The Cat and Koala That Didn’t Come Back

Victoria Park Primary School, P7
2nd March 2022

In the 1990s, at a bar, there was a mysterious cat called Sir Maximus dressed in a bowtie. He was really good at tapdancing because he’d been dancing for ten years. He loved how fun it was. Sir Maximus danced 24/7! He was waiting for his friend Fluffy the orange koala. Fluffy came in and said happily to Sir Maximus. “Have you got the coconuts?!”

Fluffy was worried about dropping his coconuts in case they cracked. They were very breakable coconuts, and Sir Maximus had them packed in a metal box. Fluffy thought they were upstairs, so he went upstairs to check…

Four hours later...
They had a performance soon and Maximus was worried they were going to miss it!

Sir Maximus went to check for his friend, and he found him upstairs juggling coconuts. It was all dark around him though, and Fluffy’s fur had become colourless. Everything in that space was dull. Maximus felt confused. The room looked like it was never-ending…

“Fluffy! Wherever have you been?” he said in a posh English accent, a bit stressed.

“I couldn’t find the green ones, so I got the brown ones”, Fluffy looked completely relaxed.

“It’s been four hours Fluffy! Where have you been? And why are you all black and white?!”…