Will Nash (7yrs) who won the primary writing section with this entry:

One day old Mr Scarrabelotti was sun baking on his deck chair when some playful kids were passing by. The kids noticed that Mr Scarrabelotti was outside and they thought it would be fun to ride in his car on a nice day like this.

So, they all hopped in the car but they found there was no key in the ignition. Luckily Carl, the oldest, knew how to pick locks so he was able to start the car without keys. They all went down the road, bouncing around in the back of the car, pretty excited. They got to the top of the hill where they could see a steep view down the hill. It looked fun, but when they got to the very edge of the hill Carl couldn’t find the brake. Nathan said, “Do you know where the brake is?”

“NO!’ shouted Carl. He was stepping around on all sorts of pedals when he got to the accelerator! The car suddenly shot off the edge of the hill. They veered off and the car tipped and they went barrel rolling down the very steep hill, over cow pats and hitting rocks; getting huge dents in the car.

Finally, the car went splashing into the deep, rocky creek. The kids were scared and quickly jumped out of the car windows. They clung onto the car desperately as they scrabbled over to the slippery bank. The friends dried off, trying to hide at least a bit of the damage from their parents ,so that they would not know what had happened to them. But then they realised that their clothes were all torn and muddy. They ran home and had to tell their parents after all.

Their parents were angry and they made the boys get all the money they had in their money boxes to repay and buy a new car for Mr Scarrabelotti.

Mr Scarrabelotti laughed when he heard the news and said he had been going to get rid of the car very soon anyway because the brake didn’t work!

And to this day Mr Scarrabelotti’s car is still in the creek.