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DO AS YOU’RE TOLD. STARTED BY PAUL JENNINGS AND FINISHED BY…

“I told you not to touch my mobile phone, Debora,” said Mum. “Why don’t you do as you’re told?”

She took the phone out of Debora’s hand. Then she went into her study to work on the computer. Debora knew that her mother would be busy for about an hour.

It’s funny when someone says, “Don’t touch.” Straight away you want to do it. A little voice seems to say, “Pick me up, pick me up.”

So Debora did. She grabbed the mobile phone and crept off to her room. She shut the door and put it on the bed. Then, just to make sure that Mum didn’t catch her she turned the key in the lock.

Her hands shook. Her tummy felt funny. She knew that she shouldn’t have taken the phone. But she wasn’t going to ring anyone. No – she just wanted to look. And pretend that it was hers. There wasn’t much harm in that was there? That’s what she thought anyway.

“Zap.”

What was that? A buzzing noise.

“Bzzz, bzzzz.”

A dragon fly. It buzzed noisily just over her head. Debora didn’t like its big wings. And blue body. Did dragon flies sting? She wasn’t sure.

She was just about to run out of the room when she saw something else.

A straw broom on the bed.

Where had it come from? How did it get there?

And? And? Where was the phone?

She picked up the broom and stared at it. The handle was made out of the branch of a tree. It had been worn by many years of sweeping.

Debora was scared. She threw the broom onto the floor. Then she fell onto her hands and knees and peered under the bed. Nothing but dust. She jumped and lifted up the pillows. And the blankets. The phone was not there.

What would Mum say when she found out that Debora had touched the phone? Debora already knew.

“Why don’t you do as you’re told?” Mum would say. She would be really cross.

The dragon fly still circled madly through the air. Suddenly it dropped down and settled. On the key in the door.

“Zap.”

The key vanished.

Debora stared at the lock. A spoon was sticking out of the keyhole.

She shook her head and rubbed her eyes.

This was not TV.

This was not a movie.

Or a book.

Or a dream.

This was her own bedroom.

This was real.

She could not believe her eyes. Mum’s phone had turned into a broom. And the key had turned into a spoon.

The dragon fly took off again.

“Bzzz, bzzzz.”

The dragon fly flew round and round in the air.

Debora crouched down and put her hands over her head.

“Bzzz, bzzzz.”

Suddenly the noise stopped.

Where was it?

On her skateboard, that’s where.

“Zap.”

The skateboard turned into an apple.

The dragon fly was sitting on an apple. A large, red apple.

Debora ran to the door and turned the handle. But then she changed her mind.

Mum would be angry. She wouldn’t believe that the phone had turned into a broom.

She would say those terrible words. “Why don’t you do as you’re told?”

The dragon fly buzzed louder than ever. Debora stared at it with big round eyes. She started to get mad.

Whenever the dragon fly sat on something it changed. She wanted the mobile back. And the key. And the skateboard.

She didn’t want a broom and a spoon and an apple.

 

 

Your endings…

Debora chased the dragonfly around the room but it darted out of reach.The dragonfly landed on her bed which immediatly turned into a very tall tree that broke through the roof right into her mother’s study! Debora shrieked,she could hear footsteps coming down the stairs. Debora’s mother opened the door just in time to see the dragonfly land on a lamp which turned into a rather large clock. Debora explained everything that had happened. Her mother then said “That was very silly wasn’t it. Lucky for you I can fix it.” Then she snapped her fingers and everything went back to normal, the hole in the roof was gone and the dragonfly had disappeared. Debora stared at her mother in amazement, her mouth wide open. Her mother just winked and walked out of the room.

Lauren, 7, 2611

The dragonfly flew past again. This time the spoon turned into a man-eating lion. She was really scared. the dragonfly again flew past. The broomstick then turned into an evil ogre with a club that looked like that it would hurt if the ogre hit her with it.

The lion roared. The ogre gave his club a swing. It would have hit her if the dragonfly had not of flown past the ogre’s face. The ogre was now a spoon. The dragonfly flew past again. This time the spoon was a key The same thing happened with the apple and the lion when the dragonfly flew past again. Deborah was releived. She let the dragonfly out the window and unlocked her door. She put the phone in the place that it was last. She ran to mum and said that she was sorry.

Nathan, 11, 4606

She soon discovered that this dragonfly had magic powers. She heard her mum’s footsteps nearing her room and she yells out ‘Don’t come in my bedroom!’ Her mum replies ‘Why?’ Debora quickly makes up a story that sounds believable. She says ‘I am getting changed.’ Her mum turns away and meanwhile Debora chases the dragonfly with the broom hoping that it would fly out the window and lose its magic powers. ‘SMACK’ ‘CRASH’ KAPOW’ . The dragonfly fell on the floor and lost his magic powers. At that moment Debora got her phone back!

Thomai, 7, 3108

She couldnt believe that the dragon had magic powers.Debora could see that the dragonfly was now siting on the apple.Debora took the broom and was now aiming at the magic dragonfly. she was about to hit the dragonfly when the dragon flew and Debora had missed the dragonfly. Debora was hopeless, then she thought for a moment. she was thinking that about telling her mum what had happen and apologize what she had
done. Then Debora yelled ” MUM!.” Debora’s mum ran up to her bedroom door and asked what was going on. Debora apologized about taking her mums phone and promised her that she would never take or touch her phone again. At that moment the dragonfly turned everything back to normal when her mum came in and said that her dad was standing outside controlling the dragonfly. Debora ran to her window and saw her dad holding the remote. She turned back to see her mum when her mum said,” I told you Debora.” Why won’t you listen?!”

Teresa, 11, 3020
Deborah decicded to eat the apple to see if it gave her any powers to kill the dragonfly. She thought it tasted like wood and rubber, or was that her imagination? Deborah waited and waited but nothing happened.
“What a silly idea.” she thought.
The dragonfly was still buzzing inside the room. After circling numerous times it landed on the broom and to Deborah’s surpsise it turned back into the phone. The dragonfly then moved to the spoon and turned it into the key.
Deborah was getting very excited until she remembered she had swallowed the apple.
The dragonfly was circling around her head. Deborah didn’t want it to land on her so she quickly turned the key, raced out the door as fast as she could.
The dragonfly followed…

Lacey, 10, 2360

She hit the dragonfly with the broom.The broom suddenly turned back into a phone. She suddenly realised that when the dragonfly touched it the first time it turned into something else. When it hit it a second time it turned back. She decided to throw the spoon at the dragonfly and the spoon tuned back to key, next she threw the apple, it turned into a skateboard. “Everything’s back to normal.” The End

Chloe, 10, 2147

She definitely didn’t want a magic dragonfly. She could still hear it buzzing. Zap! “Oh, no, Debora thought wearily. What now? She turned around stiffly. The bed was gone. In its place was a large, round frying pan. “Oh. My. God.” Debora realised that she would have to get rid of this stupid little dragonfly before it did any more damage. She sat down on the floor and thought for a moment. Then she got up and walked over to the saucepan that had once been her bed. Leaning towards it nervously, she picked it up with two hands. It was very heavy. She looked at the dragonfly now perched happily on the windowsill. Creeping towards it carefully, she raised the pan above her head. Thwack! The dragonfly was too quick for her, and she made a dent in the wood. “Debora?” Mum called from the study. “What was that noise?” Debora could hear her mum coming towards her room. The door handle twisted, but the door didn’t open. “Debora? Did you take my phone again? You open this door right now!”
“I can’t, Debora whimpered. “The key’s gone.” She was definitely scared now. Outside the door, mum sighed. “Debora, what did you do with the key?” she asked.
“I don’t know, Debora sobbed. “I – I took your phone again and I came here to play with it. But this little blue dragonfly came in and started buzzing and your phone disappeared and there was a broom on the bed. Then there was a zapping noise and the key disappeared and a spoon appeared in lock. I started freaking out and then it zapped my bed and it turned into a saucepan. I tried to kill the dragonfly with it but it moved and I hit the windowsill. Thats the noise you heard. Now there’s a dent in the windowsill and the dragonfly is still in here somewhere. I don’t know what to do, Mum. I’m sorry I took your phone. I won’t do it again, I promise.” Then the dragonfly flew to the saucepan. Zap! Debora blinked. It was a bed again! Then the dragonfly flew to the broom. Zap! It transformed into Mums phone. Finally it landed on the spoon sticking out of the keyhole. Zap! The spoon vanished. A key fell to the floor with a clatter. Mum turned the handle, and this time the door opened. She was red with rage. “Um.. said Debora.
“I told you not to touch my moblie phone, Debora,” said Mum. “Why don’t you do as you’re told?”

Taylah, 11, 2580

 

Then her mother comes into her room and says, “What are you doing? And what’s all this junk?”
Debora says, “It’s a magic dragonfly and it’s turned your phone into a broom, my skateboard into an apple and the key into a spoon!”
“Oh,” says mum, as she tries to swat the dragonfly.
Then the dragonfly falls down onto the ground and Debora captures it in a jar. It couldn’t breathe which makes it turn into a normal dragonfly so Debora let it go out her window. Then everything reverses back to normal. Her mum laughed and said, “Dad controlled the dragonfly just to make you learn from your mistakes.”
Debora looks out the window to see her Dad with the friendly drafonfly. The End

Bailey, 8, 2280

 

“I wish that the mobile was not a broom”. Then the dragon fly went out the window. Debora sat on her bed sad and wished that she never took the phone and listened to her mum.”Why did I take the phone?” Debora said. As her mum was getting some lunch and called out “lunch Debora”. She did not came because she was locked in her room. Her mum was worried. She went up to the room. “Mum I will be there in a min” said Debora “okay” said mum the dragon fly came back and sat on the broom,spoon and apple and they all turned in to a big banana “Isthat all” said Debora. “sit on the banana please” Debora said madly and they turnd back to normal. THE END

Dakota, 9, 4829

 

“Debora have you seen my phone?” said her Mother  While listening to her mother she had not been keeping an eye the dragonfly which had just landed on her bed next to her. Debora moved quick to the window and opened it but to her surprise the dragonfly stayed where it was on the bed and turned into a giant bed of fairy floss .
Debora thought for a moment and then said quietly “come here and fly out the window,” but at the minute the dragonfly flew for the window at great speed and landed on the edge of the window. In a great flash the whole house turned into a ginger bread house .
Debora woke with a start and laughed and said ” It was only a dream or was it .” As Debora fell back to sleep the sound of buzzing could be heard all around the window .

Poppy, 12, 2430

 

The dragon fly landed on the bed. The bed turned into a big piece of cheese. What was happening??!! “THATS IT!!” She picked up the ultimate fly swatter and hit the dragon fly against a brick wall. Then all of a sudden everything went back to normal. Then Mum walked in “What’s happening here?” “I stole your phone sorry Mum. Here it is.” Deborah fealt that she gave it back and said to herself “at least everything is back to normal!” The end!!

Gus, 8, 4017

 

Then the dragonfly landed where? Where was it?
There it was on a ball.
Buzz buzz.
The ball turned into a net. The type used to catch butterflies.
Debora quickly ran to the net, she knew just what to do. She turned and swung the net through he air. Missed! This is not going to be easy she thought.
Debora leapt onto her bed, she bounced and pounced and flew through the air with a swipe of the net.
Yes! got it!
When she looked at it buzzing madly in the net-trap, she saw that it was not a dragonfly but was a little human body with wings.
‘Debora, Whats that noise?’ came mums voice from downstairs. ‘Oh no I need mums phone back’ Debora said to herself.
Then pop! Pop! Pop! pop! There was the ball again and the pixie shot off out the window and disappeared.
And magically, there was the skateboard and there was the key in the door, and thank goodness there was mums phone.
Debora rushed back down stairs and placed the phone back on the bench.
‘Nothing mum, do you want a cup of tea?’ she said sweetly.

Danny, 8, 4211
”A skateboard an apple and a broom this world has gone mad” Debora said still staring at the three items with her big round eyes.”First I’ve just got to find that dragonfly so he can change everything back”, ”OK dragonfly where are you no wait do not fly out that window I need you” said Debora begging to the dragonfly. Then right before her eyes the dragonfly spoke ”why do you need me”the dragonfly said shyly. ‘Omg you can talk” said Debora then she started to scream around and round her room ”wait please don’t scream” said the dragonfly. But it didn’t work she kept on screaming so the dragonfly had to think through all the screaming Debora was doing and then it hit him so he backed up and… flew straight into Debora’s mouth then Debore just had to swallow him. ”Now thats just great its not grit just he great that I ate him but he could of change everything back” said Debora crossing her arms.Then she felt a glow in her tummy and a little voice it was the dragonfly. Debora felt sick because something was still alive in her tuumy then he spoke once again the ”only were to change everything back is to listen to your mother and do as you’re told ”yes oh yes I can do that I can I can ” Debora then she woke up and everything was back to normal ”ah it was just a dream”. ”mum mum guess what happened to me your phone turn into a broom a my stuff into different stuff but it was all a dream also heres your phone”

Cheyenne, 11, 4829

Debora doesn’t want the dragon fly to land on her so she smartly tries to capture it. She captures it. She says hooray! Her mum hears the racket they are making and comes in. Debora forgot to lock the door so before her mum comes in she dropped the jar that the magical dragon fly was in by mistake. The dragon fly flies out of the window. Mysteriously everything goes back to normal. When her mum comes in she asked Debora” whats my phone doing in your bedroom? ” Thats when Debora finds out everything went back to normal.
The End

William, 9, 3875

 

Debora said ‘ I wish everything would go back to normal.’ Suddenly, a big light shined and everything came back to normal and she put the phone back and no one was in trouble. Everyone was happy. The End

Tobias, 7, 0820

 

Then the brilliant idea struck and when I say brilliant I mean brilliant, like a seriously once in a lifetime, once in a blue moon idea. To calculate if her plan would work, she needed to do some complex mathematical equations.
Dragonfly=Change Straw-broom A.K.A mobile phone + Dragon fly = Phone changed back.

So to put her master plan into action she got on her desk and grabbed the dragonfly in her hand. However when she touched the dragonfly she started to feel enormous pain and suddenly she felt her skeleton shrinking, breaking and reforming. When she opened her eyes she saw a young girl standing on her desk wearing her clothes and then she looked down at her self and the shock came in a rushing stream. Then her mother walked into the room.
“Debora!,” called her mom
“Have you seen my phone”
“What are you doing up there”
Then she let out large shriek before grabbing a rolled up magazine and whacked the dragon fly sitting on her daughter’s desk staring at her. “Come on dear lets get some lunch”
The real Debora’s last thoughts were “Serves me right.”

Isaiah, 11, 0820

 

All of a sudden she realised that the drangonfly was magic so she screamed so loud that it flew out the window THE END!!!!

Chloe, 8, 4802

 

Just then her mum came in, and she laughed. She had made magic to get the dragon fly to change everything. She knew that Debora had the mobile and wanted Debora to learn a lesson. She gave Debora a big hug. Debora had learnt a lesson and mum gave the mobile to Debora anyway.

Hannah, 7, 4216

 

The dragonfly was still going around in circles over Debora’s head.Debora screamed! She was frustrated.The dragonfly sat on her bed and it turned into a magic carpet. Debora gasped. She nearly fainted. Then she had a plan. She unlocked the door and she opened the door and the dragonfly flew out. Then she quickly shut the door and everything came back to normal.Then she grabbed the phone and put it where she found it .After that she never ever did it again.THE END!

Maya, 8, 3202

 

Debora knew she would get in trouble, but then she had an idea. She could ask her dad to get a new one. So she went to ask her dad. It was Debora’s lucky day. Her dad bought a new phone. THE END

Eliza, 6, 2804

 

Suddenly, the wretched dragonfly flew out the window and landed on a stray petunia in the family’s garden. Bzzzzzzz.
The poor flower was transformed into a taranchala! It crawled up the porch stairs and slipped through a space under the front door. Then, Deborah heard an ear-splitting scream, as she spied her mother storming out into the front yard, attacking the spider with a heavy old boot.
Oh no! The winged insect flying just overhead was zooming towards Deborah’s mother! Before Deborah had any time to warn her mum, the dragonfly landed on the woman’s arm…
Bzzzzzzz.
To her horror, her mother turned into a can of insect repellent. There were already tears forming in Deborah’s despondent eyes. Just then, one of the large droplets fell upon a tiny ant wandering on the window awning. Immediately, it was squashed flat and drowned. That gave Deborah an idea.
It turned out that the dragonfly’s transformations would help her after all…
First, she picked some sharp strands of wood from the broomstick, injecting them into pieces of apple she had removed with the spoon. When she was finished with her work, Deborah wrapped the darts up in her bedsheets and slung it over her back, supporting the sack with the remains of the broomstick. Deborah sneaked out the back door, navigating her way stealthily through the hedge at the side of the house that led to the garden. As soon as she arrived at the dragonfly’s roaming area, she unpacked her weapons and waited. When her adversary had reached the other side of the garden with its back to her, Deborah extracted an apple-dart and fired it towards a thick rose bush. Thinking that the girl was in that position, the dragonfly was lured there. As quickly as her non-althletic legs could carry her, Deborah moved, quietly, closer to the dragonflly, a deadly-sharp dart in hand, and finally began her short ambush. Yes! The monster was hit! Deborah revealed herself crashing through an army of leaves, yodelling, and finally snatching up the can of insect repellent, flicking off the seal, and spraying it mercilessly at the blood-stained dragonfly.”THIS WILL TEACH YOU TO MESS WITH ME AND MY MUM, YOU STUPID INSECT!” She screamed at the top of her voice. After a few seconds, the human-to-bug war was over.
LATER…
“Mum! I’m home!” Called Deborah, as she entered the house, holding her worn-out skateboard( which was not the result of travelling around in it). A few moments later, her mother appeared, holding her mobile phone.”I just managed to fix this thing’s ringtone,” she began breathlessly, “but I never found out why a part of the memory chip was in bits.” She finished in a puzzled tone. “Also, I’ve been having a strange craving for the fragrance of insect repellent, and dragonfly blood lately,” She pinched her nose at the mention of that phrase.
Deborah smiled secretly, watching her bedroom key slide from her hand into the bin. It didn’t work anymore; one of the dents had become misshapen, and it looked, just slightly, in the shape of a spoon…

Yuella, 10, 2134

 

Debora begs the dragonfly to give her the phone back.But the dragonfly said “Why would I ever do that?”.Debora replied.”I know I never should have done that, also I will promise that I will never do something like that again”.The dragonfly says “Fair enough here you go” and the dragonfly disappeared. Debora did exactly what she said to the dragon fly and her mum was a bit cross but Debora was fine and they all had tea. THE END

Justin, 9, 3023

 

“Oh what do I do Squawky?” Debora said to her pet cockatoo.
“Buzz zzzz” Suddenly the dragonfly went up to Squawky’s cage and “Zap!” The next thing she knew there was a mobile phone in the cage. “Oh my goodness” said Debora. “Where is Squawky and why is there a mobile phone in his place?” “Hang on,” thought Debora “if there’s a mobile phone where Squawky was…” Debora grabbed a piece of paper and touched the dragonfly with it. Suddenly she was holding a key. “Yes!” thought Debora.
She grabbed a shirt that was too small for her and held it up to the dragonfly and boom, she had her skateboard back. “Cool!” she said picking up the key and the mobile phone. Debora pulled the spoon out of the door and put the key in. She went and put the mobile back.
Later on that day Debora was in her room when she heard a loud “squaaawk squaaaawk”.
“Debora” yelled Mum, “do you know how to stop my phone making this annoying noise?”

Keegan, 11, 2800

 

The blue bodied dragonfly with big wings landed on several items.  One of those items happened to be Debora’s bed that then began to form into a magical dragon.
Debora forced the dragonfly to touch everything that she had changed. The magical dragon was very helpful to Debora because he let her use seventy percent of his magic to turn into a fan.
Once the dragon had  re-formed into a fan Debora opened the  window and the dragon fly flew out the window.
Debora then told the dragon to go for a fly outside. Just as Debora told the dragon that message, her mum
called her for lunch. So she went down and ate her lunch. The End

Helen, 10, 3111

 

Suddenly,”Debora!!!!!!!!!!!!!” It was her mum.
Debora told her everything, although she did not believe her as she thought. She went to her bedroom and showed her.
But…….. everything was back to normal. (luckily she did not get grounded!!!!!!!!!)

Will, 8, 3240

 

She went outside  and caught a butterfly to lead the dragon fly to the  broom .Then the dragon fly touched the broom
and it turned back into the phone, She  did it to the other things that the dragonfly transformed. Finally she turned off the phone so it couldn’t to anymore magic, And then everything was back to normal again. THE END!!

Daniel, 8, 3149

 

When the Dragon fly went out of her window everything came back to normal. Then she turned the key and told Mum that she stole Mum’s phone.

Eden, 7, 5085

 

But she stayed calm.”Think, Debora, think.” She thought. Then she had a brilliant idea! “If the dragonfly touches the things it landed on, maybe they would turn back!” she said while sitting on her bed. Well at least she thought she was. The dragonfly landed on her bed and it turned into a sofa. “Well, at least it’s not something bad.” She sighed, so then she held up the spoon for a test. But the same moment that she did so, everything went black. She couldn’t see anything! “?!” She was so confused! But then she found herself lying down in the living room sofa. She had just woken up! It was all a terrible nightmare! Then her Mum called her, “I’m just going to call, Miss Kennedy, sweetheart! “Ok Mum!” But inside she was glad it was a nightmare and not real, so she ran to her room, went to the wardrobe where she had left the…apple? OHHH NOOO!

Zoe, 8, 2560

 

Then she did get mad, “This is my room and my home” she said to the dragonfly. “You should be nice to people and not touch their belongings. Please can you change them all back. I know now I should not have touched my mum’s phone, so if you could do the right thing as well too, so I can put it back I would really like that. Thank you. Oh you did it – that’s wonderful.” She quickly crept out and put the phone back exactly where it had been, she had learned her lesson she will never, no matter what, touch something she was told not to touch. As she closed her bedroom door her mum carefully looked around the corner with a big smile on her face and turned to her pet magical dragonfly. “Thanks I think she got the message don’t you?” The end!!! : )

Sharna, 11, 4605

 

Debora went and told her mum but when they got back it had all changed.

Joshua, 5, 5096

 

Debora needed a plan. All she had was a spoon, a broom and an apple. “OK” she muttered to herself “You can do it, you just have to think about it”. “You have to get to school in 10 minutes Debora, so I want you down here by then” her mum called from down the hallway. OK then. A spoon, a broom and an apple. Spoon, broom, apple. Spoon, broom, apple. Spoon, broom, apple.
Spoon. Broom. Apple. “Eureka, I got it”! Debora screamed. “Got what darling?” her mum asked. “Um, my hair brush” Debora she said sheepishly.
She opened her window and wrapped her scarf around the broom, but unfortunately, due to her clumsiness, she dropped the scarf. So now she just had a spoon and an apple. She shoved the spoon into the apple and pulled it back out. Now the spoon was all shiny. She put the spoon in the perfect spot so it caught the sun’s light rays and it got the rays to focus on the lock. She knew it would take a while to melt the lock, and in normal circumstances, it wouldn’t work at all, but this spoon was magic, so hopefully it would work. Debora started munching into the apple.
The lock finally melted! Debora got out of her room and down stairs, where she saw her mum with the phone. B-B-B but how is that possible?!?!?! She had lost the phone!!! She ran back up into her room and every thing was back to normal. She ran back down stairs, just to find a group of men. With a key and a skateboard.
“Mum, I stole your phone, then I lost it then a dragon fly appeared then-” she was cut short by her mother. ” It’s okay, it’s all okay, do you want to know why?” her mother said soothingly. “Why” she asked. “Because it’s APRIL FOOLS DAY” her mother and the man yelled. “No it’s not, tomorrow is.” Debora said, dumbfound. “This happens every year, well, sorry darling, have a nice day at school.”

Samuel, 11, 2460

 

Then she noticed that a key was carved into the spoon and the same with the apple, it had a skate board carved in it, and the mobile was carved into the broom. When she looked closer she noticed that all the carvings were very detailed. After looking for about a minute she thought of a plan. Maybe if she used the objects like they were before the dragon fly touched them they might return to their original state. As she picked up the spoon, it didn’t feel like a spoon but like a key. She stuck it into the key hole and was amazed at the sight because the spoon turned into a key. Then she jumped onto the apple and the same thing happened to the apple, it turned into her skate board and the same with the broom. She ran down stairs and put the phone back just as her Mum came out. “Well, it looks like you didn’t touch it, Debora. You can play with it now.” “No thanks Mum.” Debora’s Mum looked confused. Debora turned around and ran upstairs and walked into her room and then she smiled. She thought to herself “I’m never doing that again.” THE END.

Taya, 12, 4816

 

Debora looked at the clock. “Almost six” she yelled. The dragonfly was about to blow her up. He turned her brand new laptop into a net. ‘Great what am i supposed to do with this” Debora had all these hesitating feelings as if mum would come and get the extra key from her wardrobe and open that door to find out that Debora was making up a good load of garabage to get herself out of this. The only thing her furious mum would say “Why don’t you do as you’re told”. Suddenly a bright idea fell into place. She looked at the net and then the furious and hesitating beast. She jumped for the net before it was too late and grabbed it, then caught the dragonfly. Mum was banging on the door, the dragonfly was getting louder and louder. She tapped the dragonfly on the spoon,the apple and then the broom. Mum came in and grabbed her phone off the bed. “Debora why don’t you do as you’re told”.

Aisha, 10, 3806

 

Debora got so mad that she started waving her arms wildly at the dragonfly. The dragonfly was quite smart and dodged the swipes. So Debora called Darth Vader to help her kill the dragonfly. Instantly Darth Vader appeared and shot out his hand for the choke force but Debora made Darth Vader make the dragonfly turn all the things back to what they originally were. In the end Darth Vader killed the dragonfly after it turned all the things back to what they were originally. ”Phew, thanks alot Darth Vader” Debora said hugging him. “Not a problemo” Darth Vader said.

Vincent, 11, 3106

 

Suddenly there is a ‘ZAP’ The dragonfly fell to the floor. It was dead. Suddenly she realized it wasn’t the comferts of her own bedroom. She had fallen asleep and sleptwalk out to the nearby forest.
“DEBORA”, shouted her mum. “Why is my mobile phone in the fridge and your skateboard is chattering away like an idiot!”
“Oops”, Debora thought. “Now you know what happens when you sleepwalk!!!!

Ashleigh, 9, 4061

 

Debora decides to talk to the dragonfly. “Dragonfly where is your home?” she asks. The dragonfly replies “Come with me, I will show you”. Then by using magic, the dragonfly opens the window and they both go out into the garden. They go out the garden gate. They came to a big rock with a teeny tiny hole inside it. The dragonhole says “This is my home”. The dragonfly goes inside and then the dragonfly does magic and they both go back to the bedroom. Everything had turned back to normal. The broom had turned back into the mobile phone. The spoon turned back into the key and the apple was turned back into a skateboard. Debora says “Thank you” to the dragonfly. The dragonfly flies out. Debora quickly puts her mum’s phone back before her mum returns. Her mum comes back into the room and says “Did you take this phone?”. Debora says “No”. Her mum says “Good girl. Do you want to eat some lunch now?” Debora says “Yes, I’m starving”. THE END

Victor, 6, 2066

 

Her mum was madly banging on the door. “Let me in!” she squealed. “Don’t do anthing on that phone.” Debora could hear her mum yelling and the dragon fly buzzing. She ignored her mum, she had to concentrate. Finally the dragon fly landed on the apple and it turned back into a skateboard. She quickly shooed it. It landed on the broom and it turned back into a phone. “What a relief” she said. She unlocked the door. ‘”About time,” her mother said. As Debora went down the stairs she heard her mum yell “Debora what have you done with my phone?” The end

Sara, 9, 2403

 

Then she was chasing the dragon fly and stepped on it. As soon as she stepped on it the fly died and the apple changed back to a skate board. After the apple changed, the spoon changed back to the key and then the broom changed back to phone.  Debora opened the door carefully and put the phone next to mum. When her mum finished her work she was very happy because mum thought Debora didn’t touch the phone. And they lived happily ever after. THE END.

Ananyaa, 5, 3146

 

At last! It was past Christmas and she could get out of her room! She took a glance at the t-shirt and the dragonfly went in and turned it back to normal. Debora heard a tinging sound coming from the phone. After school her best friend, Keera said she was going to text on her own mobile phone to her so she went to her mum’s computer and asked for permission to use it and she said yes so she hurried back into the room and checked the text. It said:
‘Hey Debby it’s Keera here wanna chat?!?!?’
Debora suddenly saw the dragonfly appear. She quickly texted back to her friend and said:
‘Quickly please Keera because the dragonfly is about to land on my mum’s mobile phone.’
Then Keera texted back and said:
‘Ok…-_-’
Then Debora texted again and said:
‘I gotta go give mum her mobile phone now, she’s calling my name!’
Then Keera texted back and said:
‘Ok bye!!’

Jessica, 8, 4562

 

So, she realized that the Dragonfly had made her basket of flowers into a book! It was the weirdest book she had ever seen! She opened a page a suddenly she read:
Dear reader, Do not fear cause this dragonfly only makes things into another thing for five minutes.
She had to wait for 2 minutes,but, BANG! It was her mum!”Debora what did I tell you about my phone. Don’t you pay any attention?!”mum said.”I’ll be out in 3 minutes if I have to!” After 3 minutes she fell asleep and everything was back to normal exept for that dragonfly. Dad yelled”dinner time and what’s taking you two so long”. So the dragonfly slipped the key under the door and mum saw it.”Very funny Debora now can you please come out cause I need to call Auntie Karen”. Debora loved Auntie Karen cause there was always a nice good story. She loved hearing about the new games she plays with Auntie Karen’s children. They were her cousins. So her mum unlocked the door and she called Karen and so her 3 children – Jess age 5, Oliver age 9 and Edin age 18. They all had dinner and listed to Karen’s story of Santa and the pirate Christmas. Soon they had a sleep over for a week and so it was time to say goodbye.

Gurnoor, 8, 3132

She got all her stuff ready and put some bait and let the dragon fly land on it or touch it.

Tiaraasril, 9, 3168

 

Then the dragon fly sat on the bed and the bed turnd into a boat. All Debora wanted was the phone, the key, the skate board and the bed. Her mum went to Debora’s room and started to knock on the door. Debora’s mum said “Open the door.”  “No I am getting dressed” Debora said, “I want everything back”. Then everything came back and then Debora’s mum said “Can I come in now?” and Debora said “Yes”. Debora’s mum said “Did you take my phone?” and Debora said “Yes”. The end.

Luke, 8, 5171

 

The dragonfly started buzzing about.That was driving Debora mad!!! She grabbed the spoon out of the lock and started to chase the drangonfly. Wait, she thought thinking. An idea popped into her head.She caught the dragonfly in her old bug catcher dramatically.
She quickly popped the spoon in there too. The dragonfly buzzed around for a bit, then landed on the spoon. It was a relief to see that the spoon had turned back to a rusty old key. If that method had worked with the key, then it must work for everything else!! But her excitement suddenly faded as she heard loud yelling.

“Debora!! Where is my phone?!” That was a familiar voice. It was her Mum!! She quickly turned around and opened the bug catcher. The dragonfly let out a huge buzz but at this moment she didn’t care.She put the key in the keyhole and let out a big sigh. The dragonfly flew out the window. This is the end, she thought.

“I’m serious Debora, I need that phone!!!” Her mum said banging on the door. She jumped out the window and started chasing the dragonfly. She caught it and hopped back inside. Her mum was still banging at the door. Debora shut the window and let out the dragonfly. The dragonfly buzzed around then landed on the apple. The apple turned back into her skateboard. What a relief!! She quickly shooed the dragonfly onto broom, which turned into the phone. Debora took the key out of the keyhole and let her mum in. “About time!” She said snatching the phone off her bed.

“DINNER!!” Debora’s Dad called and before she raced across the corridor for tea, she killed the dragonfly just in case.

Rena, 9, 3860

 

She ran at the fly, broomstick in her hand, whacking madly at the dragonfly.SMASH …whoops the cupboard lay on it, sidea splinters everywhere. Bzzzz bzzz that enfernal dragonfly was still in here, thats it. Debora picked up a shard of wood from the smashed cupboard and hurled it at the dragonfly which was by now sitting on her bedroom window. She realized her mistake just a bit too late shards of glass flew out and hit the walls …

Deborah rolled out of bed falling on something. She flew on to her feet, blanket in hand. Oh phew just a dream. Her room was the same, her cupboard pushed against the wall, her blue carpet, the fading white walls, her bedside table.
Debora hastily put her hand under the bed, a cool form in her hands. Yes that just proves it was a dream. She casually walked down the stairs like all her things hadn’t turned into apples and brooms. Mum was waiting down there. She said in an icy tone. She guilty felt around in her pockets for the phone. She gave her a sheepish grin and pulled out the..apple? NOOOO!!!

Harry, 11, 3328

 

Debora started panicking.  Suddenly mum shouted “Debora, what are you doing?”
Debora turned the door handle to try and get out. The door wouldn’t budge. Meanwhile the dragon fly flew out the window.
“Hurry up Debora! I am waiting!” Mum screamed.
“Coming!” Debora screamed.
Suddenly, mum stomped up to the door. “Why is the door locked?” asked mum.
“Um…ah,” Debora said.
Things were whizzing through her mind.
Buzz…buzz. The dragon fly is back! It touched the spoon, and then touched the apple. After touching the broom, everything is back to normal. The spoon is back to a key, the apple is back to a skateboard and the broom is back to mum’s mobile phone. Suddenly, Debora‘s mum fell asleep. She took the key out of the door handle and put it on her desk.
Debora crept out with the phone and put the phone where she found it.  Then she went into her study to work on the computer. When Debora‘s mum woke up, she opened the door. She saw Debora studying, so she went back to work.
THE END!

Kaitlyn, 8, 3105

 

Then the dragonfly looked at her “I don’t know why you’re here and what you want but I most certainly know what I want” said Debora. “I want you to stop ruining my life or else you’ll find yourself dead”.

Just at that moment Debora’s mum called her “Debora, darling can you please start making dinner please sweetheart? There’s pasta in the fridge and I do hope you’re doing your homework and not making all that noise up there for nothing!” her mum told her. Debora didn’t need to think nor did she needed to be reminded twice she quickly slammed the door and the dragonfly got knocked out then she stepped on it.

JingYang, 10, 5070

 

The dragonfly suddenly flew out of the window and landed on Debora’s horse. Suddenly the horse changed into a unicorn. There was a big bang and suddenly Debora’s mother came in and asked where her phone was! Then she saw that the horse was a unicorn. She asked what had happened to the horse and her phone. Deborah tried to explain that every time the dragonfly landed on something it changed it into something else! Her mother told her not to worry and that it was a magic phone and has magic buttons on it and strange things happen all the time. There is a special button that sends the dragonfly out! There is a special button that changes everything back. They just needed to find the dragonfly and get him to land on the broom and it will change it back into the phone. So Debora called to the dragonfly and it landed on the broom. Debora loved her unicorn so did not change it back and they lived happily ever after! The end!

Leonie, 7, 2866

 

Debora knew that if her mum needed her phone in the next hour she may as well go and dig her own grave. Instantly panic came over her but also mingling with curiosity. She had so many questions. What was the dragonfly? Why could it just go zap and the phone would turn to a broom? She was thinking about these when she realized the dragonfly was sitting up on top of her wardrobe looking at her as if wondering what she was going to do. She silently cursed the dragonfly and wandered halfway across the room a piece of paper appeared with a faint pop on the dresser in her room. Slightly surprised she went and read it.
I will change it back this time but if you do it again it will be a broom forever.

She sat on her bed lulling it over. On one hand she could have her phone back for good, on the other hand if she layed a hand on that phone when she wasn’t allowed she would be left with the old tattered looking broom she already had. She made her decision and somehow knowing what she had to do she got a pen and wrote on the paper one word.
Ok

Within five seconds the buzzing started again and three pops and she no longer had a broom, apple or spoon. She also noticed the dragonfly had disappeared so she quickly replaced the phone. She walked up the stairs with only the faintest “pitter, patter” and when she got up there was a note on her dresser with two words in a very familiar scrawl of handwriting.
Good

And as she went to sleep that night she knew her life had changed forever.

Terry, 13, 4019
“Come on Debora, think,”she thought. She suddenly had an idea. ” Maybe, if I kill the bug the objects will turn back to normal “. So she got a can of fly spray and a fly swatter and got started. She sprayed every where it flew, she wacked every where it landed. It landed on her favourite top and when she tried to squash it instead of getting the insect she squashed an egg. Yolk got in her face and hair. ” You little rascal ” she yelled. She sat down to catch her breath. Her mum yelled out to her ” Im going to pop down to Mrs Smith’s dear.” ” Okay mum, ” Debora called out.

Just what she needed – more time. When she heard the car leave she got back to work. She found the dragon fly on her basket ball – well it was a basket ball now it’s a large sponge. She crept up to it, the fly swatter in one hand and the fly spray in the other. BAM! SPRAY!. She had killed the menace. ” Eureka” she screamed with joy jumping up and down. But something bad happened… VERY BAD!!. The ground shook beneath her, the walls shook, everything was tumbling over, enormous trees with big trunks came out of the ground, the grass was growing fast and it turned into a big indoor jungle. ” OMG, what have I done “. Then as quick as lightning a huge flood swept her from underneath her feet. It felt like a whirl pool. She tumbled, she spun, she almost lost her lunch. Until it all flowed in to a river. Debora burst out of the water for air. She spotted a log and swam over to it and held on. Only it wasn’t a log it was a crocodile!! Debora screamed and tried to swim away but the reptile was too quick, its massive jaws clamped around her shoe and bit it off. It swallowed it in one small gulp.

Then Debora had an idea. She slid off her other shoe and threw it across the river. “I knew those hammer throw lessons would come in handy,” she thought to herself. As soon as she got on the bank she ran towards the front door. She saw the front door handle turn slowly, it slightly opened. Her mum stepped in her home then she gasped, her mouth dropped open, she dropped her purse and stood there in silence. ” Mum I can explain”.
” I’ve got only one thing to say to you “.
” What’s that? “.
” I told you not to touch my phone .”
THE END

Samantha, 12, 6210

 

Debora panicks, her mum will soon come looking for her phone and won’t be able to find it. The dragon fly lands on her mirror-the mirror changes into another dragon fly- there are now 2 dragon flys flying around her room, one lands on her pillow and it turns into a spell book. Debora quickly reads a spell out. The dragon flies disappear, the book turns back to a pillow and so does everething else. Her mum comes into her room and asks what her phone is doing on Debora’s bed. Debora says “I don’t know”. Her mum picks up the phone ands walks out of the room. THE END!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amber, 10, 4573

 

Then she noticed something – It was coming in. Into its final enemy… HERSELF! Debora’s spine felt a little chill. It was coming closer… It was getting… SCARIER! She tried to back into a corner, but her room was too messy. But! Just before it closed into land on her… IT LANDED ON THE FLOOR! Soon enough, they were out sailing the seas in an ENORMOUS Pirate ship! She still saw her other furniture onboard, Same where they have been. She was very scared. She gaped in awe as the firefly started to chuckle – Bzzz! It was laughing… PROBABLY LAUGHING AT WHAT IT WAS GOING TO DO! Debora shaked with fear as the firefly dived to the water! But just as the firefly was about to touch the water… A Giant dolphin jumped out of the water and gobbled it up! Soon enough, it turned into a gold watch and fell into her hands. Great. Stranded. And the phone and – WAIT A SECOND!
The carpet turned into water… Most of her furniture is a boat… OH NO! The broom apple and spoon must be down the seven seas or the boat she is in! How was she ever going to get out? Soon enough, The ship started rocking and everything was sliding about. She felt the urge of the cry for panic coming out. “SOMEONE SAVE ME!!!” Debora screamed, outloud. Soon enough, there was an underwater earthquake which caused a tsunami. But as weird as it sounds, she ended up on a treasure island which looked like her mum’s study!

Debora was all confused until… SPLOCHY SPLASH! SPLOSH SPLUSH SPLISH! It was another tsunami, and the water was rising! She started climbing the nearest tree but… It was too late. The tsunami had come in for the kill. She was done for. Just then she felt the water shake around a little bit… Then she awoke sleeping on the couch! Her mum was shaking her.

“Debora are you ok? You were screaming in your sleep!” “I-I-I’m ok mum…” She was in quite a shock. A dream! It was all a dream! Her mum left to work in her study and she was left in the living room alone. All alone… With that familiar buzzing sound… Not again! This time it sat on THE TV! It turned into a lion. “Ohhh noooo…” Debora moaned. She didn’t want to expierience this again – It was no dream… If he does it this time… It’s all over… That little buzzing noise. Bzz bzz bzz! It was laughing! “I-I-I WILL GET YOU!” Debora screamed. Then he closed into the floor… Closer… Closer… Closer… Then the only noise she heard was a small buzzing noise into the unknown caverns of the acid monsters…. It went bzz bzz bzz… No, Debora wasn’t there at all. Infact, She probably learned her lesson. NEVER, EVER touch you mum’s phone or else… A small small firefly will ruin your life no doubt about it… Nothing was left of Debora. Her whole house turned into the cavern. Her mum never got to tell her that one message… “Don’t ever touch my phone Debora! You’ve learnt your lesson today!”

Kate, 8, 2031

 

Debora then realised that mum would soon be home so she frantically raced downstairs and put the phone back still wishing that it was hers. She then ran back upstairs and rushed into her room and shooed the dragon fly out the window. Deborah raced downstairs and at that moment mum walked through the door and said “Have you touched my phone? It is magic.” She showed Debora that it was magic!

THE END!!

Mackenzy, 7, 2640 

 

”OH NO!” Debora thought to herself. Mum was going to be absolutely furious, nothing else in this world could be any worse than this. I just want that ridiculous dragonfly to go away. Maybe this is karma? Maybe this is a way of life telling me that what I did was wrong? I sit down on my bed, what am I going to do? Suddenly I see the door handle turning and immediatley what comes to my head is Mum. Suddenly the door handle stops, the mystery person or thing on the other side of the door stops. The handle starts jiggling and that’s when I realise this is my second chance at having more time to find out how to get the broom back in to Mum’s phone. I almost forgot about the dragonfly which now is raging at me like I’m a dart board and it’s the dart going for a bullzye. ”AHHHHHHH!”, I scream covering my eyes. I feel it on my leg gnawing on me! I’m going to die!, I’m going to die! I hear myself scream out loud. It stops from gnawing me and starts talking to me with it’s deep, monster like voice. ”Debora”, the dragonfly says to me. A couple of minutes later another ”Debora, Debora”, comes. Now it’s shaking me, I don’t even know how this is possible seeing as it is only 3.5cm’s long! I wake with a startle, Mum staring at me with her beady eyes and her phone in her hand. I thought that was real life, not a dream, I wisper to myself. ”What did I tell you about touching my phone?”, she said. ”Ah…Sorry about that Mum, I promise it won’t happen again”. ”That’s okay I forgive you, but when I tell you not to touch my phone I mean it Debora”. ”Okay Mum”. ”So do as your told!”
~The End~

Shae-Kia, 10, 4821

 

Suddenly the dragon fly turned around and “zap” – It had turned Debora into the exact phone as her mum. Soon after that her mum came barging down the hall way shouting “If my phone’s in there you’re going to be grounded for 2 weeks!”
Lacy (her mum) opened the door and there sitting on the bed was Debora looking like a phone. Debora’s mum marched over like an elephant pounding across the room. She took up the phone and whispered to her self “Boy she’s lucky.” As Debora tried and tried to talk nothing came out. That night when Debora was laying in her mum’s hand bag some thing weird happened – she turned back into herself. She ran into her room, the key was back and her skateboard was back but neither the broom or the phone was back. She turned around and at her door her mum was standing there with her phone. Her mum said “Please explain. ”

Lily, 10, 2454

 

Debora panicked, what would she do? She trembled as she scattered to the other side of the room but tripped on the big red apple.
“Ouch!” yelped Debora who was now searching for her new pair of glasses which had been knocked onto the ground. She squinted trying to find her glasses only to notice a ray of light…… The window! Debora could escape through the window, but first she had to find her glasses
“Where are they?” thought Debora only to find her glasses right at her feet. But she was too late. The same familiar sound of the dragon fly made her bellie twist into a wrenching knot.
“Bzzzz…. bzz…….. bzzzz………………..zap,” went the dragon fly and turned her glasses into dust. Drats!
Debora had to get out, now! She stumbled to her window fiddled around until she found the latch and then yanked the window open. She squeezed out of it, raced to the front door of the house, wrenched the front door open and slammed it shut as soon as she was inside.
Uh oh, Mum had heard her.
” Debora Johnson why were you outside, why did you slam that door and where on earth are your glasses!” demanded Mum.
“uh…um….nothing Mum……nothing,” stammered Debora still struggling to see.
“Well then if I were you I’d go find those glasses and go to your room! You might as well tidy your room while your at it!”Mum bossed.
“But Muuuuuuuum…….” whinned Debora.
“NOW!”
So Debora went to her room knowing that she wouldn’t even be able to open the door but suprisingly she could. She went inside it and every thing was normal, her glasses andthe phone were even sitting on her bed pillow……………..Had Debora imagined it all?
Debora picked up the phone and it suddenly vibrated rapidly in her hand. She looked at it, there was a new message, an unknown person had texted her (really they actually texted Mum but anyway) the message read: Have you learnt your lesson Debora?
Maybe Debora hadn’t imagined it but all Debora knew was that she wasn’t going to touch Mum’s phone ever again and she returned the phone to where Mum had left it.
The End.

Emily, 12, 7250

 

Debora crouched down and put her hand onto her head. “Bzzz bzzz.” Suddenly the noise stopped! Where was it? On her skateboard, that’s where! “Zap!” The skateboard turned into an apple. The dragon fly was sitting on an apple – a large red apple. Debora ran to the door and turned the handle but then she changed her mind. Mum would be angry.

Kevin, 7, 2144

 

She is soooooo angry. She shattered the window. But….. her mum caught her and locked her in the basement till dinner.

Audrey, 6, 4171

 

Debora asked the dragon fly if he could turn things to normal again. The dragon fly said’yes’. And as quick as a flash every thing was the same. Her mum said’ did you touch my phone?’ Debora said’ yes’. Her mum said ‘I’m glad you told me’. THE END.

Jessica, 6, 4630

 

The lights flickered eerily, the blinds shut and the windows screeched like a cackling jacker lantern . Debora was trapped! She searched frantically for a way out. She thought to herself remembering how her brother said that the phone was cursed which she thought was a load of absoulte bogsquabble . She tried to reassure herself just because it used to be her crazy gandmas who thought she was a witch (she was a little mental) didnt mean it was cursed.
Thalia yawned all this writing was making her quite tired she smiled to herself and fixed her work into a neat pile and went to bed.

Tiani, 11, 4850

 

Then Debora found a bug catching net and she caught the dragon fly. She flipped the net over really quickly onto the floor and then stepped onto the dragonfly, killing it. Now the dragon fly could not land on anything else. Looking around her room she saw her fairy wand and zapped all of the changed things back into what they were. Then she popped the phone back where she had found it. The End.

Sam, 6, 3825

 

Debora threw the apple at the dragonfly.As soon as it hit the dragonfly it immediately turned into a skateboard.With out noticing the skateboard she threw the spoon at the dragonfly,it also changed back,and again she did not notice it and threw the broom.Then she noticed that if the dragonfly had touched the items before, if he touched them again, wouldn’t it make them turn into what they were? Yes, she was right. Because right in the middle of the floor was her mum’s phone. She quickly ran it back to where her mum had left it. Just in time, before her mum had come home.  The End.

Lauren, 8, 3690

 

The words made her so determined that she directed him back to all the places he’d been. She made him sit on it. Suddenly each item turned into the normal thing. First the phone, then the key, and then the skateboard. She put it in place but mum caught her and said “why don’t you do as you’re told?”. The End.

Aleisha, 8, 3690

 

The dragonfly landed on the mince pies they were going to have for lunch. And what did they turn into? They turned into goblins! Oh no, mum’s goblin was coming to eat Debora! What would she do? “Mwahaha! You, young lady are my lunch!” mum’s goblin warned Debora. Debora turned around and shrieked! Mum came rushing into the room. “What is it???” asked mum. “Well,” she began “The dragonfly landed on our mince pies and they turned into goblins! Your goblin was coming to eat me!” “Sweetheart, they look like mince pies, not goblins” huffed mum. Mum turned and walked back to her computer.

Debora looked around the room for that mobile phone. When she found it, she dialed a random number. She dialed: 88673121. When someone answered she shouted “Can I talk to your kids!?!?” The lady she called shouted “I don’t have kids. By the way, is this a prank call??” The lady sounded weird like she was American. Debora knew that Americans have a different accent. “Alright then… bye!” she replied like a scared chicken. Debora hang up. She felt embarrassed in what she had done. Then her mum came in her room. “Uh oh, here comes trouble” she thought. She took a glance back at the phone and it had turned into a T-shirt!

“Now Debora,” Mum began . ” “I heard you talking to someone on the phone. What happened???” “Well I dialed 88673121 and this American lady on the phone replied. I asked her if I could talk to her kids and she had none so then I hung up. I kept your mobile phone on my bed and when I looked back it was a T-shirt!” she replied like a chicken that had forgotten to preen it’s feathers when it had to. “Ok, now your grounded until Christmas! That’s why you shouldn’t talk to strangers since I have told you many times!” her mum shouted. Debora felt sick but she didn’t want to tell her mum about it. She was too scared.

Jessica, 8, 4562

 

She quickly picks up the apple, spoon and broom. The dragon hits them and they changed back to what they were. She put everything down and went downstairs for lunch. The end!!

Kirby, 11, 5290

 

Debora screamed – she knew she was next. She was right, the dragon fly was about to land on her head when she screamed “Mum!” Her mum came running up the stairs to her scream. She tried to open the door. When she got the door open she was too late – Debora had already been turned into a computer.

Eloise, 9, 4552

 

Suddenly Debora realised that everything the dragonfly landed on turned into something else. Carefully, Debora grabbed a small container from her shelf and quickly slammed it on top of the dragonfly. Once captured all of the dragonfly’s transformations were undone. Debora raced down the stairs excitedly, clutching her mother’s phone. As soon as she told her mother what had happened, upstairs from underneath the container was a magical flash and the dragonfly vanished leaving an undisturbed room for Debora and her mother to find…..

Why couldn’t she just do what she was told!?The End!

Nikki, 12, 2485

 

The dragon fly makes a weird buzzing noise – it seemed to be laughing at what it has done.  “It’s not funny” she yells furious. Suddenly she hears footsteps. “Oh no,” she whispers to herself.  “Honey are you okay?” she hears her mom say. Her mum opens the door. “Fine” she says in a whisper. Her mom looks at the broom the apple and the spoon. Her mum looks confused but then mum notices the dragon fly. Soon the dragon fly is bored of his jokes and turns things back to normal. He flies out the window.

“Don’t touch my” mobile mum groans looking on the bed. “Why don’t you do as you are told?” And for some reason Debora always did and she never let dragonflies into her room again.

Savannah, 9, 5330

 

The dragon fly flies out the window. It turned the tree outside into a skateboard. Then he flew to the bouncy ball in the yard, and turned it into a key for the lock. He then flew to the trampoline and turned it into the phone. Debora climbed out the window and took her skateboard, key and mobile phone back to her room. She unlocked her bedroom door and ran downstairs to put the phone back. And her mum didn’t find out. But Debora always wondered where the dragon fly was now.

Noah, 6, 4569

 

The dragonfly comes back and says ” I’m really sorry” and turns every thing back to normal and Debora puts the phone away. Then she goes to Mum and acts normal.

Todd, 8, 3337

 

Debora has to go through all these adventures to find the dragonfly and her stuff from the dragonfly’s imaginary world.

Mariam, 12, 2144

 

The dragonfly flies out the window and Debora has to go through many problems in order to find it and turn everything back to normal.

Ilma, 10, 2143

 

Debora has to go on a quest to find the dragonfly to return things to normal and make sure her mum doesn’t find out.

Christopher, 9, 4701 

 

The dragonfly lands on Debora’s pillow and turns it into a magical spell book. Debora reads a spell from the book and the Dragonfly turns into a painting of a broom, an apple and a spoon.

Xavier, 6, 4051 

 

The dragon fly goes out the window and goes to weird and magical places. While going to those weird places Debora finds an old man full of magical spells. Debora asks the old man how to stop that dragon fly. Then he told the magical spell to Debora. She got excited and said the magical spell cheerfully and things were happily ever after. THE END!!

Khalid, 10, 2141

 

Debora then grabs the dragonfly but turns to one herself! So she lands on the broom and zap there was a phone but how was she going to turn back?……………..
Mean while she tried to make the other dragonfly touch her but the other dragonfly didn’t stand more than 2 metres near her. What was she going to do now? Mum will be so worried! Suddenly mum came in the room and gasped at Debora. Mum started to laugh and laugh! “Mum it’s not funny!” “Well thats what you get for taking my phone. Debora I have something to say.”

“Yes Mum?” “I’m a witch! Hahahahahahahahaha! It’s true!!!” “Well then if you are then turn me back to human!” “Only if you are sorry for taking my phone!” “OKAY! Sorry mum for taking your phone.”

“I forgive. ABRACADABRA ALACAZAM TURN MY DAUGHTER JUST LIKE I AM!”
“I’m back WOW! Thanks mum.”

“So if you are a witch does that mean i’m one too?” “Well that’s another story.”  “Yeah right mum.”

Tayla-Joan, 9, 2012

 

Suddenly Debora notices a picture on the wall and it’s one of those old fashioned ones. Everything’s old except for some things a phone and a skateboard.

Sophia, 9, 2340

 

The dragonfly goes to a drain to a lost city. Debora looks in a magical book and finds out all these magical spells. Debora asked a man how to stop the dragonfly the solution was magic so Debora waved her hand and the dragonfly disappeared and they all lived happily ever after. THE END!!!!!

Joanna, 9, 3156

 

Then all of a sudden the dragonfly turns into an orange with a note saying ‘Eat me’. Debora then eats the orange, and everything is back to normal. She goes and puts the phone away. Then her mum comes and checks to make sure that she dosen’t have the phone but Debora heard her mum coming so she turned away and pretended that she was writing something, it was to hide the guilt. Then her mum said “You can use the phone as long as I know when and who it is”. Debora replied “I dont think that I want to use a phone for a while, but thanks anyway”.

Katy, 9, 2430

 

Suddenly there was an earthquake, and Debora woke up to find that her mum was shaking her and saying ‘get up lazy-
bones!’

Maria, 9, 4217

 

The dragonfly stops what he was doing and flies over what he had made different and then he makes everything look normal. Debroa is stunned. She has never seen a dragon fly do that, so she puts her mum’s phone back and goes to her room where she was in the first place.

Mace, 7, 4716

 

The dragon fly lands on her bed, it turns into a kangaroo. She blinks twice. She backed away slowly from the kangaroo. It blinks twice. She looks at it, it looks at her. She hears her mother call up the flight of stairs. “Debora, Where is my phone!?” Mum calls, her footfall becomes louder.
‘Oh No, what am I going to do!’ Debora thinks. Her room was still locked, her mums phone is still a broom and her skateboard was an apple.
“Debora, If you have my phone, I swear to God I’ll-” Mum opens the door and stares at the room in disbelief. “Debora, if you don’t explain this to me in three seconds I’ll call your stupid father to come and take you back to New York.” Mum says sternly.
“Well, let’s see. I took your phone after you distinctly told me not to, I let a dragon fly in and it landed on your phone, which turned into a broom, then the key which turned into a spoon, on my skateboard which turned into an apple, then my bed which turned into a kangaroo.” Debora claimed staring directly at her mother. Mum shook her head.
“Oh, Debora, I told you not to let anything in your room, the magic in this world is too strong. I’m calling your father, he will teach you to control impulses and, more importantly, your magic. Now let’s get this room in its rightful order.” Mum said. With that she walked to each object and touched it lightly with the top of her thumbs finger nail.
“But I don’t want to go back to New York, or Dad and his stupid fake blonde girlfriend!” Debora moans.
“Then do as you’re told, take this as a warning. I won’t send you to your Dads, but I’m taking your magic away for a month.
“But Mum!” Debora groans.
“My decision is final.” Mum said just as she changed the kangaroo back into a bed.
“Now, let’s go to Dr. Olzelelski.” Mum said briskly. Debora hung her head and followed her mother out the door miserably.

THREE MONTHS LATER
“Debora, hurry up, I want to get to work on time today.” Mum called. Debora double checked her image in the mirror and nodded, satisfied.
“OKAY, ready!” She called. She grabbed her school bag and looked out her window at the dragon fly. She walked over to the window sill and opened it. “Surely it wouldn’t hurt.” She murmered to herself happily. The next day, her whole room was a zoo and she was sent to live with her father. IF ONLY SHE DID AS SHE WAS TOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Natalie, 12, 2430

 

Debora fell to her knees and clasped her hands to her face. She felt scared and pleaded for the dragonfly to stop. There was an eerie silence, Debora peeked through her fingers and was amazed to see a beautiful lady, with long blonde shimmering hair. She had wings on her back a bit like the dragonfly. Her fear turned into suprise. She spoke softly, with a gentle voice. “Always listen to your mother Debora, for she is your guiding light.”

Suddenly, Debora could hear her mum coming. As she opened up the door Debora closed her eyes. Mum said “What are you doing darling?” When she opened her eyes again she noticed the spoon in the keyhole changed back into a key, the skateboard was back in the corner and the mobile phone was in her hand.

Debora said to mum, “I’m very sorry, I went behind your back and took the mobile phone again. ” She waited for her to get angry, but she didn’t. She just said “Thank-you for your honesty”. As she turned to leave the room, the dragonfly flew out the window. THE END.

Kea, 10, 4740

 

What she wanted was never to have touched her mums phone. Standing by the door she turned to see the dragon fly heading straight for her.  She lifted her arm and closed her eyes. When she opened her eyes she was in a dark room. There was not much room as the boxes and buckets took up most of the room.

“Where am I” she thought to herself, shaking with fear. As Debora looked around she found a door knob. “Great I’ll open the door and fall to my doom or worse spiders” said debora. She stepped out into her hall way.

“Debora what are you doing out there?” her mother sounded out from the study. Wide eyed Debora steared unblinking in her mothers direction. A little shaken she answered “Nothing just looking for the broom”. The broom yes, she turned and returned the broom to the cupboard under the stairs. Maybe the broom and the phone had changed places. Under the mop stand sat a the shiny rectangle shape of her mothers phone. Quick as a flash Debora grabbed it and ran back to where she hand kidnapped it from only minutes before.

Just then Debora’s mother walked out from her study. “Don’t even think about touching that phone young lady ” she said with a look that told her to do as you’re told. She smiled and said “I’m hungry would you like a cuppa?” As they walked into the kitchen she made my way over to the kettle and mum went to the fridge to get something to snack on. As she reached for a teaspoon she noticed an odd shape.  Just then mum yelled,”Debora! I don’t know what you’re playing at”. She turned to see mum taking the skateboard out of the fridge.

Maia, 10, 4821

 

All of a sudden her mum comes in and tells her the phone is magic.It can be anything. THE END!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amber, 8, 2176

 

Suddenley she realised that if she got the dagonfly to land on everything that it had landed on she would get everything back . She quickly picked up the broom, apple and spoon.  The dragon hit them and they changed back to what they were. She put them all down and raced downstairs for lunch. THE END

Josie, 8, 4121