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=﻿ = = My Memory Story = My best friends are Darius, Marc, Brian and Madigan. Last year on the last day of school we went to the movies. We saw 2012, when we got to the movies we bought the largest size of popcorn and maltesers. When we watched the movie I sat next to Darius and he didn't stop talking, so i moved to the other side of the cinema and sat next to Madigan. He was curled up in a ball and was shivering. We were sitting right under the air conditioner, so we moved again. The movie was really boring and didnt get exciting untill the end. When the movie finished we hadn't finished the popcorn, so we had a food fight. It was fun untill the cleaners told us off. We then went outside and spent the rest of our money on the game machines. When it was time to leave we went back to Madigans house for a swim and dinner. It was a great day.

By Chris 7D

Broken Phone, Chest of Drawers and Stray Animal 15/11/10

The other day I went to the public pool with my mates. I jumped into the pool, the water was freezing. I swam for an hour before I got hungry. I got out of the pool and headed for the change rooms. I got changed but I couldn't find my phone. I looked in my bag, nothing. I then looked in my board shorts pocket and there it was. My iPhone was in my pocket for the whole time while I was swimming. My mates were laughing and joking around but I was nearly crying. I had taken my eight hundred dollar iPhone for a swim. I went home immediately and dried most of the phone with the hairdryer. I then put the phone in a bowl of rice, the rice is supposed to draw all the moisture out of the phone.

I didn't tell mum or dad because if they found out I wrecked my iPhone they would kill me. I booked an appointment at the Apple shop for them to repair my phone. I didn't want mum or dad to see my phone, so I started searching for a spot to hide my phone. I then heard the loud rattling noise of the garage door opening. Mum was home already. I frantically started running around the house looking for somewhere, anywhere to hide my phone. I ran into the spare room and there it was the perfect spot. In the corner of the room was the ugliest chest of drawers. No one had put anything in there for years. The drawers were dark brown with black oval shaped handles. I opened the bottom drawer, it was full of dust. After I coughed half my lungs out, I stuffed the bowl of rice with the phone into the back of the drawer. I then ran into my room and jumped onto the computer. Out of nowhere mum came right up behind me. "What were you doing in the spare room?" "I was looking for my old cricket bat." "Did you find it?' "No but it doesn't matter just wanted to use it in the backyard."  "I'm going downstairs to cook dinner; I'll call you when it's ready."  "Ok."

I then went on with my homework until it was time for dinner. For dinner we had roast chicken with potatoes. It was beautiful but I couldn't enjoy it. I was too focussed on my broken phone. After dinner I got ready for bed. I had a shower and brushed my teeth. I then got into bed and watched T.V. I finally fell asleep and woke up at 9:30 am, late like usual. I quickly got out of bed, half asleep. I chucked some clothes on and raced out of the door with my broken phone and the bowl of rice. I quickly walked to the bus stop and sat down on the seats. The bus was running late. When it finally arrived I jumped on. The bus was empty. It took around 20 minutes to get to the shopping centre. I walked through the shopping centre until I found the Apple Store. I walked through the big clear glass sliding doors and into the shop. The shop was all neat and tidy. I walked up to the counter and talked to the assistant. They took my iPhone and went out the back. They returned five minutes later and told me the worst news. They could repair my phone but it would cost three hundred dollars and it's only a fifty percent chance it will ever work again. I decided not to repair the phone.

I caught the bus home and hopped off at the bus stop. I then started to make my way home, that was when I realised something was following me. I looked back and saw a chicken. It was white and had brown feathers. It looked really skinny; it mustn't have eaten for days. I walked right up to it. It didn't move, I then realised it was eating something. I looked closer and saw it was eating rice. There was a trail of rice all along the footpath. It was coming out of a little hole at the bottom of my bag. I decided to bring the chicken home. I made sure the rice was coming out of my bag at a steady pace and the chicken was following me. When I got home I walked right up to the chicken trying to grab it. As I got close enough the chicken jumped straight into my arms. I then remembered our neighbours have chickens and they might be missing one. I walked over to their house and knocked on the front door. Jenny our neighbour came to the door and when she saw the chicken she was over the moon with delight. The chicken had escaped from the backyard three days ago. Jenny was so happy to have her chicken back she gave me fifty dollars as a reward. After spending an hour playing with her chickens, I then went back home and finished off my homework. I decided to tell mum and dad about my broken phone. They weren't too happy but when they found out that I saved Jenny's chicken they forgot all about my broken phone. The next day when I came home from school mum was waiting for me in my room. She had a present. It was a brand new iPhone and a waterproof case for whenever I go near water.

The End By Chris Starc