Hi there! Thanks so much for inviting on your blog. What a great idea to have a blog for young writers. When I was growing up we didn't have blogs – we didn't even have computers! Can you imagine that? Yep, that was the olden days, where I rode around in a horse and cart (no, not really – we had cars by then) and everything I wrote was by hand. Sometimes I still prefer to write my stories by hand. I always carry a notebook with me because you never know when a good idea is going to come to you. My notebooks are full of ideas: things I remember from my childhood, drawings, snippets of conversations I may have heard, even cuttings from newspapers and magazines that interest me. Sometimes I might even begin a story in my notebook, then when I feel it begin to take shape, I'll begin to type it out on my computer. A notebook is a great place to practice your writing. Because, like everything, if you want to be good at something, what do you have to do? Yep, that's right – practice! Imagine if you were a runner and you turned up on race day to run your 100 metre sprint without having done any practice. You wouldn't do your best run, would you? Well, writing is just the same. The more you practice in your notebook, the more likely it is that when you do finally sit down at the computer, the ideas will flow. The more you write, the better you get at writing. Good luck! And have fun.

Best wishes,

Sally Rippin

www.sallyrippin.com

Tuesday, 5 March 2013

The Bossy Panda and the Helpful Chimp


Deep in the Chinese jungle there lived a bossy panda and a friendly, helpful chimp.  The panda absolutely hated the chimp but the chimp didn’t care.  He was still friendly anyway.

Panda was sleeping and snoring happily.  “What’s that annoying sound?” said Chimp.  “I better wake them up” “Well that’s not a surprise,” groaned Chimp.  BOO! Yelled Chimp”  Do not disturb me when I’m sleeping,” shouted Panda as Chimp climbed back up to his tree.

One windy day Panda decided to go on a walk in the jungle.  He went further and further until he was LOST Help! Help! Help! He yelled but there was no one there.  The next day Chimp heard a sound.” Whoever that is I better help them” and off he went.

Chimp ran and ran and he saw Panda.  Chimp was very surprised.  “Are you okay?” asked Chimp  “NO,” yelled Panda. “I can help you if you want,” answered Chimp “Ok! But only if you get me out of here” said Panda.

So Chimp lead Panda out of the forest and Panda started to like Chimp so they were best friends.
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