Ten Minute Tales - a special contribution by Riley and Kieran

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Yesterday on Radio Devon, I listened to an interview with two super young lads, Kieran and Riley, (and their aunt) who decided to write some short stories to entertain their grandparents and friends who are isolated at home. I contacted the boys' mum (via Radio Devon) and asked if they would each like to send me a story to post on our Ten Minute Tales ... so please welcome Kieran and Riley ...

Mars

Nuclear Explosion 

by 

Kieran

Once upon a time there lived a venomous scary  fierce velociraptor called Max and his hobbies were eating, travelling & fighting. He lived on Mars with  Dino Candy. 

One steaming hot day Max woke up early to find a new planet to live on so he scrambled out of his cramped house and took a look  through his microscope and said,  “Where to go? Of course - planet Earth!”

    So he went to pack  his suitcase. Inside he packed 53 pieces of Dino Candy and his tooth brush then he got  into his space machine and set off. 

Hours  later he was  there but … he  had crash landed in a  volcano. There was a weird truck and it exploded into medeums and then exploded again and made the volcano erupt. 
   And all that happened to Max  was …a scar. 

the end

© Kierran

Velo’s Tale

Far up in space, there lived a fearsome velociraptor called Velo, who lived on Mars. 

   One day he was so bored and hot he decided to visit another planet.

   “Now, where to visit?” thought Velo, looking on his planet radar.  “Aha!” planet Earth! Well, why don’t we have a looksie?”

   And with that he got into his starfighter and headed for Earth.

On Earth, people reported seeing a strange object heading towards Earth. It was even on the news. An hour later, Velo’s futuristic starfighter had gently landed on Earth. The front of the star ship opened to reveal Velo. He looked like a terrible, feathered beast with claws and sharp, massive fangs.

Immediately, people wanted to get rid of this extinct animal. So, some scientists tried. First, they strapped him to a giant hook. Then they lowered him above a nuclear reactor of a nuclear power station. Then, on the count of 3, they dropped him into the reactor.
  At first, they thought he was gone. But then… the unspeakable happened. Velo survived.

    Velo looked as if he had transformed when being nuclearized. His arms were muscular and stronger, and his eyes glowed a frightening red. 

    “You’re goanna pays for that!” boomed Velo.

   Then a heroic, heavy-hearted army commander said,  “I’ll take you on. But let’s make a deal. If I win, you go back to wherever you came from. But if you win you get to live here.” 

   And he clambered into his super tank the fight begun. The fight was an epic and destructive battle. The battle went on for hours on end. 

   Velo was rapidly punching the tank, the commander was firing missiles at him. In the end Velo was hit in the face by a missile and he was defeated: “Sorry for harming you, I’ll go back  to Mars.” 

   So, Velo flew back to Mars and the people of Earth lived peacefully.

© Riley

weren't they brilliant stories?
Authors in the making!

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