Chugga chugga toot toot!

It all happened on the day of our school excursion into the city. The plan was for all the Grade Fives to visit the City Museum and the Immigration Museum. It was all to do with our lessons on gold and gold mining.

Not everything went to plan. On the way, at the busy Flinders Street station, we had all gotten off the train. Suddenly, the train doors closed behind us. But, oh dear, poor Mr Del Prete, my lovely teacher (not!) didn’t make it. Somewhere, on the way to the train door he must have gotten lost. Perhaps he saw a feather in the corner! We looked back to see Mr Del Prete looking desperate through the window at us. He looked so frightened, his little nose pressed up against the glass! We all began to laugh hysterically … even Mr Dooley! Still, we had an excursion to get on with. So we watched as the train moved away, with poor Mr Del Prete looking at us like a stunned rabbit. Good bye Mr Del Prete. We’ll miss you!