Young Storykeeper Volume III

106 | STORYKEEPERS VOLUME III AGE NINE | 107
THE LIGHTHOUSE
Once there was a man who lived in an
old red and white striped lighthouse
in Ballycotton in Cork. His name
was Bob. One night, Bob saw a big
galleon in the very bright light from
the lighthouse. It was coming close.
Bob looked carefully. He realised it
was a gang of pirates!
Now, Bob had six really big
jars of money from all the years he
had worked as a lighthouse keeper.
He kept one jar on each of his six
window sills. The pirates rowed to
shore and stole one of Bob’s money
jars. The next night the pirates came
back and stole the second big jar
of money. Bob was sad. He didn’t
want to be poor. So he swapped the
money in the rest of the jars for
FAKE MONEY! The next night the
pirates returned for another jar of
money.
Bob said, “If I give you all my
money, you have to go and never
come back.”
Since the pirates were greedy,
they said, “Okay!”
From that night on, the
pirates were never seen again in
Ballycotton and Bob lived happily
ever after in his lighthouse.
And I’m not sure the pirates
even realised it was FAKE MONEY!
Oisín Chambers
Co Dublin
PETER A FISHERMAN AND THE PIRATES
Once upon a time Peter the fisherman was at Hook Head Lighthouse in Co. Wexford.
He turned on the light with a big yawn. Peter lay down on the hard brick floor for another
peaceful night’s sleep. At midnight he woke up with a start, there was the sound of pounding
footsteps. It was the dreaded pirates!
Peter jumped behind a stack of oil crates. He heard a big bang that he thought was
the door being knocked down. Suddenly Peter was grabbed by a pair of arms. He found
himself looking at the ugly face of a pirate. He was pushed down the steps across the bay,
into the cabin of a ship, tied up and gagged.
The next morning the postman was surprised when Peter wasn’t in the lighthouse
when he came. When he saw the big footprints, the postman raced to the police station.
Immediately search parties were sent out. Meanwhile Peter lay unconscious on the floor of
a dungeon. He woke up to the sound of the key being turned in the lock, a guard stepped
in and tossed stale bread and cheese on the floor.
On board the police ship, a police officer called out, “Land ahoy!” They
landed, snuck up to the castle and took the guards by
surprise. Then the police got into the
castle and killed the whole band of
pirates, ran down to the dungeons
and freed Peter. They sailed away
and lived happily ever after
Abe Ludick
Co Kilkenny