Young Storykeeper Volume III

6 | STORYKEEPERS VOLUME III AGE SEVEN | 7
JEWELS AND GOLD
One-night Charlie was woken by some
shouting. He peeped out the window and
there were two men carrying boxes of gold.
He felt something soft brush past him. Just
as he opened his mouth to scream, he
saw it was only Tim the dog. They lived in
a lighthouse by the sea with his dad Billy.
Charlie turned back to look out the window
and all he could see was a little dot floating
in the sea heading back towards land.
Over the next few days, he saw these
two men every night. So, one night he
tiptoed downstairs and hid. He watched
them from his hiding place, they hid gold in
one of the ceiling shelves, then they quietly
went to their boat and sailed away. Charlie
went back to bed and dreamed of robbers
and gold.
The next morning, Charlie told his dad
and then they told Tim the dog to pounce
on them whenever they came back. Dad
and Charlie hid waiting one night. Charlie
felt scared. Then they heard Tim growl. Tim
pounced on them then dad and Charlie ran
over. The robbers were Boots and Wesley,
their old neighbours.
“I knew they were jealous of someone,”
said Dad.
Charlie went to call the cops and they
came speeding over in their nightgowns.
They brought the robbers and the gold back
to jail.
Charlie woke up in the morning and had
forgotten all about it.
Alice Bailey
Co Carlow
THE MAGICAL DOOR
One fine day when I was twelve years old, I
went to my special place in my garden where
I read my books. Suddenly, I saw a magic
light swishing past me and shining on a tiny
mint green door as small as my thumb. As
I peered it grew and grew until it was big
enough for me to fit through.
There wasn’t a door handle, there
wasn’t a door knocker but there was a little
silver bell. On the bell were the words: Ring
me three times. I was curious and rang the
bell.
The door immediately burst open. I
nervously crept in not knowing where I was
going.
“Hello, hello! Is there anyone there?” I
called out.
I didn’t hear a sound coming back so I
tip toed in.
I heard waves crashing against rocks,
seagulls squawking and tasted saltiness in
the air. Grey clouds whooshed by. I found
myself standing on a rocky island and there
was an old lighthouse in front of me. A seal
slipped into the water. I saw a humongous
whale in the sea. Two puffins hovered above
me. One lifted a wing as if he were waving
at me.
I followed the puffins because I thought
that they were trying to tell me something.
They brought me to the shabby lighthouse.
I felt like I had seen the lighthouse before.
I kept walking until I got to the blue
door, next to the door were numbers. I
remembered a song my grandfather had
sung to me:
A lighthouse there will be
Surrounded by the sea
To open the blue door
Press 21184
I pressed the buttons; I felt excited and
scared. The code worked and I opened the
door.
I climbed a circle stair and I counted
the steps, one, two, three all the way to the
top. It was quickly getting dark and foggy. I
looked out through the glass and saw a huge
ship sailing towards an enormous sharp rock.
The light was not shining. The bulb was not
working. I waited for the spare bulb to turn
and light but it was stuck. I wondered what
was happening.
When I was a little girl my grandfather
explained how lighthouses work. So, I took
out the bulb that was not working and put
in the new bulb. It worked; the bulb shone
brightly. The ship changed direction.
I felt my way down the stairs and
went outside. I tried to retrace my steps
but couldn’t see where I was going. I was
terrified. I banged into a wall and turned
around. It was the wall of my garden. I ran
into my house and told my mother.
She explained that my grandfather had
been the lighthouse keeper and that now,
when there is trouble in the lighthouse, a
member of our family is called to help. She
showed me a photograph of my grandfather
standing in front of the lighthouse.
That was where I had seen the
lighthouse before.
Saorla Lynch
Co Cork
BUBBLES THE CLOWNFISH
Bubbles was a little clownfish who lived in the
sea off the coast of Wexford. He lived with
his mum, dad and his brother Stripes. They
lived in a coral reef close to the lighthouse.
One day, Bubbles wanted to go out
swimming and to search for some worms.
Worms were his favourite food. Bubbles’
greatest fear was swimming to close to
the shore because he might get caught by
fishermen. So he decided to go out at night
when there were no fishermen around.
It started to get dark, so Bubbles set
off on his search for worms. Before he left
home, he found a little pouch to collect the
worms in.
While he was out on his adventure,
Bubbles lost track of where he was. He got
scared because he thought he was going
to be out all night and then morning would
come and the fishermen would be out.
Then Bubbles had an idea. He swam to
the surface to see if he could see the light
from the lighthouse. He found the light and
followed it and it led him home.
Bubbles was so happy to be home and
he shared all of his worms with his family.
Oliver O’Connor
Co Dublin
THE MISSING SUNGLASSES
One lovely sunny day, two mermaid sisters,
Daisy and Bella, were playing ball in the sea.
They played in the sea in Howth everyday.
Daisy told Bella she wanted to get her
sunglasses from her seabed. When the
sisters got there, Daisy’s sunglasses were
missing.
“WHERE have they gone?” asked
Daisy.
Daisy and Bella decided to look for the
sunglasses. They looked everywhere. They
asked all their mermaid family and their sea
friends. Nobody had seen them.
Eventually, the two mermaids bumped
into their friend Rosie the Seahorse.
“I know where your sunglasses are,”
said Rosie. “Jake the Seal is wearing them!
He is at the lighthouse.”
Daisy, Bella and Rosie went straight to
the lighthouse to see Jake the Seal. When
they got there, Jake was sunbathing looking
very happy with Daisy’s sunglasses on. He
had borrowed them and forgot to ask.
“Oh, I’m sorry Daisy,” said Jake.
“It’s okay!” replied Daisy. “You can wear
them until you are finished with them.”
“Thank you!” said Jake the Seal.
The two mermaid sisters, Rosie the
Seahorse and Jake the Seal all sunbathed
together at the lighthouse in Howth for the
rest of the sunny evening.
Lyla-Rose Duke
Co Dublin