Young Storykeeper Volume III

178 | STORYKEEPERS VOLUME III AGE TEN | 179
Harvey Kelly
Co Dublin
THE BEACH DAY
Once there was a boy called Sam. His
parents were planning a beach day and they
were going to bring Sam and his friend Jeff.
They planned to go out on a boat and go
body boarding. Sam was extremely excited.
The next day, Sam invited Jeff, but to his
surprise Jeff said he already had plans. So
Sam had to go and tell the bad news to his
parents. His parents said that he could invite
someone else and Sam decided to invite his
second-best friend Jack.
Jack said “Sure,” and was delighted to
go with Sam and his family.
When the day had finally came, Sam
and Jack went body boarding in the sea,
rowed in a large boat and made sandcastles
and buried each other in the sand. They
decided to go on the boat a second time,
not knowing that something bad was going
to happen...
When they got into the boat for a
second time, the boat skipper Michael had
a bad feeling that something was going to
happen. When Sam and Jack got on the
boat, they asked the irresponsible skipper to
go full speed.
Michael went full speed because he
was a friend of Sam’s dad and he wanted
to give Sam the most fun day ever. They
went slowly out of the harbour and when
they were clear of the harbour they went full
speed 510 km/h (extremely fast for a boat).
They came across a really bad current and
they were doing wave hops. They saw this
huge wave coming up and started to panic...
They all went unconscious for three
hours and when they woke up, they realised
it was 4pm. They all had woken up at the
exact same place and the exact same
time, floating in the middle of nowhere.
They decided to swim together in the same
direction.
Twenty minutes later, they came across
an abandoned island with a lighthouse. They
all got up on the small island and searched.
They saw that the lighthouse was old and
awful. They found an open door and Michael,
being the oldest and the most brave, went
through first. The other two followed his lead,
crouching behind his back and screaming
every now and then.
When they got to the top, they saw
skeletons everywhere and loads of bones.
The kids couldn’t stop screaming and Jack
passed out when he saw the bones and the
human skeletons. It was very stinky because
they had no idea how long the bodies had
been dead. Michael helped Jack immediately
after he passed out because he almost hit
the side of his head and Michael wanted to
see if Jack was all right. When Jack finally
woke up, Sam had managed to get the huge
light to turn on (Sam was the only one who
knew how to do it because he was quite a
nerd).
Sam wanted to explore a little bit more.
Michael and Jack, on the other hand, were
freaking out because they didn’t know how
far from home they were. Michael had
forgotten his phone on the boat but Jack
had his phone in his pocket and gave it to
Michael because he was too weak to press
any button at all. Michael managed to get in
touch with Sam’s dad and told him straight
away. There was one problem though:
Jack’s phone was on 3%.
Michael wanted to ask Sam’s dad to get a
lifeboat out to search for them but the phone
had run out of battery. They rushed down
to Sam to see if he had any ideas how they
might contact anybody. Sam said yes, his
phone was on 100% because he had a really
expensive self-charging cover for his phone.
Sam called his dad straightaway because
he had a feeling Michael and Jack would kill
him if he delayed. So Sam called his dad
in a really calm voice, while the others were
terrified in the background.
Sam said on the phone, “Um, Dad, we
are kinda stranded on this creepy island but
personally I think it is cool, but please tell
the others to calm down. So could you tell a
lifeboat to go out and search for me please?
Bye.” It was a voicemail so his Dad couldn’t
answer straightaway. When Sam hung up
the phone, he just went back to what he
head been doing, making a sand castle!!
Sam decided to call his dad back ten
minutes later. Dad asked, “Where are you
stranded?”
Sam said, “I’m stranded on a creepy,
small island with an abandoned lighthouse.”
His dad replied, “It is not so creepy. I
used to work in a lighthouse.”
“Where?”said Sam.
“On a small island a few hours from
here,” said his dad.
“Oh,” said Sam, with his mind racing.
“Were there ever any accidents on the
island?”
Sam was not sure if he really wanted to
hear the answer …
GEORGIA, JANE AND RICKY
Georgia Giraffe lived all alone in a lighthouse,
which her owner had abandoned, leaving her
all alone. Georgia felt very sad and miserable,
being stuck in the lighthouse. She longed to
be free and have a friend.
Georgia woke up one morning and
heard the most horrible squawking noise
ever. She opened her eyes to see a seagull
sitting on the windowsill. Oh, how happy she
was to have someone to be friends with and
to help her get out of the cramped, dusty
lighthouse.
“Excuse me,” she said. “Would you be
ever so kind to help me get out of here? I’m
very uncomfortable.”
“Why of course, madam! My name is
Ricky.”
The two tried and tried to get Georgia
out of the lighthouse, but it was too hard.
The next day, Ricky and Georgia woke-up to
hear a small group of people talking.
“Who are they?” asked Georgia.
“I don’t know I’ll go and check,” replied
Ricky. The rather large bird flew down to the
bay and stared at the people.
“Ahhh! Darling, get this ferocious beast
away from me!” the woman demanded.
“Why sweetheart, it’s just an adorable
seagull,” exclaimed the man. He reached
out his hand to pet the creature. Ricky
almost ripped his finger off with his beak.
“Or maybe not.”
Ricky flew back to the lighthouse, where
he found a very angry giraffe. “It’s him!” she
exclaimed, “The man who abandoned me.
He’s back and is going to try and buy the
lighthouse. I heard him say that.”
Jane, a zookeeper, loved having long
walks on the beach. She saw the lighthouse
was up for sale. She badly needed an office
since there was not enough space in her
house. She asked the estate agent could
she buy the lighthouse. He said yes but that
she would have to come up with the money
in one month.
Jane went to check it out and found a
giraffe and a seagull. “Oh, do help us young
lady, I need to get out of here,” exclaimed
Georgia.
“Well of course, but only on one
condition you must help me raise money so I
can buy this lighthouse,” Jane replied.
“Of course. Anything!”
Jane’s brother was a builder and had
lots of machines, so he got Georgia out of
the lighthouse. She was so happy to be free.
“Now you said you would help me,
so, emm?” Jane went silent for a moment,
trying to think what they would do. Suddenly
she said, “You can clean people’s windows
and skyscrapers. I’ll be sure to earn a lot of
money that way!”
“Of course, madam!” said both Ricky
and Georgia.
They soon raised enough money for
the lighthouse. Jane was delighted. Georgia
now had her own enclosure at the zoo. Ricky
visited her every day, and Jane would always
give him some bread to eat.
As for Naomi and Steve (the people
who had abandoned the lighthouse in the
first place) they were not too happy with
Jane’s investment.
Shauna Esmonde
Co Meath