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When there are wizards at war with sprouts and broccoli, who will be the winner? Here’s Grayson L’s story Wizard Bob’s Brilliant Idea which was in the top 25 stories in the 5-9 age category for 2020.

Wizard Bob’s Brilliant Idea

Many generations ago, in a mystical world, there were two groups of wizards. They both hated each other. In fact, they were enemies. Their groups were called Death Eaters and Bone Crushers and they planned to kill each other. They had been fighting many wars for many years. Lots of wizards had died in the battles, but there was one wizard that tried to stop them.

One wizard called Bob had a spectacular idea. Bob was a clumsy and forgetful wizard, but he wanted to stop the fighting because it kept on killing people. Bob was a good wizard.

Bob thought that if he swapped the Death Eater's swords and the Bone Crusher's guns with sprouts and broccoli using magic then everyone might find it too funny to carry on fighting.

It was the day of a fight. The two groups got ready. The Death Eaters were lined up on a huge hill. The Bone Crushers were on the edge of a dark gloomy forest. There were hundreds of angry wizards ready to kill each other. Bob was hiding in a bush and felt nervous and scared.

He heard someone scream "CHARGE!" The Death Eaters ran with swords and guns towards the Bone Crushers who ran at them with spears and knives. As they got closer to each other, they raised their weapons ready to strike the other wizards when Bob started his magic.

With a flick of his wand Bob turned the swords into broccoli, the knives into bananas and the guns fired sprouts. One spear became a vacuum cleaner and someone's hard shield turned into a frying pan. They tried to fight with broccoli and sprouts but no-one was getting hurt. They all found it rather funny and started to eat the yummy weapons! Bob chuckled to himself. One wizard started doing the vacuuming with what used to be a spear.

Eventually two rival wizards forced the saucepans together. Suddenly there was a big bang and a blue puff of smoke covered the battle field. When it cleared there was a giant strawberry in the middle on the green grass. It all went quiet. Had a team won? Soon there was a cheer as someone tasted the strawberry. It was the most delicious strawberry ever but tasted a bit like peas! The wizards realised it was better to be friends and eat together than try and fight with sprouts and vacuum cleaners. There was a nervous moment when they thought an explosion had started the fight again, but it turned out to be the Bone Crusher wizard called Jeffery making a fluffing noise after eating too many sprouts!!!

Bob was a hero, he had brought peace to the wizards who hated each other. From then on, the Bone Crushers and Death Eaters lived happily ever after.

The End.

By Grayson L

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