Tommy and the Magic Mallows

Story-making @ Stranmillis with children from Currie, St Mary's (Divis), St Joseph's (Slate St) and Glenwood Primary Schools
3rd December 2024

Once upon a time, there was an alien called Tommy. Tommy wanted to take over the galaxy. He was searching for a magic crystal that would give him the power to rule. Tommy was looking for Cyan because he hadn’t seen him in a while. Cyan was a colour-changing dragon. Tommy had a special whistle with a giant squeak. When Cyan heard it, he teleported Tommy to the moon and he landed with a thump.

“Not the moon again!” Tommy groaned, “I’m shivering!”

“Tommy’s complaining again,” Cyan thought to himself.

Cyan made a fire and turned red to match the colour of the flames.

“We should toast marshmallows!” exclaimed Tommy in an excited voice. Cyan and Tommy carved the moon rock and moulded them into a mallow shape. The moon mallows were sweet, magical and blue. Tommy collected the magic mallows and gave them to Cyan to keep in his magic pouch.

Cyan didn’t know that Tommy was searching for the crystal.

“This is getting boring, why are we even doing this?” asked Cyan in an annoyed voice.

Suddenly, the magic mallows fell out of Cyan’s pouch. They began breaking and drifting into space and the moon cracked…