Writing a prequel to The Lost Happy Endings

Giraffes have been exploring the character of the baddie - The Witch - in The Lost Happy Endings, who (spoiler alert!) had a very Unhappy Ending. 

She had left some clues which made us think that things had gone wrong in her life and we began to think that maybe she hadn't always been bad. 

We decided to write a prequel to the story, so we could tell her tale.

The stories are coming to life now and include lots of great writing features  - figurative language, change of voice from narrative to  formal letters in the subjunctive and 1st person diary entries. They also include some of our exciting sentences.

Well done Giraffes. I'm looking forward to reading your final versions.



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