I stopped in my path. I was looking at the magnificent jewels, shimmering and shining, in a miniscule jewellery shop, at the edge of town.
Suddenly, my eyes came across a massive diamond. It stood there, waving its glitter covered hand at me. All around that body full of crystals, were rubies and emeralds, making their way down the red carpet of fame. I started to skip with joy, at the sight of seeing pile after pile of gold braclets and ton after ton of silver brooches. An evil plan started to form in my head and a shiver of delight ran down my spine.
‘What if I stole ALL those precious gems- and make a fortune?‘ I thought, cruelly to myself, a slight grin on my face. I had not realised that I was smiling and cackling out loud in the street, like a hyena in the zoo, laughing in the pitch night, waking everybody else (on that street) up! Walking to the front door, as quietly as I could, I could hear an ear-piercing siren, wailing and howling in pain. I froze.
Suddenly, helicopters and police cars surrounded me. My heart was pounding, like a cheetah, running as fast as it could to catch its prey. Out a voice whispered in my ear. ” You are probably going to be spending quite a long time in prison mate!” roared a scowling policeman…
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