I loved WebbliCheesy's story! I thought the way he saved Bernie was really cool. (Hope those fans were solar-powered, by the way!) And, it made me laugh, too. If you've written a story, send it to me. If it's brill, we'll publish it on WebbliWorld! Yay!
Read another winning story, here.
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Wow, you Webblis are a creative bunch! We were so thrilled with the brill stories you wrote for our Puffin Competition, we're publishing the best ones, here. The brief was to describe how you would save Bernie the Iceberg from the threat of Global Warming.
So, here, without further ado, is THE WINNER picked by top children's author,
Jeremy Strong. This is what he said: I LIKED THE HUMOUR OF THIS STORY. IT MAKES ITS POINT WITHOUT BEING TOO SERIOUS AND DEPRESSING, WHICH IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING! I LIKED THE OVERALL OPTIMISM TOO.
How WebbliCool is that?!
A STORY BY WEBBLICHEESY.
Bernie the Iceberg was having a grand old time talking to his good friend Jane the iceberg. Jane was a lot smaller than Bernie and was getting smaller by the minute.
"More tea?" asked Bernie as they just finished talking about Global Warming.
"Yes, please, Bernie".
Bernie turned around only for a second to get some tea and looked back and Jane was gone. ‘Oh no!’¯ cried Bernie, ‘I was afraid this would happen!’¯ He rushed over to the phone and called the WebbliWorld police!
‘Hello! Bernie the Iceberg here. I’m just calling you to tell you that my friend Jane has just disappeared! I turned around to get some more tea and she just disappeared!’¯
‘Ok just calm down,’¯ said the policeman calmly, ‘We’ll get someone over there as soon as possible!’¯
‘Wait! I know how it happened! It was all global warming!’¯ answered Bernie.
‘Ok we’ll come with a *GW professional! See you soon!’¯ and he hung up. (*GW = global warming).
10 minutes later a police boat pulled up alongside Bernie. Sitting in it was John, the police officer.
‘Hey, Bernie,’¯he said ecstatically, ‘You’re a lot smaller since I last saw you only a few days ago! What’s going on?’¯
‘Global Warming! That’s what! It’s melting me! It melted Jane already! She’s gone,’ cried Bernie.
‘Oh!’¯said John is disbelief, ‘I’m so sorry!’¯
‘Did you bring the GW professional?’¯
‘Bernie I am the GW professional! That’s why I was sent!
‘Oh well quickly! What do I do?’¯ asked Bernie.
‘Well you could move home! Or you could get the humans to stop burning fossil fuels! Apart from that there isn’t anything you can do!’¯
‘WHAT?!’¯ yelled Bernie, ‘YOU’RE TELLING ME THAT I’M JUST GONNA MELT AWAY! LIKE THAT!’¯
‘Geez, calm down Bernie! I was only joking,’¯laughed John.
‘Oh. Sorry for yelling! What can I do then?’¯
The next day Bernie woke up knowing that this was gonna be a better day than yesterday. John arrived at 6:00am with a truck-boat load of umbrellas and electric fans. He placed the umbrellas one by one on top of Bernie and turning on the battery powered fans. Bernie instantly felt a lot cooler and safer from the sun and global warming. Until this day Bernie is still one of the biggest icebergs in the area!
The End!
Read WebbliBooman's fantastic winning story, here.
Find out more about Global Warming, here.
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