holding a qun Im much t oo v ulnerable in t h i place I have to hid e some llif2t-e The t houq ht c ame int o my min el I found some boxes a n d hid beh i nd them Bam Bam Just in time He fi r ed a s h ot at me I exchanged shots with h im before the due l came to a sudden halt
One of my shots went wild and the bullet found The Foxs head The police came and one of the sergeant sai d Good jC1b Sher-Iock Steve
Being a de tective is d angerous but exciting If evel you need a job li ke mine just contac t Sher loc k Steve
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AN EXPENSIVE LESSON
Pete r used t o be a good and c l e v e r boy i n school He did his homework and handed t hem in on time However he met some boys who t augh t him t o be bad j ust like t hem
He woul d go out wi t h t h e m and l i tter public p laces He wou l d d r aws on t he walls wi t h foul words or make t he toilets we t a nd dir ty His behaviour became worse e ach day One day t he l e ader of t he ga ng sa id t o Peter Hey Pe ter 1 I t wou l d be f un playi n g t ruan t Foolis h l y Peter a greed t o j o i n in
The s c hoo l informe d Peter s pare nt s a f ter was abs e n t f r om s c hool for one we ek Peter ignored h is pa rents a dvice and kept on playing t r uant
One d a y Pe ter threw a s tone a t a c ar and smas he d t he wind ow He d i d not not i c e a pol i c e car a r ound the a r e a and was caught r ed -hand ed Peter was br ought t o c o ur t and fin ed $1 000 Sin c e then he has l e arnt h is les son a nd s t oppe d meetin g t he gan gs t ers a nd went back t o s c hoo l
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THE HRUnTED HOUSE Durin g r ecess~ my fri e n d s a nd I were ta l ki n g
a f ter we had e at e n Someh o w we always ended u p ta l k i n g a bou t the haun ted house a c r o s s t h e road beh i n d t he wood Xiuxiu h ad s o me t h i n g n ew to a dd on to what we al read y knew She s ai d he r ne ig hbour s g r a n d fath er tol d her that t he house o nc e bel o n g e d to a n o l d woma n wh o was b u r n t f or a l l her e v i l deeds We d id no t b e l i eve her a n d she d ared u s t o go ther e that ni g h t t o p r o ve h e r wr ong We a cc epted h er cha l lenge
Af t e r I had e a ten my d i n ner I wen t to t h e bus st o p to meet th e o ther s I have t ol d my mo ther tha t I am g o in g t o s tay o ve r n i g h t a t my fri en d s h ouse the nex t day b e i ng Sat u r d a y Whe n ever yone h a d a rr i ved we walked si l en t l y t o war d s t he house a l l t oo ner vous t o t al k
Then we saw the house I t was s po o ky- l ooking i n t h e di m moonli g h t When we c a me t o t h e door we ga ve i t a p u s h a nd t t sque aked op en We wen t in s l owl y I hel d o n to so~eon e s h and and i t was i c y c o l d l i ke mine We s h on e o u r torch ar o und t h e p l a c e I t wa s dus t y and musty Then WE s et tl e d d o wn in the livi n g room We t o o k out our s l e e p ing b ag s s o me f o od a nd drink s an d began to ta l k a l l at on ce beshyc aus e th e s ilence was un beara b le Su d denl y we s t o p p ed t a lk ing We hear d a funny s o u nd I t was t he s oun d of l a u ght er Then we saw~ t o o ur hor ror the f i gure of the ol d woma n Sh e stop ped laug hin g a ll o f a sudden a n d said Le a ve a t on c e o r yo u s h a l l die We wer e scar ed sti f f b ut we did n ot mo ve I nst ead we h eld o n t o our c r u s i f i x and began to p r ay c on t i nuous l y The ol d woma n moved c los er and c loser a nd we prayed har der a n d har d er Sud denl y we hea r d a l oud s crea m Th e o l d woma n was melti n g Bl oo d s treak e d out f r o m ever y p art o f her b o dy Sud d en ly we fe l t diz zy and fe l l int o a d eep s l eep
When we fina ll y op e ned our eyes the sun was sh ini n g o n t o o u r f a c es Th e bod y of t he o l d woman was nowhere t o be s e e n We q u ic kl y packed u p and r a n h ome We sure h a ve a n ama z ing stor y to t e l l But wi l l a n yone b e l i eve u s
Kr is i nd er M Kaur Pr 5D
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A Lesson For Sa my
One fine morning Bamy wen t to s c h o o l as u s ual On h is wa y he me t his nei g hbour s Raj u an d Ba oj ian They a s ked h im t o go f i shi n g with t hem Barny agree d i mmedi a te ly
Th e y went to a river wher e th e w~ter was d eep a n d d a r k They found a p l ac e where i t was c o o l and wi nd y Barny p laye d wit h the water wh i l e Raju a nd Baoji a n st a rt e d to f ish All of a s u d den Ba rn y f el l i n to t h e r i v e r wit h a lou d s p l as h Raj u a n d Ba o jian wer e sh o ck ed They s hout e d f o r h e l p Luc k i ly a passer - b y hea rd the ir shout a nd quickl y jumped i n t o t he river and pu l l e d Bam y out o f the water Bamy was safe a n d soun d
Af t e r t h a t t h e t h r e e o f t hem dec i d e d t o g o h ome Barn y was we t an d c o ld He t o ld hi s moth er wh at had hap pen e d Hi s moth e r wa s f ur i o us She c aned h i m f or go i ng fis h i ng i nstea d of g o i ng t o sc h o o l
Ba rny had l e a r n t his l esson He p r om ised hi s mother that h (gt A i 11 n e v e r- play tr-lIa n t ltHllmOr- e
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Hari Ra y a PU2sa i s a Ma lay f estiva l that ma r ks the en d o f the mon th of Ram andan Ra mandan is a month whic h Mu s li ms f ast fr o m d a wn t o sunse t
A fort n i ght before the ~esti yal I h e l ped my q ran d mo th e r t o s pr i n gc l ean t h e wh o le f l at I pa i n t ed the walls put up the ne w c urtain a n d d ecorat ed the house I e ven s t rung u p co l our f ul lights a c ross th e doo rway an d let th em twin k l e t hr oughout th e n i g h t
A week before Ha ri Raya Puasa ~ I helpe d my mot her a u n t and q r- and mot her prep a r e festive specialit i e s such a5 tarts cakes a nd cook i es I a l so f o ll owed my aunt t o Ge yl ang- Ser ai to b uy spi c es~ chic ke ns and b e e f t o prep ar e fo r the b ig d inn e r on the e v e o f Hari Raya Puasa
As u s u a l my f a mi ly ha d a s p ecial gat h e r ing on t h e eve of Har i Raya PUas a My mot h e r who l ive s i n Buk it Bat ok came with my b r ot h er and sister t o my gr a ndmother s hou s e t o c e leb r a te We had a bi g feas t wit h my uncles a un ts and cou sins
Then came the mor n i n g of the big day We pu t on our new cl othes My fat her an d u n c l e went to t h e mosque t o pray After that we ga thered to seek forgiven e ss from our gran d moth er and paren t s Then we had our brea kfast a nd t hereaf t e r we we nt to vi sit our ne ig h b ours a n d rel at ives
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Caug h t In The Ra in
One sun ny after n oon Ali ca ll e d up his frie n d s t o g o to t h e fiel d to p lay football Whi l e they were ki cki ng hap pil y in the f i led dark clouds began t o for m i n t he sky an d a st rong win d blew The boys d e ci de d to stop playin g as t hey knew it was goi n g to r a i n soon Mingxiang an d John r od e h ome as quick l y a s p ossib l e o n their b i cycles whi l e Ali a n d t h e r est ran a s fa s t a s their l e g s could c ar r y them Bu t t h e y were not quick enou gh Al i was caugh t i n the r ain wh ich c a me down suddenl y When he r eac hed home he wa s all dr e n c hed
That even i n g Al i felt warm a n d uncomf ortab le He di d not want to e a t his dinner His mother touched h i s f o r e head a n d fo u n d that Al i was ha v in g a h ig h feve r Sh e q uick l y br oug h t him to s ee a d oc tor Th e doc tor to l d Alis mother t h a t Ali had a f l u b e c aus e he wa s caught i n t h e ra in t ha t a f t er noon He t ol d her not to worry bec a use he would b e al rig h t after t aki n g t h e medic i ne He then advised Al i t o t a ke two days leave f rom school to rest at home
Ali was sad He was also bored He missed hi s fri ends very much J u s t then t h e d o or be l l rang It was Mingxiang and John They had come to visi t h im wh en they h e a r d that he was ill Th e y brough t him some comic books to let him pass the time
From that day Ali h ad l earnt h is lesson He p ro mised that h e wi l l never p lay i n th e ra in ever aga i n
Chen Pe if e n Pr 5G
An Honest Deed
Ti m a nd J ohn went j oggi ng a s usual on e Sunda y morn i ng i n Bi s han Pa r k Aft e r a wh il e t he y sto p ped to r e s t Whi le t he y were dri nk i nq some w3 t e r Ti mnoti ced a wal let under t he ben c h He p ic ked i t u p
HE y I Look WhEIt I VE f o und II he s hout ed
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Ti m wa s r e luct a n t at f i r st But a ft er mu c h per sua s i o n fro m J ohn he f ina ll y re lented He put t he wa l let int o h is bac k pocket an d t hey walked o u t of Bi sha n Par k
To r each the r o a d the t wo boys had to j ump a cr os s a d r a in While d o in g tha t t h e wa l l e t fell o u t o f Tim s poc ket J u s t as t hey wer e go j ng t o cros s th e r oad t hey h e ar d a li ttle gir l calling t hem As s he came up t o t hem s he handed a walle t t o Tim and s a id Emiddotcuse me Y C1U
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Tim was e mba rrassed but J oh n snat ch ed the wa llet fr o m her hand Af t er thank i n g her they we n t on the ir wa y
Ma ybe WE sho u l d t ak E the wal J et to the po l i ce st)t i cm Ti m sai d after a wh i l e Look a t t hat l i tt l e g ir l j ust n ow She s younger t han us a nd yet s he kn ows what i s r i Clh t a n d wh a t 1 s v~ronq II
J oh n ~lt a s thollgh tf u l f o t- lt ~ihi le I g le SS you a r e r i qh t Lets ta ke the wa J I (i to th e NFF II
A wil 1le later th e t wo boys eme r g ed f r om t he Ke bun Bar u Ne i gh bourhood Poli c e Post s mi li ng They f e l t s o g ood i n s i dE~
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SPECIAL FEATURE ~art f rom writing ~our d i a r i es
fo r m tea c her Mrs Sea h encourages us t o wri te i n lOur J o urna l in whi ch we pour ou t our s e c r e ts prob l ems f a n t asies woes j oy j okes r iddles bull bull a nyth i ng Here Mr s Seah a cts as our conf i dan t g iving advice e ncouragemen t l e nding he r s houlde r s f or a nyone t o cry on shar i ng our j okes s o l v i ng the r i ddles e t c I t i s a very pe rs onal li t tle black book No one has a cces s to t he e n tries e xcep t the stric tly con
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A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
The end of an old year The start of a new Thinking of and planning The things to do
Going to do better Going to be nice Going to be kind to all From bears to little mice middot
But its so hard to do them All these things youve planned to
do Cause while you try hard to do
them Someone comes to bother you
You dont have to be nice they say Forget it all - just have your way But stop before you rush out to play shyYoure throwing all your hard work
away
You see when you make a New Years Promise
Youve got to make it right shyAnd only if you fo llow it right thru shyWill the New Year be bright
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RAT S TALE
When Pied Piper had hypnotized the rat population i n Hame l in and dtowned the m to death I was the sale s ur v i vor I was sleeping soundl y i n bed when I was awakened by the s cre ams and crying of my fe llowme n In amazement I found mys elf all alone i n t he hole My f amily and t he others wer e miss i ng I was s o fri ghtened t hat I started to cry l oudly After s ome t ime t he vi llagers went back to their huts I stopped crying and crept ou t looki ng for my
of my hole family
I ran around t he v i llage
on t he r i ver t o dea t h I depress ed by on
At las t I found them floa ting What am I going to do Wil l I starve
asked mys elf sadly I f e l t very the i ncid ent but I mus t still live
In the stil l ness of the n i ght I fel t my s tomach groaning I felt very hungr y i ndeed f or I had no t eate n anything since -morn i ng s o I decided to steal some food I crept out quietly looking for food
Fi nally I f ound a big piece of cheese I carried i t back happ ily Suddenly I knocked into some t hing ha r d The p i ece of cheese rol l ed down t he floor noisily The Mayor woke up and s aw me on the tabl e He picked up a piec e of wood and began t o chas e after me I ran as fast as my l egs could carry me I ran into the jungle I f elt f r ightened The wolves were howl ing and I felt cold I hi d i n t he bush hopelessly wait i ng f or dawn
When d awn broke I r a n out o f t he j ungl e and came to a padi field I middotmet some field mic e a nd made fr i ends with them I t old them t he whole s tory The took pity on me and asked me whether I would l ike t o join them I was overjoyed At last I have a fami ly and I won t be alone again
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THE STRA Y KITTEN
Aft e r d inner Raj a an a his sister Dev i dec i ded t o go f or a ~ a l k ne a r the i r h ome l hey have been walki ng fo r qu i te a d i stance when they hea r d a so f t me owin g s oun d c o ming f r om t h e drain nearby They we n t towa rds th e dra in
Th ey were ta ke n a b ack by wh a t t he y s aw - a pi ti f ul loo ki ng k i t t e n I t was all wet and shiveri ng wi t h cold Th e t wo ch i ld ren q ui ck l y rushed home wi th the ki tten
Th e y as ked the ir fa ther s perm iss ion t o keep t h e k i t t e n as t hei r pet Seeing no h a rm i n i t thei r fat h e r consente d The childr en we re thri ll e d Raja i mme d iate ly prepar e d s ome s o ap water Th e gave th e k itten a good s c rub After t hat t h e dri ed the k itten t h o r oug hly and wr ap ped i t up in a towel to keep i t warm Th en th e y f ed the ki tt en s o me mille
The k i t teuror-t j-l dS f r Clfn t h ~I t clay Orlw cu cs 01 bec o me p a r t a nd p ar cel of th e fami l y
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A ROBBERY
Mr Lim La i Ha n an e~ ec ut i v e wit h a lar ge fir m went t o t h e Po s t Off i c e Sav in gs Bank to wi t h dr a w fi ft een thousan d doll a rs He then p u t the mon e y in hi s b r i efca se a nd left the b a n k He did not real i se t ha t h e wa s b e i ng fo l 1o wed
On t h e wa y to the o f fic e he met Mr Chen W M a n o l d co lleague wh o m h e h ad not seen f o r a long time Mr Ch e n i nsis t e d t hat t h ey go to the c o f f eehouse near b y for a drink Th e y or de red be e r and beg a n exc h a ngi n g n e ws Mr Lim l e f t hi s bri efc a s e on t h e sea~ besi d e him The t wo me n we re s o e n grossed in thei r c onversat ion they d id no t no t ice t he bul ky- l ooking ma n s i t ti n g a cross the table wat c h in g t h e m s il entl y Sudd e nly t h e ma n st o od up rushed towards Mr Li m grabb e d his br i ef c ase a n d dashed out of t h e d o or Bot h men rec overed fro m the s h oc k a n d i mmed i at e l y gave chase 5 11 0 11 j ng ~ t the top 01 t r leuro i t- voi ce Stop Th i e f ~3top I
A p a s ser b y hear d hi s c r i e s a nd t ri e d t o s top the robber But the robber wh ipp ed o ut ~ kn i fe and s l ashed h im on t he ar m Then he esc aped o n a s coo ter parked out s id e the c o+ f e~2 h ClU~i f2
Poor Mr Li m He was robb e d of t he f i ft e en thousa nd do llars
The p o li c e ar e now ask i ng for wi tne sses t o come f orward to help t h em i n th eir i nvesti gations
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On c e I owned an is l and It h a d a long s t retc h o f the most beautiful beac h wh e re p a lm tr ees swayed in t h e gen t le b ree ze There was a c ha l et wi th a very b ig pool Holiday-ma ker s cou ld stay i n tropical h u t s wh i c h o verloo k the s ea There we r e sever a l ten ni s c o u rts and a hor se-r i d i ~ g
range Th e re was a wa ter fa l l sur rounded b y pal m t r ees a nd fern s Every n i gh t ther e wou l d b e dan c i ng and di ni ng under t he r omant ic moonl i ght Pe op l e cou l d go h o rse- ri d i n g or camp und er t h e s t2YmiddotS
I was a g l a mo rous s t ar ma k ing a mo v ie wi th two o f my favou r ite co- star s on t he i s land We were fi l ming a n adventure movi e wh i ch t ook us i nto t h e dark e st j ungle We h a d to wad through th e d eepest sw a mps a n d c o me fac e to f ac e wi th bl ood -suck ing creat ures We we re sear c hing for an o l d t e mpl e u p in the mou n ta in wh er e we could obt a in the a ntidote f o r s nake bites a nd other p o isons
Sud denly ~ t he be l l rang and I s a w my c l a s smates gett i ng up to leave th e class I r e a l i sed I h a ve b een daydr e a ming a gai n
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THE LUCKY TRAVELLER
Lon g ago a t r a ve l l e r came t o an i n n to rest a n d to r ent a room for t he n ig h t Th e next morn i ng t he i nn shykeep e r wa r ned t h e t r avel l e r that ther e we r e tigers i n the moun t ain an d -tri ed to d i ssu ade h i m f r om go i ng up as i t i s very dang e rous But th e trav e ll er woul d not li sten and i nsis t ed on c o nt i nuing wi th h is j ourney So t he inn- k ~eper gave him a l o ng staff t o he lp h im c limb the rocky mou n tain
Af t e r some time ~ t h e traveller came to a wat e r fall It was cool and b reez y Th e scenery was beaut i ful He c ou ld hear bi r ds c h irping and monkeys chatteri n g As h e had wa l ked a long way he deci ded to rest un d e r a shady tree A whi l e l a ter t h e chattering stopped He l o o ked u p an d s t ar e d i n to t he eyes of a tiger The t i ger g r owled at h i m a nd th e trave l l e r was 50 fright e ned th a t he s tayed motion l ess and d i d not kn ow what to do Th e n the t i ger p o un ced at h im The travel l er recovered fro m the shock an d j umpe d f o r h is li f e a nd r a n behi nd the tree The t ig e r h it hi s head a qainst t he tree trunk instead and f ai nted The tr a ve ll er qu ic k l y gr a b bed a big stone and h i t its head s e vera l t i me s u n til i t died
J ust then a few hunters appeared at the sc e ne Th e y were nearby a n d had hear d t he t i gers gr o wls and had come to hi s reSCUE They were amazed to see the t r a veller safe and sou nd an d the tiger killed They pra ised t he t ravel l er for being so brave Then they helped t o tie th e ti ger to t h e staf f and t h e y carried the dead t ig e r bac k t o t h e inn
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I t is the t i me of t h e mon th ag ain Mrs Chen went t o the bank to wi thdr aw same money She joined t h e l on g queue
Sud d en l y t h e s o l e mn si lenc e in the b a nk was br o ken by t h e dea fen i ng s cr eeth o f a car o u ts ide Th e n ext sec o nd t hr e e mas ked men car r y i ng a ut oma tic rif les rushed into th e b ank On e o f th em fi r ed a wa r ni ng shot in t o t he a ir Th e gun s hot ex ploded loud ly in the air-conditi oned room an d a ll t h e peop l e i n th e b an k sc rea med a n d r a n f or cover The Cisc o gu ard took a s t ep f o r wa rd but h e was shot dead a t po in t b lan k There was a shoc ked s il ence
Me) v e al l o f you ~ Li E~ flat and put y o ur han d s behi nd Y fJ U r hea d I on e o f t he mas ked rC)b be l~ s s h o u ted in Ho k kien
Anot her robb e r th r e w t h r ee l arg e b l ack c a nva s b ags at the c a sh i er s a nd order-ed Fi 11 t hem LI p
Un known to the rob ber s on e of t he cas h i er s h ad a lr e ady a ct i v a t ed th e s il en t a larm Sudde nl y t he sire ns of po l i c e c ar s c o uld be heard The masked robbers p an i cked a n d r an out e mpty- h an ded an d f l e d in the car that wa s waitin g o utsi d e Th e po l ice gave c hase The ge t away car wove i n and o u t of the b u s y t r affic When t h e y r ealized tha t t h e po l ic e were zooming i n on them t h ey aban d o n t h e ir c ar and ran up a b l ock of flat s Th e po l i c e dr ew t h e i r 38 r evol ve rs and c a ut ious ly sea rc hed the bloc k f loor by fl oor Soon t h e r obbers were sighted o n t he 18t h fl oor The rob bers o pened fire at the po l ic e men The po l i cemen dodged just in time They coul d n o t d o anyth i ng They c all e d for r einforcement
YOLI r e bEi n g s Urrmiddotounde d Tt-Irow d o wn y o ur weap on s and Show lc)ur selve s c ame t he ~-ja r n i n g from the Dfficer - in shyc h a r ge of t h e Spec i al Task Fo r ce who had ar r ived at th e ~5cen e
The po l i ce wa it ed Minut e s t i c ked b y Ther e was no r e sponse fr o m t he robb ers Th e si gna l was gi v e n an d the Police Task For c e we n t int o ac t ion A tear gas grenade was t h r own towards t h e rob b e r s
Dont s hl)o t I Don t s hoo t ~ We give u p U c a me t h e f ranti c s h o ut Th e n thr e e s h a d owy figure s emer ged f r o m the smoke Tea rs wer e s t reami n g down t h ei r c heek s a nd th e y we r e c oug h in g a wa y The police qui c kly h a nd c uf fed t h em a n d they WBye 1 e d 2vay
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The Day In The Life Of A Detective
What a h arrowing day Am I so tired Let me tel l you wh o I am I am S herlock Steve a detective Today I am a n t h e tr i cd of ttleuro cr i mi nal Thf Fm( HE had g i l e n me t he s l ip for months b ut today he had left a c l ue beh ind Ah ha The Fox had been c a re less enough to l eave behind an a dd r ess
1 wasnt sure if this was a tr a p b u t I decided to t ake the risk I went to the address indicated on the paper I was sur p r i sed to find t h e dodr op en I went inside b u t fo un d tht~ hO LlS E~ empty The fm( had g iven me the SJip once cJg21i n
I t hen noticed a sh a dow behind me I turned around EHid S2 the cr i mi n a l The Fomiddot and I had c ome f a ce to face t 1 3st
It was t hen that I r ea li ted that he was holding a qun Im much t oo v ulnerable in t h i place I have to hid e some llif2t-e The t houq ht c ame int o my min el I found some boxes a n d hid beh i nd them Bam Bam Just in time He fi r ed a s h ot at me I exchanged shots with h im before the due l came to a sudden halt
One of my shots went wild and the bullet found The Foxs head The police came and one of the sergeant sai d Good jC1b Sher-Iock Steve
Being a de tective is d angerous but exciting If evel you need a job li ke mine just contac t Sher loc k Steve
Hc)ng Shenghao PI 58
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AN EXPENSIVE LESSON
Pete r used t o be a good and c l e v e r boy i n school He did his homework and handed t hem in on time However he met some boys who t augh t him t o be bad j ust like t hem
He woul d go out wi t h t h e m and l i tter public p laces He wou l d d r aws on t he walls wi t h foul words or make t he toilets we t a nd dir ty His behaviour became worse e ach day One day t he l e ader of t he ga ng sa id t o Peter Hey Pe ter 1 I t wou l d be f un playi n g t ruan t Foolis h l y Peter a greed t o j o i n in
The s c hoo l informe d Peter s pare nt s a f ter was abs e n t f r om s c hool for one we ek Peter ignored h is pa rents a dvice and kept on playing t r uant
One d a y Pe ter threw a s tone a t a c ar and smas he d t he wind ow He d i d not not i c e a pol i c e car a r ound the a r e a and was caught r ed -hand ed Peter was br ought t o c o ur t and fin ed $1 000 Sin c e then he has l e arnt h is les son a nd s t oppe d meetin g t he gan gs t ers a nd went back t o s c hoo l
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THE HRUnTED HOUSE Durin g r ecess~ my fri e n d s a nd I were ta l ki n g
a f ter we had e at e n Someh o w we always ended u p ta l k i n g a bou t the haun ted house a c r o s s t h e road beh i n d t he wood Xiuxiu h ad s o me t h i n g n ew to a dd on to what we al read y knew She s ai d he r ne ig hbour s g r a n d fath er tol d her that t he house o nc e bel o n g e d to a n o l d woma n wh o was b u r n t f or a l l her e v i l deeds We d id no t b e l i eve her a n d she d ared u s t o go ther e that ni g h t t o p r o ve h e r wr ong We a cc epted h er cha l lenge
Af t e r I had e a ten my d i n ner I wen t to t h e bus st o p to meet th e o ther s I have t ol d my mo ther tha t I am g o in g t o s tay o ve r n i g h t a t my fri en d s h ouse the nex t day b e i ng Sat u r d a y Whe n ever yone h a d a rr i ved we walked si l en t l y t o war d s t he house a l l t oo ner vous t o t al k
Then we saw the house I t was s po o ky- l ooking i n t h e di m moonli g h t When we c a me t o t h e door we ga ve i t a p u s h a nd t t sque aked op en We wen t in s l owl y I hel d o n to so~eon e s h and and i t was i c y c o l d l i ke mine We s h on e o u r torch ar o und t h e p l a c e I t wa s dus t y and musty Then WE s et tl e d d o wn in the livi n g room We t o o k out our s l e e p ing b ag s s o me f o od a nd drink s an d began to ta l k a l l at on ce beshyc aus e th e s ilence was un beara b le Su d denl y we s t o p p ed t a lk ing We hear d a funny s o u nd I t was t he s oun d of l a u ght er Then we saw~ t o o ur hor ror the f i gure of the ol d woma n Sh e stop ped laug hin g a ll o f a sudden a n d said Le a ve a t on c e o r yo u s h a l l die We wer e scar ed sti f f b ut we did n ot mo ve I nst ead we h eld o n t o our c r u s i f i x and began to p r ay c on t i nuous l y The ol d woma n moved c los er and c loser a nd we prayed har der a n d har d er Sud denl y we hea r d a l oud s crea m Th e o l d woma n was melti n g Bl oo d s treak e d out f r o m ever y p art o f her b o dy Sud d en ly we fe l t diz zy and fe l l int o a d eep s l eep
When we fina ll y op e ned our eyes the sun was sh ini n g o n t o o u r f a c es Th e bod y of t he o l d woman was nowhere t o be s e e n We q u ic kl y packed u p and r a n h ome We sure h a ve a n ama z ing stor y to t e l l But wi l l a n yone b e l i eve u s
Kr is i nd er M Kaur Pr 5D
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A Lesson For Sa my
One fine morning Bamy wen t to s c h o o l as u s ual On h is wa y he me t his nei g hbour s Raj u an d Ba oj ian They a s ked h im t o go f i shi n g with t hem Barny agree d i mmedi a te ly
Th e y went to a river wher e th e w~ter was d eep a n d d a r k They found a p l ac e where i t was c o o l and wi nd y Barny p laye d wit h the water wh i l e Raju a nd Baoji a n st a rt e d to f ish All of a s u d den Ba rn y f el l i n to t h e r i v e r wit h a lou d s p l as h Raj u a n d Ba o jian wer e sh o ck ed They s hout e d f o r h e l p Luc k i ly a passer - b y hea rd the ir shout a nd quickl y jumped i n t o t he river and pu l l e d Bam y out o f the water Bamy was safe a n d soun d
Af t e r t h a t t h e t h r e e o f t hem dec i d e d t o g o h ome Barn y was we t an d c o ld He t o ld hi s moth er wh at had hap pen e d Hi s moth e r wa s f ur i o us She c aned h i m f or go i ng fis h i ng i nstea d of g o i ng t o sc h o o l
Ba rny had l e a r n t his l esson He p r om ised hi s mother that h (gt A i 11 n e v e r- play tr-lIa n t ltHllmOr- e
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Hari Ra y a PU2sa i s a Ma lay f estiva l that ma r ks the en d o f the mon th of Ram andan Ra mandan is a month whic h Mu s li ms f ast fr o m d a wn t o sunse t
A fort n i ght before the ~esti yal I h e l ped my q ran d mo th e r t o s pr i n gc l ean t h e wh o le f l at I pa i n t ed the walls put up the ne w c urtain a n d d ecorat ed the house I e ven s t rung u p co l our f ul lights a c ross th e doo rway an d let th em twin k l e t hr oughout th e n i g h t
A week before Ha ri Raya Puasa ~ I helpe d my mot her a u n t and q r- and mot her prep a r e festive specialit i e s such a5 tarts cakes a nd cook i es I a l so f o ll owed my aunt t o Ge yl ang- Ser ai to b uy spi c es~ chic ke ns and b e e f t o prep ar e fo r the b ig d inn e r on the e v e o f Hari Raya Puasa
As u s u a l my f a mi ly ha d a s p ecial gat h e r ing on t h e eve of Har i Raya PUas a My mot h e r who l ive s i n Buk it Bat ok came with my b r ot h er and sister t o my gr a ndmother s hou s e t o c e leb r a te We had a bi g feas t wit h my uncles a un ts and cou sins
Then came the mor n i n g of the big day We pu t on our new cl othes My fat her an d u n c l e went to t h e mosque t o pray After that we ga thered to seek forgiven e ss from our gran d moth er and paren t s Then we had our brea kfast a nd t hereaf t e r we we nt to vi sit our ne ig h b ours a n d rel at ives
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Caug h t In The Ra in
One sun ny after n oon Ali ca ll e d up his frie n d s t o g o to t h e fiel d to p lay football Whi l e they were ki cki ng hap pil y in the f i led dark clouds began t o for m i n t he sky an d a st rong win d blew The boys d e ci de d to stop playin g as t hey knew it was goi n g to r a i n soon Mingxiang an d John r od e h ome as quick l y a s p ossib l e o n their b i cycles whi l e Ali a n d t h e r est ran a s fa s t a s their l e g s could c ar r y them Bu t t h e y were not quick enou gh Al i was caugh t i n the r ain wh ich c a me down suddenl y When he r eac hed home he wa s all dr e n c hed
That even i n g Al i felt warm a n d uncomf ortab le He di d not want to e a t his dinner His mother touched h i s f o r e head a n d fo u n d that Al i was ha v in g a h ig h feve r Sh e q uick l y br oug h t him to s ee a d oc tor Th e doc tor to l d Alis mother t h a t Ali had a f l u b e c aus e he wa s caught i n t h e ra in t ha t a f t er noon He t ol d her not to worry bec a use he would b e al rig h t after t aki n g t h e medic i ne He then advised Al i t o t a ke two days leave f rom school to rest at home
Ali was sad He was also bored He missed hi s fri ends very much J u s t then t h e d o or be l l rang It was Mingxiang and John They had come to visi t h im wh en they h e a r d that he was ill Th e y brough t him some comic books to let him pass the time
From that day Ali h ad l earnt h is lesson He p ro mised that h e wi l l never p lay i n th e ra in ever aga i n
Chen Pe if e n Pr 5G
An Honest Deed
Ti m a nd J ohn went j oggi ng a s usual on e Sunda y morn i ng i n Bi s han Pa r k Aft e r a wh il e t he y sto p ped to r e s t Whi le t he y were dri nk i nq some w3 t e r Ti mnoti ced a wal let under t he ben c h He p ic ked i t u p
HE y I Look WhEIt I VE f o und II he s hout ed
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Tim open e d t he wa l l et a nd cloh n peered over h i s sh ou l d e l~s J) o w Look cIt t he w3d o f n ot e s bull bull 8 00 900 1000 Wow On E thousmd cl o l I lt3r I II Ti m e ~ claimed
They s a t t here s t ar i ng at e ach o th e r Then Tim f i n a ll y foun d h is vo i ce t-IJE) d b e tt e r t a ke t h i s t o t he NPF
No Wd t Le t s kee p i t fe membe Y t h e radie) remot e -c ontr o lled c ar we s aw the other day a t t he Emporium Th is i s our l uck y d a y l We can use th is mo ne y t o buy the c a r
Ti m wa s r e luct a n t at f i r st But a ft er mu c h per sua s i o n fro m J ohn he f ina ll y re lented He put t he wa l let int o h is bac k pocket an d t hey walked o u t of Bi sha n Par k
To r each the r o a d the t wo boys had to j ump a cr os s a d r a in While d o in g tha t t h e wa l l e t fell o u t o f Tim s poc ket J u s t as t hey wer e go j ng t o cros s th e r oad t hey h e ar d a li ttle gir l calling t hem As s he came up t o t hem s he handed a walle t t o Tim and s a id Emiddotcuse me Y C1U
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Tim was e mba rrassed but J oh n snat ch ed the wa llet fr o m her hand Af t er thank i n g her they we n t on the ir wa y
Ma ybe WE sho u l d t ak E the wal J et to the po l i ce st)t i cm Ti m sai d after a wh i l e Look a t t hat l i tt l e g ir l j ust n ow She s younger t han us a nd yet s he kn ows what i s r i Clh t a n d wh a t 1 s v~ronq II
J oh n ~lt a s thollgh tf u l f o t- lt ~ihi le I g le SS you a r e r i qh t Lets ta ke the wa J I (i to th e NFF II
A wil 1le later th e t wo boys eme r g ed f r om t he Ke bun Bar u Ne i gh bourhood Poli c e Post s mi li ng They f e l t s o g ood i n s i dE~
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fo r m tea c her Mrs Sea h encourages us t o wri te i n lOur J o urna l in whi ch we pour ou t our s e c r e ts prob l ems f a n t asies woes j oy j okes r iddles bull bull a nyth i ng Here Mr s Seah a cts as our conf i dan t g iving advice e ncouragemen t l e nding he r s houlde r s f or a nyone t o cry on shar i ng our j okes s o l v i ng the r i ddles e t c I t i s a very pe rs onal li t tle black book No one has a cces s to t he e n tries e xcep t the stric tly con
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A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
The end of an old year The start of a new Thinking of and planning The things to do
Going to do better Going to be nice Going to be kind to all From bears to little mice middot
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do Cause while you try hard to do
them Someone comes to bother you
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THE STRA Y KITTEN
Aft e r d inner Raj a an a his sister Dev i dec i ded t o go f or a ~ a l k ne a r the i r h ome l hey have been walki ng fo r qu i te a d i stance when they hea r d a so f t me owin g s oun d c o ming f r om t h e drain nearby They we n t towa rds th e dra in
Th ey were ta ke n a b ack by wh a t t he y s aw - a pi ti f ul loo ki ng k i t t e n I t was all wet and shiveri ng wi t h cold Th e t wo ch i ld ren q ui ck l y rushed home wi th the ki tten
Th e y as ked the ir fa ther s perm iss ion t o keep t h e k i t t e n as t hei r pet Seeing no h a rm i n i t thei r fat h e r consente d The childr en we re thri ll e d Raja i mme d iate ly prepar e d s ome s o ap water Th e gave th e k itten a good s c rub After t hat t h e dri ed the k itten t h o r oug hly and wr ap ped i t up in a towel to keep i t warm Th en th e y f ed the ki tt en s o me mille
The k i t teuror-t j-l dS f r Clfn t h ~I t clay Orlw cu cs 01 bec o me p a r t a nd p ar cel of th e fami l y
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A ROBBERY
Mr Lim La i Ha n an e~ ec ut i v e wit h a lar ge fir m went t o t h e Po s t Off i c e Sav in gs Bank to wi t h dr a w fi ft een thousan d doll a rs He then p u t the mon e y in hi s b r i efca se a nd left the b a n k He did not real i se t ha t h e wa s b e i ng fo l 1o wed
On t h e wa y to the o f fic e he met Mr Chen W M a n o l d co lleague wh o m h e h ad not seen f o r a long time Mr Ch e n i nsis t e d t hat t h ey go to the c o f f eehouse near b y for a drink Th e y or de red be e r and beg a n exc h a ngi n g n e ws Mr Lim l e f t hi s bri efc a s e on t h e sea~ besi d e him The t wo me n we re s o e n grossed in thei r c onversat ion they d id no t no t ice t he bul ky- l ooking ma n s i t ti n g a cross the table wat c h in g t h e m s il entl y Sudd e nly t h e ma n st o od up rushed towards Mr Li m grabb e d his br i ef c ase a n d dashed out of t h e d o or Bot h men rec overed fro m the s h oc k a n d i mmed i at e l y gave chase 5 11 0 11 j ng ~ t the top 01 t r leuro i t- voi ce Stop Th i e f ~3top I
A p a s ser b y hear d hi s c r i e s a nd t ri e d t o s top the robber But the robber wh ipp ed o ut ~ kn i fe and s l ashed h im on t he ar m Then he esc aped o n a s coo ter parked out s id e the c o+ f e~2 h ClU~i f2
Poor Mr Li m He was robb e d of t he f i ft e en thousa nd do llars
The p o li c e ar e now ask i ng for wi tne sses t o come f orward to help t h em i n th eir i nvesti gations
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On c e I owned an is l and It h a d a long s t retc h o f the most beautiful beac h wh e re p a lm tr ees swayed in t h e gen t le b ree ze There was a c ha l et wi th a very b ig pool Holiday-ma ker s cou ld stay i n tropical h u t s wh i c h o verloo k the s ea There we r e sever a l ten ni s c o u rts and a hor se-r i d i ~ g
range Th e re was a wa ter fa l l sur rounded b y pal m t r ees a nd fern s Every n i gh t ther e wou l d b e dan c i ng and di ni ng under t he r omant ic moonl i ght Pe op l e cou l d go h o rse- ri d i n g or camp und er t h e s t2YmiddotS
I was a g l a mo rous s t ar ma k ing a mo v ie wi th two o f my favou r ite co- star s on t he i s land We were fi l ming a n adventure movi e wh i ch t ook us i nto t h e dark e st j ungle We h a d to wad through th e d eepest sw a mps a n d c o me fac e to f ac e wi th bl ood -suck ing creat ures We we re sear c hing for an o l d t e mpl e u p in the mou n ta in wh er e we could obt a in the a ntidote f o r s nake bites a nd other p o isons
Sud denly ~ t he be l l rang and I s a w my c l a s smates gett i ng up to leave th e class I r e a l i sed I h a ve b een daydr e a ming a gai n
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THE LUCKY TRAVELLER
Lon g ago a t r a ve l l e r came t o an i n n to rest a n d to r ent a room for t he n ig h t Th e next morn i ng t he i nn shykeep e r wa r ned t h e t r avel l e r that ther e we r e tigers i n the moun t ain an d -tri ed to d i ssu ade h i m f r om go i ng up as i t i s very dang e rous But th e trav e ll er woul d not li sten and i nsis t ed on c o nt i nuing wi th h is j ourney So t he inn- k ~eper gave him a l o ng staff t o he lp h im c limb the rocky mou n tain
Af t e r some time ~ t h e traveller came to a wat e r fall It was cool and b reez y Th e scenery was beaut i ful He c ou ld hear bi r ds c h irping and monkeys chatteri n g As h e had wa l ked a long way he deci ded to rest un d e r a shady tree A whi l e l a ter t h e chattering stopped He l o o ked u p an d s t ar e d i n to t he eyes of a tiger The t i ger g r owled at h i m a nd th e trave l l e r was 50 fright e ned th a t he s tayed motion l ess and d i d not kn ow what to do Th e n the t i ger p o un ced at h im The travel l er recovered fro m the shock an d j umpe d f o r h is li f e a nd r a n behi nd the tree The t ig e r h it hi s head a qainst t he tree trunk instead and f ai nted The tr a ve ll er qu ic k l y gr a b bed a big stone and h i t its head s e vera l t i me s u n til i t died
J ust then a few hunters appeared at the sc e ne Th e y were nearby a n d had hear d t he t i gers gr o wls and had come to hi s reSCUE They were amazed to see the t r a veller safe and sou nd an d the tiger killed They pra ised t he t ravel l er for being so brave Then they helped t o tie th e ti ger to t h e staf f and t h e y carried the dead t ig e r bac k t o t h e inn
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I t is the t i me of t h e mon th ag ain Mrs Chen went t o the bank to wi thdr aw same money She joined t h e l on g queue
Sud d en l y t h e s o l e mn si lenc e in the b a nk was br o ken by t h e dea fen i ng s cr eeth o f a car o u ts ide Th e n ext sec o nd t hr e e mas ked men car r y i ng a ut oma tic rif les rushed into th e b ank On e o f th em fi r ed a wa r ni ng shot in t o t he a ir Th e gun s hot ex ploded loud ly in the air-conditi oned room an d a ll t h e peop l e i n th e b an k sc rea med a n d r a n f or cover The Cisc o gu ard took a s t ep f o r wa rd but h e was shot dead a t po in t b lan k There was a shoc ked s il ence
Me) v e al l o f you ~ Li E~ flat and put y o ur han d s behi nd Y fJ U r hea d I on e o f t he mas ked rC)b be l~ s s h o u ted in Ho k kien
Anot her robb e r th r e w t h r ee l arg e b l ack c a nva s b ags at the c a sh i er s a nd order-ed Fi 11 t hem LI p
Un known to the rob ber s on e of t he cas h i er s h ad a lr e ady a ct i v a t ed th e s il en t a larm Sudde nl y t he sire ns of po l i c e c ar s c o uld be heard The masked robbers p an i cked a n d r an out e mpty- h an ded an d f l e d in the car that wa s waitin g o utsi d e Th e po l ice gave c hase The ge t away car wove i n and o u t of the b u s y t r affic When t h e y r ealized tha t t h e po l ic e were zooming i n on them t h ey aban d o n t h e ir c ar and ran up a b l ock of flat s Th e po l i c e dr ew t h e i r 38 r evol ve rs and c a ut ious ly sea rc hed the bloc k f loor by fl oor Soon t h e r obbers were sighted o n t he 18t h fl oor The rob bers o pened fire at the po l ic e men The po l i cemen dodged just in time They coul d n o t d o anyth i ng They c all e d for r einforcement
YOLI r e bEi n g s Urrmiddotounde d Tt-Irow d o wn y o ur weap on s and Show lc)ur selve s c ame t he ~-ja r n i n g from the Dfficer - in shyc h a r ge of t h e Spec i al Task Fo r ce who had ar r ived at th e ~5cen e
The po l i ce wa it ed Minut e s t i c ked b y Ther e was no r e sponse fr o m t he robb ers Th e si gna l was gi v e n an d the Police Task For c e we n t int o ac t ion A tear gas grenade was t h r own towards t h e rob b e r s
Dont s hl)o t I Don t s hoo t ~ We give u p U c a me t h e f ranti c s h o ut Th e n thr e e s h a d owy figure s emer ged f r o m the smoke Tea rs wer e s t reami n g down t h ei r c heek s a nd th e y we r e c oug h in g a wa y The police qui c kly h a nd c uf fed t h em a n d they WBye 1 e d 2vay
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The Day In The Life Of A Detective
What a h arrowing day Am I so tired Let me tel l you wh o I am I am S herlock Steve a detective Today I am a n t h e tr i cd of ttleuro cr i mi nal Thf Fm( HE had g i l e n me t he s l ip for months b ut today he had left a c l ue beh ind Ah ha The Fox had been c a re less enough to l eave behind an a dd r ess
1 wasnt sure if this was a tr a p b u t I decided to t ake the risk I went to the address indicated on the paper I was sur p r i sed to find t h e dodr op en I went inside b u t fo un d tht~ hO LlS E~ empty The fm( had g iven me the SJip once cJg21i n
I t hen noticed a sh a dow behind me I turned around EHid S2 the cr i mi n a l The Fomiddot and I had c ome f a ce to face t 1 3st
It was t hen that I r ea li ted that he was holding a qun Im much t oo v ulnerable in t h i place I have to hid e some llif2t-e The t houq ht c ame int o my min el I found some boxes a n d hid beh i nd them Bam Bam Just in time He fi r ed a s h ot at me I exchanged shots with h im before the due l came to a sudden halt
One of my shots went wild and the bullet found The Foxs head The police came and one of the sergeant sai d Good jC1b Sher-Iock Steve
Being a de tective is d angerous but exciting If evel you need a job li ke mine just contac t Sher loc k Steve
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AN EXPENSIVE LESSON
Pete r used t o be a good and c l e v e r boy i n school He did his homework and handed t hem in on time However he met some boys who t augh t him t o be bad j ust like t hem
He woul d go out wi t h t h e m and l i tter public p laces He wou l d d r aws on t he walls wi t h foul words or make t he toilets we t a nd dir ty His behaviour became worse e ach day One day t he l e ader of t he ga ng sa id t o Peter Hey Pe ter 1 I t wou l d be f un playi n g t ruan t Foolis h l y Peter a greed t o j o i n in
The s c hoo l informe d Peter s pare nt s a f ter was abs e n t f r om s c hool for one we ek Peter ignored h is pa rents a dvice and kept on playing t r uant
One d a y Pe ter threw a s tone a t a c ar and smas he d t he wind ow He d i d not not i c e a pol i c e car a r ound the a r e a and was caught r ed -hand ed Peter was br ought t o c o ur t and fin ed $1 000 Sin c e then he has l e arnt h is les son a nd s t oppe d meetin g t he gan gs t ers a nd went back t o s c hoo l
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THE HRUnTED HOUSE Durin g r ecess~ my fri e n d s a nd I were ta l ki n g
a f ter we had e at e n Someh o w we always ended u p ta l k i n g a bou t the haun ted house a c r o s s t h e road beh i n d t he wood Xiuxiu h ad s o me t h i n g n ew to a dd on to what we al read y knew She s ai d he r ne ig hbour s g r a n d fath er tol d her that t he house o nc e bel o n g e d to a n o l d woma n wh o was b u r n t f or a l l her e v i l deeds We d id no t b e l i eve her a n d she d ared u s t o go ther e that ni g h t t o p r o ve h e r wr ong We a cc epted h er cha l lenge
Af t e r I had e a ten my d i n ner I wen t to t h e bus st o p to meet th e o ther s I have t ol d my mo ther tha t I am g o in g t o s tay o ve r n i g h t a t my fri en d s h ouse the nex t day b e i ng Sat u r d a y Whe n ever yone h a d a rr i ved we walked si l en t l y t o war d s t he house a l l t oo ner vous t o t al k
Then we saw the house I t was s po o ky- l ooking i n t h e di m moonli g h t When we c a me t o t h e door we ga ve i t a p u s h a nd t t sque aked op en We wen t in s l owl y I hel d o n to so~eon e s h and and i t was i c y c o l d l i ke mine We s h on e o u r torch ar o und t h e p l a c e I t wa s dus t y and musty Then WE s et tl e d d o wn in the livi n g room We t o o k out our s l e e p ing b ag s s o me f o od a nd drink s an d began to ta l k a l l at on ce beshyc aus e th e s ilence was un beara b le Su d denl y we s t o p p ed t a lk ing We hear d a funny s o u nd I t was t he s oun d of l a u ght er Then we saw~ t o o ur hor ror the f i gure of the ol d woma n Sh e stop ped laug hin g a ll o f a sudden a n d said Le a ve a t on c e o r yo u s h a l l die We wer e scar ed sti f f b ut we did n ot mo ve I nst ead we h eld o n t o our c r u s i f i x and began to p r ay c on t i nuous l y The ol d woma n moved c los er and c loser a nd we prayed har der a n d har d er Sud denl y we hea r d a l oud s crea m Th e o l d woma n was melti n g Bl oo d s treak e d out f r o m ever y p art o f her b o dy Sud d en ly we fe l t diz zy and fe l l int o a d eep s l eep
When we fina ll y op e ned our eyes the sun was sh ini n g o n t o o u r f a c es Th e bod y of t he o l d woman was nowhere t o be s e e n We q u ic kl y packed u p and r a n h ome We sure h a ve a n ama z ing stor y to t e l l But wi l l a n yone b e l i eve u s
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A Lesson For Sa my
One fine morning Bamy wen t to s c h o o l as u s ual On h is wa y he me t his nei g hbour s Raj u an d Ba oj ian They a s ked h im t o go f i shi n g with t hem Barny agree d i mmedi a te ly
Th e y went to a river wher e th e w~ter was d eep a n d d a r k They found a p l ac e where i t was c o o l and wi nd y Barny p laye d wit h the water wh i l e Raju a nd Baoji a n st a rt e d to f ish All of a s u d den Ba rn y f el l i n to t h e r i v e r wit h a lou d s p l as h Raj u a n d Ba o jian wer e sh o ck ed They s hout e d f o r h e l p Luc k i ly a passer - b y hea rd the ir shout a nd quickl y jumped i n t o t he river and pu l l e d Bam y out o f the water Bamy was safe a n d soun d
Af t e r t h a t t h e t h r e e o f t hem dec i d e d t o g o h ome Barn y was we t an d c o ld He t o ld hi s moth er wh at had hap pen e d Hi s moth e r wa s f ur i o us She c aned h i m f or go i ng fis h i ng i nstea d of g o i ng t o sc h o o l
Ba rny had l e a r n t his l esson He p r om ised hi s mother that h (gt A i 11 n e v e r- play tr-lIa n t ltHllmOr- e
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Hari Ra y a PU2sa i s a Ma lay f estiva l that ma r ks the en d o f the mon th of Ram andan Ra mandan is a month whic h Mu s li ms f ast fr o m d a wn t o sunse t
A fort n i ght before the ~esti yal I h e l ped my q ran d mo th e r t o s pr i n gc l ean t h e wh o le f l at I pa i n t ed the walls put up the ne w c urtain a n d d ecorat ed the house I e ven s t rung u p co l our f ul lights a c ross th e doo rway an d let th em twin k l e t hr oughout th e n i g h t
A week before Ha ri Raya Puasa ~ I helpe d my mot her a u n t and q r- and mot her prep a r e festive specialit i e s such a5 tarts cakes a nd cook i es I a l so f o ll owed my aunt t o Ge yl ang- Ser ai to b uy spi c es~ chic ke ns and b e e f t o prep ar e fo r the b ig d inn e r on the e v e o f Hari Raya Puasa
As u s u a l my f a mi ly ha d a s p ecial gat h e r ing on t h e eve of Har i Raya PUas a My mot h e r who l ive s i n Buk it Bat ok came with my b r ot h er and sister t o my gr a ndmother s hou s e t o c e leb r a te We had a bi g feas t wit h my uncles a un ts and cou sins
Then came the mor n i n g of the big day We pu t on our new cl othes My fat her an d u n c l e went to t h e mosque t o pray After that we ga thered to seek forgiven e ss from our gran d moth er and paren t s Then we had our brea kfast a nd t hereaf t e r we we nt to vi sit our ne ig h b ours a n d rel at ives
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One sun ny after n oon Ali ca ll e d up his frie n d s t o g o to t h e fiel d to p lay football Whi l e they were ki cki ng hap pil y in the f i led dark clouds began t o for m i n t he sky an d a st rong win d blew The boys d e ci de d to stop playin g as t hey knew it was goi n g to r a i n soon Mingxiang an d John r od e h ome as quick l y a s p ossib l e o n their b i cycles whi l e Ali a n d t h e r est ran a s fa s t a s their l e g s could c ar r y them Bu t t h e y were not quick enou gh Al i was caugh t i n the r ain wh ich c a me down suddenl y When he r eac hed home he wa s all dr e n c hed
That even i n g Al i felt warm a n d uncomf ortab le He di d not want to e a t his dinner His mother touched h i s f o r e head a n d fo u n d that Al i was ha v in g a h ig h feve r Sh e q uick l y br oug h t him to s ee a d oc tor Th e doc tor to l d Alis mother t h a t Ali had a f l u b e c aus e he wa s caught i n t h e ra in t ha t a f t er noon He t ol d her not to worry bec a use he would b e al rig h t after t aki n g t h e medic i ne He then advised Al i t o t a ke two days leave f rom school to rest at home
Ali was sad He was also bored He missed hi s fri ends very much J u s t then t h e d o or be l l rang It was Mingxiang and John They had come to visi t h im wh en they h e a r d that he was ill Th e y brough t him some comic books to let him pass the time
From that day Ali h ad l earnt h is lesson He p ro mised that h e wi l l never p lay i n th e ra in ever aga i n
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An Honest Deed
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Fr 5E
A ROBBERY
Mr Lim La i Ha n an e~ ec ut i v e wit h a lar ge fir m went t o t h e Po s t Off i c e Sav in gs Bank to wi t h dr a w fi ft een thousan d doll a rs He then p u t the mon e y in hi s b r i efca se a nd left the b a n k He did not real i se t ha t h e wa s b e i ng fo l 1o wed
On t h e wa y to the o f fic e he met Mr Chen W M a n o l d co lleague wh o m h e h ad not seen f o r a long time Mr Ch e n i nsis t e d t hat t h ey go to the c o f f eehouse near b y for a drink Th e y or de red be e r and beg a n exc h a ngi n g n e ws Mr Lim l e f t hi s bri efc a s e on t h e sea~ besi d e him The t wo me n we re s o e n grossed in thei r c onversat ion they d id no t no t ice t he bul ky- l ooking ma n s i t ti n g a cross the table wat c h in g t h e m s il entl y Sudd e nly t h e ma n st o od up rushed towards Mr Li m grabb e d his br i ef c ase a n d dashed out of t h e d o or Bot h men rec overed fro m the s h oc k a n d i mmed i at e l y gave chase 5 11 0 11 j ng ~ t the top 01 t r leuro i t- voi ce Stop Th i e f ~3top I
A p a s ser b y hear d hi s c r i e s a nd t ri e d t o s top the robber But the robber wh ipp ed o ut ~ kn i fe and s l ashed h im on t he ar m Then he esc aped o n a s coo ter parked out s id e the c o+ f e~2 h ClU~i f2
Poor Mr Li m He was robb e d of t he f i ft e en thousa nd do llars
The p o li c e ar e now ask i ng for wi tne sses t o come f orward to help t h em i n th eir i nvesti gations
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On c e I owned an is l and It h a d a long s t retc h o f the most beautiful beac h wh e re p a lm tr ees swayed in t h e gen t le b ree ze There was a c ha l et wi th a very b ig pool Holiday-ma ker s cou ld stay i n tropical h u t s wh i c h o verloo k the s ea There we r e sever a l ten ni s c o u rts and a hor se-r i d i ~ g
range Th e re was a wa ter fa l l sur rounded b y pal m t r ees a nd fern s Every n i gh t ther e wou l d b e dan c i ng and di ni ng under t he r omant ic moonl i ght Pe op l e cou l d go h o rse- ri d i n g or camp und er t h e s t2YmiddotS
I was a g l a mo rous s t ar ma k ing a mo v ie wi th two o f my favou r ite co- star s on t he i s land We were fi l ming a n adventure movi e wh i ch t ook us i nto t h e dark e st j ungle We h a d to wad through th e d eepest sw a mps a n d c o me fac e to f ac e wi th bl ood -suck ing creat ures We we re sear c hing for an o l d t e mpl e u p in the mou n ta in wh er e we could obt a in the a ntidote f o r s nake bites a nd other p o isons
Sud denly ~ t he be l l rang and I s a w my c l a s smates gett i ng up to leave th e class I r e a l i sed I h a ve b een daydr e a ming a gai n
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THE LUCKY TRAVELLER
Lon g ago a t r a ve l l e r came t o an i n n to rest a n d to r ent a room for t he n ig h t Th e next morn i ng t he i nn shykeep e r wa r ned t h e t r avel l e r that ther e we r e tigers i n the moun t ain an d -tri ed to d i ssu ade h i m f r om go i ng up as i t i s very dang e rous But th e trav e ll er woul d not li sten and i nsis t ed on c o nt i nuing wi th h is j ourney So t he inn- k ~eper gave him a l o ng staff t o he lp h im c limb the rocky mou n tain
Af t e r some time ~ t h e traveller came to a wat e r fall It was cool and b reez y Th e scenery was beaut i ful He c ou ld hear bi r ds c h irping and monkeys chatteri n g As h e had wa l ked a long way he deci ded to rest un d e r a shady tree A whi l e l a ter t h e chattering stopped He l o o ked u p an d s t ar e d i n to t he eyes of a tiger The t i ger g r owled at h i m a nd th e trave l l e r was 50 fright e ned th a t he s tayed motion l ess and d i d not kn ow what to do Th e n the t i ger p o un ced at h im The travel l er recovered fro m the shock an d j umpe d f o r h is li f e a nd r a n behi nd the tree The t ig e r h it hi s head a qainst t he tree trunk instead and f ai nted The tr a ve ll er qu ic k l y gr a b bed a big stone and h i t its head s e vera l t i me s u n til i t died
J ust then a few hunters appeared at the sc e ne Th e y were nearby a n d had hear d t he t i gers gr o wls and had come to hi s reSCUE They were amazed to see the t r a veller safe and sou nd an d the tiger killed They pra ised t he t ravel l er for being so brave Then they helped t o tie th e ti ger to t h e staf f and t h e y carried the dead t ig e r bac k t o t h e inn
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I t is the t i me of t h e mon th ag ain Mrs Chen went t o the bank to wi thdr aw same money She joined t h e l on g queue
Sud d en l y t h e s o l e mn si lenc e in the b a nk was br o ken by t h e dea fen i ng s cr eeth o f a car o u ts ide Th e n ext sec o nd t hr e e mas ked men car r y i ng a ut oma tic rif les rushed into th e b ank On e o f th em fi r ed a wa r ni ng shot in t o t he a ir Th e gun s hot ex ploded loud ly in the air-conditi oned room an d a ll t h e peop l e i n th e b an k sc rea med a n d r a n f or cover The Cisc o gu ard took a s t ep f o r wa rd but h e was shot dead a t po in t b lan k There was a shoc ked s il ence
Me) v e al l o f you ~ Li E~ flat and put y o ur han d s behi nd Y fJ U r hea d I on e o f t he mas ked rC)b be l~ s s h o u ted in Ho k kien
Anot her robb e r th r e w t h r ee l arg e b l ack c a nva s b ags at the c a sh i er s a nd order-ed Fi 11 t hem LI p
Un known to the rob ber s on e of t he cas h i er s h ad a lr e ady a ct i v a t ed th e s il en t a larm Sudde nl y t he sire ns of po l i c e c ar s c o uld be heard The masked robbers p an i cked a n d r an out e mpty- h an ded an d f l e d in the car that wa s waitin g o utsi d e Th e po l ice gave c hase The ge t away car wove i n and o u t of the b u s y t r affic When t h e y r ealized tha t t h e po l ic e were zooming i n on them t h ey aban d o n t h e ir c ar and ran up a b l ock of flat s Th e po l i c e dr ew t h e i r 38 r evol ve rs and c a ut ious ly sea rc hed the bloc k f loor by fl oor Soon t h e r obbers were sighted o n t he 18t h fl oor The rob bers o pened fire at the po l ic e men The po l i cemen dodged just in time They coul d n o t d o anyth i ng They c all e d for r einforcement
YOLI r e bEi n g s Urrmiddotounde d Tt-Irow d o wn y o ur weap on s and Show lc)ur selve s c ame t he ~-ja r n i n g from the Dfficer - in shyc h a r ge of t h e Spec i al Task Fo r ce who had ar r ived at th e ~5cen e
The po l i ce wa it ed Minut e s t i c ked b y Ther e was no r e sponse fr o m t he robb ers Th e si gna l was gi v e n an d the Police Task For c e we n t int o ac t ion A tear gas grenade was t h r own towards t h e rob b e r s
Dont s hl)o t I Don t s hoo t ~ We give u p U c a me t h e f ranti c s h o ut Th e n thr e e s h a d owy figure s emer ged f r o m the smoke Tea rs wer e s t reami n g down t h ei r c heek s a nd th e y we r e c oug h in g a wa y The police qui c kly h a nd c uf fed t h em a n d they WBye 1 e d 2vay
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The Day In The Life Of A Detective
What a h arrowing day Am I so tired Let me tel l you wh o I am I am S herlock Steve a detective Today I am a n t h e tr i cd of ttleuro cr i mi nal Thf Fm( HE had g i l e n me t he s l ip for months b ut today he had left a c l ue beh ind Ah ha The Fox had been c a re less enough to l eave behind an a dd r ess
1 wasnt sure if this was a tr a p b u t I decided to t ake the risk I went to the address indicated on the paper I was sur p r i sed to find t h e dodr op en I went inside b u t fo un d tht~ hO LlS E~ empty The fm( had g iven me the SJip once cJg21i n
I t hen noticed a sh a dow behind me I turned around EHid S2 the cr i mi n a l The Fomiddot and I had c ome f a ce to face t 1 3st
It was t hen that I r ea li ted that he was holding a qun Im much t oo v ulnerable in t h i place I have to hid e some llif2t-e The t houq ht c ame int o my min el I found some boxes a n d hid beh i nd them Bam Bam Just in time He fi r ed a s h ot at me I exchanged shots with h im before the due l came to a sudden halt
One of my shots went wild and the bullet found The Foxs head The police came and one of the sergeant sai d Good jC1b Sher-Iock Steve
Being a de tective is d angerous but exciting If evel you need a job li ke mine just contac t Sher loc k Steve
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AN EXPENSIVE LESSON
Pete r used t o be a good and c l e v e r boy i n school He did his homework and handed t hem in on time However he met some boys who t augh t him t o be bad j ust like t hem
He woul d go out wi t h t h e m and l i tter public p laces He wou l d d r aws on t he walls wi t h foul words or make t he toilets we t a nd dir ty His behaviour became worse e ach day One day t he l e ader of t he ga ng sa id t o Peter Hey Pe ter 1 I t wou l d be f un playi n g t ruan t Foolis h l y Peter a greed t o j o i n in
The s c hoo l informe d Peter s pare nt s a f ter was abs e n t f r om s c hool for one we ek Peter ignored h is pa rents a dvice and kept on playing t r uant
One d a y Pe ter threw a s tone a t a c ar and smas he d t he wind ow He d i d not not i c e a pol i c e car a r ound the a r e a and was caught r ed -hand ed Peter was br ought t o c o ur t and fin ed $1 000 Sin c e then he has l e arnt h is les son a nd s t oppe d meetin g t he gan gs t ers a nd went back t o s c hoo l
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THE HRUnTED HOUSE Durin g r ecess~ my fri e n d s a nd I were ta l ki n g
a f ter we had e at e n Someh o w we always ended u p ta l k i n g a bou t the haun ted house a c r o s s t h e road beh i n d t he wood Xiuxiu h ad s o me t h i n g n ew to a dd on to what we al read y knew She s ai d he r ne ig hbour s g r a n d fath er tol d her that t he house o nc e bel o n g e d to a n o l d woma n wh o was b u r n t f or a l l her e v i l deeds We d id no t b e l i eve her a n d she d ared u s t o go ther e that ni g h t t o p r o ve h e r wr ong We a cc epted h er cha l lenge
Af t e r I had e a ten my d i n ner I wen t to t h e bus st o p to meet th e o ther s I have t ol d my mo ther tha t I am g o in g t o s tay o ve r n i g h t a t my fri en d s h ouse the nex t day b e i ng Sat u r d a y Whe n ever yone h a d a rr i ved we walked si l en t l y t o war d s t he house a l l t oo ner vous t o t al k
Then we saw the house I t was s po o ky- l ooking i n t h e di m moonli g h t When we c a me t o t h e door we ga ve i t a p u s h a nd t t sque aked op en We wen t in s l owl y I hel d o n to so~eon e s h and and i t was i c y c o l d l i ke mine We s h on e o u r torch ar o und t h e p l a c e I t wa s dus t y and musty Then WE s et tl e d d o wn in the livi n g room We t o o k out our s l e e p ing b ag s s o me f o od a nd drink s an d began to ta l k a l l at on ce beshyc aus e th e s ilence was un beara b le Su d denl y we s t o p p ed t a lk ing We hear d a funny s o u nd I t was t he s oun d of l a u ght er Then we saw~ t o o ur hor ror the f i gure of the ol d woma n Sh e stop ped laug hin g a ll o f a sudden a n d said Le a ve a t on c e o r yo u s h a l l die We wer e scar ed sti f f b ut we did n ot mo ve I nst ead we h eld o n t o our c r u s i f i x and began to p r ay c on t i nuous l y The ol d woma n moved c los er and c loser a nd we prayed har der a n d har d er Sud denl y we hea r d a l oud s crea m Th e o l d woma n was melti n g Bl oo d s treak e d out f r o m ever y p art o f her b o dy Sud d en ly we fe l t diz zy and fe l l int o a d eep s l eep
When we fina ll y op e ned our eyes the sun was sh ini n g o n t o o u r f a c es Th e bod y of t he o l d woman was nowhere t o be s e e n We q u ic kl y packed u p and r a n h ome We sure h a ve a n ama z ing stor y to t e l l But wi l l a n yone b e l i eve u s
Kr is i nd er M Kaur Pr 5D
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A Lesson For Sa my
One fine morning Bamy wen t to s c h o o l as u s ual On h is wa y he me t his nei g hbour s Raj u an d Ba oj ian They a s ked h im t o go f i shi n g with t hem Barny agree d i mmedi a te ly
Th e y went to a river wher e th e w~ter was d eep a n d d a r k They found a p l ac e where i t was c o o l and wi nd y Barny p laye d wit h the water wh i l e Raju a nd Baoji a n st a rt e d to f ish All of a s u d den Ba rn y f el l i n to t h e r i v e r wit h a lou d s p l as h Raj u a n d Ba o jian wer e sh o ck ed They s hout e d f o r h e l p Luc k i ly a passer - b y hea rd the ir shout a nd quickl y jumped i n t o t he river and pu l l e d Bam y out o f the water Bamy was safe a n d soun d
Af t e r t h a t t h e t h r e e o f t hem dec i d e d t o g o h ome Barn y was we t an d c o ld He t o ld hi s moth er wh at had hap pen e d Hi s moth e r wa s f ur i o us She c aned h i m f or go i ng fis h i ng i nstea d of g o i ng t o sc h o o l
Ba rny had l e a r n t his l esson He p r om ised hi s mother that h (gt A i 11 n e v e r- play tr-lIa n t ltHllmOr- e
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Hari Ra y a PU2sa i s a Ma lay f estiva l that ma r ks the en d o f the mon th of Ram andan Ra mandan is a month whic h Mu s li ms f ast fr o m d a wn t o sunse t
A fort n i ght before the ~esti yal I h e l ped my q ran d mo th e r t o s pr i n gc l ean t h e wh o le f l at I pa i n t ed the walls put up the ne w c urtain a n d d ecorat ed the house I e ven s t rung u p co l our f ul lights a c ross th e doo rway an d let th em twin k l e t hr oughout th e n i g h t
A week before Ha ri Raya Puasa ~ I helpe d my mot her a u n t and q r- and mot her prep a r e festive specialit i e s such a5 tarts cakes a nd cook i es I a l so f o ll owed my aunt t o Ge yl ang- Ser ai to b uy spi c es~ chic ke ns and b e e f t o prep ar e fo r the b ig d inn e r on the e v e o f Hari Raya Puasa
As u s u a l my f a mi ly ha d a s p ecial gat h e r ing on t h e eve of Har i Raya PUas a My mot h e r who l ive s i n Buk it Bat ok came with my b r ot h er and sister t o my gr a ndmother s hou s e t o c e leb r a te We had a bi g feas t wit h my uncles a un ts and cou sins
Then came the mor n i n g of the big day We pu t on our new cl othes My fat her an d u n c l e went to t h e mosque t o pray After that we ga thered to seek forgiven e ss from our gran d moth er and paren t s Then we had our brea kfast a nd t hereaf t e r we we nt to vi sit our ne ig h b ours a n d rel at ives
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Caug h t In The Ra in
One sun ny after n oon Ali ca ll e d up his frie n d s t o g o to t h e fiel d to p lay football Whi l e they were ki cki ng hap pil y in the f i led dark clouds began t o for m i n t he sky an d a st rong win d blew The boys d e ci de d to stop playin g as t hey knew it was goi n g to r a i n soon Mingxiang an d John r od e h ome as quick l y a s p ossib l e o n their b i cycles whi l e Ali a n d t h e r est ran a s fa s t a s their l e g s could c ar r y them Bu t t h e y were not quick enou gh Al i was caugh t i n the r ain wh ich c a me down suddenl y When he r eac hed home he wa s all dr e n c hed
That even i n g Al i felt warm a n d uncomf ortab le He di d not want to e a t his dinner His mother touched h i s f o r e head a n d fo u n d that Al i was ha v in g a h ig h feve r Sh e q uick l y br oug h t him to s ee a d oc tor Th e doc tor to l d Alis mother t h a t Ali had a f l u b e c aus e he wa s caught i n t h e ra in t ha t a f t er noon He t ol d her not to worry bec a use he would b e al rig h t after t aki n g t h e medic i ne He then advised Al i t o t a ke two days leave f rom school to rest at home
Ali was sad He was also bored He missed hi s fri ends very much J u s t then t h e d o or be l l rang It was Mingxiang and John They had come to visi t h im wh en they h e a r d that he was ill Th e y brough t him some comic books to let him pass the time
From that day Ali h ad l earnt h is lesson He p ro mised that h e wi l l never p lay i n th e ra in ever aga i n
Chen Pe if e n Pr 5G
An Honest Deed
Ti m a nd J ohn went j oggi ng a s usual on e Sunda y morn i ng i n Bi s han Pa r k Aft e r a wh il e t he y sto p ped to r e s t Whi le t he y were dri nk i nq some w3 t e r Ti mnoti ced a wal let under t he ben c h He p ic ked i t u p
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Ti m wa s r e luct a n t at f i r st But a ft er mu c h per sua s i o n fro m J ohn he f ina ll y re lented He put t he wa l let int o h is bac k pocket an d t hey walked o u t of Bi sha n Par k
To r each the r o a d the t wo boys had to j ump a cr os s a d r a in While d o in g tha t t h e wa l l e t fell o u t o f Tim s poc ket J u s t as t hey wer e go j ng t o cros s th e r oad t hey h e ar d a li ttle gir l calling t hem As s he came up t o t hem s he handed a walle t t o Tim and s a id Emiddotcuse me Y C1U
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fo r m tea c her Mrs Sea h encourages us t o wri te i n lOur J o urna l in whi ch we pour ou t our s e c r e ts prob l ems f a n t asies woes j oy j okes r iddles bull bull a nyth i ng Here Mr s Seah a cts as our conf i dan t g iving advice e ncouragemen t l e nding he r s houlde r s f or a nyone t o cry on shar i ng our j okes s o l v i ng the r i ddles e t c I t i s a very pe rs onal li t tle black book No one has a cces s to t he e n tries e xcep t the stric tly con
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A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
The end of an old year The start of a new Thinking of and planning The things to do
Going to do better Going to be nice Going to be kind to all From bears to little mice middot
But its so hard to do them All these things youve planned to
do Cause while you try hard to do
them Someone comes to bother you
You dont have to be nice they say Forget it all - just have your way But stop before you rush out to play shyYoure throwing all your hard work
away
You see when you make a New Years Promise
Youve got to make it right shyAnd only if you fo llow it right thru shyWill the New Year be bright
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THE LUCKY TRAVELLER
Lon g ago a t r a ve l l e r came t o an i n n to rest a n d to r ent a room for t he n ig h t Th e next morn i ng t he i nn shykeep e r wa r ned t h e t r avel l e r that ther e we r e tigers i n the moun t ain an d -tri ed to d i ssu ade h i m f r om go i ng up as i t i s very dang e rous But th e trav e ll er woul d not li sten and i nsis t ed on c o nt i nuing wi th h is j ourney So t he inn- k ~eper gave him a l o ng staff t o he lp h im c limb the rocky mou n tain
Af t e r some time ~ t h e traveller came to a wat e r fall It was cool and b reez y Th e scenery was beaut i ful He c ou ld hear bi r ds c h irping and monkeys chatteri n g As h e had wa l ked a long way he deci ded to rest un d e r a shady tree A whi l e l a ter t h e chattering stopped He l o o ked u p an d s t ar e d i n to t he eyes of a tiger The t i ger g r owled at h i m a nd th e trave l l e r was 50 fright e ned th a t he s tayed motion l ess and d i d not kn ow what to do Th e n the t i ger p o un ced at h im The travel l er recovered fro m the shock an d j umpe d f o r h is li f e a nd r a n behi nd the tree The t ig e r h it hi s head a qainst t he tree trunk instead and f ai nted The tr a ve ll er qu ic k l y gr a b bed a big stone and h i t its head s e vera l t i me s u n til i t died
J ust then a few hunters appeared at the sc e ne Th e y were nearby a n d had hear d t he t i gers gr o wls and had come to hi s reSCUE They were amazed to see the t r a veller safe and sou nd an d the tiger killed They pra ised t he t ravel l er for being so brave Then they helped t o tie th e ti ger to t h e staf f and t h e y carried the dead t ig e r bac k t o t h e inn
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I t is the t i me of t h e mon th ag ain Mrs Chen went t o the bank to wi thdr aw same money She joined t h e l on g queue
Sud d en l y t h e s o l e mn si lenc e in the b a nk was br o ken by t h e dea fen i ng s cr eeth o f a car o u ts ide Th e n ext sec o nd t hr e e mas ked men car r y i ng a ut oma tic rif les rushed into th e b ank On e o f th em fi r ed a wa r ni ng shot in t o t he a ir Th e gun s hot ex ploded loud ly in the air-conditi oned room an d a ll t h e peop l e i n th e b an k sc rea med a n d r a n f or cover The Cisc o gu ard took a s t ep f o r wa rd but h e was shot dead a t po in t b lan k There was a shoc ked s il ence
Me) v e al l o f you ~ Li E~ flat and put y o ur han d s behi nd Y fJ U r hea d I on e o f t he mas ked rC)b be l~ s s h o u ted in Ho k kien
Anot her robb e r th r e w t h r ee l arg e b l ack c a nva s b ags at the c a sh i er s a nd order-ed Fi 11 t hem LI p
Un known to the rob ber s on e of t he cas h i er s h ad a lr e ady a ct i v a t ed th e s il en t a larm Sudde nl y t he sire ns of po l i c e c ar s c o uld be heard The masked robbers p an i cked a n d r an out e mpty- h an ded an d f l e d in the car that wa s waitin g o utsi d e Th e po l ice gave c hase The ge t away car wove i n and o u t of the b u s y t r affic When t h e y r ealized tha t t h e po l ic e were zooming i n on them t h ey aban d o n t h e ir c ar and ran up a b l ock of flat s Th e po l i c e dr ew t h e i r 38 r evol ve rs and c a ut ious ly sea rc hed the bloc k f loor by fl oor Soon t h e r obbers were sighted o n t he 18t h fl oor The rob bers o pened fire at the po l ic e men The po l i cemen dodged just in time They coul d n o t d o anyth i ng They c all e d for r einforcement
YOLI r e bEi n g s Urrmiddotounde d Tt-Irow d o wn y o ur weap on s and Show lc)ur selve s c ame t he ~-ja r n i n g from the Dfficer - in shyc h a r ge of t h e Spec i al Task Fo r ce who had ar r ived at th e ~5cen e
The po l i ce wa it ed Minut e s t i c ked b y Ther e was no r e sponse fr o m t he robb ers Th e si gna l was gi v e n an d the Police Task For c e we n t int o ac t ion A tear gas grenade was t h r own towards t h e rob b e r s
Dont s hl)o t I Don t s hoo t ~ We give u p U c a me t h e f ranti c s h o ut Th e n thr e e s h a d owy figure s emer ged f r o m the smoke Tea rs wer e s t reami n g down t h ei r c heek s a nd th e y we r e c oug h in g a wa y The police qui c kly h a nd c uf fed t h em a n d they WBye 1 e d 2vay
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The Day In The Life Of A Detective
What a h arrowing day Am I so tired Let me tel l you wh o I am I am S herlock Steve a detective Today I am a n t h e tr i cd of ttleuro cr i mi nal Thf Fm( HE had g i l e n me t he s l ip for months b ut today he had left a c l ue beh ind Ah ha The Fox had been c a re less enough to l eave behind an a dd r ess
1 wasnt sure if this was a tr a p b u t I decided to t ake the risk I went to the address indicated on the paper I was sur p r i sed to find t h e dodr op en I went inside b u t fo un d tht~ hO LlS E~ empty The fm( had g iven me the SJip once cJg21i n
I t hen noticed a sh a dow behind me I turned around EHid S2 the cr i mi n a l The Fomiddot and I had c ome f a ce to face t 1 3st
It was t hen that I r ea li ted that he was holding a qun Im much t oo v ulnerable in t h i place I have to hid e some llif2t-e The t houq ht c ame int o my min el I found some boxes a n d hid beh i nd them Bam Bam Just in time He fi r ed a s h ot at me I exchanged shots with h im before the due l came to a sudden halt
One of my shots went wild and the bullet found The Foxs head The police came and one of the sergeant sai d Good jC1b Sher-Iock Steve
Being a de tective is d angerous but exciting If evel you need a job li ke mine just contac t Sher loc k Steve
Hc)ng Shenghao PI 58
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AN EXPENSIVE LESSON
Pete r used t o be a good and c l e v e r boy i n school He did his homework and handed t hem in on time However he met some boys who t augh t him t o be bad j ust like t hem
He woul d go out wi t h t h e m and l i tter public p laces He wou l d d r aws on t he walls wi t h foul words or make t he toilets we t a nd dir ty His behaviour became worse e ach day One day t he l e ader of t he ga ng sa id t o Peter Hey Pe ter 1 I t wou l d be f un playi n g t ruan t Foolis h l y Peter a greed t o j o i n in
The s c hoo l informe d Peter s pare nt s a f ter was abs e n t f r om s c hool for one we ek Peter ignored h is pa rents a dvice and kept on playing t r uant
One d a y Pe ter threw a s tone a t a c ar and smas he d t he wind ow He d i d not not i c e a pol i c e car a r ound the a r e a and was caught r ed -hand ed Peter was br ought t o c o ur t and fin ed $1 000 Sin c e then he has l e arnt h is les son a nd s t oppe d meetin g t he gan gs t ers a nd went back t o s c hoo l
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THE HRUnTED HOUSE Durin g r ecess~ my fri e n d s a nd I were ta l ki n g
a f ter we had e at e n Someh o w we always ended u p ta l k i n g a bou t the haun ted house a c r o s s t h e road beh i n d t he wood Xiuxiu h ad s o me t h i n g n ew to a dd on to what we al read y knew She s ai d he r ne ig hbour s g r a n d fath er tol d her that t he house o nc e bel o n g e d to a n o l d woma n wh o was b u r n t f or a l l her e v i l deeds We d id no t b e l i eve her a n d she d ared u s t o go ther e that ni g h t t o p r o ve h e r wr ong We a cc epted h er cha l lenge
Af t e r I had e a ten my d i n ner I wen t to t h e bus st o p to meet th e o ther s I have t ol d my mo ther tha t I am g o in g t o s tay o ve r n i g h t a t my fri en d s h ouse the nex t day b e i ng Sat u r d a y Whe n ever yone h a d a rr i ved we walked si l en t l y t o war d s t he house a l l t oo ner vous t o t al k
Then we saw the house I t was s po o ky- l ooking i n t h e di m moonli g h t When we c a me t o t h e door we ga ve i t a p u s h a nd t t sque aked op en We wen t in s l owl y I hel d o n to so~eon e s h and and i t was i c y c o l d l i ke mine We s h on e o u r torch ar o und t h e p l a c e I t wa s dus t y and musty Then WE s et tl e d d o wn in the livi n g room We t o o k out our s l e e p ing b ag s s o me f o od a nd drink s an d began to ta l k a l l at on ce beshyc aus e th e s ilence was un beara b le Su d denl y we s t o p p ed t a lk ing We hear d a funny s o u nd I t was t he s oun d of l a u ght er Then we saw~ t o o ur hor ror the f i gure of the ol d woma n Sh e stop ped laug hin g a ll o f a sudden a n d said Le a ve a t on c e o r yo u s h a l l die We wer e scar ed sti f f b ut we did n ot mo ve I nst ead we h eld o n t o our c r u s i f i x and began to p r ay c on t i nuous l y The ol d woma n moved c los er and c loser a nd we prayed har der a n d har d er Sud denl y we hea r d a l oud s crea m Th e o l d woma n was melti n g Bl oo d s treak e d out f r o m ever y p art o f her b o dy Sud d en ly we fe l t diz zy and fe l l int o a d eep s l eep
When we fina ll y op e ned our eyes the sun was sh ini n g o n t o o u r f a c es Th e bod y of t he o l d woman was nowhere t o be s e e n We q u ic kl y packed u p and r a n h ome We sure h a ve a n ama z ing stor y to t e l l But wi l l a n yone b e l i eve u s
Kr is i nd er M Kaur Pr 5D
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A Lesson For Sa my
One fine morning Bamy wen t to s c h o o l as u s ual On h is wa y he me t his nei g hbour s Raj u an d Ba oj ian They a s ked h im t o go f i shi n g with t hem Barny agree d i mmedi a te ly
Th e y went to a river wher e th e w~ter was d eep a n d d a r k They found a p l ac e where i t was c o o l and wi nd y Barny p laye d wit h the water wh i l e Raju a nd Baoji a n st a rt e d to f ish All of a s u d den Ba rn y f el l i n to t h e r i v e r wit h a lou d s p l as h Raj u a n d Ba o jian wer e sh o ck ed They s hout e d f o r h e l p Luc k i ly a passer - b y hea rd the ir shout a nd quickl y jumped i n t o t he river and pu l l e d Bam y out o f the water Bamy was safe a n d soun d
Af t e r t h a t t h e t h r e e o f t hem dec i d e d t o g o h ome Barn y was we t an d c o ld He t o ld hi s moth er wh at had hap pen e d Hi s moth e r wa s f ur i o us She c aned h i m f or go i ng fis h i ng i nstea d of g o i ng t o sc h o o l
Ba rny had l e a r n t his l esson He p r om ised hi s mother that h (gt A i 11 n e v e r- play tr-lIa n t ltHllmOr- e
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Hari Ra y a PU2sa i s a Ma lay f estiva l that ma r ks the en d o f the mon th of Ram andan Ra mandan is a month whic h Mu s li ms f ast fr o m d a wn t o sunse t
A fort n i ght before the ~esti yal I h e l ped my q ran d mo th e r t o s pr i n gc l ean t h e wh o le f l at I pa i n t ed the walls put up the ne w c urtain a n d d ecorat ed the house I e ven s t rung u p co l our f ul lights a c ross th e doo rway an d let th em twin k l e t hr oughout th e n i g h t
A week before Ha ri Raya Puasa ~ I helpe d my mot her a u n t and q r- and mot her prep a r e festive specialit i e s such a5 tarts cakes a nd cook i es I a l so f o ll owed my aunt t o Ge yl ang- Ser ai to b uy spi c es~ chic ke ns and b e e f t o prep ar e fo r the b ig d inn e r on the e v e o f Hari Raya Puasa
As u s u a l my f a mi ly ha d a s p ecial gat h e r ing on t h e eve of Har i Raya PUas a My mot h e r who l ive s i n Buk it Bat ok came with my b r ot h er and sister t o my gr a ndmother s hou s e t o c e leb r a te We had a bi g feas t wit h my uncles a un ts and cou sins
Then came the mor n i n g of the big day We pu t on our new cl othes My fat her an d u n c l e went to t h e mosque t o pray After that we ga thered to seek forgiven e ss from our gran d moth er and paren t s Then we had our brea kfast a nd t hereaf t e r we we nt to vi sit our ne ig h b ours a n d rel at ives
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Caug h t In The Ra in
One sun ny after n oon Ali ca ll e d up his frie n d s t o g o to t h e fiel d to p lay football Whi l e they were ki cki ng hap pil y in the f i led dark clouds began t o for m i n t he sky an d a st rong win d blew The boys d e ci de d to stop playin g as t hey knew it was goi n g to r a i n soon Mingxiang an d John r od e h ome as quick l y a s p ossib l e o n their b i cycles whi l e Ali a n d t h e r est ran a s fa s t a s their l e g s could c ar r y them Bu t t h e y were not quick enou gh Al i was caugh t i n the r ain wh ich c a me down suddenl y When he r eac hed home he wa s all dr e n c hed
That even i n g Al i felt warm a n d uncomf ortab le He di d not want to e a t his dinner His mother touched h i s f o r e head a n d fo u n d that Al i was ha v in g a h ig h feve r Sh e q uick l y br oug h t him to s ee a d oc tor Th e doc tor to l d Alis mother t h a t Ali had a f l u b e c aus e he wa s caught i n t h e ra in t ha t a f t er noon He t ol d her not to worry bec a use he would b e al rig h t after t aki n g t h e medic i ne He then advised Al i t o t a ke two days leave f rom school to rest at home
Ali was sad He was also bored He missed hi s fri ends very much J u s t then t h e d o or be l l rang It was Mingxiang and John They had come to visi t h im wh en they h e a r d that he was ill Th e y brough t him some comic books to let him pass the time
From that day Ali h ad l earnt h is lesson He p ro mised that h e wi l l never p lay i n th e ra in ever aga i n
Chen Pe if e n Pr 5G
An Honest Deed
Ti m a nd J ohn went j oggi ng a s usual on e Sunda y morn i ng i n Bi s han Pa r k Aft e r a wh il e t he y sto p ped to r e s t Whi le t he y were dri nk i nq some w3 t e r Ti mnoti ced a wal let under t he ben c h He p ic ked i t u p
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Ti m wa s r e luct a n t at f i r st But a ft er mu c h per sua s i o n fro m J ohn he f ina ll y re lented He put t he wa l let int o h is bac k pocket an d t hey walked o u t of Bi sha n Par k
To r each the r o a d the t wo boys had to j ump a cr os s a d r a in While d o in g tha t t h e wa l l e t fell o u t o f Tim s poc ket J u s t as t hey wer e go j ng t o cros s th e r oad t hey h e ar d a li ttle gir l calling t hem As s he came up t o t hem s he handed a walle t t o Tim and s a id Emiddotcuse me Y C1U
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Tim was e mba rrassed but J oh n snat ch ed the wa llet fr o m her hand Af t er thank i n g her they we n t on the ir wa y
Ma ybe WE sho u l d t ak E the wal J et to the po l i ce st)t i cm Ti m sai d after a wh i l e Look a t t hat l i tt l e g ir l j ust n ow She s younger t han us a nd yet s he kn ows what i s r i Clh t a n d wh a t 1 s v~ronq II
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A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
The end of an old year The start of a new Thinking of and planning The things to do
Going to do better Going to be nice Going to be kind to all From bears to little mice middot
But its so hard to do them All these things youve planned to
do Cause while you try hard to do
them Someone comes to bother you
You dont have to be nice they say Forget it all - just have your way But stop before you rush out to play shyYoure throwing all your hard work
away
You see when you make a New Years Promise
Youve got to make it right shyAnd only if you fo llow it right thru shyWill the New Year be bright
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- Contents13
- From the Editorial Team13
- Essays and Stories13
- Limericks13
- Our Journals
- Our Super Readers13
- Word Power
- Catch Phrase13
- Hidden Words Contest13
- A New Year Resolution13
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THE LUCKY TRAVELLER
Lon g ago a t r a ve l l e r came t o an i n n to rest a n d to r ent a room for t he n ig h t Th e next morn i ng t he i nn shykeep e r wa r ned t h e t r avel l e r that ther e we r e tigers i n the moun t ain an d -tri ed to d i ssu ade h i m f r om go i ng up as i t i s very dang e rous But th e trav e ll er woul d not li sten and i nsis t ed on c o nt i nuing wi th h is j ourney So t he inn- k ~eper gave him a l o ng staff t o he lp h im c limb the rocky mou n tain
Af t e r some time ~ t h e traveller came to a wat e r fall It was cool and b reez y Th e scenery was beaut i ful He c ou ld hear bi r ds c h irping and monkeys chatteri n g As h e had wa l ked a long way he deci ded to rest un d e r a shady tree A whi l e l a ter t h e chattering stopped He l o o ked u p an d s t ar e d i n to t he eyes of a tiger The t i ger g r owled at h i m a nd th e trave l l e r was 50 fright e ned th a t he s tayed motion l ess and d i d not kn ow what to do Th e n the t i ger p o un ced at h im The travel l er recovered fro m the shock an d j umpe d f o r h is li f e a nd r a n behi nd the tree The t ig e r h it hi s head a qainst t he tree trunk instead and f ai nted The tr a ve ll er qu ic k l y gr a b bed a big stone and h i t its head s e vera l t i me s u n til i t died
J ust then a few hunters appeared at the sc e ne Th e y were nearby a n d had hear d t he t i gers gr o wls and had come to hi s reSCUE They were amazed to see the t r a veller safe and sou nd an d the tiger killed They pra ised t he t ravel l er for being so brave Then they helped t o tie th e ti ger to t h e staf f and t h e y carried the dead t ig e r bac k t o t h e inn
Ma Lilin Pr 58
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I t is the t i me of t h e mon th ag ain Mrs Chen went t o the bank to wi thdr aw same money She joined t h e l on g queue
Sud d en l y t h e s o l e mn si lenc e in the b a nk was br o ken by t h e dea fen i ng s cr eeth o f a car o u ts ide Th e n ext sec o nd t hr e e mas ked men car r y i ng a ut oma tic rif les rushed into th e b ank On e o f th em fi r ed a wa r ni ng shot in t o t he a ir Th e gun s hot ex ploded loud ly in the air-conditi oned room an d a ll t h e peop l e i n th e b an k sc rea med a n d r a n f or cover The Cisc o gu ard took a s t ep f o r wa rd but h e was shot dead a t po in t b lan k There was a shoc ked s il ence
Me) v e al l o f you ~ Li E~ flat and put y o ur han d s behi nd Y fJ U r hea d I on e o f t he mas ked rC)b be l~ s s h o u ted in Ho k kien
Anot her robb e r th r e w t h r ee l arg e b l ack c a nva s b ags at the c a sh i er s a nd order-ed Fi 11 t hem LI p
Un known to the rob ber s on e of t he cas h i er s h ad a lr e ady a ct i v a t ed th e s il en t a larm Sudde nl y t he sire ns of po l i c e c ar s c o uld be heard The masked robbers p an i cked a n d r an out e mpty- h an ded an d f l e d in the car that wa s waitin g o utsi d e Th e po l ice gave c hase The ge t away car wove i n and o u t of the b u s y t r affic When t h e y r ealized tha t t h e po l ic e were zooming i n on them t h ey aban d o n t h e ir c ar and ran up a b l ock of flat s Th e po l i c e dr ew t h e i r 38 r evol ve rs and c a ut ious ly sea rc hed the bloc k f loor by fl oor Soon t h e r obbers were sighted o n t he 18t h fl oor The rob bers o pened fire at the po l ic e men The po l i cemen dodged just in time They coul d n o t d o anyth i ng They c all e d for r einforcement
YOLI r e bEi n g s Urrmiddotounde d Tt-Irow d o wn y o ur weap on s and Show lc)ur selve s c ame t he ~-ja r n i n g from the Dfficer - in shyc h a r ge of t h e Spec i al Task Fo r ce who had ar r ived at th e ~5cen e
The po l i ce wa it ed Minut e s t i c ked b y Ther e was no r e sponse fr o m t he robb ers Th e si gna l was gi v e n an d the Police Task For c e we n t int o ac t ion A tear gas grenade was t h r own towards t h e rob b e r s
Dont s hl)o t I Don t s hoo t ~ We give u p U c a me t h e f ranti c s h o ut Th e n thr e e s h a d owy figure s emer ged f r o m the smoke Tea rs wer e s t reami n g down t h ei r c heek s a nd th e y we r e c oug h in g a wa y The police qui c kly h a nd c uf fed t h em a n d they WBye 1 e d 2vay
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The Day In The Life Of A Detective
What a h arrowing day Am I so tired Let me tel l you wh o I am I am S herlock Steve a detective Today I am a n t h e tr i cd of ttleuro cr i mi nal Thf Fm( HE had g i l e n me t he s l ip for months b ut today he had left a c l ue beh ind Ah ha The Fox had been c a re less enough to l eave behind an a dd r ess
1 wasnt sure if this was a tr a p b u t I decided to t ake the risk I went to the address indicated on the paper I was sur p r i sed to find t h e dodr op en I went inside b u t fo un d tht~ hO LlS E~ empty The fm( had g iven me the SJip once cJg21i n
I t hen noticed a sh a dow behind me I turned around EHid S2 the cr i mi n a l The Fomiddot and I had c ome f a ce to face t 1 3st
It was t hen that I r ea li ted that he was holding a qun Im much t oo v ulnerable in t h i place I have to hid e some llif2t-e The t houq ht c ame int o my min el I found some boxes a n d hid beh i nd them Bam Bam Just in time He fi r ed a s h ot at me I exchanged shots with h im before the due l came to a sudden halt
One of my shots went wild and the bullet found The Foxs head The police came and one of the sergeant sai d Good jC1b Sher-Iock Steve
Being a de tective is d angerous but exciting If evel you need a job li ke mine just contac t Sher loc k Steve
Hc)ng Shenghao PI 58
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AN EXPENSIVE LESSON
Pete r used t o be a good and c l e v e r boy i n school He did his homework and handed t hem in on time However he met some boys who t augh t him t o be bad j ust like t hem
He woul d go out wi t h t h e m and l i tter public p laces He wou l d d r aws on t he walls wi t h foul words or make t he toilets we t a nd dir ty His behaviour became worse e ach day One day t he l e ader of t he ga ng sa id t o Peter Hey Pe ter 1 I t wou l d be f un playi n g t ruan t Foolis h l y Peter a greed t o j o i n in
The s c hoo l informe d Peter s pare nt s a f ter was abs e n t f r om s c hool for one we ek Peter ignored h is pa rents a dvice and kept on playing t r uant
One d a y Pe ter threw a s tone a t a c ar and smas he d t he wind ow He d i d not not i c e a pol i c e car a r ound the a r e a and was caught r ed -hand ed Peter was br ought t o c o ur t and fin ed $1 000 Sin c e then he has l e arnt h is les son a nd s t oppe d meetin g t he gan gs t ers a nd went back t o s c hoo l
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THE HRUnTED HOUSE Durin g r ecess~ my fri e n d s a nd I were ta l ki n g
a f ter we had e at e n Someh o w we always ended u p ta l k i n g a bou t the haun ted house a c r o s s t h e road beh i n d t he wood Xiuxiu h ad s o me t h i n g n ew to a dd on to what we al read y knew She s ai d he r ne ig hbour s g r a n d fath er tol d her that t he house o nc e bel o n g e d to a n o l d woma n wh o was b u r n t f or a l l her e v i l deeds We d id no t b e l i eve her a n d she d ared u s t o go ther e that ni g h t t o p r o ve h e r wr ong We a cc epted h er cha l lenge
Af t e r I had e a ten my d i n ner I wen t to t h e bus st o p to meet th e o ther s I have t ol d my mo ther tha t I am g o in g t o s tay o ve r n i g h t a t my fri en d s h ouse the nex t day b e i ng Sat u r d a y Whe n ever yone h a d a rr i ved we walked si l en t l y t o war d s t he house a l l t oo ner vous t o t al k
Then we saw the house I t was s po o ky- l ooking i n t h e di m moonli g h t When we c a me t o t h e door we ga ve i t a p u s h a nd t t sque aked op en We wen t in s l owl y I hel d o n to so~eon e s h and and i t was i c y c o l d l i ke mine We s h on e o u r torch ar o und t h e p l a c e I t wa s dus t y and musty Then WE s et tl e d d o wn in the livi n g room We t o o k out our s l e e p ing b ag s s o me f o od a nd drink s an d began to ta l k a l l at on ce beshyc aus e th e s ilence was un beara b le Su d denl y we s t o p p ed t a lk ing We hear d a funny s o u nd I t was t he s oun d of l a u ght er Then we saw~ t o o ur hor ror the f i gure of the ol d woma n Sh e stop ped laug hin g a ll o f a sudden a n d said Le a ve a t on c e o r yo u s h a l l die We wer e scar ed sti f f b ut we did n ot mo ve I nst ead we h eld o n t o our c r u s i f i x and began to p r ay c on t i nuous l y The ol d woma n moved c los er and c loser a nd we prayed har der a n d har d er Sud denl y we hea r d a l oud s crea m Th e o l d woma n was melti n g Bl oo d s treak e d out f r o m ever y p art o f her b o dy Sud d en ly we fe l t diz zy and fe l l int o a d eep s l eep
When we fina ll y op e ned our eyes the sun was sh ini n g o n t o o u r f a c es Th e bod y of t he o l d woman was nowhere t o be s e e n We q u ic kl y packed u p and r a n h ome We sure h a ve a n ama z ing stor y to t e l l But wi l l a n yone b e l i eve u s
Kr is i nd er M Kaur Pr 5D
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A Lesson For Sa my
One fine morning Bamy wen t to s c h o o l as u s ual On h is wa y he me t his nei g hbour s Raj u an d Ba oj ian They a s ked h im t o go f i shi n g with t hem Barny agree d i mmedi a te ly
Th e y went to a river wher e th e w~ter was d eep a n d d a r k They found a p l ac e where i t was c o o l and wi nd y Barny p laye d wit h the water wh i l e Raju a nd Baoji a n st a rt e d to f ish All of a s u d den Ba rn y f el l i n to t h e r i v e r wit h a lou d s p l as h Raj u a n d Ba o jian wer e sh o ck ed They s hout e d f o r h e l p Luc k i ly a passer - b y hea rd the ir shout a nd quickl y jumped i n t o t he river and pu l l e d Bam y out o f the water Bamy was safe a n d soun d
Af t e r t h a t t h e t h r e e o f t hem dec i d e d t o g o h ome Barn y was we t an d c o ld He t o ld hi s moth er wh at had hap pen e d Hi s moth e r wa s f ur i o us She c aned h i m f or go i ng fis h i ng i nstea d of g o i ng t o sc h o o l
Ba rny had l e a r n t his l esson He p r om ised hi s mother that h (gt A i 11 n e v e r- play tr-lIa n t ltHllmOr- e
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Hari Ra y a PU2sa i s a Ma lay f estiva l that ma r ks the en d o f the mon th of Ram andan Ra mandan is a month whic h Mu s li ms f ast fr o m d a wn t o sunse t
A fort n i ght before the ~esti yal I h e l ped my q ran d mo th e r t o s pr i n gc l ean t h e wh o le f l at I pa i n t ed the walls put up the ne w c urtain a n d d ecorat ed the house I e ven s t rung u p co l our f ul lights a c ross th e doo rway an d let th em twin k l e t hr oughout th e n i g h t
A week before Ha ri Raya Puasa ~ I helpe d my mot her a u n t and q r- and mot her prep a r e festive specialit i e s such a5 tarts cakes a nd cook i es I a l so f o ll owed my aunt t o Ge yl ang- Ser ai to b uy spi c es~ chic ke ns and b e e f t o prep ar e fo r the b ig d inn e r on the e v e o f Hari Raya Puasa
As u s u a l my f a mi ly ha d a s p ecial gat h e r ing on t h e eve of Har i Raya PUas a My mot h e r who l ive s i n Buk it Bat ok came with my b r ot h er and sister t o my gr a ndmother s hou s e t o c e leb r a te We had a bi g feas t wit h my uncles a un ts and cou sins
Then came the mor n i n g of the big day We pu t on our new cl othes My fat her an d u n c l e went to t h e mosque t o pray After that we ga thered to seek forgiven e ss from our gran d moth er and paren t s Then we had our brea kfast a nd t hereaf t e r we we nt to vi sit our ne ig h b ours a n d rel at ives
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Caug h t In The Ra in
One sun ny after n oon Ali ca ll e d up his frie n d s t o g o to t h e fiel d to p lay football Whi l e they were ki cki ng hap pil y in the f i led dark clouds began t o for m i n t he sky an d a st rong win d blew The boys d e ci de d to stop playin g as t hey knew it was goi n g to r a i n soon Mingxiang an d John r od e h ome as quick l y a s p ossib l e o n their b i cycles whi l e Ali a n d t h e r est ran a s fa s t a s their l e g s could c ar r y them Bu t t h e y were not quick enou gh Al i was caugh t i n the r ain wh ich c a me down suddenl y When he r eac hed home he wa s all dr e n c hed
That even i n g Al i felt warm a n d uncomf ortab le He di d not want to e a t his dinner His mother touched h i s f o r e head a n d fo u n d that Al i was ha v in g a h ig h feve r Sh e q uick l y br oug h t him to s ee a d oc tor Th e doc tor to l d Alis mother t h a t Ali had a f l u b e c aus e he wa s caught i n t h e ra in t ha t a f t er noon He t ol d her not to worry bec a use he would b e al rig h t after t aki n g t h e medic i ne He then advised Al i t o t a ke two days leave f rom school to rest at home
Ali was sad He was also bored He missed hi s fri ends very much J u s t then t h e d o or be l l rang It was Mingxiang and John They had come to visi t h im wh en they h e a r d that he was ill Th e y brough t him some comic books to let him pass the time
From that day Ali h ad l earnt h is lesson He p ro mised that h e wi l l never p lay i n th e ra in ever aga i n
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An Honest Deed
Ti m a nd J ohn went j oggi ng a s usual on e Sunda y morn i ng i n Bi s han Pa r k Aft e r a wh il e t he y sto p ped to r e s t Whi le t he y were dri nk i nq some w3 t e r Ti mnoti ced a wal let under t he ben c h He p ic ked i t u p
HE y I Look WhEIt I VE f o und II he s hout ed
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Ti m wa s r e luct a n t at f i r st But a ft er mu c h per sua s i o n fro m J ohn he f ina ll y re lented He put t he wa l let int o h is bac k pocket an d t hey walked o u t of Bi sha n Par k
To r each the r o a d the t wo boys had to j ump a cr os s a d r a in While d o in g tha t t h e wa l l e t fell o u t o f Tim s poc ket J u s t as t hey wer e go j ng t o cros s th e r oad t hey h e ar d a li ttle gir l calling t hem As s he came up t o t hem s he handed a walle t t o Tim and s a id Emiddotcuse me Y C1U
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Tim was e mba rrassed but J oh n snat ch ed the wa llet fr o m her hand Af t er thank i n g her they we n t on the ir wa y
Ma ybe WE sho u l d t ak E the wal J et to the po l i ce st)t i cm Ti m sai d after a wh i l e Look a t t hat l i tt l e g ir l j ust n ow She s younger t han us a nd yet s he kn ows what i s r i Clh t a n d wh a t 1 s v~ronq II
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Tha t he was a ddicted t o smoki ng
Then he star t ed cou ghing early
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SPECIAL FEATURE ~art f rom writing ~our d i a r i es
fo r m tea c her Mrs Sea h encourages us t o wri te i n lOur J o urna l in whi ch we pour ou t our s e c r e ts prob l ems f a n t asies woes j oy j okes r iddles bull bull a nyth i ng Here Mr s Seah a cts as our conf i dan t g iving advice e ncouragemen t l e nding he r s houlde r s f or a nyone t o cry on shar i ng our j okes s o l v i ng the r i ddles e t c I t i s a very pe rs onal li t tle black book No one has a cces s to t he e n tries e xcep t the stric tly con
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My English i s very poor I
am especially poor in my
voca bu l a r y grammar c omp shy
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I don t know what to do
To be good a t a Lang ua ge
requires much pra ctice ~
like Reading ~ OraL ( spea k ing
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al ready ~ read more Engli s h I
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my rrother always has t o remind
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dur ing the day What is thebest
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a box of crayons so tha t she
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I have a s ister who is ver y
childish and bad-tempered Why is Peipe i s o clever
She can remember everythin~ampnet~ I cant stand
she r eads and i s alwa ys topher For example t he o t he r girl i n our class r want to
be like her good at every ~
day she wanted to borrow my
crayons but I t old her t ha t I need i t for my art l esson I t hing
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A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
The end of an old year The start of a new Thinking of and planning The things to do
Going to do better Going to be nice Going to be kind to all From bears to little mice middot
But its so hard to do them All these things youve planned to
do Cause while you try hard to do
them Someone comes to bother you
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I t is the t i me of t h e mon th ag ain Mrs Chen went t o the bank to wi thdr aw same money She joined t h e l on g queue
Sud d en l y t h e s o l e mn si lenc e in the b a nk was br o ken by t h e dea fen i ng s cr eeth o f a car o u ts ide Th e n ext sec o nd t hr e e mas ked men car r y i ng a ut oma tic rif les rushed into th e b ank On e o f th em fi r ed a wa r ni ng shot in t o t he a ir Th e gun s hot ex ploded loud ly in the air-conditi oned room an d a ll t h e peop l e i n th e b an k sc rea med a n d r a n f or cover The Cisc o gu ard took a s t ep f o r wa rd but h e was shot dead a t po in t b lan k There was a shoc ked s il ence
Me) v e al l o f you ~ Li E~ flat and put y o ur han d s behi nd Y fJ U r hea d I on e o f t he mas ked rC)b be l~ s s h o u ted in Ho k kien
Anot her robb e r th r e w t h r ee l arg e b l ack c a nva s b ags at the c a sh i er s a nd order-ed Fi 11 t hem LI p
Un known to the rob ber s on e of t he cas h i er s h ad a lr e ady a ct i v a t ed th e s il en t a larm Sudde nl y t he sire ns of po l i c e c ar s c o uld be heard The masked robbers p an i cked a n d r an out e mpty- h an ded an d f l e d in the car that wa s waitin g o utsi d e Th e po l ice gave c hase The ge t away car wove i n and o u t of the b u s y t r affic When t h e y r ealized tha t t h e po l ic e were zooming i n on them t h ey aban d o n t h e ir c ar and ran up a b l ock of flat s Th e po l i c e dr ew t h e i r 38 r evol ve rs and c a ut ious ly sea rc hed the bloc k f loor by fl oor Soon t h e r obbers were sighted o n t he 18t h fl oor The rob bers o pened fire at the po l ic e men The po l i cemen dodged just in time They coul d n o t d o anyth i ng They c all e d for r einforcement
YOLI r e bEi n g s Urrmiddotounde d Tt-Irow d o wn y o ur weap on s and Show lc)ur selve s c ame t he ~-ja r n i n g from the Dfficer - in shyc h a r ge of t h e Spec i al Task Fo r ce who had ar r ived at th e ~5cen e
The po l i ce wa it ed Minut e s t i c ked b y Ther e was no r e sponse fr o m t he robb ers Th e si gna l was gi v e n an d the Police Task For c e we n t int o ac t ion A tear gas grenade was t h r own towards t h e rob b e r s
Dont s hl)o t I Don t s hoo t ~ We give u p U c a me t h e f ranti c s h o ut Th e n thr e e s h a d owy figure s emer ged f r o m the smoke Tea rs wer e s t reami n g down t h ei r c heek s a nd th e y we r e c oug h in g a wa y The police qui c kly h a nd c uf fed t h em a n d they WBye 1 e d 2vay
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The Day In The Life Of A Detective
What a h arrowing day Am I so tired Let me tel l you wh o I am I am S herlock Steve a detective Today I am a n t h e tr i cd of ttleuro cr i mi nal Thf Fm( HE had g i l e n me t he s l ip for months b ut today he had left a c l ue beh ind Ah ha The Fox had been c a re less enough to l eave behind an a dd r ess
1 wasnt sure if this was a tr a p b u t I decided to t ake the risk I went to the address indicated on the paper I was sur p r i sed to find t h e dodr op en I went inside b u t fo un d tht~ hO LlS E~ empty The fm( had g iven me the SJip once cJg21i n
I t hen noticed a sh a dow behind me I turned around EHid S2 the cr i mi n a l The Fomiddot and I had c ome f a ce to face t 1 3st
It was t hen that I r ea li ted that he was holding a qun Im much t oo v ulnerable in t h i place I have to hid e some llif2t-e The t houq ht c ame int o my min el I found some boxes a n d hid beh i nd them Bam Bam Just in time He fi r ed a s h ot at me I exchanged shots with h im before the due l came to a sudden halt
One of my shots went wild and the bullet found The Foxs head The police came and one of the sergeant sai d Good jC1b Sher-Iock Steve
Being a de tective is d angerous but exciting If evel you need a job li ke mine just contac t Sher loc k Steve
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AN EXPENSIVE LESSON
Pete r used t o be a good and c l e v e r boy i n school He did his homework and handed t hem in on time However he met some boys who t augh t him t o be bad j ust like t hem
He woul d go out wi t h t h e m and l i tter public p laces He wou l d d r aws on t he walls wi t h foul words or make t he toilets we t a nd dir ty His behaviour became worse e ach day One day t he l e ader of t he ga ng sa id t o Peter Hey Pe ter 1 I t wou l d be f un playi n g t ruan t Foolis h l y Peter a greed t o j o i n in
The s c hoo l informe d Peter s pare nt s a f ter was abs e n t f r om s c hool for one we ek Peter ignored h is pa rents a dvice and kept on playing t r uant
One d a y Pe ter threw a s tone a t a c ar and smas he d t he wind ow He d i d not not i c e a pol i c e car a r ound the a r e a and was caught r ed -hand ed Peter was br ought t o c o ur t and fin ed $1 000 Sin c e then he has l e arnt h is les son a nd s t oppe d meetin g t he gan gs t ers a nd went back t o s c hoo l
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THE HRUnTED HOUSE Durin g r ecess~ my fri e n d s a nd I were ta l ki n g
a f ter we had e at e n Someh o w we always ended u p ta l k i n g a bou t the haun ted house a c r o s s t h e road beh i n d t he wood Xiuxiu h ad s o me t h i n g n ew to a dd on to what we al read y knew She s ai d he r ne ig hbour s g r a n d fath er tol d her that t he house o nc e bel o n g e d to a n o l d woma n wh o was b u r n t f or a l l her e v i l deeds We d id no t b e l i eve her a n d she d ared u s t o go ther e that ni g h t t o p r o ve h e r wr ong We a cc epted h er cha l lenge
Af t e r I had e a ten my d i n ner I wen t to t h e bus st o p to meet th e o ther s I have t ol d my mo ther tha t I am g o in g t o s tay o ve r n i g h t a t my fri en d s h ouse the nex t day b e i ng Sat u r d a y Whe n ever yone h a d a rr i ved we walked si l en t l y t o war d s t he house a l l t oo ner vous t o t al k
Then we saw the house I t was s po o ky- l ooking i n t h e di m moonli g h t When we c a me t o t h e door we ga ve i t a p u s h a nd t t sque aked op en We wen t in s l owl y I hel d o n to so~eon e s h and and i t was i c y c o l d l i ke mine We s h on e o u r torch ar o und t h e p l a c e I t wa s dus t y and musty Then WE s et tl e d d o wn in the livi n g room We t o o k out our s l e e p ing b ag s s o me f o od a nd drink s an d began to ta l k a l l at on ce beshyc aus e th e s ilence was un beara b le Su d denl y we s t o p p ed t a lk ing We hear d a funny s o u nd I t was t he s oun d of l a u ght er Then we saw~ t o o ur hor ror the f i gure of the ol d woma n Sh e stop ped laug hin g a ll o f a sudden a n d said Le a ve a t on c e o r yo u s h a l l die We wer e scar ed sti f f b ut we did n ot mo ve I nst ead we h eld o n t o our c r u s i f i x and began to p r ay c on t i nuous l y The ol d woma n moved c los er and c loser a nd we prayed har der a n d har d er Sud denl y we hea r d a l oud s crea m Th e o l d woma n was melti n g Bl oo d s treak e d out f r o m ever y p art o f her b o dy Sud d en ly we fe l t diz zy and fe l l int o a d eep s l eep
When we fina ll y op e ned our eyes the sun was sh ini n g o n t o o u r f a c es Th e bod y of t he o l d woman was nowhere t o be s e e n We q u ic kl y packed u p and r a n h ome We sure h a ve a n ama z ing stor y to t e l l But wi l l a n yone b e l i eve u s
Kr is i nd er M Kaur Pr 5D
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A Lesson For Sa my
One fine morning Bamy wen t to s c h o o l as u s ual On h is wa y he me t his nei g hbour s Raj u an d Ba oj ian They a s ked h im t o go f i shi n g with t hem Barny agree d i mmedi a te ly
Th e y went to a river wher e th e w~ter was d eep a n d d a r k They found a p l ac e where i t was c o o l and wi nd y Barny p laye d wit h the water wh i l e Raju a nd Baoji a n st a rt e d to f ish All of a s u d den Ba rn y f el l i n to t h e r i v e r wit h a lou d s p l as h Raj u a n d Ba o jian wer e sh o ck ed They s hout e d f o r h e l p Luc k i ly a passer - b y hea rd the ir shout a nd quickl y jumped i n t o t he river and pu l l e d Bam y out o f the water Bamy was safe a n d soun d
Af t e r t h a t t h e t h r e e o f t hem dec i d e d t o g o h ome Barn y was we t an d c o ld He t o ld hi s moth er wh at had hap pen e d Hi s moth e r wa s f ur i o us She c aned h i m f or go i ng fis h i ng i nstea d of g o i ng t o sc h o o l
Ba rny had l e a r n t his l esson He p r om ised hi s mother that h (gt A i 11 n e v e r- play tr-lIa n t ltHllmOr- e
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Hari Ra y a PU2sa i s a Ma lay f estiva l that ma r ks the en d o f the mon th of Ram andan Ra mandan is a month whic h Mu s li ms f ast fr o m d a wn t o sunse t
A fort n i ght before the ~esti yal I h e l ped my q ran d mo th e r t o s pr i n gc l ean t h e wh o le f l at I pa i n t ed the walls put up the ne w c urtain a n d d ecorat ed the house I e ven s t rung u p co l our f ul lights a c ross th e doo rway an d let th em twin k l e t hr oughout th e n i g h t
A week before Ha ri Raya Puasa ~ I helpe d my mot her a u n t and q r- and mot her prep a r e festive specialit i e s such a5 tarts cakes a nd cook i es I a l so f o ll owed my aunt t o Ge yl ang- Ser ai to b uy spi c es~ chic ke ns and b e e f t o prep ar e fo r the b ig d inn e r on the e v e o f Hari Raya Puasa
As u s u a l my f a mi ly ha d a s p ecial gat h e r ing on t h e eve of Har i Raya PUas a My mot h e r who l ive s i n Buk it Bat ok came with my b r ot h er and sister t o my gr a ndmother s hou s e t o c e leb r a te We had a bi g feas t wit h my uncles a un ts and cou sins
Then came the mor n i n g of the big day We pu t on our new cl othes My fat her an d u n c l e went to t h e mosque t o pray After that we ga thered to seek forgiven e ss from our gran d moth er and paren t s Then we had our brea kfast a nd t hereaf t e r we we nt to vi sit our ne ig h b ours a n d rel at ives
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Caug h t In The Ra in
One sun ny after n oon Ali ca ll e d up his frie n d s t o g o to t h e fiel d to p lay football Whi l e they were ki cki ng hap pil y in the f i led dark clouds began t o for m i n t he sky an d a st rong win d blew The boys d e ci de d to stop playin g as t hey knew it was goi n g to r a i n soon Mingxiang an d John r od e h ome as quick l y a s p ossib l e o n their b i cycles whi l e Ali a n d t h e r est ran a s fa s t a s their l e g s could c ar r y them Bu t t h e y were not quick enou gh Al i was caugh t i n the r ain wh ich c a me down suddenl y When he r eac hed home he wa s all dr e n c hed
That even i n g Al i felt warm a n d uncomf ortab le He di d not want to e a t his dinner His mother touched h i s f o r e head a n d fo u n d that Al i was ha v in g a h ig h feve r Sh e q uick l y br oug h t him to s ee a d oc tor Th e doc tor to l d Alis mother t h a t Ali had a f l u b e c aus e he wa s caught i n t h e ra in t ha t a f t er noon He t ol d her not to worry bec a use he would b e al rig h t after t aki n g t h e medic i ne He then advised Al i t o t a ke two days leave f rom school to rest at home
Ali was sad He was also bored He missed hi s fri ends very much J u s t then t h e d o or be l l rang It was Mingxiang and John They had come to visi t h im wh en they h e a r d that he was ill Th e y brough t him some comic books to let him pass the time
From that day Ali h ad l earnt h is lesson He p ro mised that h e wi l l never p lay i n th e ra in ever aga i n
Chen Pe if e n Pr 5G
An Honest Deed
Ti m a nd J ohn went j oggi ng a s usual on e Sunda y morn i ng i n Bi s han Pa r k Aft e r a wh il e t he y sto p ped to r e s t Whi le t he y were dri nk i nq some w3 t e r Ti mnoti ced a wal let under t he ben c h He p ic ked i t u p
HE y I Look WhEIt I VE f o und II he s hout ed
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Ti m wa s r e luct a n t at f i r st But a ft er mu c h per sua s i o n fro m J ohn he f ina ll y re lented He put t he wa l let int o h is bac k pocket an d t hey walked o u t of Bi sha n Par k
To r each the r o a d the t wo boys had to j ump a cr os s a d r a in While d o in g tha t t h e wa l l e t fell o u t o f Tim s poc ket J u s t as t hey wer e go j ng t o cros s th e r oad t hey h e ar d a li ttle gir l calling t hem As s he came up t o t hem s he handed a walle t t o Tim and s a id Emiddotcuse me Y C1U
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Tim was e mba rrassed but J oh n snat ch ed the wa llet fr o m her hand Af t er thank i n g her they we n t on the ir wa y
Ma ybe WE sho u l d t ak E the wal J et to the po l i ce st)t i cm Ti m sai d after a wh i l e Look a t t hat l i tt l e g ir l j ust n ow She s younger t han us a nd yet s he kn ows what i s r i Clh t a n d wh a t 1 s v~ronq II
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fo r m tea c her Mrs Sea h encourages us t o wri te i n lOur J o urna l in whi ch we pour ou t our s e c r e ts prob l ems f a n t asies woes j oy j okes r iddles bull bull a nyth i ng Here Mr s Seah a cts as our conf i dan t g iving advice e ncouragemen t l e nding he r s houlde r s f or a nyone t o cry on shar i ng our j okes s o l v i ng the r i ddles e t c I t i s a very pe rs onal li t tle black book No one has a cces s to t he e n tries e xcep t the stric tly con
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A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
The end of an old year The start of a new Thinking of and planning The things to do
Going to do better Going to be nice Going to be kind to all From bears to little mice middot
But its so hard to do them All these things youve planned to
do Cause while you try hard to do
them Someone comes to bother you
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away
You see when you make a New Years Promise
Youve got to make it right shyAnd only if you fo llow it right thru shyWill the New Year be bright
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The Day In The Life Of A Detective
What a h arrowing day Am I so tired Let me tel l you wh o I am I am S herlock Steve a detective Today I am a n t h e tr i cd of ttleuro cr i mi nal Thf Fm( HE had g i l e n me t he s l ip for months b ut today he had left a c l ue beh ind Ah ha The Fox had been c a re less enough to l eave behind an a dd r ess
1 wasnt sure if this was a tr a p b u t I decided to t ake the risk I went to the address indicated on the paper I was sur p r i sed to find t h e dodr op en I went inside b u t fo un d tht~ hO LlS E~ empty The fm( had g iven me the SJip once cJg21i n
I t hen noticed a sh a dow behind me I turned around EHid S2 the cr i mi n a l The Fomiddot and I had c ome f a ce to face t 1 3st
It was t hen that I r ea li ted that he was holding a qun Im much t oo v ulnerable in t h i place I have to hid e some llif2t-e The t houq ht c ame int o my min el I found some boxes a n d hid beh i nd them Bam Bam Just in time He fi r ed a s h ot at me I exchanged shots with h im before the due l came to a sudden halt
One of my shots went wild and the bullet found The Foxs head The police came and one of the sergeant sai d Good jC1b Sher-Iock Steve
Being a de tective is d angerous but exciting If evel you need a job li ke mine just contac t Sher loc k Steve
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AN EXPENSIVE LESSON
Pete r used t o be a good and c l e v e r boy i n school He did his homework and handed t hem in on time However he met some boys who t augh t him t o be bad j ust like t hem
He woul d go out wi t h t h e m and l i tter public p laces He wou l d d r aws on t he walls wi t h foul words or make t he toilets we t a nd dir ty His behaviour became worse e ach day One day t he l e ader of t he ga ng sa id t o Peter Hey Pe ter 1 I t wou l d be f un playi n g t ruan t Foolis h l y Peter a greed t o j o i n in
The s c hoo l informe d Peter s pare nt s a f ter was abs e n t f r om s c hool for one we ek Peter ignored h is pa rents a dvice and kept on playing t r uant
One d a y Pe ter threw a s tone a t a c ar and smas he d t he wind ow He d i d not not i c e a pol i c e car a r ound the a r e a and was caught r ed -hand ed Peter was br ought t o c o ur t and fin ed $1 000 Sin c e then he has l e arnt h is les son a nd s t oppe d meetin g t he gan gs t ers a nd went back t o s c hoo l
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THE HRUnTED HOUSE Durin g r ecess~ my fri e n d s a nd I were ta l ki n g
a f ter we had e at e n Someh o w we always ended u p ta l k i n g a bou t the haun ted house a c r o s s t h e road beh i n d t he wood Xiuxiu h ad s o me t h i n g n ew to a dd on to what we al read y knew She s ai d he r ne ig hbour s g r a n d fath er tol d her that t he house o nc e bel o n g e d to a n o l d woma n wh o was b u r n t f or a l l her e v i l deeds We d id no t b e l i eve her a n d she d ared u s t o go ther e that ni g h t t o p r o ve h e r wr ong We a cc epted h er cha l lenge
Af t e r I had e a ten my d i n ner I wen t to t h e bus st o p to meet th e o ther s I have t ol d my mo ther tha t I am g o in g t o s tay o ve r n i g h t a t my fri en d s h ouse the nex t day b e i ng Sat u r d a y Whe n ever yone h a d a rr i ved we walked si l en t l y t o war d s t he house a l l t oo ner vous t o t al k
Then we saw the house I t was s po o ky- l ooking i n t h e di m moonli g h t When we c a me t o t h e door we ga ve i t a p u s h a nd t t sque aked op en We wen t in s l owl y I hel d o n to so~eon e s h and and i t was i c y c o l d l i ke mine We s h on e o u r torch ar o und t h e p l a c e I t wa s dus t y and musty Then WE s et tl e d d o wn in the livi n g room We t o o k out our s l e e p ing b ag s s o me f o od a nd drink s an d began to ta l k a l l at on ce beshyc aus e th e s ilence was un beara b le Su d denl y we s t o p p ed t a lk ing We hear d a funny s o u nd I t was t he s oun d of l a u ght er Then we saw~ t o o ur hor ror the f i gure of the ol d woma n Sh e stop ped laug hin g a ll o f a sudden a n d said Le a ve a t on c e o r yo u s h a l l die We wer e scar ed sti f f b ut we did n ot mo ve I nst ead we h eld o n t o our c r u s i f i x and began to p r ay c on t i nuous l y The ol d woma n moved c los er and c loser a nd we prayed har der a n d har d er Sud denl y we hea r d a l oud s crea m Th e o l d woma n was melti n g Bl oo d s treak e d out f r o m ever y p art o f her b o dy Sud d en ly we fe l t diz zy and fe l l int o a d eep s l eep
When we fina ll y op e ned our eyes the sun was sh ini n g o n t o o u r f a c es Th e bod y of t he o l d woman was nowhere t o be s e e n We q u ic kl y packed u p and r a n h ome We sure h a ve a n ama z ing stor y to t e l l But wi l l a n yone b e l i eve u s
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A Lesson For Sa my
One fine morning Bamy wen t to s c h o o l as u s ual On h is wa y he me t his nei g hbour s Raj u an d Ba oj ian They a s ked h im t o go f i shi n g with t hem Barny agree d i mmedi a te ly
Th e y went to a river wher e th e w~ter was d eep a n d d a r k They found a p l ac e where i t was c o o l and wi nd y Barny p laye d wit h the water wh i l e Raju a nd Baoji a n st a rt e d to f ish All of a s u d den Ba rn y f el l i n to t h e r i v e r wit h a lou d s p l as h Raj u a n d Ba o jian wer e sh o ck ed They s hout e d f o r h e l p Luc k i ly a passer - b y hea rd the ir shout a nd quickl y jumped i n t o t he river and pu l l e d Bam y out o f the water Bamy was safe a n d soun d
Af t e r t h a t t h e t h r e e o f t hem dec i d e d t o g o h ome Barn y was we t an d c o ld He t o ld hi s moth er wh at had hap pen e d Hi s moth e r wa s f ur i o us She c aned h i m f or go i ng fis h i ng i nstea d of g o i ng t o sc h o o l
Ba rny had l e a r n t his l esson He p r om ised hi s mother that h (gt A i 11 n e v e r- play tr-lIa n t ltHllmOr- e
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Hari Ra y a PU2sa i s a Ma lay f estiva l that ma r ks the en d o f the mon th of Ram andan Ra mandan is a month whic h Mu s li ms f ast fr o m d a wn t o sunse t
A fort n i ght before the ~esti yal I h e l ped my q ran d mo th e r t o s pr i n gc l ean t h e wh o le f l at I pa i n t ed the walls put up the ne w c urtain a n d d ecorat ed the house I e ven s t rung u p co l our f ul lights a c ross th e doo rway an d let th em twin k l e t hr oughout th e n i g h t
A week before Ha ri Raya Puasa ~ I helpe d my mot her a u n t and q r- and mot her prep a r e festive specialit i e s such a5 tarts cakes a nd cook i es I a l so f o ll owed my aunt t o Ge yl ang- Ser ai to b uy spi c es~ chic ke ns and b e e f t o prep ar e fo r the b ig d inn e r on the e v e o f Hari Raya Puasa
As u s u a l my f a mi ly ha d a s p ecial gat h e r ing on t h e eve of Har i Raya PUas a My mot h e r who l ive s i n Buk it Bat ok came with my b r ot h er and sister t o my gr a ndmother s hou s e t o c e leb r a te We had a bi g feas t wit h my uncles a un ts and cou sins
Then came the mor n i n g of the big day We pu t on our new cl othes My fat her an d u n c l e went to t h e mosque t o pray After that we ga thered to seek forgiven e ss from our gran d moth er and paren t s Then we had our brea kfast a nd t hereaf t e r we we nt to vi sit our ne ig h b ours a n d rel at ives
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Caug h t In The Ra in
One sun ny after n oon Ali ca ll e d up his frie n d s t o g o to t h e fiel d to p lay football Whi l e they were ki cki ng hap pil y in the f i led dark clouds began t o for m i n t he sky an d a st rong win d blew The boys d e ci de d to stop playin g as t hey knew it was goi n g to r a i n soon Mingxiang an d John r od e h ome as quick l y a s p ossib l e o n their b i cycles whi l e Ali a n d t h e r est ran a s fa s t a s their l e g s could c ar r y them Bu t t h e y were not quick enou gh Al i was caugh t i n the r ain wh ich c a me down suddenl y When he r eac hed home he wa s all dr e n c hed
That even i n g Al i felt warm a n d uncomf ortab le He di d not want to e a t his dinner His mother touched h i s f o r e head a n d fo u n d that Al i was ha v in g a h ig h feve r Sh e q uick l y br oug h t him to s ee a d oc tor Th e doc tor to l d Alis mother t h a t Ali had a f l u b e c aus e he wa s caught i n t h e ra in t ha t a f t er noon He t ol d her not to worry bec a use he would b e al rig h t after t aki n g t h e medic i ne He then advised Al i t o t a ke two days leave f rom school to rest at home
Ali was sad He was also bored He missed hi s fri ends very much J u s t then t h e d o or be l l rang It was Mingxiang and John They had come to visi t h im wh en they h e a r d that he was ill Th e y brough t him some comic books to let him pass the time
From that day Ali h ad l earnt h is lesson He p ro mised that h e wi l l never p lay i n th e ra in ever aga i n
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An Honest Deed
Ti m a nd J ohn went j oggi ng a s usual on e Sunda y morn i ng i n Bi s han Pa r k Aft e r a wh il e t he y sto p ped to r e s t Whi le t he y were dri nk i nq some w3 t e r Ti mnoti ced a wal let under t he ben c h He p ic ked i t u p
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Ti m wa s r e luct a n t at f i r st But a ft er mu c h per sua s i o n fro m J ohn he f ina ll y re lented He put t he wa l let int o h is bac k pocket an d t hey walked o u t of Bi sha n Par k
To r each the r o a d the t wo boys had to j ump a cr os s a d r a in While d o in g tha t t h e wa l l e t fell o u t o f Tim s poc ket J u s t as t hey wer e go j ng t o cros s th e r oad t hey h e ar d a li ttle gir l calling t hem As s he came up t o t hem s he handed a walle t t o Tim and s a id Emiddotcuse me Y C1U
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Tim was e mba rrassed but J oh n snat ch ed the wa llet fr o m her hand Af t er thank i n g her they we n t on the ir wa y
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SPECIAL FEATURE ~art f rom writing ~our d i a r i es
fo r m tea c her Mrs Sea h encourages us t o wri te i n lOur J o urna l in whi ch we pour ou t our s e c r e ts prob l ems f a n t asies woes j oy j okes r iddles bull bull a nyth i ng Here Mr s Seah a cts as our conf i dan t g iving advice e ncouragemen t l e nding he r s houlde r s f or a nyone t o cry on shar i ng our j okes s o l v i ng the r i ddles e t c I t i s a very pe rs onal li t tle black book No one has a cces s to t he e n tries e xcep t the stric tly con
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t o praatiae
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childish and bad-tempered Why is Peipe i s o clever
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she r eads and i s alwa ys topher For example t he o t he r girl i n our class r want to
be like her good at every ~
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A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
The end of an old year The start of a new Thinking of and planning The things to do
Going to do better Going to be nice Going to be kind to all From bears to little mice middot
But its so hard to do them All these things youve planned to
do Cause while you try hard to do
them Someone comes to bother you
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You see when you make a New Years Promise
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- Contents13
- From the Editorial Team13
- Essays and Stories13
- Limericks13
- Our Journals
- Our Super Readers13
- Word Power
- Catch Phrase13
- Hidden Words Contest13
- A New Year Resolution13
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AN EXPENSIVE LESSON
Pete r used t o be a good and c l e v e r boy i n school He did his homework and handed t hem in on time However he met some boys who t augh t him t o be bad j ust like t hem
He woul d go out wi t h t h e m and l i tter public p laces He wou l d d r aws on t he walls wi t h foul words or make t he toilets we t a nd dir ty His behaviour became worse e ach day One day t he l e ader of t he ga ng sa id t o Peter Hey Pe ter 1 I t wou l d be f un playi n g t ruan t Foolis h l y Peter a greed t o j o i n in
The s c hoo l informe d Peter s pare nt s a f ter was abs e n t f r om s c hool for one we ek Peter ignored h is pa rents a dvice and kept on playing t r uant
One d a y Pe ter threw a s tone a t a c ar and smas he d t he wind ow He d i d not not i c e a pol i c e car a r ound the a r e a and was caught r ed -hand ed Peter was br ought t o c o ur t and fin ed $1 000 Sin c e then he has l e arnt h is les son a nd s t oppe d meetin g t he gan gs t ers a nd went back t o s c hoo l
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THE HRUnTED HOUSE Durin g r ecess~ my fri e n d s a nd I were ta l ki n g
a f ter we had e at e n Someh o w we always ended u p ta l k i n g a bou t the haun ted house a c r o s s t h e road beh i n d t he wood Xiuxiu h ad s o me t h i n g n ew to a dd on to what we al read y knew She s ai d he r ne ig hbour s g r a n d fath er tol d her that t he house o nc e bel o n g e d to a n o l d woma n wh o was b u r n t f or a l l her e v i l deeds We d id no t b e l i eve her a n d she d ared u s t o go ther e that ni g h t t o p r o ve h e r wr ong We a cc epted h er cha l lenge
Af t e r I had e a ten my d i n ner I wen t to t h e bus st o p to meet th e o ther s I have t ol d my mo ther tha t I am g o in g t o s tay o ve r n i g h t a t my fri en d s h ouse the nex t day b e i ng Sat u r d a y Whe n ever yone h a d a rr i ved we walked si l en t l y t o war d s t he house a l l t oo ner vous t o t al k
Then we saw the house I t was s po o ky- l ooking i n t h e di m moonli g h t When we c a me t o t h e door we ga ve i t a p u s h a nd t t sque aked op en We wen t in s l owl y I hel d o n to so~eon e s h and and i t was i c y c o l d l i ke mine We s h on e o u r torch ar o und t h e p l a c e I t wa s dus t y and musty Then WE s et tl e d d o wn in the livi n g room We t o o k out our s l e e p ing b ag s s o me f o od a nd drink s an d began to ta l k a l l at on ce beshyc aus e th e s ilence was un beara b le Su d denl y we s t o p p ed t a lk ing We hear d a funny s o u nd I t was t he s oun d of l a u ght er Then we saw~ t o o ur hor ror the f i gure of the ol d woma n Sh e stop ped laug hin g a ll o f a sudden a n d said Le a ve a t on c e o r yo u s h a l l die We wer e scar ed sti f f b ut we did n ot mo ve I nst ead we h eld o n t o our c r u s i f i x and began to p r ay c on t i nuous l y The ol d woma n moved c los er and c loser a nd we prayed har der a n d har d er Sud denl y we hea r d a l oud s crea m Th e o l d woma n was melti n g Bl oo d s treak e d out f r o m ever y p art o f her b o dy Sud d en ly we fe l t diz zy and fe l l int o a d eep s l eep
When we fina ll y op e ned our eyes the sun was sh ini n g o n t o o u r f a c es Th e bod y of t he o l d woman was nowhere t o be s e e n We q u ic kl y packed u p and r a n h ome We sure h a ve a n ama z ing stor y to t e l l But wi l l a n yone b e l i eve u s
Kr is i nd er M Kaur Pr 5D
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A Lesson For Sa my
One fine morning Bamy wen t to s c h o o l as u s ual On h is wa y he me t his nei g hbour s Raj u an d Ba oj ian They a s ked h im t o go f i shi n g with t hem Barny agree d i mmedi a te ly
Th e y went to a river wher e th e w~ter was d eep a n d d a r k They found a p l ac e where i t was c o o l and wi nd y Barny p laye d wit h the water wh i l e Raju a nd Baoji a n st a rt e d to f ish All of a s u d den Ba rn y f el l i n to t h e r i v e r wit h a lou d s p l as h Raj u a n d Ba o jian wer e sh o ck ed They s hout e d f o r h e l p Luc k i ly a passer - b y hea rd the ir shout a nd quickl y jumped i n t o t he river and pu l l e d Bam y out o f the water Bamy was safe a n d soun d
Af t e r t h a t t h e t h r e e o f t hem dec i d e d t o g o h ome Barn y was we t an d c o ld He t o ld hi s moth er wh at had hap pen e d Hi s moth e r wa s f ur i o us She c aned h i m f or go i ng fis h i ng i nstea d of g o i ng t o sc h o o l
Ba rny had l e a r n t his l esson He p r om ised hi s mother that h (gt A i 11 n e v e r- play tr-lIa n t ltHllmOr- e
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Hari Ra y a PU2sa i s a Ma lay f estiva l that ma r ks the en d o f the mon th of Ram andan Ra mandan is a month whic h Mu s li ms f ast fr o m d a wn t o sunse t
A fort n i ght before the ~esti yal I h e l ped my q ran d mo th e r t o s pr i n gc l ean t h e wh o le f l at I pa i n t ed the walls put up the ne w c urtain a n d d ecorat ed the house I e ven s t rung u p co l our f ul lights a c ross th e doo rway an d let th em twin k l e t hr oughout th e n i g h t
A week before Ha ri Raya Puasa ~ I helpe d my mot her a u n t and q r- and mot her prep a r e festive specialit i e s such a5 tarts cakes a nd cook i es I a l so f o ll owed my aunt t o Ge yl ang- Ser ai to b uy spi c es~ chic ke ns and b e e f t o prep ar e fo r the b ig d inn e r on the e v e o f Hari Raya Puasa
As u s u a l my f a mi ly ha d a s p ecial gat h e r ing on t h e eve of Har i Raya PUas a My mot h e r who l ive s i n Buk it Bat ok came with my b r ot h er and sister t o my gr a ndmother s hou s e t o c e leb r a te We had a bi g feas t wit h my uncles a un ts and cou sins
Then came the mor n i n g of the big day We pu t on our new cl othes My fat her an d u n c l e went to t h e mosque t o pray After that we ga thered to seek forgiven e ss from our gran d moth er and paren t s Then we had our brea kfast a nd t hereaf t e r we we nt to vi sit our ne ig h b ours a n d rel at ives
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Caug h t In The Ra in
One sun ny after n oon Ali ca ll e d up his frie n d s t o g o to t h e fiel d to p lay football Whi l e they were ki cki ng hap pil y in the f i led dark clouds began t o for m i n t he sky an d a st rong win d blew The boys d e ci de d to stop playin g as t hey knew it was goi n g to r a i n soon Mingxiang an d John r od e h ome as quick l y a s p ossib l e o n their b i cycles whi l e Ali a n d t h e r est ran a s fa s t a s their l e g s could c ar r y them Bu t t h e y were not quick enou gh Al i was caugh t i n the r ain wh ich c a me down suddenl y When he r eac hed home he wa s all dr e n c hed
That even i n g Al i felt warm a n d uncomf ortab le He di d not want to e a t his dinner His mother touched h i s f o r e head a n d fo u n d that Al i was ha v in g a h ig h feve r Sh e q uick l y br oug h t him to s ee a d oc tor Th e doc tor to l d Alis mother t h a t Ali had a f l u b e c aus e he wa s caught i n t h e ra in t ha t a f t er noon He t ol d her not to worry bec a use he would b e al rig h t after t aki n g t h e medic i ne He then advised Al i t o t a ke two days leave f rom school to rest at home
Ali was sad He was also bored He missed hi s fri ends very much J u s t then t h e d o or be l l rang It was Mingxiang and John They had come to visi t h im wh en they h e a r d that he was ill Th e y brough t him some comic books to let him pass the time
From that day Ali h ad l earnt h is lesson He p ro mised that h e wi l l never p lay i n th e ra in ever aga i n
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An Honest Deed
Ti m a nd J ohn went j oggi ng a s usual on e Sunda y morn i ng i n Bi s han Pa r k Aft e r a wh il e t he y sto p ped to r e s t Whi le t he y were dri nk i nq some w3 t e r Ti mnoti ced a wal let under t he ben c h He p ic ked i t u p
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Fm- s a Je~ Di nl nci tc~ b lEmiddot~ cHIn eurod b v lCci y wit h beaut i full v c a rved l eg s
Hel p Wa n ted Ma n t o han d le exp l os i ves Must be p r epar e d t o travel unex pectedlY
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Bu lldoq for Sale Will eat anythi ng a n d is especially fond o f ch ild ren
For s~ le Rings can be or der2d b y ~ost S imply st ate Slze a n d enc lose string tied ar o und your fi nger
Crash course Available for anyone wish ing to drive q u ic k ly
For sale~ Genuine syn thetic wig s Real 100 manmade f i bre Colours red grEen p urp l e nr ang e blue No DrH1 wi 11 k nH i t Si not YDur h d J
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CATCH PHRASE Each i tem b elow is a cat c h phras e By s t u d y in g t he way the words are arrange d and dr a wn f ind out wh a t each catch ptH =lSf0 i s
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B 0 N o C U A T I E L E P I N A A E P E I N A U K L E B o N N E N I L 0 T X I E T G L A L o G S J L E I 0 L X V I a L 0 o A H E o G E A R T I L Z E T L P o T L E B M E R o T o T A I L A L A M I U V o L J middot O E R N E V E Y I A R Y P 1 A T P I A RAe COR 0 I o N Y AMP P L al GI o E N I o E H U E E I U R E BAG E X N R E R A N T o 0 A A P Z A T H E a T A o E U I WAROP L E S R I N E T I L ORA T I U GI U I E L E K 0 F E H A B o MOE T I
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A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
The end of an old year The start of a new Thinking of and planning The things to do
Going to do better Going to be nice Going to be kind to all From bears to little mice middot
But its so hard to do them All these things youve planned to
do Cause while you try hard to do
them Someone comes to bother you
You dont have to be nice they say Forget it all - just have your way But stop before you rush out to play shyYoure throwing all your hard work
away
You see when you make a New Years Promise
Youve got to make it right shyAnd only if you fo llow it right thru shyWill the New Year be bright
A c ommuni t y pr o j ec t on r~ ir- i nCi l l1ci ShaYi n q
t h e middotmiddot Communi t v Che ~ t
3 i nc) iOl P Ot euro
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- Contents13
- From the Editorial Team13
- Essays and Stories13
- Limericks13
- Our Journals
- Our Super Readers13
- Word Power
- Catch Phrase13
- Hidden Words Contest13
- A New Year Resolution13
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THE HRUnTED HOUSE Durin g r ecess~ my fri e n d s a nd I were ta l ki n g
a f ter we had e at e n Someh o w we always ended u p ta l k i n g a bou t the haun ted house a c r o s s t h e road beh i n d t he wood Xiuxiu h ad s o me t h i n g n ew to a dd on to what we al read y knew She s ai d he r ne ig hbour s g r a n d fath er tol d her that t he house o nc e bel o n g e d to a n o l d woma n wh o was b u r n t f or a l l her e v i l deeds We d id no t b e l i eve her a n d she d ared u s t o go ther e that ni g h t t o p r o ve h e r wr ong We a cc epted h er cha l lenge
Af t e r I had e a ten my d i n ner I wen t to t h e bus st o p to meet th e o ther s I have t ol d my mo ther tha t I am g o in g t o s tay o ve r n i g h t a t my fri en d s h ouse the nex t day b e i ng Sat u r d a y Whe n ever yone h a d a rr i ved we walked si l en t l y t o war d s t he house a l l t oo ner vous t o t al k
Then we saw the house I t was s po o ky- l ooking i n t h e di m moonli g h t When we c a me t o t h e door we ga ve i t a p u s h a nd t t sque aked op en We wen t in s l owl y I hel d o n to so~eon e s h and and i t was i c y c o l d l i ke mine We s h on e o u r torch ar o und t h e p l a c e I t wa s dus t y and musty Then WE s et tl e d d o wn in the livi n g room We t o o k out our s l e e p ing b ag s s o me f o od a nd drink s an d began to ta l k a l l at on ce beshyc aus e th e s ilence was un beara b le Su d denl y we s t o p p ed t a lk ing We hear d a funny s o u nd I t was t he s oun d of l a u ght er Then we saw~ t o o ur hor ror the f i gure of the ol d woma n Sh e stop ped laug hin g a ll o f a sudden a n d said Le a ve a t on c e o r yo u s h a l l die We wer e scar ed sti f f b ut we did n ot mo ve I nst ead we h eld o n t o our c r u s i f i x and began to p r ay c on t i nuous l y The ol d woma n moved c los er and c loser a nd we prayed har der a n d har d er Sud denl y we hea r d a l oud s crea m Th e o l d woma n was melti n g Bl oo d s treak e d out f r o m ever y p art o f her b o dy Sud d en ly we fe l t diz zy and fe l l int o a d eep s l eep
When we fina ll y op e ned our eyes the sun was sh ini n g o n t o o u r f a c es Th e bod y of t he o l d woman was nowhere t o be s e e n We q u ic kl y packed u p and r a n h ome We sure h a ve a n ama z ing stor y to t e l l But wi l l a n yone b e l i eve u s
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A Lesson For Sa my
One fine morning Bamy wen t to s c h o o l as u s ual On h is wa y he me t his nei g hbour s Raj u an d Ba oj ian They a s ked h im t o go f i shi n g with t hem Barny agree d i mmedi a te ly
Th e y went to a river wher e th e w~ter was d eep a n d d a r k They found a p l ac e where i t was c o o l and wi nd y Barny p laye d wit h the water wh i l e Raju a nd Baoji a n st a rt e d to f ish All of a s u d den Ba rn y f el l i n to t h e r i v e r wit h a lou d s p l as h Raj u a n d Ba o jian wer e sh o ck ed They s hout e d f o r h e l p Luc k i ly a passer - b y hea rd the ir shout a nd quickl y jumped i n t o t he river and pu l l e d Bam y out o f the water Bamy was safe a n d soun d
Af t e r t h a t t h e t h r e e o f t hem dec i d e d t o g o h ome Barn y was we t an d c o ld He t o ld hi s moth er wh at had hap pen e d Hi s moth e r wa s f ur i o us She c aned h i m f or go i ng fis h i ng i nstea d of g o i ng t o sc h o o l
Ba rny had l e a r n t his l esson He p r om ised hi s mother that h (gt A i 11 n e v e r- play tr-lIa n t ltHllmOr- e
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Hari Ra y a PU2sa i s a Ma lay f estiva l that ma r ks the en d o f the mon th of Ram andan Ra mandan is a month whic h Mu s li ms f ast fr o m d a wn t o sunse t
A fort n i ght before the ~esti yal I h e l ped my q ran d mo th e r t o s pr i n gc l ean t h e wh o le f l at I pa i n t ed the walls put up the ne w c urtain a n d d ecorat ed the house I e ven s t rung u p co l our f ul lights a c ross th e doo rway an d let th em twin k l e t hr oughout th e n i g h t
A week before Ha ri Raya Puasa ~ I helpe d my mot her a u n t and q r- and mot her prep a r e festive specialit i e s such a5 tarts cakes a nd cook i es I a l so f o ll owed my aunt t o Ge yl ang- Ser ai to b uy spi c es~ chic ke ns and b e e f t o prep ar e fo r the b ig d inn e r on the e v e o f Hari Raya Puasa
As u s u a l my f a mi ly ha d a s p ecial gat h e r ing on t h e eve of Har i Raya PUas a My mot h e r who l ive s i n Buk it Bat ok came with my b r ot h er and sister t o my gr a ndmother s hou s e t o c e leb r a te We had a bi g feas t wit h my uncles a un ts and cou sins
Then came the mor n i n g of the big day We pu t on our new cl othes My fat her an d u n c l e went to t h e mosque t o pray After that we ga thered to seek forgiven e ss from our gran d moth er and paren t s Then we had our brea kfast a nd t hereaf t e r we we nt to vi sit our ne ig h b ours a n d rel at ives
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Caug h t In The Ra in
One sun ny after n oon Ali ca ll e d up his frie n d s t o g o to t h e fiel d to p lay football Whi l e they were ki cki ng hap pil y in the f i led dark clouds began t o for m i n t he sky an d a st rong win d blew The boys d e ci de d to stop playin g as t hey knew it was goi n g to r a i n soon Mingxiang an d John r od e h ome as quick l y a s p ossib l e o n their b i cycles whi l e Ali a n d t h e r est ran a s fa s t a s their l e g s could c ar r y them Bu t t h e y were not quick enou gh Al i was caugh t i n the r ain wh ich c a me down suddenl y When he r eac hed home he wa s all dr e n c hed
That even i n g Al i felt warm a n d uncomf ortab le He di d not want to e a t his dinner His mother touched h i s f o r e head a n d fo u n d that Al i was ha v in g a h ig h feve r Sh e q uick l y br oug h t him to s ee a d oc tor Th e doc tor to l d Alis mother t h a t Ali had a f l u b e c aus e he wa s caught i n t h e ra in t ha t a f t er noon He t ol d her not to worry bec a use he would b e al rig h t after t aki n g t h e medic i ne He then advised Al i t o t a ke two days leave f rom school to rest at home
Ali was sad He was also bored He missed hi s fri ends very much J u s t then t h e d o or be l l rang It was Mingxiang and John They had come to visi t h im wh en they h e a r d that he was ill Th e y brough t him some comic books to let him pass the time
From that day Ali h ad l earnt h is lesson He p ro mised that h e wi l l never p lay i n th e ra in ever aga i n
Chen Pe if e n Pr 5G
An Honest Deed
Ti m a nd J ohn went j oggi ng a s usual on e Sunda y morn i ng i n Bi s han Pa r k Aft e r a wh il e t he y sto p ped to r e s t Whi le t he y were dri nk i nq some w3 t e r Ti mnoti ced a wal let under t he ben c h He p ic ked i t u p
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A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
The end of an old year The start of a new Thinking of and planning The things to do
Going to do better Going to be nice Going to be kind to all From bears to little mice middot
But its so hard to do them All these things youve planned to
do Cause while you try hard to do
them Someone comes to bother you
You dont have to be nice they say Forget it all - just have your way But stop before you rush out to play shyYoure throwing all your hard work
away
You see when you make a New Years Promise
Youve got to make it right shyAnd only if you fo llow it right thru shyWill the New Year be bright
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A Lesson For Sa my
One fine morning Bamy wen t to s c h o o l as u s ual On h is wa y he me t his nei g hbour s Raj u an d Ba oj ian They a s ked h im t o go f i shi n g with t hem Barny agree d i mmedi a te ly
Th e y went to a river wher e th e w~ter was d eep a n d d a r k They found a p l ac e where i t was c o o l and wi nd y Barny p laye d wit h the water wh i l e Raju a nd Baoji a n st a rt e d to f ish All of a s u d den Ba rn y f el l i n to t h e r i v e r wit h a lou d s p l as h Raj u a n d Ba o jian wer e sh o ck ed They s hout e d f o r h e l p Luc k i ly a passer - b y hea rd the ir shout a nd quickl y jumped i n t o t he river and pu l l e d Bam y out o f the water Bamy was safe a n d soun d
Af t e r t h a t t h e t h r e e o f t hem dec i d e d t o g o h ome Barn y was we t an d c o ld He t o ld hi s moth er wh at had hap pen e d Hi s moth e r wa s f ur i o us She c aned h i m f or go i ng fis h i ng i nstea d of g o i ng t o sc h o o l
Ba rny had l e a r n t his l esson He p r om ised hi s mother that h (gt A i 11 n e v e r- play tr-lIa n t ltHllmOr- e
Ci n d y Li n Mi a o li n q F t- 5E
- 14shy
Hari Ra y a PU2sa i s a Ma lay f estiva l that ma r ks the en d o f the mon th of Ram andan Ra mandan is a month whic h Mu s li ms f ast fr o m d a wn t o sunse t
A fort n i ght before the ~esti yal I h e l ped my q ran d mo th e r t o s pr i n gc l ean t h e wh o le f l at I pa i n t ed the walls put up the ne w c urtain a n d d ecorat ed the house I e ven s t rung u p co l our f ul lights a c ross th e doo rway an d let th em twin k l e t hr oughout th e n i g h t
A week before Ha ri Raya Puasa ~ I helpe d my mot her a u n t and q r- and mot her prep a r e festive specialit i e s such a5 tarts cakes a nd cook i es I a l so f o ll owed my aunt t o Ge yl ang- Ser ai to b uy spi c es~ chic ke ns and b e e f t o prep ar e fo r the b ig d inn e r on the e v e o f Hari Raya Puasa
As u s u a l my f a mi ly ha d a s p ecial gat h e r ing on t h e eve of Har i Raya PUas a My mot h e r who l ive s i n Buk it Bat ok came with my b r ot h er and sister t o my gr a ndmother s hou s e t o c e leb r a te We had a bi g feas t wit h my uncles a un ts and cou sins
Then came the mor n i n g of the big day We pu t on our new cl othes My fat her an d u n c l e went to t h e mosque t o pray After that we ga thered to seek forgiven e ss from our gran d moth er and paren t s Then we had our brea kfast a nd t hereaf t e r we we nt to vi sit our ne ig h b ours a n d rel at ives
Razal ina bte Rahu Pr 5F
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Caug h t In The Ra in
One sun ny after n oon Ali ca ll e d up his frie n d s t o g o to t h e fiel d to p lay football Whi l e they were ki cki ng hap pil y in the f i led dark clouds began t o for m i n t he sky an d a st rong win d blew The boys d e ci de d to stop playin g as t hey knew it was goi n g to r a i n soon Mingxiang an d John r od e h ome as quick l y a s p ossib l e o n their b i cycles whi l e Ali a n d t h e r est ran a s fa s t a s their l e g s could c ar r y them Bu t t h e y were not quick enou gh Al i was caugh t i n the r ain wh ich c a me down suddenl y When he r eac hed home he wa s all dr e n c hed
That even i n g Al i felt warm a n d uncomf ortab le He di d not want to e a t his dinner His mother touched h i s f o r e head a n d fo u n d that Al i was ha v in g a h ig h feve r Sh e q uick l y br oug h t him to s ee a d oc tor Th e doc tor to l d Alis mother t h a t Ali had a f l u b e c aus e he wa s caught i n t h e ra in t ha t a f t er noon He t ol d her not to worry bec a use he would b e al rig h t after t aki n g t h e medic i ne He then advised Al i t o t a ke two days leave f rom school to rest at home
Ali was sad He was also bored He missed hi s fri ends very much J u s t then t h e d o or be l l rang It was Mingxiang and John They had come to visi t h im wh en they h e a r d that he was ill Th e y brough t him some comic books to let him pass the time
From that day Ali h ad l earnt h is lesson He p ro mised that h e wi l l never p lay i n th e ra in ever aga i n
Chen Pe if e n Pr 5G
An Honest Deed
Ti m a nd J ohn went j oggi ng a s usual on e Sunda y morn i ng i n Bi s han Pa r k Aft e r a wh il e t he y sto p ped to r e s t Whi le t he y were dri nk i nq some w3 t e r Ti mnoti ced a wal let under t he ben c h He p ic ked i t u p
HE y I Look WhEIt I VE f o und II he s hout ed
Qll i c k l [)euroe how fTlJc h money th e r e s i n si de cl O ~ln
s ai d e ~lt cit edl y
Tim open e d t he wa l l et a nd cloh n peered over h i s sh ou l d e l~s J) o w Look cIt t he w3d o f n ot e s bull bull 8 00 900 1000 Wow On E thousmd cl o l I lt3r I II Ti m e ~ claimed
They s a t t here s t ar i ng at e ach o th e r Then Tim f i n a ll y foun d h is vo i ce t-IJE) d b e tt e r t a ke t h i s t o t he NPF
No Wd t Le t s kee p i t fe membe Y t h e radie) remot e -c ontr o lled c ar we s aw the other day a t t he Emporium Th is i s our l uck y d a y l We can use th is mo ne y t o buy the c a r
Ti m wa s r e luct a n t at f i r st But a ft er mu c h per sua s i o n fro m J ohn he f ina ll y re lented He put t he wa l let int o h is bac k pocket an d t hey walked o u t of Bi sha n Par k
To r each the r o a d the t wo boys had to j ump a cr os s a d r a in While d o in g tha t t h e wa l l e t fell o u t o f Tim s poc ket J u s t as t hey wer e go j ng t o cros s th e r oad t hey h e ar d a li ttle gir l calling t hem As s he came up t o t hem s he handed a walle t t o Tim and s a id Emiddotcuse me Y C1U
have (j rop ped you r wa l l et
Tim was e mba rrassed but J oh n snat ch ed the wa llet fr o m her hand Af t er thank i n g her they we n t on the ir wa y
Ma ybe WE sho u l d t ak E the wal J et to the po l i ce st)t i cm Ti m sai d after a wh i l e Look a t t hat l i tt l e g ir l j ust n ow She s younger t han us a nd yet s he kn ows what i s r i Clh t a n d wh a t 1 s v~ronq II
J oh n ~lt a s thollgh tf u l f o t- lt ~ihi le I g le SS you a r e r i qh t Lets ta ke the wa J I (i to th e NFF II
A wil 1le later th e t wo boys eme r g ed f r om t he Ke bun Bar u Ne i gh bourhood Poli c e Post s mi li ng They f e l t s o g ood i n s i dE~
Liu Su l i n ~
Fr 5A
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latiollul SUUJliilltJ (ontlol [uluIIUil1l 199bullbull
LllllHrlei -Itln middot tOlnl)~tltIOll
A twelve - year -old boy was boasting
Tha t he was a ddicted t o smoki ng
Then he star t ed cou ghing early
Caused by t o bacco surely
Too lat e h e said dying
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Grow u p
You
Abstinence
Which also
And
Chen Yi ng f en
---~~~~~~c-shypwr~
GOOD HEALTH GREAT WEALTH
wi thout tobacco
wil l never cough or catch a c old
gives good heal th
means great wealth
live to a hundred ye a rs old
- 18shy
SPECIAL FEATURE ~art f rom writing ~our d i a r i es
fo r m tea c her Mrs Sea h encourages us t o wri te i n lOur J o urna l in whi ch we pour ou t our s e c r e ts prob l ems f a n t asies woes j oy j okes r iddles bull bull a nyth i ng Here Mr s Seah a cts as our conf i dan t g iving advice e ncouragemen t l e nding he r s houlde r s f or a nyone t o cry on shar i ng our j okes s o l v i ng the r i ddles e t c I t i s a very pe rs onal li t tle black book No one has a cces s to t he e n tries e xcep t the stric tly con
wri t e r and fident i al
Mrs Seah All entries a r e kept
--permis s ion Be l ow a r e gr an ted o f
s ome extractcourSe - shy for
s f r om t hem to
lOur be
J ournals pub l is hed
Ilr I a wha I --to~y~ middot era~telay--=trzy-o__ Iha ve f r iend thi nks o~u~or_delJb tIII ~ III am s t upid and i t does n t L hurt you I f s he continues Ii I ~ II make me feel good Wha t t I to do so ~ t hen I t hink you oJ
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I i s much of a friend at aU Ta lk + iI +( i
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My English i s very poor I
am especially poor in my
voca bu l a r y grammar c omp shy
os ition a nd comprehens i on
I don t know what to do
To be good a t a Lang ua ge
requires much pra ctice ~
like Reading ~ OraL ( spea k ing
and Writing Li ke Ive-men tioned many times
al ready ~ read more Engli s h I
II story b oo ks~ maga zines ~
newspape rs~ et c to impro v e I
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lary Speak more English to i I I your fr~s and classmates DoI I
not be afraid t hat they willI j
laugh at you And the fact tha t
you are uriting to me i n Our
Journal is a lready a step
towards uriting practioe
iemember t he aoronym
R O W -- the harder you row~ t he
faster yQJ wiU go Therefore~
t he more practice you have i n
a LL the three aBpectB~ the
fas ter you wiLL improve
I love to play the organ but
my rrother always has t o remind
rre to practice Please tell
rre how I can r errenber to
practilt-e wit hout having someshy
one remind rre
Its good to know that you Like
p Laying the organ and tha t yo l1
wan t t o improve Si t down and
rea Uy think about your 8chedu Le
dur ing the day What is thebest
timfj f ol you t o se t aside fo r
organ practise Perhaps there
is time bef ore or after dinner
that would be best for you Or
maybe during the weekends~ you
might find an hour or so to
I practise in t he mor~ing I
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t hink i f you set a certain time
Ieveryday i t will become a -------------------------------shy
r outi ne for you and easier to
remBmber that you have p tamjed II II
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a box of crayons so tha t she
need not borrow from you in
future
t o praatiae
I have a s ister who is ver y
childish and bad-tempered Why is Peipe i s o clever
She can remember everythin~ampnet~ I cant stand
she r eads and i s alwa ys topher For example t he o t he r girl i n our class r want to
be like her good at every ~
day she wanted to borrow my
crayons but I t old her t ha t I need i t for my art l esson I t hing
I She cried l oudly and comp l aiX- I To be the top girZ in th~
t o rrother My mother blamed alas 8 is an admirable
aahievemen t to be yo urIre for uJBetting her andII seZf is a r are thing Ju s t Is colded for bein g s elfish I
be yoursel f and do y our 1I was 500 and t ried t o expl ain I the whol e stor y to he r bu t best in wha tever you set
s he jus t would t l i sten ou t t o do You wi ll
t o me What can I do experienae muah sati s fa ashy
aould exp Za i n ingYO try ____~ __ _middot_ s_B k _wi_~g It _i_o_n a_n_a h_a~t~n~p_i_n_e_ ___n_o __
th i s to your mo ther a da y you have don e you best I
or t wo later and ask he r II i --------- iii
I to hel p your s is t er unde~ --------------~-- illis ta nd the s ituation I bull 1
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For sal e Beautiful l a r ge bun galow a t Ei~ 5 t~ Co c S t Fmiddot~t- k I u ll r b pci tmiddotOiJfn 1 at-middot ctpound~ lounge kitchen t hree bat hrooms c oloured su i te toilet f ive k ilometres from 8e~ok Jetty
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Crash course Available for anyone wish ing to drive q u ic k ly
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B 0 N o C U A T I E L E P I N A A E P E I N A U K L E B o N N E N I L 0 T X I E T G L A L o G S J L E I 0 L X V I a L 0 o A H E o G E A R T I L Z E T L P o T L E B M E R o T o T A I L A L A M I U V o L J middot O E R N E V E Y I A R Y P 1 A T P I A RAe COR 0 I o N Y AMP P L al GI o E N I o E H U E E I U R E BAG E X N R E R A N T o 0 A A P Z A T H E a T A o E U I WAROP L E S R I N E T I L ORA T I U GI U I E L E K 0 F E H A B o MOE T I
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A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
The end of an old year The start of a new Thinking of and planning The things to do
Going to do better Going to be nice Going to be kind to all From bears to little mice middot
But its so hard to do them All these things youve planned to
do Cause while you try hard to do
them Someone comes to bother you
You dont have to be nice they say Forget it all - just have your way But stop before you rush out to play shyYoure throwing all your hard work
away
You see when you make a New Years Promise
Youve got to make it right shyAnd only if you fo llow it right thru shyWill the New Year be bright
A c ommuni t y pr o j ec t on r~ ir- i nCi l l1ci ShaYi n q
t h e middotmiddot Communi t v Che ~ t
3 i nc) iOl P Ot euro
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- Our Journals
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- Word Power
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- Hidden Words Contest13
- A New Year Resolution13
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Hari Ra y a PU2sa i s a Ma lay f estiva l that ma r ks the en d o f the mon th of Ram andan Ra mandan is a month whic h Mu s li ms f ast fr o m d a wn t o sunse t
A fort n i ght before the ~esti yal I h e l ped my q ran d mo th e r t o s pr i n gc l ean t h e wh o le f l at I pa i n t ed the walls put up the ne w c urtain a n d d ecorat ed the house I e ven s t rung u p co l our f ul lights a c ross th e doo rway an d let th em twin k l e t hr oughout th e n i g h t
A week before Ha ri Raya Puasa ~ I helpe d my mot her a u n t and q r- and mot her prep a r e festive specialit i e s such a5 tarts cakes a nd cook i es I a l so f o ll owed my aunt t o Ge yl ang- Ser ai to b uy spi c es~ chic ke ns and b e e f t o prep ar e fo r the b ig d inn e r on the e v e o f Hari Raya Puasa
As u s u a l my f a mi ly ha d a s p ecial gat h e r ing on t h e eve of Har i Raya PUas a My mot h e r who l ive s i n Buk it Bat ok came with my b r ot h er and sister t o my gr a ndmother s hou s e t o c e leb r a te We had a bi g feas t wit h my uncles a un ts and cou sins
Then came the mor n i n g of the big day We pu t on our new cl othes My fat her an d u n c l e went to t h e mosque t o pray After that we ga thered to seek forgiven e ss from our gran d moth er and paren t s Then we had our brea kfast a nd t hereaf t e r we we nt to vi sit our ne ig h b ours a n d rel at ives
Razal ina bte Rahu Pr 5F
-1 5shy
Caug h t In The Ra in
One sun ny after n oon Ali ca ll e d up his frie n d s t o g o to t h e fiel d to p lay football Whi l e they were ki cki ng hap pil y in the f i led dark clouds began t o for m i n t he sky an d a st rong win d blew The boys d e ci de d to stop playin g as t hey knew it was goi n g to r a i n soon Mingxiang an d John r od e h ome as quick l y a s p ossib l e o n their b i cycles whi l e Ali a n d t h e r est ran a s fa s t a s their l e g s could c ar r y them Bu t t h e y were not quick enou gh Al i was caugh t i n the r ain wh ich c a me down suddenl y When he r eac hed home he wa s all dr e n c hed
That even i n g Al i felt warm a n d uncomf ortab le He di d not want to e a t his dinner His mother touched h i s f o r e head a n d fo u n d that Al i was ha v in g a h ig h feve r Sh e q uick l y br oug h t him to s ee a d oc tor Th e doc tor to l d Alis mother t h a t Ali had a f l u b e c aus e he wa s caught i n t h e ra in t ha t a f t er noon He t ol d her not to worry bec a use he would b e al rig h t after t aki n g t h e medic i ne He then advised Al i t o t a ke two days leave f rom school to rest at home
Ali was sad He was also bored He missed hi s fri ends very much J u s t then t h e d o or be l l rang It was Mingxiang and John They had come to visi t h im wh en they h e a r d that he was ill Th e y brough t him some comic books to let him pass the time
From that day Ali h ad l earnt h is lesson He p ro mised that h e wi l l never p lay i n th e ra in ever aga i n
Chen Pe if e n Pr 5G
An Honest Deed
Ti m a nd J ohn went j oggi ng a s usual on e Sunda y morn i ng i n Bi s han Pa r k Aft e r a wh il e t he y sto p ped to r e s t Whi le t he y were dri nk i nq some w3 t e r Ti mnoti ced a wal let under t he ben c h He p ic ked i t u p
HE y I Look WhEIt I VE f o und II he s hout ed
Qll i c k l [)euroe how fTlJc h money th e r e s i n si de cl O ~ln
s ai d e ~lt cit edl y
Tim open e d t he wa l l et a nd cloh n peered over h i s sh ou l d e l~s J) o w Look cIt t he w3d o f n ot e s bull bull 8 00 900 1000 Wow On E thousmd cl o l I lt3r I II Ti m e ~ claimed
They s a t t here s t ar i ng at e ach o th e r Then Tim f i n a ll y foun d h is vo i ce t-IJE) d b e tt e r t a ke t h i s t o t he NPF
No Wd t Le t s kee p i t fe membe Y t h e radie) remot e -c ontr o lled c ar we s aw the other day a t t he Emporium Th is i s our l uck y d a y l We can use th is mo ne y t o buy the c a r
Ti m wa s r e luct a n t at f i r st But a ft er mu c h per sua s i o n fro m J ohn he f ina ll y re lented He put t he wa l let int o h is bac k pocket an d t hey walked o u t of Bi sha n Par k
To r each the r o a d the t wo boys had to j ump a cr os s a d r a in While d o in g tha t t h e wa l l e t fell o u t o f Tim s poc ket J u s t as t hey wer e go j ng t o cros s th e r oad t hey h e ar d a li ttle gir l calling t hem As s he came up t o t hem s he handed a walle t t o Tim and s a id Emiddotcuse me Y C1U
have (j rop ped you r wa l l et
Tim was e mba rrassed but J oh n snat ch ed the wa llet fr o m her hand Af t er thank i n g her they we n t on the ir wa y
Ma ybe WE sho u l d t ak E the wal J et to the po l i ce st)t i cm Ti m sai d after a wh i l e Look a t t hat l i tt l e g ir l j ust n ow She s younger t han us a nd yet s he kn ows what i s r i Clh t a n d wh a t 1 s v~ronq II
J oh n ~lt a s thollgh tf u l f o t- lt ~ihi le I g le SS you a r e r i qh t Lets ta ke the wa J I (i to th e NFF II
A wil 1le later th e t wo boys eme r g ed f r om t he Ke bun Bar u Ne i gh bourhood Poli c e Post s mi li ng They f e l t s o g ood i n s i dE~
Liu Su l i n ~
Fr 5A
- 17shy
latiollul SUUJliilltJ (ontlol [uluIIUil1l 199bullbull
LllllHrlei -Itln middot tOlnl)~tltIOll
A twelve - year -old boy was boasting
Tha t he was a ddicted t o smoki ng
Then he star t ed cou ghing early
Caused by t o bacco surely
Too lat e h e said dying
BijuanGrace Wan g
Grow u p
You
Abstinence
Which also
And
Chen Yi ng f en
---~~~~~~c-shypwr~
GOOD HEALTH GREAT WEALTH
wi thout tobacco
wil l never cough or catch a c old
gives good heal th
means great wealth
live to a hundred ye a rs old
- 18shy
SPECIAL FEATURE ~art f rom writing ~our d i a r i es
fo r m tea c her Mrs Sea h encourages us t o wri te i n lOur J o urna l in whi ch we pour ou t our s e c r e ts prob l ems f a n t asies woes j oy j okes r iddles bull bull a nyth i ng Here Mr s Seah a cts as our conf i dan t g iving advice e ncouragemen t l e nding he r s houlde r s f or a nyone t o cry on shar i ng our j okes s o l v i ng the r i ddles e t c I t i s a very pe rs onal li t tle black book No one has a cces s to t he e n tries e xcep t the stric tly con
wri t e r and fident i al
Mrs Seah All entries a r e kept
--permis s ion Be l ow a r e gr an ted o f
s ome extractcourSe - shy for
s f r om t hem to
lOur be
J ournals pub l is hed
Ilr I a wha I --to~y~ middot era~telay--=trzy-o__ Iha ve f r iend thi nks o~u~or_delJb tIII ~ III am s t upid and i t does n t L hurt you I f s he continues Ii I ~ II make me feel good Wha t t I to do so ~ t hen I t hink you oJ
i
- - li Ii u deg1 i s hou l d I do II would be wi s e to find other
If your friend co U you names or ri h -zll- e c_ ing~___ I-Lf end=-=-S_WO=--W b___a_r_teases you and says you are and considerate of you -
J I L_ middot1
s tupid ~ then I dont think S l~ ~ I I --2-----=-- -------- -7 j _I
I i s much of a friend at aU Ta lk + iI +( i
~ I I to your fri end about your f ee Zinas~ middot1
f
I I f she values your friendship r 1
~ and r ea lly considers you a friend~ i
s he wi l l not say nas ty t hi ngs to
-20shy
My English i s very poor I
am especially poor in my
voca bu l a r y grammar c omp shy
os ition a nd comprehens i on
I don t know what to do
To be good a t a Lang ua ge
requires much pra ctice ~
like Reading ~ OraL ( spea k ing
and Writing Li ke Ive-men tioned many times
al ready ~ read more Engli s h I
II story b oo ks~ maga zines ~
newspape rs~ et c to impro v e I
y our grammar and v ocabu-
I I
lary Speak more English to i I I your fr~s and classmates DoI I
not be afraid t hat they willI j
laugh at you And the fact tha t
you are uriting to me i n Our
Journal is a lready a step
towards uriting practioe
iemember t he aoronym
R O W -- the harder you row~ t he
faster yQJ wiU go Therefore~
t he more practice you have i n
a LL the three aBpectB~ the
fas ter you wiLL improve
I love to play the organ but
my rrother always has t o remind
rre to practice Please tell
rre how I can r errenber to
practilt-e wit hout having someshy
one remind rre
Its good to know that you Like
p Laying the organ and tha t yo l1
wan t t o improve Si t down and
rea Uy think about your 8chedu Le
dur ing the day What is thebest
timfj f ol you t o se t aside fo r
organ practise Perhaps there
is time bef ore or after dinner
that would be best for you Or
maybe during the weekends~ you
might find an hour or so to
I practise in t he mor~ing I
II 1
t hink i f you set a certain time
Ieveryday i t will become a -------------------------------shy
r outi ne for you and easier to
remBmber that you have p tamjed II II
-21shy
a box of crayons so tha t she
need not borrow from you in
future
t o praatiae
I have a s ister who is ver y
childish and bad-tempered Why is Peipe i s o clever
She can remember everythin~ampnet~ I cant stand
she r eads and i s alwa ys topher For example t he o t he r girl i n our class r want to
be like her good at every ~
day she wanted to borrow my
crayons but I t old her t ha t I need i t for my art l esson I t hing
I She cried l oudly and comp l aiX- I To be the top girZ in th~
t o rrother My mother blamed alas 8 is an admirable
aahievemen t to be yo urIre for uJBetting her andII seZf is a r are thing Ju s t Is colded for bein g s elfish I
be yoursel f and do y our 1I was 500 and t ried t o expl ain I the whol e stor y to he r bu t best in wha tever you set
s he jus t would t l i sten ou t t o do You wi ll
t o me What can I do experienae muah sati s fa ashy
aould exp Za i n ingYO try ____~ __ _middot_ s_B k _wi_~g It _i_o_n a_n_a h_a~t~n~p_i_n_e_ ___n_o __
th i s to your mo ther a da y you have don e you best I
or t wo later and ask he r II i --------- iii
I to hel p your s is t er unde~ --------------~-- illis ta nd the s ituation I bull 1
Perhaps y ou aou la a l s o il lII as k y our mothe~ to bu y I)
III I
- 22shy
Meet our
Zheog We i quI)Pr 5B
- 23-
Badge )
Readers
Hopg Sbeliaog Jgt r 5A
Ju ~t 10 ~ h ow YfJU middot thEmiddot~ hi l~ t- i(Ju ~ t ime- we h a d du rmiddoti n c) c)U I~
En g l ish lessons Read wh at Mrs Seah r ece i ved whe n s h e lt~ ~i kf~d U lt t o p 1 ( CF~ ac iEmiddot t t i middot5Emiddotmfnt S i n t h p n E WS p aper-s
Classified Advertisem ents
Fm- s a Je~ Di nl nci tc~ b lEmiddot~ cHIn eurod b v lCci y wit h beaut i full v c a rved l eg s
Hel p Wa n ted Ma n t o han d le exp l os i ves Must be p r epar e d t o travel unex pectedlY
For sal e Beautiful l a r ge bun galow a t Ei~ 5 t~ Co c S t Fmiddot~t- k I u ll r b pci tmiddotOiJfn 1 at-middot ctpound~ lounge kitchen t hree bat hrooms c oloured su i te toilet f ive k ilometres from 8e~ok Jetty
( c un CJ ] t el V iJC [1 t~ V~~l ~h inC) ~ n d c 1 ean i n q three days a week
Bu lldoq for Sale Will eat anythi ng a n d is especially fond o f ch ild ren
For s~ le Rings can be or der2d b y ~ost S imply st ate Slze a n d enc lose string tied ar o und your fi nger
Crash course Available for anyone wish ing to drive q u ic k ly
For sale~ Genuine syn thetic wig s Real 100 manmade f i bre Colours red grEen p urp l e nr ang e blue No DrH1 wi 11 k nH i t Si not YDur h d J
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- 2 6shy
A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
The end of an old year The start of a new Thinking of and planning The things to do
Going to do better Going to be nice Going to be kind to all From bears to little mice middot
But its so hard to do them All these things youve planned to
do Cause while you try hard to do
them Someone comes to bother you
You dont have to be nice they say Forget it all - just have your way But stop before you rush out to play shyYoure throwing all your hard work
away
You see when you make a New Years Promise
Youve got to make it right shyAnd only if you fo llow it right thru shyWill the New Year be bright
A c ommuni t y pr o j ec t on r~ ir- i nCi l l1ci ShaYi n q
t h e middotmiddot Communi t v Che ~ t
3 i nc) iOl P Ot euro
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- Contents13
- From the Editorial Team13
- Essays and Stories13
- Limericks13
- Our Journals
- Our Super Readers13
- Word Power
- Catch Phrase13
- Hidden Words Contest13
- A New Year Resolution13
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Caug h t In The Ra in
One sun ny after n oon Ali ca ll e d up his frie n d s t o g o to t h e fiel d to p lay football Whi l e they were ki cki ng hap pil y in the f i led dark clouds began t o for m i n t he sky an d a st rong win d blew The boys d e ci de d to stop playin g as t hey knew it was goi n g to r a i n soon Mingxiang an d John r od e h ome as quick l y a s p ossib l e o n their b i cycles whi l e Ali a n d t h e r est ran a s fa s t a s their l e g s could c ar r y them Bu t t h e y were not quick enou gh Al i was caugh t i n the r ain wh ich c a me down suddenl y When he r eac hed home he wa s all dr e n c hed
That even i n g Al i felt warm a n d uncomf ortab le He di d not want to e a t his dinner His mother touched h i s f o r e head a n d fo u n d that Al i was ha v in g a h ig h feve r Sh e q uick l y br oug h t him to s ee a d oc tor Th e doc tor to l d Alis mother t h a t Ali had a f l u b e c aus e he wa s caught i n t h e ra in t ha t a f t er noon He t ol d her not to worry bec a use he would b e al rig h t after t aki n g t h e medic i ne He then advised Al i t o t a ke two days leave f rom school to rest at home
Ali was sad He was also bored He missed hi s fri ends very much J u s t then t h e d o or be l l rang It was Mingxiang and John They had come to visi t h im wh en they h e a r d that he was ill Th e y brough t him some comic books to let him pass the time
From that day Ali h ad l earnt h is lesson He p ro mised that h e wi l l never p lay i n th e ra in ever aga i n
Chen Pe if e n Pr 5G
An Honest Deed
Ti m a nd J ohn went j oggi ng a s usual on e Sunda y morn i ng i n Bi s han Pa r k Aft e r a wh il e t he y sto p ped to r e s t Whi le t he y were dri nk i nq some w3 t e r Ti mnoti ced a wal let under t he ben c h He p ic ked i t u p
HE y I Look WhEIt I VE f o und II he s hout ed
Qll i c k l [)euroe how fTlJc h money th e r e s i n si de cl O ~ln
s ai d e ~lt cit edl y
Tim open e d t he wa l l et a nd cloh n peered over h i s sh ou l d e l~s J) o w Look cIt t he w3d o f n ot e s bull bull 8 00 900 1000 Wow On E thousmd cl o l I lt3r I II Ti m e ~ claimed
They s a t t here s t ar i ng at e ach o th e r Then Tim f i n a ll y foun d h is vo i ce t-IJE) d b e tt e r t a ke t h i s t o t he NPF
No Wd t Le t s kee p i t fe membe Y t h e radie) remot e -c ontr o lled c ar we s aw the other day a t t he Emporium Th is i s our l uck y d a y l We can use th is mo ne y t o buy the c a r
Ti m wa s r e luct a n t at f i r st But a ft er mu c h per sua s i o n fro m J ohn he f ina ll y re lented He put t he wa l let int o h is bac k pocket an d t hey walked o u t of Bi sha n Par k
To r each the r o a d the t wo boys had to j ump a cr os s a d r a in While d o in g tha t t h e wa l l e t fell o u t o f Tim s poc ket J u s t as t hey wer e go j ng t o cros s th e r oad t hey h e ar d a li ttle gir l calling t hem As s he came up t o t hem s he handed a walle t t o Tim and s a id Emiddotcuse me Y C1U
have (j rop ped you r wa l l et
Tim was e mba rrassed but J oh n snat ch ed the wa llet fr o m her hand Af t er thank i n g her they we n t on the ir wa y
Ma ybe WE sho u l d t ak E the wal J et to the po l i ce st)t i cm Ti m sai d after a wh i l e Look a t t hat l i tt l e g ir l j ust n ow She s younger t han us a nd yet s he kn ows what i s r i Clh t a n d wh a t 1 s v~ronq II
J oh n ~lt a s thollgh tf u l f o t- lt ~ihi le I g le SS you a r e r i qh t Lets ta ke the wa J I (i to th e NFF II
A wil 1le later th e t wo boys eme r g ed f r om t he Ke bun Bar u Ne i gh bourhood Poli c e Post s mi li ng They f e l t s o g ood i n s i dE~
Liu Su l i n ~
Fr 5A
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latiollul SUUJliilltJ (ontlol [uluIIUil1l 199bullbull
LllllHrlei -Itln middot tOlnl)~tltIOll
A twelve - year -old boy was boasting
Tha t he was a ddicted t o smoki ng
Then he star t ed cou ghing early
Caused by t o bacco surely
Too lat e h e said dying
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Grow u p
You
Abstinence
Which also
And
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---~~~~~~c-shypwr~
GOOD HEALTH GREAT WEALTH
wi thout tobacco
wil l never cough or catch a c old
gives good heal th
means great wealth
live to a hundred ye a rs old
- 18shy
SPECIAL FEATURE ~art f rom writing ~our d i a r i es
fo r m tea c her Mrs Sea h encourages us t o wri te i n lOur J o urna l in whi ch we pour ou t our s e c r e ts prob l ems f a n t asies woes j oy j okes r iddles bull bull a nyth i ng Here Mr s Seah a cts as our conf i dan t g iving advice e ncouragemen t l e nding he r s houlde r s f or a nyone t o cry on shar i ng our j okes s o l v i ng the r i ddles e t c I t i s a very pe rs onal li t tle black book No one has a cces s to t he e n tries e xcep t the stric tly con
wri t e r and fident i al
Mrs Seah All entries a r e kept
--permis s ion Be l ow a r e gr an ted o f
s ome extractcourSe - shy for
s f r om t hem to
lOur be
J ournals pub l is hed
Ilr I a wha I --to~y~ middot era~telay--=trzy-o__ Iha ve f r iend thi nks o~u~or_delJb tIII ~ III am s t upid and i t does n t L hurt you I f s he continues Ii I ~ II make me feel good Wha t t I to do so ~ t hen I t hink you oJ
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- - li Ii u deg1 i s hou l d I do II would be wi s e to find other
If your friend co U you names or ri h -zll- e c_ ing~___ I-Lf end=-=-S_WO=--W b___a_r_teases you and says you are and considerate of you -
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My English i s very poor I
am especially poor in my
voca bu l a r y grammar c omp shy
os ition a nd comprehens i on
I don t know what to do
To be good a t a Lang ua ge
requires much pra ctice ~
like Reading ~ OraL ( spea k ing
and Writing Li ke Ive-men tioned many times
al ready ~ read more Engli s h I
II story b oo ks~ maga zines ~
newspape rs~ et c to impro v e I
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I I
lary Speak more English to i I I your fr~s and classmates DoI I
not be afraid t hat they willI j
laugh at you And the fact tha t
you are uriting to me i n Our
Journal is a lready a step
towards uriting practioe
iemember t he aoronym
R O W -- the harder you row~ t he
faster yQJ wiU go Therefore~
t he more practice you have i n
a LL the three aBpectB~ the
fas ter you wiLL improve
I love to play the organ but
my rrother always has t o remind
rre to practice Please tell
rre how I can r errenber to
practilt-e wit hout having someshy
one remind rre
Its good to know that you Like
p Laying the organ and tha t yo l1
wan t t o improve Si t down and
rea Uy think about your 8chedu Le
dur ing the day What is thebest
timfj f ol you t o se t aside fo r
organ practise Perhaps there
is time bef ore or after dinner
that would be best for you Or
maybe during the weekends~ you
might find an hour or so to
I practise in t he mor~ing I
II 1
t hink i f you set a certain time
Ieveryday i t will become a -------------------------------shy
r outi ne for you and easier to
remBmber that you have p tamjed II II
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a box of crayons so tha t she
need not borrow from you in
future
t o praatiae
I have a s ister who is ver y
childish and bad-tempered Why is Peipe i s o clever
She can remember everythin~ampnet~ I cant stand
she r eads and i s alwa ys topher For example t he o t he r girl i n our class r want to
be like her good at every ~
day she wanted to borrow my
crayons but I t old her t ha t I need i t for my art l esson I t hing
I She cried l oudly and comp l aiX- I To be the top girZ in th~
t o rrother My mother blamed alas 8 is an admirable
aahievemen t to be yo urIre for uJBetting her andII seZf is a r are thing Ju s t Is colded for bein g s elfish I
be yoursel f and do y our 1I was 500 and t ried t o expl ain I the whol e stor y to he r bu t best in wha tever you set
s he jus t would t l i sten ou t t o do You wi ll
t o me What can I do experienae muah sati s fa ashy
aould exp Za i n ingYO try ____~ __ _middot_ s_B k _wi_~g It _i_o_n a_n_a h_a~t~n~p_i_n_e_ ___n_o __
th i s to your mo ther a da y you have don e you best I
or t wo later and ask he r II i --------- iii
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I n (1) th e ~)nrcI l IFF i s p l a c ed a fter the wfJr d DEAT H so I a IlI- c a tch p hra se is LIn AFTEH DEtnH
D E f~ TH L I F E
(2 ) G R 0 U N D - - - - - ___ _ -- shy--~-
F E E T F E E T F E E T F E E T F E F T F E E T
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S F f fI D
( 4 )
41 uo dalS deg9 ( 6 )
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SaU1T uaaM4aq 6ur peaM degv luad s raAo I of
punor6rapun 4aa J XTS middotZ
1T sraMsuv
- 25 shy
0
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bull AItt t
Q H e
J ) ~
0 aF ~
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In the box are 10 hidden words spelled out in a certain direction They are items relating to musical Instruments Circle the words wi th a bright colour
B 0 N o C U A T I E L E P I N A A E P E I N A U K L E B o N N E N I L 0 T X I E T G L A L o G S J L E I 0 L X V I a L 0 o A H E o G E A R T I L Z E T L P o T L E B M E R o T o T A I L A L A M I U V o L J middot O E R N E V E Y I A R Y P 1 A T P I A RAe COR 0 I o N Y AMP P L al GI o E N I o E H U E E I U R E BAG E X N R E R A N T o 0 A A P Z A T H E a T A o E U I WAROP L E S R I N E T I L ORA T I U GI U I E L E K 0 F E H A B o MOE T I
- 2 6shy
A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
The end of an old year The start of a new Thinking of and planning The things to do
Going to do better Going to be nice Going to be kind to all From bears to little mice middot
But its so hard to do them All these things youve planned to
do Cause while you try hard to do
them Someone comes to bother you
You dont have to be nice they say Forget it all - just have your way But stop before you rush out to play shyYoure throwing all your hard work
away
You see when you make a New Years Promise
Youve got to make it right shyAnd only if you fo llow it right thru shyWill the New Year be bright
A c ommuni t y pr o j ec t on r~ ir- i nCi l l1ci ShaYi n q
t h e middotmiddot Communi t v Che ~ t
3 i nc) iOl P Ot euro
-27shy
- Contents13
- From the Editorial Team13
- Essays and Stories13
- Limericks13
- Our Journals
- Our Super Readers13
- Word Power
- Catch Phrase13
- Hidden Words Contest13
- A New Year Resolution13
-
An Honest Deed
Ti m a nd J ohn went j oggi ng a s usual on e Sunda y morn i ng i n Bi s han Pa r k Aft e r a wh il e t he y sto p ped to r e s t Whi le t he y were dri nk i nq some w3 t e r Ti mnoti ced a wal let under t he ben c h He p ic ked i t u p
HE y I Look WhEIt I VE f o und II he s hout ed
Qll i c k l [)euroe how fTlJc h money th e r e s i n si de cl O ~ln
s ai d e ~lt cit edl y
Tim open e d t he wa l l et a nd cloh n peered over h i s sh ou l d e l~s J) o w Look cIt t he w3d o f n ot e s bull bull 8 00 900 1000 Wow On E thousmd cl o l I lt3r I II Ti m e ~ claimed
They s a t t here s t ar i ng at e ach o th e r Then Tim f i n a ll y foun d h is vo i ce t-IJE) d b e tt e r t a ke t h i s t o t he NPF
No Wd t Le t s kee p i t fe membe Y t h e radie) remot e -c ontr o lled c ar we s aw the other day a t t he Emporium Th is i s our l uck y d a y l We can use th is mo ne y t o buy the c a r
Ti m wa s r e luct a n t at f i r st But a ft er mu c h per sua s i o n fro m J ohn he f ina ll y re lented He put t he wa l let int o h is bac k pocket an d t hey walked o u t of Bi sha n Par k
To r each the r o a d the t wo boys had to j ump a cr os s a d r a in While d o in g tha t t h e wa l l e t fell o u t o f Tim s poc ket J u s t as t hey wer e go j ng t o cros s th e r oad t hey h e ar d a li ttle gir l calling t hem As s he came up t o t hem s he handed a walle t t o Tim and s a id Emiddotcuse me Y C1U
have (j rop ped you r wa l l et
Tim was e mba rrassed but J oh n snat ch ed the wa llet fr o m her hand Af t er thank i n g her they we n t on the ir wa y
Ma ybe WE sho u l d t ak E the wal J et to the po l i ce st)t i cm Ti m sai d after a wh i l e Look a t t hat l i tt l e g ir l j ust n ow She s younger t han us a nd yet s he kn ows what i s r i Clh t a n d wh a t 1 s v~ronq II
J oh n ~lt a s thollgh tf u l f o t- lt ~ihi le I g le SS you a r e r i qh t Lets ta ke the wa J I (i to th e NFF II
A wil 1le later th e t wo boys eme r g ed f r om t he Ke bun Bar u Ne i gh bourhood Poli c e Post s mi li ng They f e l t s o g ood i n s i dE~
Liu Su l i n ~
Fr 5A
- 17shy
latiollul SUUJliilltJ (ontlol [uluIIUil1l 199bullbull
LllllHrlei -Itln middot tOlnl)~tltIOll
A twelve - year -old boy was boasting
Tha t he was a ddicted t o smoki ng
Then he star t ed cou ghing early
Caused by t o bacco surely
Too lat e h e said dying
BijuanGrace Wan g
Grow u p
You
Abstinence
Which also
And
Chen Yi ng f en
---~~~~~~c-shypwr~
GOOD HEALTH GREAT WEALTH
wi thout tobacco
wil l never cough or catch a c old
gives good heal th
means great wealth
live to a hundred ye a rs old
- 18shy
SPECIAL FEATURE ~art f rom writing ~our d i a r i es
fo r m tea c her Mrs Sea h encourages us t o wri te i n lOur J o urna l in whi ch we pour ou t our s e c r e ts prob l ems f a n t asies woes j oy j okes r iddles bull bull a nyth i ng Here Mr s Seah a cts as our conf i dan t g iving advice e ncouragemen t l e nding he r s houlde r s f or a nyone t o cry on shar i ng our j okes s o l v i ng the r i ddles e t c I t i s a very pe rs onal li t tle black book No one has a cces s to t he e n tries e xcep t the stric tly con
wri t e r and fident i al
Mrs Seah All entries a r e kept
--permis s ion Be l ow a r e gr an ted o f
s ome extractcourSe - shy for
s f r om t hem to
lOur be
J ournals pub l is hed
Ilr I a wha I --to~y~ middot era~telay--=trzy-o__ Iha ve f r iend thi nks o~u~or_delJb tIII ~ III am s t upid and i t does n t L hurt you I f s he continues Ii I ~ II make me feel good Wha t t I to do so ~ t hen I t hink you oJ
i
- - li Ii u deg1 i s hou l d I do II would be wi s e to find other
If your friend co U you names or ri h -zll- e c_ ing~___ I-Lf end=-=-S_WO=--W b___a_r_teases you and says you are and considerate of you -
J I L_ middot1
s tupid ~ then I dont think S l~ ~ I I --2-----=-- -------- -7 j _I
I i s much of a friend at aU Ta lk + iI +( i
~ I I to your fri end about your f ee Zinas~ middot1
f
I I f she values your friendship r 1
~ and r ea lly considers you a friend~ i
s he wi l l not say nas ty t hi ngs to
-20shy
My English i s very poor I
am especially poor in my
voca bu l a r y grammar c omp shy
os ition a nd comprehens i on
I don t know what to do
To be good a t a Lang ua ge
requires much pra ctice ~
like Reading ~ OraL ( spea k ing
and Writing Li ke Ive-men tioned many times
al ready ~ read more Engli s h I
II story b oo ks~ maga zines ~
newspape rs~ et c to impro v e I
y our grammar and v ocabu-
I I
lary Speak more English to i I I your fr~s and classmates DoI I
not be afraid t hat they willI j
laugh at you And the fact tha t
you are uriting to me i n Our
Journal is a lready a step
towards uriting practioe
iemember t he aoronym
R O W -- the harder you row~ t he
faster yQJ wiU go Therefore~
t he more practice you have i n
a LL the three aBpectB~ the
fas ter you wiLL improve
I love to play the organ but
my rrother always has t o remind
rre to practice Please tell
rre how I can r errenber to
practilt-e wit hout having someshy
one remind rre
Its good to know that you Like
p Laying the organ and tha t yo l1
wan t t o improve Si t down and
rea Uy think about your 8chedu Le
dur ing the day What is thebest
timfj f ol you t o se t aside fo r
organ practise Perhaps there
is time bef ore or after dinner
that would be best for you Or
maybe during the weekends~ you
might find an hour or so to
I practise in t he mor~ing I
II 1
t hink i f you set a certain time
Ieveryday i t will become a -------------------------------shy
r outi ne for you and easier to
remBmber that you have p tamjed II II
-21shy
a box of crayons so tha t she
need not borrow from you in
future
t o praatiae
I have a s ister who is ver y
childish and bad-tempered Why is Peipe i s o clever
She can remember everythin~ampnet~ I cant stand
she r eads and i s alwa ys topher For example t he o t he r girl i n our class r want to
be like her good at every ~
day she wanted to borrow my
crayons but I t old her t ha t I need i t for my art l esson I t hing
I She cried l oudly and comp l aiX- I To be the top girZ in th~
t o rrother My mother blamed alas 8 is an admirable
aahievemen t to be yo urIre for uJBetting her andII seZf is a r are thing Ju s t Is colded for bein g s elfish I
be yoursel f and do y our 1I was 500 and t ried t o expl ain I the whol e stor y to he r bu t best in wha tever you set
s he jus t would t l i sten ou t t o do You wi ll
t o me What can I do experienae muah sati s fa ashy
aould exp Za i n ingYO try ____~ __ _middot_ s_B k _wi_~g It _i_o_n a_n_a h_a~t~n~p_i_n_e_ ___n_o __
th i s to your mo ther a da y you have don e you best I
or t wo later and ask he r II i --------- iii
I to hel p your s is t er unde~ --------------~-- illis ta nd the s ituation I bull 1
Perhaps y ou aou la a l s o il lII as k y our mothe~ to bu y I)
III I
- 22shy
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For sal e Beautiful l a r ge bun galow a t Ei~ 5 t~ Co c S t Fmiddot~t- k I u ll r b pci tmiddotOiJfn 1 at-middot ctpound~ lounge kitchen t hree bat hrooms c oloured su i te toilet f ive k ilometres from 8e~ok Jetty
( c un CJ ] t el V iJC [1 t~ V~~l ~h inC) ~ n d c 1 ean i n q three days a week
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For s~ le Rings can be or der2d b y ~ost S imply st ate Slze a n d enc lose string tied ar o und your fi nger
Crash course Available for anyone wish ing to drive q u ic k ly
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CATCH PHRASE Each i tem b elow is a cat c h phras e By s t u d y in g t he way the words are arrange d and dr a wn f ind out wh a t each catch ptH =lSf0 i s
I n (1) th e ~)nrcI l IFF i s p l a c ed a fter the wfJr d DEAT H so I a IlI- c a tch p hra se is LIn AFTEH DEtnH
D E f~ TH L I F E
(2 ) G R 0 U N D - - - - - ___ _ -- shy--~-
F E E T F E E T F E E T F E E T F E F T F E E T
( 3) I
S F f fI D
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B 0 N o C U A T I E L E P I N A A E P E I N A U K L E B o N N E N I L 0 T X I E T G L A L o G S J L E I 0 L X V I a L 0 o A H E o G E A R T I L Z E T L P o T L E B M E R o T o T A I L A L A M I U V o L J middot O E R N E V E Y I A R Y P 1 A T P I A RAe COR 0 I o N Y AMP P L al GI o E N I o E H U E E I U R E BAG E X N R E R A N T o 0 A A P Z A T H E a T A o E U I WAROP L E S R I N E T I L ORA T I U GI U I E L E K 0 F E H A B o MOE T I
- 2 6shy
A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
The end of an old year The start of a new Thinking of and planning The things to do
Going to do better Going to be nice Going to be kind to all From bears to little mice middot
But its so hard to do them All these things youve planned to
do Cause while you try hard to do
them Someone comes to bother you
You dont have to be nice they say Forget it all - just have your way But stop before you rush out to play shyYoure throwing all your hard work
away
You see when you make a New Years Promise
Youve got to make it right shyAnd only if you fo llow it right thru shyWill the New Year be bright
A c ommuni t y pr o j ec t on r~ ir- i nCi l l1ci ShaYi n q
t h e middotmiddot Communi t v Che ~ t
3 i nc) iOl P Ot euro
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- Our Journals
- Our Super Readers13
- Word Power
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- Hidden Words Contest13
- A New Year Resolution13
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Tha t he was a ddicted t o smoki ng
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live to a hundred ye a rs old
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SPECIAL FEATURE ~art f rom writing ~our d i a r i es
fo r m tea c her Mrs Sea h encourages us t o wri te i n lOur J o urna l in whi ch we pour ou t our s e c r e ts prob l ems f a n t asies woes j oy j okes r iddles bull bull a nyth i ng Here Mr s Seah a cts as our conf i dan t g iving advice e ncouragemen t l e nding he r s houlde r s f or a nyone t o cry on shar i ng our j okes s o l v i ng the r i ddles e t c I t i s a very pe rs onal li t tle black book No one has a cces s to t he e n tries e xcep t the stric tly con
wri t e r and fident i al
Mrs Seah All entries a r e kept
--permis s ion Be l ow a r e gr an ted o f
s ome extractcourSe - shy for
s f r om t hem to
lOur be
J ournals pub l is hed
Ilr I a wha I --to~y~ middot era~telay--=trzy-o__ Iha ve f r iend thi nks o~u~or_delJb tIII ~ III am s t upid and i t does n t L hurt you I f s he continues Ii I ~ II make me feel good Wha t t I to do so ~ t hen I t hink you oJ
i
- - li Ii u deg1 i s hou l d I do II would be wi s e to find other
If your friend co U you names or ri h -zll- e c_ ing~___ I-Lf end=-=-S_WO=--W b___a_r_teases you and says you are and considerate of you -
J I L_ middot1
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I I f she values your friendship r 1
~ and r ea lly considers you a friend~ i
s he wi l l not say nas ty t hi ngs to
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My English i s very poor I
am especially poor in my
voca bu l a r y grammar c omp shy
os ition a nd comprehens i on
I don t know what to do
To be good a t a Lang ua ge
requires much pra ctice ~
like Reading ~ OraL ( spea k ing
and Writing Li ke Ive-men tioned many times
al ready ~ read more Engli s h I
II story b oo ks~ maga zines ~
newspape rs~ et c to impro v e I
y our grammar and v ocabu-
I I
lary Speak more English to i I I your fr~s and classmates DoI I
not be afraid t hat they willI j
laugh at you And the fact tha t
you are uriting to me i n Our
Journal is a lready a step
towards uriting practioe
iemember t he aoronym
R O W -- the harder you row~ t he
faster yQJ wiU go Therefore~
t he more practice you have i n
a LL the three aBpectB~ the
fas ter you wiLL improve
I love to play the organ but
my rrother always has t o remind
rre to practice Please tell
rre how I can r errenber to
practilt-e wit hout having someshy
one remind rre
Its good to know that you Like
p Laying the organ and tha t yo l1
wan t t o improve Si t down and
rea Uy think about your 8chedu Le
dur ing the day What is thebest
timfj f ol you t o se t aside fo r
organ practise Perhaps there
is time bef ore or after dinner
that would be best for you Or
maybe during the weekends~ you
might find an hour or so to
I practise in t he mor~ing I
II 1
t hink i f you set a certain time
Ieveryday i t will become a -------------------------------shy
r outi ne for you and easier to
remBmber that you have p tamjed II II
-21shy
a box of crayons so tha t she
need not borrow from you in
future
t o praatiae
I have a s ister who is ver y
childish and bad-tempered Why is Peipe i s o clever
She can remember everythin~ampnet~ I cant stand
she r eads and i s alwa ys topher For example t he o t he r girl i n our class r want to
be like her good at every ~
day she wanted to borrow my
crayons but I t old her t ha t I need i t for my art l esson I t hing
I She cried l oudly and comp l aiX- I To be the top girZ in th~
t o rrother My mother blamed alas 8 is an admirable
aahievemen t to be yo urIre for uJBetting her andII seZf is a r are thing Ju s t Is colded for bein g s elfish I
be yoursel f and do y our 1I was 500 and t ried t o expl ain I the whol e stor y to he r bu t best in wha tever you set
s he jus t would t l i sten ou t t o do You wi ll
t o me What can I do experienae muah sati s fa ashy
aould exp Za i n ingYO try ____~ __ _middot_ s_B k _wi_~g It _i_o_n a_n_a h_a~t~n~p_i_n_e_ ___n_o __
th i s to your mo ther a da y you have don e you best I
or t wo later and ask he r II i --------- iii
I to hel p your s is t er unde~ --------------~-- illis ta nd the s ituation I bull 1
Perhaps y ou aou la a l s o il lII as k y our mothe~ to bu y I)
III I
- 22shy
Meet our
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Readers
Hopg Sbeliaog Jgt r 5A
Ju ~t 10 ~ h ow YfJU middot thEmiddot~ hi l~ t- i(Ju ~ t ime- we h a d du rmiddoti n c) c)U I~
En g l ish lessons Read wh at Mrs Seah r ece i ved whe n s h e lt~ ~i kf~d U lt t o p 1 ( CF~ ac iEmiddot t t i middot5Emiddotmfnt S i n t h p n E WS p aper-s
Classified Advertisem ents
Fm- s a Je~ Di nl nci tc~ b lEmiddot~ cHIn eurod b v lCci y wit h beaut i full v c a rved l eg s
Hel p Wa n ted Ma n t o han d le exp l os i ves Must be p r epar e d t o travel unex pectedlY
For sal e Beautiful l a r ge bun galow a t Ei~ 5 t~ Co c S t Fmiddot~t- k I u ll r b pci tmiddotOiJfn 1 at-middot ctpound~ lounge kitchen t hree bat hrooms c oloured su i te toilet f ive k ilometres from 8e~ok Jetty
( c un CJ ] t el V iJC [1 t~ V~~l ~h inC) ~ n d c 1 ean i n q three days a week
Bu lldoq for Sale Will eat anythi ng a n d is especially fond o f ch ild ren
For s~ le Rings can be or der2d b y ~ost S imply st ate Slze a n d enc lose string tied ar o und your fi nger
Crash course Available for anyone wish ing to drive q u ic k ly
For sale~ Genuine syn thetic wig s Real 100 manmade f i bre Colours red grEen p urp l e nr ang e blue No DrH1 wi 11 k nH i t Si not YDur h d J
-24shy
CATCH PHRASE Each i tem b elow is a cat c h phras e By s t u d y in g t he way the words are arrange d and dr a wn f ind out wh a t each catch ptH =lSf0 i s
I n (1) th e ~)nrcI l IFF i s p l a c ed a fter the wfJr d DEAT H so I a IlI- c a tch p hra se is LIn AFTEH DEtnH
D E f~ TH L I F E
(2 ) G R 0 U N D - - - - - ___ _ -- shy--~-
F E E T F E E T F E E T F E E T F E F T F E E T
( 3) I
S F f fI D
( 4 )
41 uo dalS deg9 ( 6 )
o e ~t61H oS
SaU1T uaaM4aq 6ur peaM degv luad s raAo I of
punor6rapun 4aa J XTS middotZ
1T sraMsuv
- 25 shy
0
S
bull AItt t
Q H e
J ) ~
0 aF ~
-1
0 TU ~
I Af
K Z
In the box are 10 hidden words spelled out in a certain direction They are items relating to musical Instruments Circle the words wi th a bright colour
B 0 N o C U A T I E L E P I N A A E P E I N A U K L E B o N N E N I L 0 T X I E T G L A L o G S J L E I 0 L X V I a L 0 o A H E o G E A R T I L Z E T L P o T L E B M E R o T o T A I L A L A M I U V o L J middot O E R N E V E Y I A R Y P 1 A T P I A RAe COR 0 I o N Y AMP P L al GI o E N I o E H U E E I U R E BAG E X N R E R A N T o 0 A A P Z A T H E a T A o E U I WAROP L E S R I N E T I L ORA T I U GI U I E L E K 0 F E H A B o MOE T I
- 2 6shy
A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
The end of an old year The start of a new Thinking of and planning The things to do
Going to do better Going to be nice Going to be kind to all From bears to little mice middot
But its so hard to do them All these things youve planned to
do Cause while you try hard to do
them Someone comes to bother you
You dont have to be nice they say Forget it all - just have your way But stop before you rush out to play shyYoure throwing all your hard work
away
You see when you make a New Years Promise
Youve got to make it right shyAnd only if you fo llow it right thru shyWill the New Year be bright
A c ommuni t y pr o j ec t on r~ ir- i nCi l l1ci ShaYi n q
t h e middotmiddot Communi t v Che ~ t
3 i nc) iOl P Ot euro
-27shy
- Contents13
- From the Editorial Team13
- Essays and Stories13
- Limericks13
- Our Journals
- Our Super Readers13
- Word Power
- Catch Phrase13
- Hidden Words Contest13
- A New Year Resolution13
-
SPECIAL FEATURE ~art f rom writing ~our d i a r i es
fo r m tea c her Mrs Sea h encourages us t o wri te i n lOur J o urna l in whi ch we pour ou t our s e c r e ts prob l ems f a n t asies woes j oy j okes r iddles bull bull a nyth i ng Here Mr s Seah a cts as our conf i dan t g iving advice e ncouragemen t l e nding he r s houlde r s f or a nyone t o cry on shar i ng our j okes s o l v i ng the r i ddles e t c I t i s a very pe rs onal li t tle black book No one has a cces s to t he e n tries e xcep t the stric tly con
wri t e r and fident i al
Mrs Seah All entries a r e kept
--permis s ion Be l ow a r e gr an ted o f
s ome extractcourSe - shy for
s f r om t hem to
lOur be
J ournals pub l is hed
Ilr I a wha I --to~y~ middot era~telay--=trzy-o__ Iha ve f r iend thi nks o~u~or_delJb tIII ~ III am s t upid and i t does n t L hurt you I f s he continues Ii I ~ II make me feel good Wha t t I to do so ~ t hen I t hink you oJ
i
- - li Ii u deg1 i s hou l d I do II would be wi s e to find other
If your friend co U you names or ri h -zll- e c_ ing~___ I-Lf end=-=-S_WO=--W b___a_r_teases you and says you are and considerate of you -
J I L_ middot1
s tupid ~ then I dont think S l~ ~ I I --2-----=-- -------- -7 j _I
I i s much of a friend at aU Ta lk + iI +( i
~ I I to your fri end about your f ee Zinas~ middot1
f
I I f she values your friendship r 1
~ and r ea lly considers you a friend~ i
s he wi l l not say nas ty t hi ngs to
-20shy
My English i s very poor I
am especially poor in my
voca bu l a r y grammar c omp shy
os ition a nd comprehens i on
I don t know what to do
To be good a t a Lang ua ge
requires much pra ctice ~
like Reading ~ OraL ( spea k ing
and Writing Li ke Ive-men tioned many times
al ready ~ read more Engli s h I
II story b oo ks~ maga zines ~
newspape rs~ et c to impro v e I
y our grammar and v ocabu-
I I
lary Speak more English to i I I your fr~s and classmates DoI I
not be afraid t hat they willI j
laugh at you And the fact tha t
you are uriting to me i n Our
Journal is a lready a step
towards uriting practioe
iemember t he aoronym
R O W -- the harder you row~ t he
faster yQJ wiU go Therefore~
t he more practice you have i n
a LL the three aBpectB~ the
fas ter you wiLL improve
I love to play the organ but
my rrother always has t o remind
rre to practice Please tell
rre how I can r errenber to
practilt-e wit hout having someshy
one remind rre
Its good to know that you Like
p Laying the organ and tha t yo l1
wan t t o improve Si t down and
rea Uy think about your 8chedu Le
dur ing the day What is thebest
timfj f ol you t o se t aside fo r
organ practise Perhaps there
is time bef ore or after dinner
that would be best for you Or
maybe during the weekends~ you
might find an hour or so to
I practise in t he mor~ing I
II 1
t hink i f you set a certain time
Ieveryday i t will become a -------------------------------shy
r outi ne for you and easier to
remBmber that you have p tamjed II II
-21shy
a box of crayons so tha t she
need not borrow from you in
future
t o praatiae
I have a s ister who is ver y
childish and bad-tempered Why is Peipe i s o clever
She can remember everythin~ampnet~ I cant stand
she r eads and i s alwa ys topher For example t he o t he r girl i n our class r want to
be like her good at every ~
day she wanted to borrow my
crayons but I t old her t ha t I need i t for my art l esson I t hing
I She cried l oudly and comp l aiX- I To be the top girZ in th~
t o rrother My mother blamed alas 8 is an admirable
aahievemen t to be yo urIre for uJBetting her andII seZf is a r are thing Ju s t Is colded for bein g s elfish I
be yoursel f and do y our 1I was 500 and t ried t o expl ain I the whol e stor y to he r bu t best in wha tever you set
s he jus t would t l i sten ou t t o do You wi ll
t o me What can I do experienae muah sati s fa ashy
aould exp Za i n ingYO try ____~ __ _middot_ s_B k _wi_~g It _i_o_n a_n_a h_a~t~n~p_i_n_e_ ___n_o __
th i s to your mo ther a da y you have don e you best I
or t wo later and ask he r II i --------- iii
I to hel p your s is t er unde~ --------------~-- illis ta nd the s ituation I bull 1
Perhaps y ou aou la a l s o il lII as k y our mothe~ to bu y I)
III I
- 22shy
Meet our
Zheog We i quI)Pr 5B
- 23-
Badge )
Readers
Hopg Sbeliaog Jgt r 5A
Ju ~t 10 ~ h ow YfJU middot thEmiddot~ hi l~ t- i(Ju ~ t ime- we h a d du rmiddoti n c) c)U I~
En g l ish lessons Read wh at Mrs Seah r ece i ved whe n s h e lt~ ~i kf~d U lt t o p 1 ( CF~ ac iEmiddot t t i middot5Emiddotmfnt S i n t h p n E WS p aper-s
Classified Advertisem ents
Fm- s a Je~ Di nl nci tc~ b lEmiddot~ cHIn eurod b v lCci y wit h beaut i full v c a rved l eg s
Hel p Wa n ted Ma n t o han d le exp l os i ves Must be p r epar e d t o travel unex pectedlY
For sal e Beautiful l a r ge bun galow a t Ei~ 5 t~ Co c S t Fmiddot~t- k I u ll r b pci tmiddotOiJfn 1 at-middot ctpound~ lounge kitchen t hree bat hrooms c oloured su i te toilet f ive k ilometres from 8e~ok Jetty
( c un CJ ] t el V iJC [1 t~ V~~l ~h inC) ~ n d c 1 ean i n q three days a week
Bu lldoq for Sale Will eat anythi ng a n d is especially fond o f ch ild ren
For s~ le Rings can be or der2d b y ~ost S imply st ate Slze a n d enc lose string tied ar o und your fi nger
Crash course Available for anyone wish ing to drive q u ic k ly
For sale~ Genuine syn thetic wig s Real 100 manmade f i bre Colours red grEen p urp l e nr ang e blue No DrH1 wi 11 k nH i t Si not YDur h d J
-24shy
CATCH PHRASE Each i tem b elow is a cat c h phras e By s t u d y in g t he way the words are arrange d and dr a wn f ind out wh a t each catch ptH =lSf0 i s
I n (1) th e ~)nrcI l IFF i s p l a c ed a fter the wfJr d DEAT H so I a IlI- c a tch p hra se is LIn AFTEH DEtnH
D E f~ TH L I F E
(2 ) G R 0 U N D - - - - - ___ _ -- shy--~-
F E E T F E E T F E E T F E E T F E F T F E E T
( 3) I
S F f fI D
( 4 )
41 uo dalS deg9 ( 6 )
o e ~t61H oS
SaU1T uaaM4aq 6ur peaM degv luad s raAo I of
punor6rapun 4aa J XTS middotZ
1T sraMsuv
- 25 shy
0
S
bull AItt t
Q H e
J ) ~
0 aF ~
-1
0 TU ~
I Af
K Z
In the box are 10 hidden words spelled out in a certain direction They are items relating to musical Instruments Circle the words wi th a bright colour
B 0 N o C U A T I E L E P I N A A E P E I N A U K L E B o N N E N I L 0 T X I E T G L A L o G S J L E I 0 L X V I a L 0 o A H E o G E A R T I L Z E T L P o T L E B M E R o T o T A I L A L A M I U V o L J middot O E R N E V E Y I A R Y P 1 A T P I A RAe COR 0 I o N Y AMP P L al GI o E N I o E H U E E I U R E BAG E X N R E R A N T o 0 A A P Z A T H E a T A o E U I WAROP L E S R I N E T I L ORA T I U GI U I E L E K 0 F E H A B o MOE T I
- 2 6shy
A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
The end of an old year The start of a new Thinking of and planning The things to do
Going to do better Going to be nice Going to be kind to all From bears to little mice middot
But its so hard to do them All these things youve planned to
do Cause while you try hard to do
them Someone comes to bother you
You dont have to be nice they say Forget it all - just have your way But stop before you rush out to play shyYoure throwing all your hard work
away
You see when you make a New Years Promise
Youve got to make it right shyAnd only if you fo llow it right thru shyWill the New Year be bright
A c ommuni t y pr o j ec t on r~ ir- i nCi l l1ci ShaYi n q
t h e middotmiddot Communi t v Che ~ t
3 i nc) iOl P Ot euro
-27shy
- Contents13
- From the Editorial Team13
- Essays and Stories13
- Limericks13
- Our Journals
- Our Super Readers13
- Word Power
- Catch Phrase13
- Hidden Words Contest13
- A New Year Resolution13
-
My English i s very poor I
am especially poor in my
voca bu l a r y grammar c omp shy
os ition a nd comprehens i on
I don t know what to do
To be good a t a Lang ua ge
requires much pra ctice ~
like Reading ~ OraL ( spea k ing
and Writing Li ke Ive-men tioned many times
al ready ~ read more Engli s h I
II story b oo ks~ maga zines ~
newspape rs~ et c to impro v e I
y our grammar and v ocabu-
I I
lary Speak more English to i I I your fr~s and classmates DoI I
not be afraid t hat they willI j
laugh at you And the fact tha t
you are uriting to me i n Our
Journal is a lready a step
towards uriting practioe
iemember t he aoronym
R O W -- the harder you row~ t he
faster yQJ wiU go Therefore~
t he more practice you have i n
a LL the three aBpectB~ the
fas ter you wiLL improve
I love to play the organ but
my rrother always has t o remind
rre to practice Please tell
rre how I can r errenber to
practilt-e wit hout having someshy
one remind rre
Its good to know that you Like
p Laying the organ and tha t yo l1
wan t t o improve Si t down and
rea Uy think about your 8chedu Le
dur ing the day What is thebest
timfj f ol you t o se t aside fo r
organ practise Perhaps there
is time bef ore or after dinner
that would be best for you Or
maybe during the weekends~ you
might find an hour or so to
I practise in t he mor~ing I
II 1
t hink i f you set a certain time
Ieveryday i t will become a -------------------------------shy
r outi ne for you and easier to
remBmber that you have p tamjed II II
-21shy
a box of crayons so tha t she
need not borrow from you in
future
t o praatiae
I have a s ister who is ver y
childish and bad-tempered Why is Peipe i s o clever
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she r eads and i s alwa ys topher For example t he o t he r girl i n our class r want to
be like her good at every ~
day she wanted to borrow my
crayons but I t old her t ha t I need i t for my art l esson I t hing
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Ju ~t 10 ~ h ow YfJU middot thEmiddot~ hi l~ t- i(Ju ~ t ime- we h a d du rmiddoti n c) c)U I~
En g l ish lessons Read wh at Mrs Seah r ece i ved whe n s h e lt~ ~i kf~d U lt t o p 1 ( CF~ ac iEmiddot t t i middot5Emiddotmfnt S i n t h p n E WS p aper-s
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For sal e Beautiful l a r ge bun galow a t Ei~ 5 t~ Co c S t Fmiddot~t- k I u ll r b pci tmiddotOiJfn 1 at-middot ctpound~ lounge kitchen t hree bat hrooms c oloured su i te toilet f ive k ilometres from 8e~ok Jetty
( c un CJ ] t el V iJC [1 t~ V~~l ~h inC) ~ n d c 1 ean i n q three days a week
Bu lldoq for Sale Will eat anythi ng a n d is especially fond o f ch ild ren
For s~ le Rings can be or der2d b y ~ost S imply st ate Slze a n d enc lose string tied ar o und your fi nger
Crash course Available for anyone wish ing to drive q u ic k ly
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B 0 N o C U A T I E L E P I N A A E P E I N A U K L E B o N N E N I L 0 T X I E T G L A L o G S J L E I 0 L X V I a L 0 o A H E o G E A R T I L Z E T L P o T L E B M E R o T o T A I L A L A M I U V o L J middot O E R N E V E Y I A R Y P 1 A T P I A RAe COR 0 I o N Y AMP P L al GI o E N I o E H U E E I U R E BAG E X N R E R A N T o 0 A A P Z A T H E a T A o E U I WAROP L E S R I N E T I L ORA T I U GI U I E L E K 0 F E H A B o MOE T I
- 2 6shy
A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
The end of an old year The start of a new Thinking of and planning The things to do
Going to do better Going to be nice Going to be kind to all From bears to little mice middot
But its so hard to do them All these things youve planned to
do Cause while you try hard to do
them Someone comes to bother you
You dont have to be nice they say Forget it all - just have your way But stop before you rush out to play shyYoure throwing all your hard work
away
You see when you make a New Years Promise
Youve got to make it right shyAnd only if you fo llow it right thru shyWill the New Year be bright
A c ommuni t y pr o j ec t on r~ ir- i nCi l l1ci ShaYi n q
t h e middotmiddot Communi t v Che ~ t
3 i nc) iOl P Ot euro
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- Contents13
- From the Editorial Team13
- Essays and Stories13
- Limericks13
- Our Journals
- Our Super Readers13
- Word Power
- Catch Phrase13
- Hidden Words Contest13
- A New Year Resolution13
-
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future
t o praatiae
I have a s ister who is ver y
childish and bad-tempered Why is Peipe i s o clever
She can remember everythin~ampnet~ I cant stand
she r eads and i s alwa ys topher For example t he o t he r girl i n our class r want to
be like her good at every ~
day she wanted to borrow my
crayons but I t old her t ha t I need i t for my art l esson I t hing
I She cried l oudly and comp l aiX- I To be the top girZ in th~
t o rrother My mother blamed alas 8 is an admirable
aahievemen t to be yo urIre for uJBetting her andII seZf is a r are thing Ju s t Is colded for bein g s elfish I
be yoursel f and do y our 1I was 500 and t ried t o expl ain I the whol e stor y to he r bu t best in wha tever you set
s he jus t would t l i sten ou t t o do You wi ll
t o me What can I do experienae muah sati s fa ashy
aould exp Za i n ingYO try ____~ __ _middot_ s_B k _wi_~g It _i_o_n a_n_a h_a~t~n~p_i_n_e_ ___n_o __
th i s to your mo ther a da y you have don e you best I
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I to hel p your s is t er unde~ --------------~-- illis ta nd the s ituation I bull 1
Perhaps y ou aou la a l s o il lII as k y our mothe~ to bu y I)
III I
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Meet our
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Hopg Sbeliaog Jgt r 5A
Ju ~t 10 ~ h ow YfJU middot thEmiddot~ hi l~ t- i(Ju ~ t ime- we h a d du rmiddoti n c) c)U I~
En g l ish lessons Read wh at Mrs Seah r ece i ved whe n s h e lt~ ~i kf~d U lt t o p 1 ( CF~ ac iEmiddot t t i middot5Emiddotmfnt S i n t h p n E WS p aper-s
Classified Advertisem ents
Fm- s a Je~ Di nl nci tc~ b lEmiddot~ cHIn eurod b v lCci y wit h beaut i full v c a rved l eg s
Hel p Wa n ted Ma n t o han d le exp l os i ves Must be p r epar e d t o travel unex pectedlY
For sal e Beautiful l a r ge bun galow a t Ei~ 5 t~ Co c S t Fmiddot~t- k I u ll r b pci tmiddotOiJfn 1 at-middot ctpound~ lounge kitchen t hree bat hrooms c oloured su i te toilet f ive k ilometres from 8e~ok Jetty
( c un CJ ] t el V iJC [1 t~ V~~l ~h inC) ~ n d c 1 ean i n q three days a week
Bu lldoq for Sale Will eat anythi ng a n d is especially fond o f ch ild ren
For s~ le Rings can be or der2d b y ~ost S imply st ate Slze a n d enc lose string tied ar o und your fi nger
Crash course Available for anyone wish ing to drive q u ic k ly
For sale~ Genuine syn thetic wig s Real 100 manmade f i bre Colours red grEen p urp l e nr ang e blue No DrH1 wi 11 k nH i t Si not YDur h d J
-24shy
CATCH PHRASE Each i tem b elow is a cat c h phras e By s t u d y in g t he way the words are arrange d and dr a wn f ind out wh a t each catch ptH =lSf0 i s
I n (1) th e ~)nrcI l IFF i s p l a c ed a fter the wfJr d DEAT H so I a IlI- c a tch p hra se is LIn AFTEH DEtnH
D E f~ TH L I F E
(2 ) G R 0 U N D - - - - - ___ _ -- shy--~-
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B 0 N o C U A T I E L E P I N A A E P E I N A U K L E B o N N E N I L 0 T X I E T G L A L o G S J L E I 0 L X V I a L 0 o A H E o G E A R T I L Z E T L P o T L E B M E R o T o T A I L A L A M I U V o L J middot O E R N E V E Y I A R Y P 1 A T P I A RAe COR 0 I o N Y AMP P L al GI o E N I o E H U E E I U R E BAG E X N R E R A N T o 0 A A P Z A T H E a T A o E U I WAROP L E S R I N E T I L ORA T I U GI U I E L E K 0 F E H A B o MOE T I
- 2 6shy
A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
The end of an old year The start of a new Thinking of and planning The things to do
Going to do better Going to be nice Going to be kind to all From bears to little mice middot
But its so hard to do them All these things youve planned to
do Cause while you try hard to do
them Someone comes to bother you
You dont have to be nice they say Forget it all - just have your way But stop before you rush out to play shyYoure throwing all your hard work
away
You see when you make a New Years Promise
Youve got to make it right shyAnd only if you fo llow it right thru shyWill the New Year be bright
A c ommuni t y pr o j ec t on r~ ir- i nCi l l1ci ShaYi n q
t h e middotmiddot Communi t v Che ~ t
3 i nc) iOl P Ot euro
-27shy
- Contents13
- From the Editorial Team13
- Essays and Stories13
- Limericks13
- Our Journals
- Our Super Readers13
- Word Power
- Catch Phrase13
- Hidden Words Contest13
- A New Year Resolution13
-
Meet our
Zheog We i quI)Pr 5B
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Badge )
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Hopg Sbeliaog Jgt r 5A
Ju ~t 10 ~ h ow YfJU middot thEmiddot~ hi l~ t- i(Ju ~ t ime- we h a d du rmiddoti n c) c)U I~
En g l ish lessons Read wh at Mrs Seah r ece i ved whe n s h e lt~ ~i kf~d U lt t o p 1 ( CF~ ac iEmiddot t t i middot5Emiddotmfnt S i n t h p n E WS p aper-s
Classified Advertisem ents
Fm- s a Je~ Di nl nci tc~ b lEmiddot~ cHIn eurod b v lCci y wit h beaut i full v c a rved l eg s
Hel p Wa n ted Ma n t o han d le exp l os i ves Must be p r epar e d t o travel unex pectedlY
For sal e Beautiful l a r ge bun galow a t Ei~ 5 t~ Co c S t Fmiddot~t- k I u ll r b pci tmiddotOiJfn 1 at-middot ctpound~ lounge kitchen t hree bat hrooms c oloured su i te toilet f ive k ilometres from 8e~ok Jetty
( c un CJ ] t el V iJC [1 t~ V~~l ~h inC) ~ n d c 1 ean i n q three days a week
Bu lldoq for Sale Will eat anythi ng a n d is especially fond o f ch ild ren
For s~ le Rings can be or der2d b y ~ost S imply st ate Slze a n d enc lose string tied ar o und your fi nger
Crash course Available for anyone wish ing to drive q u ic k ly
For sale~ Genuine syn thetic wig s Real 100 manmade f i bre Colours red grEen p urp l e nr ang e blue No DrH1 wi 11 k nH i t Si not YDur h d J
-24shy
CATCH PHRASE Each i tem b elow is a cat c h phras e By s t u d y in g t he way the words are arrange d and dr a wn f ind out wh a t each catch ptH =lSf0 i s
I n (1) th e ~)nrcI l IFF i s p l a c ed a fter the wfJr d DEAT H so I a IlI- c a tch p hra se is LIn AFTEH DEtnH
D E f~ TH L I F E
(2 ) G R 0 U N D - - - - - ___ _ -- shy--~-
F E E T F E E T F E E T F E E T F E F T F E E T
( 3) I
S F f fI D
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B 0 N o C U A T I E L E P I N A A E P E I N A U K L E B o N N E N I L 0 T X I E T G L A L o G S J L E I 0 L X V I a L 0 o A H E o G E A R T I L Z E T L P o T L E B M E R o T o T A I L A L A M I U V o L J middot O E R N E V E Y I A R Y P 1 A T P I A RAe COR 0 I o N Y AMP P L al GI o E N I o E H U E E I U R E BAG E X N R E R A N T o 0 A A P Z A T H E a T A o E U I WAROP L E S R I N E T I L ORA T I U GI U I E L E K 0 F E H A B o MOE T I
- 2 6shy
A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
The end of an old year The start of a new Thinking of and planning The things to do
Going to do better Going to be nice Going to be kind to all From bears to little mice middot
But its so hard to do them All these things youve planned to
do Cause while you try hard to do
them Someone comes to bother you
You dont have to be nice they say Forget it all - just have your way But stop before you rush out to play shyYoure throwing all your hard work
away
You see when you make a New Years Promise
Youve got to make it right shyAnd only if you fo llow it right thru shyWill the New Year be bright
A c ommuni t y pr o j ec t on r~ ir- i nCi l l1ci ShaYi n q
t h e middotmiddot Communi t v Che ~ t
3 i nc) iOl P Ot euro
-27shy
- Contents13
- From the Editorial Team13
- Essays and Stories13
- Limericks13
- Our Journals
- Our Super Readers13
- Word Power
- Catch Phrase13
- Hidden Words Contest13
- A New Year Resolution13
-
Ju ~t 10 ~ h ow YfJU middot thEmiddot~ hi l~ t- i(Ju ~ t ime- we h a d du rmiddoti n c) c)U I~
En g l ish lessons Read wh at Mrs Seah r ece i ved whe n s h e lt~ ~i kf~d U lt t o p 1 ( CF~ ac iEmiddot t t i middot5Emiddotmfnt S i n t h p n E WS p aper-s
Classified Advertisem ents
Fm- s a Je~ Di nl nci tc~ b lEmiddot~ cHIn eurod b v lCci y wit h beaut i full v c a rved l eg s
Hel p Wa n ted Ma n t o han d le exp l os i ves Must be p r epar e d t o travel unex pectedlY
For sal e Beautiful l a r ge bun galow a t Ei~ 5 t~ Co c S t Fmiddot~t- k I u ll r b pci tmiddotOiJfn 1 at-middot ctpound~ lounge kitchen t hree bat hrooms c oloured su i te toilet f ive k ilometres from 8e~ok Jetty
( c un CJ ] t el V iJC [1 t~ V~~l ~h inC) ~ n d c 1 ean i n q three days a week
Bu lldoq for Sale Will eat anythi ng a n d is especially fond o f ch ild ren
For s~ le Rings can be or der2d b y ~ost S imply st ate Slze a n d enc lose string tied ar o und your fi nger
Crash course Available for anyone wish ing to drive q u ic k ly
For sale~ Genuine syn thetic wig s Real 100 manmade f i bre Colours red grEen p urp l e nr ang e blue No DrH1 wi 11 k nH i t Si not YDur h d J
-24shy
CATCH PHRASE Each i tem b elow is a cat c h phras e By s t u d y in g t he way the words are arrange d and dr a wn f ind out wh a t each catch ptH =lSf0 i s
I n (1) th e ~)nrcI l IFF i s p l a c ed a fter the wfJr d DEAT H so I a IlI- c a tch p hra se is LIn AFTEH DEtnH
D E f~ TH L I F E
(2 ) G R 0 U N D - - - - - ___ _ -- shy--~-
F E E T F E E T F E E T F E E T F E F T F E E T
( 3) I
S F f fI D
( 4 )
41 uo dalS deg9 ( 6 )
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B 0 N o C U A T I E L E P I N A A E P E I N A U K L E B o N N E N I L 0 T X I E T G L A L o G S J L E I 0 L X V I a L 0 o A H E o G E A R T I L Z E T L P o T L E B M E R o T o T A I L A L A M I U V o L J middot O E R N E V E Y I A R Y P 1 A T P I A RAe COR 0 I o N Y AMP P L al GI o E N I o E H U E E I U R E BAG E X N R E R A N T o 0 A A P Z A T H E a T A o E U I WAROP L E S R I N E T I L ORA T I U GI U I E L E K 0 F E H A B o MOE T I
- 2 6shy
A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
The end of an old year The start of a new Thinking of and planning The things to do
Going to do better Going to be nice Going to be kind to all From bears to little mice middot
But its so hard to do them All these things youve planned to
do Cause while you try hard to do
them Someone comes to bother you
You dont have to be nice they say Forget it all - just have your way But stop before you rush out to play shyYoure throwing all your hard work
away
You see when you make a New Years Promise
Youve got to make it right shyAnd only if you fo llow it right thru shyWill the New Year be bright
A c ommuni t y pr o j ec t on r~ ir- i nCi l l1ci ShaYi n q
t h e middotmiddot Communi t v Che ~ t
3 i nc) iOl P Ot euro
-27shy
- Contents13
- From the Editorial Team13
- Essays and Stories13
- Limericks13
- Our Journals
- Our Super Readers13
- Word Power
- Catch Phrase13
- Hidden Words Contest13
- A New Year Resolution13
-
CATCH PHRASE Each i tem b elow is a cat c h phras e By s t u d y in g t he way the words are arrange d and dr a wn f ind out wh a t each catch ptH =lSf0 i s
I n (1) th e ~)nrcI l IFF i s p l a c ed a fter the wfJr d DEAT H so I a IlI- c a tch p hra se is LIn AFTEH DEtnH
D E f~ TH L I F E
(2 ) G R 0 U N D - - - - - ___ _ -- shy--~-
F E E T F E E T F E E T F E E T F E F T F E E T
( 3) I
S F f fI D
( 4 )
41 uo dalS deg9 ( 6 )
o e ~t61H oS
SaU1T uaaM4aq 6ur peaM degv luad s raAo I of
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In the box are 10 hidden words spelled out in a certain direction They are items relating to musical Instruments Circle the words wi th a bright colour
B 0 N o C U A T I E L E P I N A A E P E I N A U K L E B o N N E N I L 0 T X I E T G L A L o G S J L E I 0 L X V I a L 0 o A H E o G E A R T I L Z E T L P o T L E B M E R o T o T A I L A L A M I U V o L J middot O E R N E V E Y I A R Y P 1 A T P I A RAe COR 0 I o N Y AMP P L al GI o E N I o E H U E E I U R E BAG E X N R E R A N T o 0 A A P Z A T H E a T A o E U I WAROP L E S R I N E T I L ORA T I U GI U I E L E K 0 F E H A B o MOE T I
- 2 6shy
A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
The end of an old year The start of a new Thinking of and planning The things to do
Going to do better Going to be nice Going to be kind to all From bears to little mice middot
But its so hard to do them All these things youve planned to
do Cause while you try hard to do
them Someone comes to bother you
You dont have to be nice they say Forget it all - just have your way But stop before you rush out to play shyYoure throwing all your hard work
away
You see when you make a New Years Promise
Youve got to make it right shyAnd only if you fo llow it right thru shyWill the New Year be bright
A c ommuni t y pr o j ec t on r~ ir- i nCi l l1ci ShaYi n q
t h e middotmiddot Communi t v Che ~ t
3 i nc) iOl P Ot euro
-27shy
- Contents13
- From the Editorial Team13
- Essays and Stories13
- Limericks13
- Our Journals
- Our Super Readers13
- Word Power
- Catch Phrase13
- Hidden Words Contest13
- A New Year Resolution13
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B 0 N o C U A T I E L E P I N A A E P E I N A U K L E B o N N E N I L 0 T X I E T G L A L o G S J L E I 0 L X V I a L 0 o A H E o G E A R T I L Z E T L P o T L E B M E R o T o T A I L A L A M I U V o L J middot O E R N E V E Y I A R Y P 1 A T P I A RAe COR 0 I o N Y AMP P L al GI o E N I o E H U E E I U R E BAG E X N R E R A N T o 0 A A P Z A T H E a T A o E U I WAROP L E S R I N E T I L ORA T I U GI U I E L E K 0 F E H A B o MOE T I
- 2 6shy
A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
The end of an old year The start of a new Thinking of and planning The things to do
Going to do better Going to be nice Going to be kind to all From bears to little mice middot
But its so hard to do them All these things youve planned to
do Cause while you try hard to do
them Someone comes to bother you
You dont have to be nice they say Forget it all - just have your way But stop before you rush out to play shyYoure throwing all your hard work
away
You see when you make a New Years Promise
Youve got to make it right shyAnd only if you fo llow it right thru shyWill the New Year be bright
A c ommuni t y pr o j ec t on r~ ir- i nCi l l1ci ShaYi n q
t h e middotmiddot Communi t v Che ~ t
3 i nc) iOl P Ot euro
-27shy
- Contents13
- From the Editorial Team13
- Essays and Stories13
- Limericks13
- Our Journals
- Our Super Readers13
- Word Power
- Catch Phrase13
- Hidden Words Contest13
- A New Year Resolution13
-
A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
The end of an old year The start of a new Thinking of and planning The things to do
Going to do better Going to be nice Going to be kind to all From bears to little mice middot
But its so hard to do them All these things youve planned to
do Cause while you try hard to do
them Someone comes to bother you
You dont have to be nice they say Forget it all - just have your way But stop before you rush out to play shyYoure throwing all your hard work
away
You see when you make a New Years Promise
Youve got to make it right shyAnd only if you fo llow it right thru shyWill the New Year be bright
A c ommuni t y pr o j ec t on r~ ir- i nCi l l1ci ShaYi n q
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- Limericks13
- Our Journals
- Our Super Readers13
- Word Power
- Catch Phrase13
- Hidden Words Contest13
- A New Year Resolution13
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- Contents13
- From the Editorial Team13
- Essays and Stories13
- Limericks13
- Our Journals
- Our Super Readers13
- Word Power
- Catch Phrase13
- Hidden Words Contest13
- A New Year Resolution13
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