Young Storykeeper Volume III

190 | STORYKEEPERS VOLUME III AGE TEN | 191
TECH BOY AND ROCKY THE ROCK DRAGON
One day in a secret lighthouse a superhero meeting was taking place.
“What can we do?” said Music Dude.
“I don’t know,” said Master Ninja. “Rocky can bring back all the bad guys.”
“I’ve faced Rocky before. He won’t bring the bad guys back from the grave,” said Tech
Boy, his voice trailing off.
Meanwhile, outside the lighthouse a whole army of rock men were banging on the
door.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
The lighthouse door was made of super stone, which is an almost indestructible stone
that can only be destroyed by rock men. Eventually the rock men broke through!
Meanwhile, back inside the lighthouse, Tech Boy said, “I’ve got an idea.”
“What!” said the others.
“Run!”
So they fled.
Tech Boy ended up alone and began to form a plan. So he got ready. Tech Boy flew
to the lighthouse and saw Music Dude outside, stuck in one of his jail pianos. It was one of
his own specialties, a portable piano jail. Tech Boy flew over to him and used his blasters to
blast Music Dude free. He jumped out and said, “Thanks!”
Tech Boy and Music Dude snuck into lighthouse. They saw ten rock men guards. Tech
Boy took them out using all his lasers. Music Dude used his special hover keyboard to break
through the ceiling to see if there were any bad guys. There were another fifty guards up
there. Tech Boy flew up and together they faced the bad guys. But little did they know that
there was security cameras everywhere and all the rock men were wired for sound.
Up at the top floor of the lighthouse, Rocky the Rock Dragon smiled. Tech Boy and his
friends thought they were being so clever, but he knew their moves now. So he went down
with all his guys to face Tech Boy and Music Dude. The battle raged for 100 years and at
the end it was just Tech Boy, Music Dude and Rocky.
“I think I know how to finish him,” said Tech Boy.
“How?!”
“Run!”
There was a blue whale nearby and it was very hungry. When Tech Boy and Music
Dude fled, Rocky followed them. They flew onto Rocky’s back. Tech Boy, using his flying
boosters, pushed Rocky into the whale’s mouth.
“Yum,” said the whale.
Tech Boy and Music Dude got all the other rock men and asked the whale, “Would you
like some tasty rock men?”
The whale replied, “Yes! Yes!”
“Who wants the tasty rock men?” said Tech Boy
“Me! Me!” said the whale.
Then Tech Boy said, “Go get ‘em!” and threw the rock men into the sea.
The whale reacted quickly and ate all the juicy rock men. They may sound hard and
tough, but they were actually very tasty.
HUNGER
Once upon a time there was a lighthouse keeper called Gerry. Gerry was
a very jolly man with a wife, Mary, and two kids. Of course, Gerry rarely
saw Mary because of long shifts at the lighthouse.
Life at the lighthouse was not easy because of giant waves, stormy
weather and big gusts of wind. One day, Gerry was standing on a rock
outside the lighthouse when he realised that the lighthouse looked
smaller, but it could not have been, he even measured it to make sure it
was the correct height.
The light also seemed to be becoming more dim. Over the next few
weeks, the light continued to become dimmer, and the lighthouse itself
appeared to be shrinking. Until one night, a giant tanker came around,
but the light was so dim, and so low in the sky, that the tanker hit the
rocks with a CRACK!
That woke Gerry up, and soon Gerry noticed that the lighthouse had
grown back and the light was bright again. That was when Gerry realised
that the lighthouse was alive, and it fed on shipwrecks.
Gerry retired soon afterwards and travelled by plane when he could.
Wouldn’t you?
Denis Sullivan
Co Dublin
Otis Dines
Co Galway