“Susan’s Cucumber Dream”

Fighting Words Cork, Kilcoe National School, 2nd - 6th Class, 19th October 2026

1860 London, 6am. It was a cool morning and Susan was woken by the cool breeze. She heard the working dock. She heard plates crashing downstairs and a high pitched voice singing. She went downstairs to see her brother and her mum.

She walked into the living room to see what appeared to be an old lady cleaning the window and singing LA LA LA LA LA!!!!! It was Stacie. The old lady dropped a brush and said OOPS and then Susan heard it was Stacie’s voice! “Oh hi Susan” said Stacie. “You were acting weird last night - some mad ramblings about wanting a pet pickle or was it a cucumber, I forget?”.

Susan said “You know I hate pickles, how could you accuse me of that?”. Susan said “and why are you dressed like an old lady?”. “Don’t you remember last night, I dressed up in this costume and it is a nightmare to get off - I haven’t undressed yet”... but I know you LOVE cucumbers”. She continues “you have a picture of a dog in a cucumber costume in your room - it is almost like you want a pet cucumber!”. [In truth Stacie knew that Susan wanted a pet cucumber but she had not yet admitted it to her friend].

“Anyway, if you do get a cucumber, more likely than not your brother will get hungry and decide to eat it!”. Susan’s teeth began to chatter “don’t remind me” she said. Then her mother came and said “come and have breakfast with your brother - you too Stacie”.