This story was published in the Commissioner for Children Young Creative Writers Awards: Winning Entries 2015 book.
Kate Gallen received a Merit Certificate in the 9-11 age category. Entries for the 2016 awards are now open.
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Brown and squelchy
Under my gumboots
Soft sticky mud
Touching my feet
Seeping into my wellies
Cooling my toes inside
From splashing in muddy puddles
Mum calls for me
I’ve got gravy-covered boots
She calls me again
My wellies are ruined
I look at myself
Completely brown like a slug
From stomping in muddy puddles
I march inside
Mum eyes my bottom half
I wrestle my way out of my wellies
And feel my heels
Golden and sausagy
Freezing like chocolate ice-cream
From playing in muddy puddles