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The Robber and the The Robber and the Famous PaintingFamous Painting

By Hannah Draper and Ryan By Hannah Draper and Ryan Hunter.Hunter.

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Chapter 1Chapter 1

Hannah and Ryan are at school together. Hannah and Ryan are at school together. It is a boiling hot day. All they can hear is the It is a boiling hot day. All they can hear is the calming voice of their class teacher, Mrs calming voice of their class teacher, Mrs Szymaniak. It is their maths lesson and they Szymaniak. It is their maths lesson and they did their times tables. The bell went for did their times tables. The bell went for lunch. At lunch Hannah and Ryan where very lunch. At lunch Hannah and Ryan where very bored.bored.

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Lunch was the same every day. Cook always gave the same lunch. Boring carrots, boring peas, boring potatoes, REALLY BORING MEAT, REALLY,REALLY BORING GRAVY WITH LUMPS.

So they planned to escape from school to the pretty harbour. Little did our intrepid adventures know what fate awaited them….

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Chapter 2Chapter 2

At lunchtime break they climbed At lunchtime break they climbed over the metal fence. They crossed the over the metal fence. They crossed the sandy beach and went to the pretty sandy beach and went to the pretty harbour they saw a big old rusty harbour they saw a big old rusty broken down pirate ship. They talked broken down pirate ship. They talked about the mysterious ship. There was about the mysterious ship. There was an old superstition that this had been an old superstition that this had been the ship of the evil Captain Black. He’d the ship of the evil Captain Black. He’d sailed the high seas stealing from sailed the high seas stealing from unsuspecting freight ships pillaging. unsuspecting freight ships pillaging. Rumour had it Captain Black hid his Rumour had it Captain Black hid his booty on board his ship. Some had booty on board his ship. Some had never been found!!! They moved never been found!!! They moved closer to the ship, as they did that they closer to the ship, as they did that they planned to go on the ship. They saw planned to go on the ship. They saw that the anchor rusty and old, sails that the anchor rusty and old, sails ripped and falling apart. They were ripped and falling apart. They were scared. They wanted to go on and they scared. They wanted to go on and they knew had to....knew had to....

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Chapter 3Chapter 3 They went on the ship. They explored They went on the ship. They explored

round the ship. They investigated old pirate round the ship. They investigated old pirate cabins with swinging hammocks. cabins with swinging hammocks. Hammocks that hadn’t been used in Hammocks that hadn’t been used in hundred of years. Candles with wax set on hundred of years. Candles with wax set on rum bottles were on brown wooden tables. rum bottles were on brown wooden tables. They saw ropes, hanging cobwebs from the They saw ropes, hanging cobwebs from the tattered torn sails. There was an eerie tattered torn sails. There was an eerie feeling from the empty cabins.feeling from the empty cabins.

Suddenly, they heard something in the Suddenly, they heard something in the bottom part of the ship. It was the creaking bottom part of the ship. It was the creaking floorboards. They looked and saw a robber floorboards. They looked and saw a robber with a black leather bag with something in with a black leather bag with something in it. Suddenly ,they felt a wobble under their it. Suddenly ,they felt a wobble under their feet like jelly at a party. They were thrown feet like jelly at a party. They were thrown against each other. They heard a large against each other. They heard a large snapping sound. It was the old rusty anchor snapping sound. It was the old rusty anchor break off the ship….. Will they survive?break off the ship….. Will they survive?

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The children didn’t know what to do at first so they thought there was no point worrying. Then they started to hear weird noise coming form the inside of the ship.

Quietly they tipped toed down into the ship lower decks. Suddenly they spotted a man dressed in black leather suit. He was hiding a painting.

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Chapter 4Chapter 4

The big clumsy robber chases the The big clumsy robber chases the smart little children. The smart smart little children. The smart children tricked the robber by children tricked the robber by taking the famous painting taking the famous painting inside the black suitcase. They inside the black suitcase. They both decided to set a trap. The both decided to set a trap. The trap was to put a trip wire, which trap was to put a trip wire, which will make him fall into the net. will make him fall into the net. Mum comes and takes the two Mum comes and takes the two children to back to school on the children to back to school on the way to school the children told way to school the children told her all about their adventure.her all about their adventure.

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Chapter 5Chapter 5 After that Hannah’s and Ryan’ s Mums After that Hannah’s and Ryan’ s Mums

went to the Coast Guard and they asked went to the Coast Guard and they asked him if he saw anything. The Coast Guard him if he saw anything. The Coast Guard said, “All I saw was the kids going on said, “All I saw was the kids going on and I tried to get them away, but they and I tried to get them away, but they didn’t listen to me, that’s all I saw.”didn’t listen to me, that’s all I saw.”

“ “Ok, thank you.” said the Mum’s.Ok, thank you.” said the Mum’s.

The Coast Guard had the robber in his The Coast Guard had the robber in his hands. “Well I better call the Police to hands. “Well I better call the Police to arrest this robber.” said the Coast arrest this robber.” said the Coast Guard. Guard.

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The Mum ‘s went to pick up Hannah and Ryan from school. The Mum’s told them off all the way home. Hannah and Ryan said, “sorry.”

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