'NEIGHBOURS' 

By Hayley Robinson, aged 9. (no relation to our Executive Editor)

Once there was a man who lived in a terraced house.
He was not very happy at all. On one side of him, there was a mechanic. On the other side of him, there was a music teacher.
Every morning he was woken up by the mechanic's banging and clanging and the voices of children singing. 

One day he said to himself, "I can't stand it any longer."
But he could not hear himself think, so he shouted it aloud.
Then he had a good idea.

He went to the mechanic and said," I will give you this money if you will move."
"Sure, I will move tomorrow." said the mechanic.
Then he went to the music teacher and said, "I will give you this money if you will move." 
"Sure, I will move tomorrow." the music teacher said.

The next day the man went to help the music teacher pack. 
He said," I hope you have found a nice place to stay?" 
"Oh yes," she replied "I am lucky, I heard that the mechanic was looking for somewhere to move into, so he is moving into my house and I am moving into his..."

Well done, Hayley!

CALLING ALL STORY-TELLERS 

Do you have a story for us?  Or maybe more than one? Perhaps you enjoy writing stories yourself?  We'd love to hear from you!

Tell us a true story or a make-believe one. Make sure you say which it is! We'll publish the ones we like best and extracts from others. 
Make sure your story is no longer than 1000 words and is your own, original work.
Remember to say how old you are and give your full name and address.
If you've read a brilliant story lately, write a review of it, if you like, so that we'll all know we should make sure we don't miss out. We will be glad to review any new story books we receive too.

We have various true stories around MarineZine - you may like to try our In-Quiz-ition No.1 - ten questions with links to the stories that provide the answers...