Dina was the world’s most wanted jewel thief. She really wanted to steal the Queen’s special jewels from the Tower of London by 5pm. Dina only had a king’s crown but she was a queen, so she set off to steal the Queen’s crown.

Dina decided to go on a train but as soon as she bought the train ticket she lost it and she couldn’t go on the train. So instead of the train she went in a taxi.

Dina jumped in the taxi and shouted “Take me to the Tower of London now! I need to be there by 5!” “Right mate,” replied the taxi driver and set off at an alarming speed. But just as they got into London the taxi got a flat tyre. Whilst the driver was busy fixing the tyre, Dina sneakily ran off without paying!
Dina stomped angrily the rest of the way there. At the Tower Dina had to face the guards. She climbed over the railings and managed to sneak in through the back door as a man was putting out the rubbish bags. Soon she was slinking stealthily like a ninja.

When she slowly opened the jewel house door something terrible happened – the alarm went off! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! Dina was so frightened she couldn’t move. Soon all the guards had piled down on her and soon after the police arrived and took her to prison.

Dina was in prison and she sat there thinking about how to escape. Suddenly she had an idea! She remembered she had a spoon up her sleeve, so she started to dig…

This story was inspired by a Great Little Stories five day project. The pupils worked with class teacher Sarah Greaney, designer John Conibear and illustrator/author Lizzie Finlay.