Ned Kelly’s After Life

• Max Simmie, Grade 5
• Short Story
• 2022

Ned Kelly's After life
I was driving to the Melbourne Museum. I was going there to see Ned Kelly's armour. I was so excited because drI was obsessed with Ned Kelly. When I got there it was empty. I went in there and found Ned Kelly's armour. It was all scratched up. Then I saw CAD Bane, a Star Wars character. He was looking for something, I don't know what. I didn't know where he came from though. So I hid behind Ned's armour and watched. Then, all of the sudden I saw the gun come out of its pouch, a bullet got loaded into the gun, then he shot the gun. How did Ned's armour do that? The glass was shattered everywhere and it had scared CAD Bane away. Then out of nowhere a ghost appeared. It was Ned Kelly and he was wearing his armour, slowly he was turning back into a human. Revolving from ghost to human, he asked me where I was. I didn't answer of course. I was too busy freaking out about what I had just seen. What was I going to do? Was Ned Kelly really brought back to life? Did this really happen before my eyes? This was an experience I had never imagined happening with our trip to the museum.