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Kingsmead Eyes Speak Led by Gideon Mendel

damian

chakur

I am ten years old and I was born in Poland. When I was six years old I came to England with my Mum and sister because the rest of my family were already here. I miss my friends in Poland but I prefer it here in England because I have more friends, there are more fun things to do and you spend less time at school. My hobbies are BMX riding with my friends, playing football as well as playing basketball and tennis.

When the hand came and I didn’t have time to hide,
It dropped me in the middle of the moon.

Down in the dark streets,
No children are playing,
But there’s a little girl stood alone,
And when you listen, she is saying
HELP ME!
Someone get my mummy!
The big hand is back again,
It picks me up from my friends,
And puts me into unusual places,
Among strangers and unfamiliar faces,

Last week I was playing outside,
When the hand came and I didn’t have time to hide,
It dropped me in the middle of the moon,
And it disappeared, I was marooned,
I had to wait for the space shuttle to arrive,
I found it very difficult to survive,
The hand returned yesterday,
And put me screaming in a stack of hay,
I was almost eaten by a cow,
And the hand is hovering over me now,
Please don’t take me Mr Hand,
Don’t abandon me on a foreign land,
Don’t put me on stage with a bonkers rock band,
Don’t put me on a summit of a high mountain,
Or leave me alone in Ireland,
Or bury me in Sahara sand,
Or at the bottom of the Grand Canyon,
I will give you a million trillion grand,
Just leave me alone Mr Hand.

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