1490 - LORIS

This is my 11-year-old Granddaughter's version:

The Indian foLk stAred as a jade green lorry bundled along their rocky roads. They looked confused, as it was not normal that a lorry should come this far out into what they call the ‘poor parts’ of India. One little boy dared to follow the lorry, and trudged behind it. The vehicle was moving slowly because of the road quality, so the boy was able to follow at a good pace. Naseem, the boy, followed the lorry as far as Wildbrier road until it came to a halt. Naseem stopped abruptly and hid behind a bin, whilst the lorry driver got out and opened the boot of the vehicle. He took out a box, which was making weird squeaking sounds. Then he knocked on the door of Mr Yakub’s house. Of course, thought Naseem. Mr Yakub was the richest person around! Mr Yakub opened the door, his usual impatient look on his face, but when he saw the parcel a gleaming smile spread on his mouth. “One loris for you, sir. That would be £75 please,” the truck driver said airily. Mr Yakub fished a bag of coins out of his pocket and waited while the driver counted the money. The driver waved and headed back to the truck, while Mr Yakub went indoors. Naseem saw the flash of a long tail, a monkey!

Naseem thought it was strange to see a lorry on his local roads

This is my version:

Steven was up with the LaRk and, after a hurried, but healthy, breakfast, he climbed aboard his lorry (well actually a HGV). Today he had to go to the airport cargo terminal. His load turned out to be some wild animal cages to take to the zoo. "I hope there isn't an elephant in the manifest", he thought. But it turned out to be smaller caged animals - a baboon, a loris, and a monkey.

One of the cages that Steven had to pick up