Congratulations to the following Students who won in their age groups for the Tulip Time Poetry Competition: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Please enjoy some poetry from Hannah C from 4A: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Spring<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I sigh. It is finally Spring! It is perfect. I am lying on the grass, a breeze and the sun on my back. I love tulip time. Baby birds everywhere and so many flowers. \u201cWoof!\u201d Bluey barks and bounds up to me. I look up from the daisy chain I\u2019m making. Suddenly, I see a tiny, yellow door on a nearby tree\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The door has a little ladder under it. I stare at the door curiously. Will it open? It does! All of a sudden the air around me turns stone cold and a fierce pull comes out of the tiny door. I feel myself shrinking. Taken by surprise, I try to run, only finding the force stronger than before! Bluey starts barking. I grab him just before I\u2019m sucked into the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhere am I?\u201d I wonder aloud. It seems to be a village. The houses are queer with no chimneys, no door handles and empty veggie gardens. There are no trees or plants. I hate it here!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019re in Tuliptopia!\u201d says a sad, squeaky voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHow can I get back to Earth?\u201d I ask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019ll have to ask Queen Violet! Only she knows.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is extremely dark here. I hope that Queen Violet is somewhere brighter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ll take you to her.\u201d A furry paw takes my hand. \u201cBut before you can leave, you\u2019ll have to give us back Spring,\u201d the strange creature says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d I question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe queen will explain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The creature takes me to a light room in a big, lilac-coloured house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI found a human!\u201d it yells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I can see it better now. It\u2019s a big, brown bunny with sad eyes. An even bigger white bunny, wearing a crown, comes majestically down the stairs. This bunny looks like a snow ball, round and soft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNow we can have our ceremony!\u201d The big bunny cries in delight. \u201cRose, does the human have a flower on her?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhoops, I forgot to check! Human, do you have a flower?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo. Why? What ceremony?\u201d I inquire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To my astonishment, the queen starts crying. \u201cWe need a flower for the ceremony!\u201d She sobs. \u201cWe weren\u2019t looking after our plants and flowers, so a magician cursed us. The curse was,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No plant shall grow<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Oh no! Oh no!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Until the human comes with a flower from earth<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n There won\u2019t be growth<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Until this oath<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Is fulfilled!!\u201d <\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy dog might have a flower,\u201d I suddenly remember that I threaded daisies into Bluey\u2019s collar before I ended up in this strange place. I quickly unthread them and give them to the queen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The queen places the daisy chain on a table in the centre of the room and starts muttering strange words. Suddenly, there is a bright flash!<\/p>\n\n\n\n We run to the window. Outside, bunnies are hopping around gardens full of trees, flowers and more plants. There are chimneys shaped like tulips and door handles the shape of daisies. It looks amazing! So many bright colours!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Suddenly, everything starts spinning and then Bluey and I are back on Earth in Corbett Gardens. Just after we land, I see the yellow door on the tree disappear, but not before a tiny magician flies out of it in a mini purple caravan!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Congratulations to the following Students who won in their age groups for the Tulip Time Poetry Competition: Please enjoy some poetry from Hannah C from 4A: Spring I sigh. It is finally Spring! It is perfect. I am lying on the grass, a breeze and the sun on my back. I love tulip time. Baby […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2876,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[3],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2734","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-good-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=2734"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=2734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}