Young Storykeeper Volume III

110 | STORYKEEPERS VOLUME III AGE NINE | 111
THE LIGHTHOUSE OF BETRAYAL
THE BOAT ADVENTURE
On a windy, bitter day, nine-year-old Dylan was sitting
on the rocks surrounding the lighthouse. He sat there
gazing at the view of Wexford Harbour, hoping one
day his Uncle Jerry would bring him there.
The lighthouse was so far from the harbour. For
some reason, Jerry didn’t want Dylan to go near land.
Dylan thought about his parents and wondered if they
were still alive, would they have brought him there?
After a while, Jerry called him to go to bed.
When he was just about to turn off the light,
Dylan asked, “Jerry, someday could you bring me to
Wexford?”
“Sorry kid, but no. I’m doing this to protect
you. Now, off you go. I’ll be working the whole night
through so you won’t see me until dinner tomorrow
evening after my nap. G’night.”
Dylan wasn’t surprised about the reply and
thought if no one would bring him to the harbour, he
would go by himself…
The next morning, Dylan set off. He brought a
torch, sandwiches, water and spare clothes. He quietly
crept down the stairs to the emergency room that had
a canoe. Dylan put on a helmet, hopped into the canoe
and paddled with the current until he reached land. He
paddled further until he arrived at Rosslare Beach. It
was an amazing sight. He had never been on a beach
before. Dylan quickly tied up the canoe. He wandered
along hoping to find the girl who often sailed by his
lighthouse from Rosslare Beach. Her name was sailor
Sally.
“Hi, Sally.”
“Dylan! What are you doing here?”
“I decided to have a trip to the beach.”
“Oh,” said Sally.
“I was wondering if you knew anything about my
parents?” asked Dylan.
Sally went silent for a moment and then
answered, “Dylan, I think it’s time for me to tell you.
Now you need to listen to the following riddle carefully:
They sealed it for you, and then did a run, for you to
complete it and it will be done.”
She quickly ran away and left Dylan alone to
think. It was getting late so he paddled back home
and rushed to his bedroom. He knocked over the
picture of his parents. Picking it up he noticed that the
photo was a pocket! Dylan saw a note in it. He took it
out and began to read.
Dylan,
Get away from your uncle at once! He is the
reason we are dead. On a stormy night he was working
in the lighthouse. He knew we were sailing towards
his lighthouse. We didn’t see the light so we thought
we weren’t near the light house and
then…we crashed and drowned.
Jerry did it on purpose. He was
armed and anytime someone would
try to take you, he would have a go
at them.
Please stay safe.
From ¬?
Dylan was so shocked he didn’t
even move.
Emily Chambers
Co Kilkenny
It was a hot sunny day. Boat builders were
working on a boat that could hold one
thousand people and that could go all around
the world. One day I wish to be on that boat
with my mom, dad, brother and sister.
The cool thing was is that my dad is
working on the boat so we might get VIP
treatment. I am really excited about tomorrow
because me, Mom, John and Freya get to
go see Dad at work.
Finally, the time came. Today we got to
go see Dad at work. We had our breakfast
and rushed to where it was. When we got
there, I jumped out of the car and looked.
I saw my dad working and ran to him. I felt
like I had a million questions, but I only had
a few to ask him though. He told me to look
around, so I did and there were so many
things, like cranes, trucks and diggers. I
looked at the boat and it was a quarter way
there. A few minutes later me, Mom, John
and Freya had to go home.
When we got home, I went to my
bedroom, dreaming about being on the ship.
The next day, my dad went to work so me,
Freya, Mom and John went to a lighthouse.
We stayed there for an hour, watching all
the boats going in and out, like cargo ships,
speed boats, jet skis and ferries.
When the boat was half and a quarter
way there, me and my brother and sister did
a competition of who could make the best
lighthouse. A few minutes later we finished
our drawings.
This was mine.
This was Freya’s.
And this was John’s.
Today is the day the boat is finally finished.
Me, Mom, Dad, Freya and John got our
boarding passes and go in the car and drove
there. We showed our boarding passes and
went to our rooms. One hour later, we all met
up and went to the top of the boat. When we
got to the top, there was a swimming pool
and a cinema too. We chose to go to the
cinema this night, so we did and we watched
Jumanji 3.
Today me and my family went upstairs
to see the view. We looked out and saw a
lighthouse flashing in the mist but we had
to go back down because John got seasick.
The next morning, I felt a little wet and I
realised I was in water! The whole floor was
filled with water. I got out of my room and
went to the top deck and found my family.
The boat was sinking!
Everyone got into the lifeboats. We all
watched as the whole ship sunk deep down
into the sea. All of us were rowing for about
an hour until I saw those exact same flashing
lights in the mist. We were saved. After that
we went back home.
Conor Gokul
Co Cork