Highly Commended: Grandparents by Alia Shaw

Category A: Primary School (9 to 11 years) Highly Commended (2024), Golden Tales Short Story Competition
Author: Alia Shaw

Millie’s Pa a kindly old bloke,

Gives her treats but he likes to smoke

He loves to have fun, which makes him the best

Although he often needs an hour long rest

Charlie’s Gran she loves to knit,

She would sit and knit, and knit…

and knit, and knit, and knit, and knit.

She really hopes it fits!

Hellena’s Opa works in the zoo.

She really loves him, and he loves her too.

Plays with the monkeys, cheeky and silly

Plays with the kids, all willy-nilly

Judy’s Pop an ancient man, at the age of 103

Sits in his chair, out the window he stares,

And at the book he likes to read

Tom looks up at the brightest star,

His Nanna’s not here but she’s never that far

She silently guides him throughout the night,

Staying above until the break of daylight