Once there lived a Snow King. He looked after the snow. Everyone who lived in his land wished it would never stop snowing. What else could they wish for? The King had an enemy called Rober who tried to melt the snow.

Far away in another land there were two boys called Tommy and Jimmy. They lived all alone with no mum and dad, all they had was sunshine outside in the garden. They wished everyday it would snow. They would play snow ball fights and Hide and Seek. They would build snowmen like in The Snowman. But no snow means no games. What a shame!

One night, Tommy and Jimmy made a special wish. They wished that it would snow! What fun they could have if it snowed.

Rober heard their wish and thought he would play a trick on the Snow King. Rober put some snow in a sack and threw it onto Tommy and Jimmy’s garden.

The next morning, Tommy and Jimmy woke up and were so excited to see snow in their garden. They played all day in the snow making snowmen, having a snowball fight and playing Hide and Seek.

Meanwhile back in the faraway land, the Snow King saw what Rober had done and he was very angry.

The Snow King roared a terrible roar and was as loud as a lion! Then he stamped so hard that his world shook and a massive crack appeared in the icy floor. When he looked through the crack he saw Tommy and Jimmy’s house with all his precious snow in their garden. Quickly, he dived into the crack and in a flash found himself surrounded by the soft snow that Rober had stolen.

Tommy and Jimmy couldn’t believe their sparkly eyes and gasped in terror before running to hide behind a tree.

“Who are you?” they asked with trembling voices.

“I am the Snow King and you are playing with my snow!” roared the Snow King angrily.

Tommy and Johnny explained that they had made a special wish and begged him not to be mean and take all their wonderful snow away. They told him their sad story and had tears running down their little red cheeks.

The Snow King thought for a while and decided that he wasn’t cross with the boys but he was furious and frustrated with Rober, the sneaky, snow-stealing super villain! He explained that he really wanted to capture Rober and put him into an icy jail where he would never cause trouble again. Together, they came up with a plan to catch Rober. The Snow King promised Tommy and Jimmy that if they helped him he would make their dreams come true…

Early one morning, the two boys made a trail of fish leading to a big hole in the snow. The Snow King had told them that Rober loved to eat fish. Rober smelt the pongy fish so he followed the trail. When he got to the deep dark hole in the snow he fell in! He didn’t know that there was a hole. After he fell down the hole, the two boys dropped a trap on him. The sparkly trap was made of ice and metal so he couldn’t get out. Rober was very angry and shouted until his face went red. Tommy and Jimmy laughed at him because he looked very funny. They thought he deserved to be trapped because he had played a mean trick. They called for the Snow King to come out from where he was hiding behind a snowman.

The King thanked them for their amazing plan.

“You have caught Rober and saved my Snow Kingdom. Now I will grant your wishes as promised,” he announced.

The boys didn’t even need to think for a second. They wanted SNOW!

“I have an idea,” said the King. “You can keep half of the snow and we will return the rest to my Kingdom. You have made me so happy. We must have a party to celebrate and every year on this day you can come to visit me in my Snow Palace”.

“But how will we get there?” asked Tommy and Jimmy.

“In your garden there is a magical bench that can lead you there,” explained the King, “all you need to do is sit on the bench and make a wish using these magic words…

Magic bench take me to the land of snow

Abracadabra and off we go!”

“Wow we can’t wait – when can we visit your magical kingdom?”

“Soon,” replied the King, “but first we must return the snow.”

“But how?” asked the boys.

“I will call my snow rocket and sleigh to transport the snow back home.”

The King stamped four times and the crack in the ice reopened. His snow rocket zoomed down to the garden. Quickly the snow rocket sucked up half of the snow leaving plenty for the boys to play with. Just then the Snow King disappeared into the rocket and zoomed off back through the crack to his far away palace. The boys were so excited their dreams had come true and they couldn’t wait to visit the King in his palace.

“I wonder where else the bench could take us?” thought the boys…

 by Year 1 pupils from  Lowther, Stanley, Sheen Mount, East Sheen and Archdeacon Cambridge’s primary schools