Swampy. My Hero.

Today it was my turn to give a FIVE MINUTE talk about MY HERO. This was a TALL ORDER after RAM's impressive talk about NELSON MANDELA. Most of the class spoke about footballers, even some of the girls, but I spoke about SWAMPY. Swampy is an ECO WARRIOR who once lived in some underground tunnels, like a human mole, near a new road called THE A34. Swampy lived in these tunnels to try and STOP THE ROAD FROM BEING BUILT. Then he tried to stop a runway being built at Manchester Airport which was BRAVE as that’s not easy to do when there are gigantic jets roaring round your head. Once Swampy lived up in a tree to stop it from being axed down. It didn’t work but it was A BRAVE ATTEMPT. Swampy is also not a fan of NUCLEAR SUBMARINES. He doesn’t live in a house he lives in the middle of a forest in a YURT which is a bit like a tent. Nomads in Central Asia live in YURTS. Swampy does not have any electricity or running water from taps and he uses and ECO LOO which is a hole in the ground with straw and stuff in it. He LIVES OFF THE LAND and grows all his own vegetables. Swampy is, I told the class, THE REAL DEAL which is why he is MY HERO.

Miss Piggott said HOW FASCINATING CHARLIE BUT IT IS IMPORTANT NOT TO TAKE DANGEROUS RISKS LIKE TRYING TO BE A HUMAN MOLE WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO SAVE THE WORLD.

Angus Burton, the class clown, says his fat dog, Henry VIII, would make a good protestor like Swampy because HE SOMETIMES SITS IN THE ROAD AND WON’T MOVE. He would be an IDEAL BLOCKADE for any new runway. He also said that his dog uses ECO LOOS because he just GOES wherever he wants outside. He laughed his head off when he said his dog was a terrier and could be an ECO TERRIER. None of us thought it was as funny as he did. One day I expect he may take life more seriously - it is to be hoped so as it has been officially confirmed that he has nits and is hoping to share them with others as he says SOMEONE HAS DEFINITELY SHARED THEM WITH HIM.