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Leo, Roving Reporter

Report from: My Desk
Story filed: Micro Fiction IV
Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I am going to tell you a story.

Once there was a boy who lived with his family. One day, all the family went to the river and they went swimming. The boy went dived far down to the bottom of the river and found an old car. He the found a diamond and he took it. What he thought was a great treasure was the heart of the gods. The gods were angry with him for taking their heart. His punishment was being turned into a a fish next time he went swimming in the river. And that is what happened. When he was a fish, the gods turned his family into fish too. The curse will only be undone if someone puts the heart back in the river.

The end.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

Illustration by Michele Soares

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Leo, Roving Reporter

Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: Trades Trail
Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I am going to talk about the Artisans Trades Trail. Did you go? I did. It was really cool. The first stop Mum and I went to was the Uniting Church Hall which had all these little tables - one was were you learnt to to clean silver and mend pots which will come in very handy as we have some old silver and  a broken pot. We also saw a really old flag, which the attendant said it was home made and probably used to welcome the fleet back home. Our second stop was the Walshall Hall. There we met a stallholder that has been to Greece (I'm half Greek!) many times and she speaks Greek too. She is a language teacher. Her husband makes Appalachian dulcimers .On our third stop we went to the CWA Hall. I met some ladies from the wire-making guild and I was given a small wire scorpion - that is a pretty good thing to have! We then caught the bus to our fourth stop which was Experimental Farm Research Station. I got some popcorn and some corn on the cob with butter, I did some wip cracking and looked around. At the end we caught the bus back to William St and then walked home. That was a pretty good and I can't wait for next year.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter

Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: It's all rubbish!
Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I am going to talk about the Waste to Art exhibition at BMEC. There are some very interesting pieces of art made from all kinds of recycled waste. My favourite works were the gas bottle truck and the toll bridge. The toll bridge is like a medieval diorama of a forest and a toll bridge. I could imagine being there riding on my horse paying my toll to cross the bridge or being put in a cage to dangle from one of the the towers for a crime I didn't commit. I also liked quite a few of the BFG ones - there were a lot of them. My friend Tracy did a light blue crochet knitted cod. I liked it! I also the entered the competition. I did the big ship called 'Never leave a man behind'. I thought I did a very good job of it. 

Have you been to the art exhibition? If you have, I hope you like what I've done. Have entered into the competition? Then congratulations if you have because everything was amazing.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter

Report from: My desk
Story filed: Micro Fiction II
Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I am going to tell you a story.

My Graduation Day

It's my Graduation Day today! I'm so excited. I brush my teeth, comb my hair and say "See you there!" My parents will be there and my pet lizard, all my Teachers, the Principal, my friends and my best friend who is also graduating. I hop on my bus - I look a bit weird with my black uniform on, but I don't care. I get to school and I run past my classroom, through the cafeteria and out on the lawn. What! Nobody is here?! Am I too late? Have I missed it? I see the janitor walking by "Excuse me Mr Kerry, where's the Graduation?". "Jack, mate, it's on the other side of the school. You'd better run!" I ran as fast as I could, through the quadrangle and through the court yard. Look! There it is! Slam, I run straight in to a locked glass door! A voice makes an announcement over the loud speaker "Mr Jack, please come and get your Graduation Pass, Mr Jack....No Jack? That's a pity." I have to get there - I climb up the wall onto the roof, then climb through a broken window...I slip...argggghh. Jack wakes up. Is he dead? "Where am I?" "Jack, thank goodness you are awake, we thought you were dead!" "Somebody, quickly call an ambulance". "Don't worry he'll be ok". "Um Jack one more thing, before you go to hospital, here is your Graduation Pass." "Thanks..." cough, cough.

The end

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter