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By Maddy Saunders

Once upon a time there was a jewel shop that was 

the home to one of the biggest jewels in the world, 

the Silver Queen. There was a man who really wanted 

that jewel.   His name was Nalp Live. 

Nalp lived in a small town quite close to the shop 

actually. 

The next morning when he went 

to do the grocery shopping he 

saw a sign in a window asking 

for "Jeweller's Shop Display 

Makers". This was his chance to 

get that famous gem - 

        "The Silver Queen".

Nalp ran home excitedly, forgetting to do his 

shopping and started organising his gem collection. 

He was pondering what he should call his precious 

array of stones. 

After six and a half minutes he decided to call them 

the Cam-Gems.   He decided to hide cameras inside 

the gems but he must remember to make the 

cameras invisible.

After a good night's rest, Nalp set to work in his 

laboratory. "The cameras are super easy," thought 

Nalp, but when he got to the jewel making stage he 

was having some difficulty with the shape of the 

Gems.   Suddenly he realised he had his jewel kit up 

in the attic from his 5th birthday.

Nalp ran up the stairs, eagerly looking around madly.  

"Eureka!" he cried, when he found the gem kit 

through all the objects. He ran down the stairs as if 

he was flying. For the next hour Nalp was sitting at 

his desk, working as hard as he could. He could 

practically smell the Silver Queen. He was so excited!

When he had finished Nalp set off for the jewellery 

shop and presented the gems to the lady at the 

counter. Suddenly he saw the Silver Queen again. It 

looked much more beautiful when he was one step 

closer to owning it. 

The lady behind the counter asked him many 

questions which he answered politely. Then she told 

him to come back tomorrow.   Only then would she 

inform Nalp of the results. 

That night Nalp could not get to sleep. He was 

buzzing with excitement and anticipation. He got up 

early, gulped his breakfast down and was dressed 

before you could say:

          "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!" 

He raced down to the jewellery shop but, 

surprisingly, no-one was there! "Where is everyone," 

Nalp wondered. No-one was there, because it was so 

early.

Finally, the shopkeeper arrived and was amused at 

how excited Nalp was. She let Nalp into the shop. 

Unfortunately though, Nalp had to wait for the other 

applicants. 

Nalp was asking so many questions: for example, 

"How many people signed up? Did the others have 

very good jewels? What time will the other 

applicants arrive?"

By 3pm all the applicants had arrived. Poor Nalp! He 

had been waiting for seven hours! The shopkeeper 

started to talk to the applicants.  

"This competition has been very tricky, but please 

congratulate Nalp Live on being chosen to work at 

'Jewel Queens."

He was ecstatic! He had won. He was closer to the 

Silver Queen! Much closer than before.

The second he walked through the front door, Nalp 

started planning what he had to do in order to get 

his hands on THAT gem.

"I'll make a big one which takes me straight back 

here when I press it and I will have to make a very 

sharp pointed gem too.   In fact, they will all have to 

point to the, wait for it, Silver Queen... so I can keep 

an eye on it and see when it is most valid. Silver 

Queen, be ready to come with me!" he cackled 

sinisterly!

The next day Nalp set to work making the rest of his 

evil collection.   He had finished three by the end of 

the day. Nalp was hoping to get twenty-four gems so 

he did the math in his head and worked out that this 

would take eight days. 

"I will have to get my act together," he said.

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