David and the Lollipop Snake

Once upon a time some students were walking along a bike path on their way to Belmont School.


They heard a kookaburra calling from a gum tree and stopped to look.


'Hello Kookaburra!'


'Kook, kook, kook, kook, kook, kook, kook, ka, ka, kaaaaaaaaaa.'








"Watch out. Here comes David on his scooter!"


"Get out of the way slow coaches!"


"Look at the kookaburras in the gum tree!"


" I don't care about silly old kookaburras!"


David was just about to scoot off when they heard, 'Ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss'.



 A snake slithered out of the grass and across the bike path.


"Aaaaaaaaaaaaah, a snake," yelled David.


"It's all right. It's probably looking for breakfast. Mum said to stay still and the snake will leave us alone."

 The snake slithered into the grass and came back with a frog in its mouth.


As the children watched the snake swallowed the snake and kept on slithering into the grass.

"Cool!"


"Gross!"


"Let's tell the lollipop lady at the school crossing."


When they told the lollipop lady she screamed and dropped her lollipop sign.


Mary picked it up for her and the children walked into Belmont School prep.

(Created by Daryll Bellingham and the students of Prep A and B
at Belmont State School as part of the
Book Week Belmont Literature Festival, August 2011)