Dora Zhang created a rare magic ink plant, and Zoe - a crazy vine that followed Jordan everywhere: “He hoped it would work because it was one he made and it wasn’t a real one.”Īddisen came up with some amazing hopping vegetables that hid themselves in with the normal vegetables and Freddie Read’s story had bulbs which grew legs and ate everything in sight. Liam’s plant grew so tall Jordan had to climb back down to get a spacesuit he’d made in class: “It was a hideous, weird, purple and yellow plant that towered up at least 6 metres in the air and it stunk like rotten cabbage!” ( Leon) There were also Venus Flytraps and plants too awful to be named: “Īs well as the many giant beanstalks there were money trees, lolly trees, a blue mandarin tree and a huge purple oak. Holding the weed killer up like a gun, he yells ‘show yourself’ … and there it was at the edge of the garden. “Jordan barely escapes, gets up and runs to the garden shed, grabs the can and runs outside. Aurelia Lind wrote a fast paced mystery thriller: There were fairy tales gone wrong, horror stories laced with comedy, ghost stories, heist stories and even a sports story.
I loved the mix of all the different styles and genres. And the entries kept rolling in – all 120 of them. The standard of writing was the highest I’ve seen yet. Oh my goodness! This was by far the most difficult Fabo Story round I have judged in all my (yikes, nine) years of being part of the Fabo Story team.
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