If I Were King or Queen for the Day? If you were King or Queen for the day, what would you do and why? Jennyfer Jewell : Ooooh… make chocolate free! 🙂 Force all the wealthy nations to give aid (proportionate to their wealth) to poorer nations, force all nations to destroy all nuclear weapons and … Continue reading Jennyfer Jewell (Ellie), Caleb Ross (Lex) and Meryl Cassie (Ebony) If I Were King or Queen for the Day?
Author: The Tribe Official
Lex – Part 4
Lex came back two weeks later to find his father gone and his mother smoking and drinking herself stupid. He’d seen in the newspapers that a deadly virus was sweeping the city but thought as usual that the headlines were only attention grabbing. She seemed to have resigned herself to her fate and was enjoying … Continue reading Lex – Part 4
Lex – Part 3
Life carried on and Lex got worse. He was getting into trouble at school and hanging out with some of the kids from the rough side of town. Tim and Rose were constantly visiting the Principal of the school. Just after Lex’s 14th birthday, Tim’s mother, Lex’s grandmother, died. Things started going down hill pretty … Continue reading Lex – Part 3
Lex – Part 2
Lex had the confidence of his father and was not at all shy. At pre-school he had all the girls wanting to be his best friend. He even had a little wedding in the sandpit to his childhood friend, Zandra. Even the teachers thought he was just such a lovely little boy. But when Lex … Continue reading Lex – Part 2
Lex – Part 1
Being an only child in a moderately wealthy family had not done Lex any harm. Well that’s the way he saw it. His father, Tim, was a professional actor and had got into the game early. He had joined a theatre when he was young and had been in countless stage shows before joining the … Continue reading Lex – Part 1
Slade – Part 5
The fight had gone out of him. He allowed himself to be dragged through the streets of the city and didn’t once try to struggle. Blindfolded, he was aware of the different smells, sounds and feelings of the city as he passed through it. There was all the usual noise of glass smashing, fires being … Continue reading Slade – Part 5
Slade – Part 4
The sound of riots ringing in his ears, Slade crouched down behind some garbage cans. He caught his breath then poked his head around one of the cans – the gangs were throwing rocks through windows, running away with TV sets and stereos, hurling abuse at the raggedy group of army cadets that were valiantly … Continue reading Slade – Part 4
Slade Part 3
Slade crumpled the letter in his hand. Another child, Angie had another child. Slade couldn’t believe it. His mother, his best friend in the entire world – she had a whole life away from him and his father. Not only a whole life but a whole separate family… A siren woke Slade from his dreams. … Continue reading Slade Part 3
Danny James (Zoot), Jacinta Wawatai (Mouse) and Lucas Hayward (Sammy) If I Were King or Queen for the Day?
If I Were King or Queen for the Day? If you were King or Queen for the day, what would you do and why? Danny James : I would teach the world to sing in perfect harmony. With apple trees and honey bees and snow white turtle doves. Jacinta Wawatai : I would feed and … Continue reading Danny James (Zoot), Jacinta Wawatai (Mouse) and Lucas Hayward (Sammy) If I Were King or Queen for the Day?
Slade Part 2
It had been raining for hours. The type of rain that isn’t heavy but that drenches you to the bone. Slade felt that the rain had even gotten in to his very soul. Rain in Greendale was a rarity. The township enjoyed year round sunshine, even in the winter. So when Slade woke up to … Continue reading Slade Part 2