The rhyming boy
by Briony
On a Friday afternoon a boy named Mick was in the library looking for a poem written by W.H.S.
Now Mick did not like the library and did not like books at all. Mick was in the middle of the dark gloomy library. He looked up at the top left hand corner of the blackened dim shelves. There was the book W.H.S.. He reached to the top with his hand and then he slipped the dusty book out of the shelf. As soon as he got the book Mick ran through the library, which he should not have done, without looking where he was going.
SMACK !!, he went right into a book case. All the books came tumbling down on his head and they were all poetry and rhyming books.
Half an hour later Mick was still unconscious lying on the floor with the books on him.At that moment Micks teacher came in to see how Mick was doing.
"Oh no I’ve got to do something" she said, then dashed to get some help.
Minutes later Micks teacher, Miss Gingerell got the school’s doctor, Doctor Scab. They pushed and shoved the dusty old books away, then found Mick lying on the floor.
"He’s DEAD" called Miss Gingerell and began to hug him. Nothing much happened, so she hugged him even harder.
"UH, where am I?" Mick said
"Look, he’s not dead" cried Miss Gingerell.
When everyone got up the doctor went back to the medical room and Mick and Miss Gingerell went back to class 4. Then they went back into the classroom. Miss Gingerell asked him whether he had got the old poetry book.
"No, yo !" said Mick, and Miss Gingerell looked at him and said "Pardon ?"
Mick’s friend, Leon, put his hand up. "Miss, why don’t you ask him some questions to see if he’s O.K". So Miss Gingerell asked him some questions.
First of all she asked him her name. "Miss Wingerell"
"NO !" she said, "Miss Gingerell."
"There is something wrong" shouted Leon. "Let me try. Mick, my name is Leon. I am your friend or not ?"
"I friend mend"
"There is definitely something wrong" said Leon
Then Eddie Miches came up. "Don’t send him to Doctor Scab. Just one more question Miss, please"
"OK, but just one" said Miss Gingerell
"Right Mick, what is my name ?"
"Beddy meddy" replied Mick
"RIGHT - straight to the doctor for you" cried Miss Gingerell. "Eddie, would you go over to the medical room and tell Doctor Scab that Mick is acting strangely after the tumble of poems and rhymes". Eddie flew like a kite in the wind and as soon as he was in Doctor Scabs room he told everything very fast indeed, then the Doctor saw Mick in the doorway.
"Mick", said Doctor Scab, "Are you OK ?"
"No go, whob bob"
"Come and sit on this chair. I’ll see if you need to go home or not"
Mick slowly walked to the chair as if he was in big trouble then he sat down on it. The doctor felt Mick's head for a temperature, then looked down his throat.
"Not tonsilitus" said the Doctor, "Stop messing about Miss Gingerell and me"
"Stop lop" said Mick
"Go back to your classroom Mick ,and you Eddy. Wait Eddy - ask Miss Gingerell to explain to Mick's mum, and get her to take him to church"
"Ok Doctor Scab" said Eddie and this time walked back to class. He told Miss Gingerell what the doctor had said.
At the end of the day Micks mother came to pick him up. Miss Gingerell spoke to Mick's mother and suggested taking him to church.
On the Saturday Mick got up, and dressed and went to the church. At the church Mick's mum spoke to some people.
"Ah, I have a solution" said one person. "Ask Mick's teacher to send him to find another book from the top shelf about stories with good intentions"
And so on Monday Miss Gingerell asked Mick to go to the library once again.
"mick , could you fetch Honey bunny for me please" she asked
"Oh low" said Mick
Back in the library Mick found the book. Without thinking he ran very, very, very fast and then - like before - he was not looking where he was going and SMACK !! right into a bookcase. And again all of the books came crashing down on him knocking him unconscious.
When Mick came round he asked his teacher"Where am I ?". They returned to class 4. Everyone looked at Mick and he said "Why are you all looking at me ?"
"YEAH!" everyone shouted out at the top of their lungs
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