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Leo, Roving Reporter

Report from: Bathurst

Story filed: Mystery Object

Hi people, it's Leo here.  Can you guess what this thing is? Is is a stick? Is it a crooked stick? Is it a colourful crooked stick? It has purple and blue triangles, it can twist bend and do many things. It is fun to play with and you could turn it into a walking stick, perhaps or a snake, maybe. You could turn it it into the letter P or your very own selfie stick. I have taken this object on holidays with me, to play with in the car. You could take it to many places. Once it broke but I fixed it by breaking it again - it is a bit shorter now. It looks like a maze if you turn it in to squares and squares and squares......do you know what it is or do you not?

Until next time

Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter

Report from: Bathurst

Story filed: Adventure

Hi people, it's Leo here. We have two students from Japan here staying with us, again! We are playing with their electronic device - it is a computer dictionary. You press buttons and stuff for it to work. If you want to computer a word; you type it up and then it tells you what it is in Japanese! I have translated my own computer log-in code. It is really cool - I have set up a little desk for myself to work on.....I wish I had one of my own but I think I will need to go to Japan for that.

Until next time

Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter

Report from: My Desk

Story filed: Ships, Chapter One

Hi people, it's Leo here. I have typed up on my typewriter another of my story chapters, about Ships. Ships have a lot of places; like where they store the gunpowder, the storage in the belly of the ship, the Captain's quarters. There is a ship in next door's house. It is a  wonderful model ship. It didn't have a name, we called it 'The Wasp'. It had 10 sails and 12 cannons. I looked for the steering wheel but it had none. I have also seen a model ship in a shop-front window. It was a speed boat. It had levers and smooth wood. It had real white leather seats - amazing! and I think it had real metal and definitely had glass windows. In Tintin's books there is a ship called "The Unicorn'. In the story it's carrying a special cargo. It was treasure. The Unicorn got attacked by pirates the leader was Red Rackham. I have made up some other names for ships like 'The Crocodile' and 'The Scorpion'. If I had a ship I would call it 'The Pistol'. 

Until next time

Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter

Report from: Bathurst

Story filed: Visitors

Hi people, it's Leo here. We had some guests for three days. They were two school students from Japan. We picked them up from the club called Panthers; they were called Fumina and Mariko. We did a quite a lot of fun things with them.....we went to the swimming pool, we went to the supermarket, we went to the library and we went bowling and then we went to Churches fairy garden. We had some pizza in the park next to the big church before their concert and then we went to a concert by the Japanese students. We also had some ice cream, we went for a bike ride by the river, we went to my cricket match at Paddy's, we went to the craft cottage and we watched a Disney DVD. I felt happy and I was really happy with them staying and I felt really sad when we had to say goodbye. I felt happy because they were joyful and friendly and really exciting! Mariko took many photos, we thought is was just for fun but it was to make a little book for us to say goodbye. My message to Mariko and Fumina is 'thank you for staying with us, we really enjoyed it and we hope you both come back to Australia to visit".

Until next time

Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter

Report from: Bathurst

Story filed: Mystery

Hi people it's Leo here. Do you like gates? I do. I like gates because they are very interesting. One day on the way to the bus stop Mum and I saw this small, little gate. Very strange! It is part of a brick fence. This gate does not open, it is made of metal and reminds me of a gate for a little town. It's like it might be for a group of special magical creatures who come there for meetings......the gates would open at night and let them in. It leads to a picture of a flower in the concrete and they would circle around this and talk all the way until midnight - then at midnight when the gates are still open everyone goes and at one o'clock they close. 

Until next time

Leo Roving Reporter