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Then a genie popped out from the explosion of the fire and said in a very deep voice, “I will grant you one wish, the only rules are that you are not allowed to wish for more wishes.” Laim T

“I just hate Mr Laton, the Head Teacher. I mean what was that about the other day. He was all like, OK, you’re late for class and, on see me in my office,” said Zahra being the cheeky one this time. Saoirse

Flora and Layton saw a train. They saw the fair and it was 20p but they had no money. They came out and saw a girl. She looked like metal. The girl grabbed them and put them on a rollercoaster. A voice said, “This will go to Vampire Castle.” Soha

“I am a little wish box. You can ask me for one wish only, so you need to think very hard what you would like to come true. But you need to tell me your wish before midnight, because after that the wish box will disappear. Be careful!” Simon

On day, just a normal day, two nine year olds called Mark and Louise were in an amusement park and they found an unusual looking pit ball. It had Celtic print so they sent and took a look then suddenly …… the ball started to glow and it was mumbling something in Chinese but luckily they had a Chinese friend to translate. She said something about wishes. Exciting I know. Rebecca

In a big white palace lived a princess called Selena but she just hated that name so she told everyone to use her second name which was Alex. If you want to know something about her family, her Mum died when Alex was six years old and her Dad died two years after her Mum. Now she only has her Grandmother. When Alex’s Grandmother will die alex will become the Queen of Denmark. Wiktoria

“That was an awesome game!” I said as we started walking home. Shhhh! What the? I looked behind me and saw a little swirl pool getting bigger and bigger!” Panashe

As they were going on the way, Vivian noticed that she was no more in Scotland and she found out that she was on one of the witches’ broomsticks and also found out that it was big and thin and long. You could easily fall off because she also noticed that it was a sticky one so she was lucky. Before she even knew it, she found herself in the sky and started wondering what her family would think of her. So, she just decided to ask where she was going but when she asked, “Puff!” they turned her into a padlock so that she wouldn’t talk a tick. Agnes

Two hours later, he was looking for food in the water. He saw a shiny box. He quickly swam to the box. Then the box asked, “What is your wish?” Adrian L

Meanwhile Kitty was trying to tell Cathy about some butterfly flying into the room. But then Tiffanny flew out and ruined her plan. Cathy said, “When were you planning to tell me?” When Kitty didn’t answer,Tiffany tried to lighten the mood. “At least we both have unlimited wishes now!” both girls smiled. Ngozi

“I grant you three wishes and let me introduce myself, I’m George the Genie.” Nancy

One day Jake came back to the large cave. “Oh, I’m back and my wish has come true.” He had a dog, but it wasn’t all correct, he wanted a UFO dog. He told his dog to sit but the dog just flew. Jake shouted, “I HAVE AN UFO DOG!!!!” Filip

One bright day there were some older kids and a younger boy in the park but some thing wasn’t right. Happy Helper saw the older kids were punching the young boy. He looked sad, worried and frightened. They were bullying him. So when ever the older kids touched the younger boy it started to rain on the older kids. But, why? Happy Helper had turned into a cloud. The older kids were trying to work out what was going on. Finally they left because they were so wet. Niamh

One day Rose wanted to be a princess. She went to school and she found a big yellow rock. The rock spoke, “I can give you a wish.” The next day she woke up in a palace. She saw a beautiful gown. Weronika

There was a magic tree right in front of the house. Amy wished she would know a big secret in the family. Then suddenly the wish came true, the wish was that the whole family was MAGIC! that was the secret. Adithya

Suddenly everything turned as red as a tomato and the money tried to eat me. I shouted as loud as I could. No one heard me. I struggled and struggled. Scott

One day Michal and Radek wished for a silver A4 coupe and a black Nissan Skyline car. There was a big bang and two cars appeared on the street! Michal said, “Look Radek, new cars. One for you and one for me. I want the Nissan Skyline and you have the Audi A4.

The Dark Witch screamed in terror. The castle started breaking up in the middle. Hector wished that they were in a safe place. Hector made new friends, Dion, Thoko, Magdalena and Claire. The Dark Witch disappeared! James M

One shiny day there was a little monkey called Jack, a zebra called Fiona and there was a little monkey called Mia. She was alone and she wished to have some good friends. Magda

Hayley took the shiny key out of her pocket and suddenly the little house turned gold. They went inside and Hary saw a gold ball. He picked it up and wished he was at home sleeping in his bed. The next day Hayley and Harry woke up and realised they are at home and they felt really happy but Harry had a big secret. He still had the gold ball in his pocket and he never told anyone about it. It would be his secret forever. Magdalena

I got lost and didn’t want to go down in this type of night. Was that the same with you? Have you got a fire lighter …. oi, what are you kids doing? By then everything was spinning in my mind. I just wished I had got out of there but I couldn’t. Thoka

I will help you and off they went. when they got there, the smaller girl said to Suzy that she lied. “Why?” “I don’t know.” Izabella

The green monster ate the door and tripped into the room. Shan was so scared, he run up the chimney. The Monster tried to get up the chimney but dust and darkness was his weakness so he didn’t go up. The monster slivered out of the house and into the street. “YAHH!” screamed the town folk at the sight of him. Callum

After school, she was walking lonely in a dark, shadowy emty place where birds where whistling everywhere; owls flew everywhere as fast as shooting stars. Zahra

Days passed into weeks. Weeks turned into months. I’ve been making so many wishes that I’ve lost track. I’ve felt like the most wonderful princess. But lately, Mum has been acting weird, and she notices me more than before. I feel like an animal in a cage. Claire

The Boogie-doogioe went to the doctor. While he was walking, he saw a box so he opened it and then he saw a paper in it. He picked it up and on the paper it said, “I am the box with the wishes. You can ask me for one wish.” Dawid

“Wow!! What is that?” said Paul. “It looks like a magic box,” said Bill. “How do you know?” said Paul. “Because it says on the label,” said Bill. It was a magic box and could give them as many wishes as possible! But they didn’t know what to wish for. Samuel

• when do you open your presents?
• what do you eat?
• a story from Sheena Blackhall
• an interview with special guest from Santa Claus and his plans to go to Ballater by Reading Bus
• christmas songs from different countries
• and sack loads more!

• stories about dolphins and whales
• a beautiful Polish song
• Christmas time in Poland and Scotland
• a beautiful song from Swaziland
• views on the X-Factor
• and lots more!

• students reading from their stories
• an interesting interview with the author John Fardell
• and lots more!

In this broadcast there are special messages and questions to the penpals from Forest Edge. You can also hear

• about some of the clubs and activities Hanover Street students enjoy
• Thanksgiving messages
• stories about St Andrew, Scotland’s patron saint
• how the thistle became the Scottish emblem
• an interview with Jenny Watson about the Reading Bus
• Primary 7 interview with Mrs Evans including her enjoyment of Scotland’s historic victory over Australia at rugby
• … local stories from Grace and lots more!

Harrison Sinclair needed a phone. His cell phone fell out of his pocket and broke, and all the public phones have been vandalized. The reason he wanted to call was to find out if his daughter was at the hospital or not. There was a big bus pile up at her school. The hospital was ten miles away; he had no money for a taxi, and he would not live with himself if he didn’t find out right away.

Harrison was exploring around the cityscape for ten minutes until he finally found an outdated looking phone booth right near some railroad tracks. The booth looked out of place compared to the steel skyscrapers, and there was an old Victorian look to it. He walked to the phone booth and dialed up the hospital number nearest to the place where the pileup happened. After a few seconds of ringing, a surprisingly clear voice said, “Hello, this is St. Mary Hospital. How may I help You?” “Do you have any recent records of Julie H. Sinclair?” “What does the “H” stand for sir?” “Er, well, its Homonubus.” He heard no snicker. “There is no Homonubus at our hospital, although there is a Homonubus at Green Leaf Hospital.” Harrison’s throat stiffened, “How old is she?” “Five years old sir.” It was his daughter!

Green Leaf Hospital was a mile away. Harrison sprinted down a sidewalk and got there in seven minutes. He signed in as fast as he could and asked what number was his daughter’s room. “490,” came the reply. He rushed to the room and walked in. He saw his daughter wrapped in bandages snd came close to his dear child. Her eyes were closed. When he went to her bedside, Julie’s eyes flew open and she said in a gravelly voice: “Am I going to the place where mommy went.” “I hope not, honey.” “Well I think I am going there.” After those words, she finally closed her eyes. Harrison’s eyes widened, and he sank to the floor weeping. Then he ran out of the hospital.

His wife had died a year before and he was still mourning her. At his daughter’s funeral, she was buried next to her mother. After a week, Harrison started lingering around the phone both. At first he hated it, he kicked the walls and punched the telephone box until his knuckles were bloody. But after a short while, it suddenly occurred to him that if he hadn’t found the phone booth, he would not have seen his daughter when she was still alive and he wouldn’t have heard her last words. After that thought, he started cleaning the glass in the booth. He also polished the telephone box. Every day he cleaned the floor. In a week, the booth glowed in the sun and sparkled in moonlight. As a last touch, he put a bronze plaque on the door that said: “This booth is commemorated to my wife and daughter. I hope you two are happy.” The phone booth was Harrison’s new pride and glory. But the loss of his family left a gaping wound of sorrow in him.

One day, as Harrison was polishing the bronze plaque, the phone rang. It was very peculiar. Nonetheless, Harrison picked it up. He heard a disgusting and gurgling voice saying: “I would rather die than apologize.” Then a sound like a bang followed and the line went dead. After a few minutes of panic, Harrison thought to himself, that must have been a prank caller, and left.

It was already night, and Harrison wanted to get home fast, so he crept through an alley that was a shortcut to his house. He suddenly stopped. He heard the same gurgling voice. It was coming from a side alley. Harrison peeked around the corner and saw twenty people standing in a circle. In the middle of the circle was a man. His face was covered in blood. There was another man in the circle; he had a trench coat and a hat on. He shoved the bloody faced man to the ground and snarled, “Apologize!” The other man replied in the same gurgling voice, ” I would rather die than apologize!” Then the trench coat man pointed a gun at the bloody man and shot it. Harrison gasped and ran the other way. He quickly called the police. The whole gang was arrested. For a week, Harrison didn’t visit the booth. The scene still haunted him. But when the week passed, he started cleaning the booth again. However, he did not have as much enjoyment in cleaning it as before. After a month, the second call came.

Harrison didn’t pick it up. But it kept ringing. After thirty minutes, Harrison finally picked the phone up. He heard the fanfare of a news report. Then he heard a news reporter’s voice say, “We are at the scene of an accident involving a derailed train. Unfortunately, there was one death. It was of a man named Harrison Sinclair. The accident happened at 2:05 p.m..” Harrison’s eyes widened, his throat constricted, he looked at his watch: 2:05 p.m. Then he saw the train. He saw it derailing. And he saw it crashing through the booth. He was killed instantly. After the crash, the only thing that remained intact was the bronze plaque. And the Sinclairs were a whole family once again.

By Mark, Forest Edge Elementary School

Kat Vlasova