Welcome to our Library of Stories. Please click on the story title to read Chapter 1.
These are collaborative story openings created by school groups and community groups.
Each participant writes their own Chapter 2.
Bunscoil Bheann Mhadágain, R6
29th September 2022
There once was a water bottle called Water Bottle. The water bottle flew to China, using his jet wings. In his pocket, he had an iPhone 45, which was indestructible. (He lost his last iPhone in a fire.)
Water Bottle had a friend in China who told him about golden chocolate bars. There were billions of them!...
St. Oliver Plunkett Primary School, P7
28th September 2022
A 100 Years Project workshop
Once upon a time there was a boy called Sean and he was riding on his bike on a street full of people. He bumped into a strange box. He wondered what it was. He got off his bike and tried to dig the box out of the ground, where it was buried. He had to get some of his friends to help him dig the box out. When they finally got the box free, they found an old picture inside...
St. Oliver Plunkett Primary School, P6 
27th September 2022
A 100 Years Project workshop
Dan was in the English army and he was about to be deployed to World War 1 so he had a book so that he could record his experiences and his last words to his family.
He was on the battlefield and someone snuck up behind him and he got shot. A man called Mark came up behind him and saved his life, and shot the boy who shot him. The friend helped him and Dan got back up again and started fighting again...
By the Good Relations Week group
22nd September 2022
“I hate Fern!”, shouted Fred.
Fred and Fern used to be friends, before Fern turned against Fred. Fred had painted a story just one year ago and Fern was upset about it. Fern had accused Fred of being a fraud who had lied about his paintings predicting the future.
“You’re a fraud” exclaimed Fern.
Then Fern went home and drew a completely different picture to that which Fred had drawn...
Bunscoil Bheann Mhadágain, R5 
22nd September 2022
Bob was doing his job and his boss told him he had to go up high to fix a window frame. While Bob was climbing up the building to fix the window he started getting scared because he was terrified of heights. When he was on his way up he turned a different shade of pink. It was a bright fluorescent pink! When he changes his emotion the shade of his pink fur changes.
Bob fell off the ladder but luckily he caught on to the edge with his big sloth claws. However, when he slipped free Google-Eyes, his big purple turtle friend, went under him. Bob landed on his shell and slid off.
Bob said “Thanks for saving me!” Then he turned a bright shade of green because he was about to vomit. He was sick all over Google-Eyes’s shell.
Google-Eyes said, “Thanks for the vomit.”
Bob got back up and his boss said, “You’ve put that window on sideways. Get up there and fix that!”
St. Oliver Plunkett Primary School,
P5
21st September 2022
Domino the chippie man found the dog in an alleyway behind Bridie’s Chippie in Strathfoyle. Every day, the dog came back to the chippie and Domino gave him some food. They created a bond.
Dog was born with no eyes, so his mum didn’t want him, so he became a stray...
Afterschool clubs of Windsor Women’s Centre and Footprints Women’s Centre
20th September 2022
Lily was at the animal rescue centre because she was looking for a monkey. She really wanted a monkey to annoy her dad. But there were no monkeys left because they had shipped them to an Animal Centre in Hawaii. They were too cold where they lived in Iceland.
Since there were no monkeys left, she walked and swam to Hawaii. When she got there, there were no monkeys left because they had all sold out. She went into the forest and tackled a Gorilla to get a baby monkey. On her way to find a gorilla, she got a scratch on her face from the trees. It was really sore...
St. Oliver Plunkett Primary School, P4
Tuesday 20th September 2022
One day a cat called Katie went outside to play in the park. She decided she was going to fly to the park but she didn’t know what she was going to go on first. Katie was a magic cat who could fly and cast spells. She saw her friend at the park and they went on the slide.
“Let’s go to the woods,” said her friend, Whiskers. Whiskers was a black cat who loved to climb.
Katie said, “Okay, but we have to come back before noon.”
“Why?” asked Whiskers.
“Because, at noon, lots of people come to hunt cats in the woods.”
St. Bernard's Primary School, P6
15th September 2022
Flower slapped Winnie the donkey in the face! Flower did this because Winnie accidentally stepped on one of Flower’s petals. Then Flower found a wishing stone right beside them and it didn’t work. (You have to be nice for the wishing stone to work.)...
St. Bernard's Primary School, P6
14th September 2022
It was dark, and it was a stormy night. They were gone! Chuckle Chicken’s family had disappeared from the world. He went out to find his family but got struck by lightening instead. He gained a superpower when he got struck. He never felt the same again. He raised his wing and electricity shot out. Chuckles went back to bed that night in his coup and thought it was just a dream...
