Very rough first draft, opening paragraphs of ‘fairy’ story written for the kids that has a completed manuscript! Hpops is going to illustrate it for me!
Heather ran down the alley and out into the square of green in front of the terrace. Matthew and Lucy weren’t far behind.
‘We’re supposed to be hiding’ yelled Heather to Matthew and Lucy , otherwise known as the terrible twins. She was already fed up with them following her everywhere. Heather pointed to a row of bushes beside the next alleyway and they scurried over and ducked down. Heather wanted a good place of her own to hide in, now she was growing taller it was getting harder and harder. She raced across the green towards the old abandoned garden.
She ducked down beside the overgrown bushes and leaned against the steadfast brown gate designed to keep everyone out. As she leant against it to her surprise she felt herself pitching backwards as it swung open! Heather ended up falling through landing with a heavy thump on her bottom. She just stopped herself from crying out and scrambled over to the side before checking over her shoulder, she could just about see Matthew and Lucy. Heather was torn, she wanted to go in the garden and explore, for as long as she could remember, (about seven years, anything before the age of three was a blur), this space had been fenced off and locked away. She was meant to be keeping an eye on her brother and sister and she knew her Mum would be cross if she left them alone. Luckily just at that moment she heard Joseph, their ten year old neighbour thundering down the alleyway looking for them. She guessed she would have a couple of minutes before the others worked out where she was so slowly she turned around to inspect the garden.
