Young Storykeeper Volume III

198 | STORYKEEPERS VOLUME III AGE ELEVEN | 199
THE LIGHTHOUSE HEROES
“Run!” Mum cried.
I got up, grabbed my gas mask box and ran into the back garden. My
little brother Charlie was already in the shelter.
“Rose, are we going to be okay?” he asked.
“Yes, we are. Now go to sleep,” I replied.
When I woke up, I went inside, our house was okay. I looked at my
mum - she looked odd.
“Go pack up Rose, you’re going to the country.”
I went upstairs and packed up; I knew this was going happen.
When Charlie and I were on the train, we found a compartment with a
girl and a boy inside. We talked a bit and became friends. Their names were
Mary and James.
When we arrived, we went into a hall. Loads of people were there. An
old lady named Linda came over to Charlie and me and said that we would
be fine.
Her house was beside the sea, it was lovely. My bedroom looked out
into the beach there was a tall lighthouse, it was amazing.
The next day after school Charlie, Mary and James and I went to the
lighthouse. We knocked on the door and a man called Arthur answered, he
was tall and looked friendly. I gave the loaf of bread from Linda to him and
he invited us in he showed us how the light worked. He told us to come back
any time, as long as we brought some bread.
When we had been in the country for five weeks, something happened
that changed my life. I sat up. I couldn’t get to sleep. A ship with food was
supposed to be coming that night and only Linda and Arthur and I knew
about it, and of course Charlie. I walked over to my window, I looked outside
something was wrong. I couldn’t see anything at all. The lighthouse light
was off.
This was bad. There was a big rock in the middle of the sea the ship
could crash into it and we wouldn’t get any food. I ran into Charlie’s room
and pulled him out of bed. I explained what happened while we were running
to the lighthouse. Charlie knocked on the door and no one answered. Then
I noticed the door wasn’t locked so I ran inside and went into the lantern
room and did what Arthur had showed us on our first visit. After I had done
what he had said, nothing happened at first, then a very bright light turned
on. Charlie ran over to the window and shouted, “There it is, the ship! It has
seen the light and it is turning away - YES!”
We jumped up and down in celebration when someone came into the
room. It was Linda. “I heard a noise and it sounded like post so I went
downstairs. I saw a letter from Arthur and it said he needed to go somewhere
urgently and asked if I could turn on the light.”
The food arrived and everything was okay. Charlie and I were heroes of
the lighthouse.
THE GHOST OF TUKSKAR ROCK
It was 1816, one year after Tuskar Rock was built
It already had a bit of a tilt
The builders hadn’t built it right
So a ghost would always roam at night
Moaning and groaning, they say he died while building it
They say he got hit
No adult goes near - they’re all too full of fear
But the children aren’t frightened
They say his name is Tim
And his hair needs a bit of a trim
He is the lighthouse keeper
No one else!
Olivia Lopes
Co Antrim
THE LIGHTHOUSE
There the lighthouse was standing,
Right next to the shore
There the lighthouse is glowing,
Each day more and more.
The sailors all around
Will look out for its light
And once they finally see it,
It will guide them through the night.
There the lighthouse is shining,
Shining like the stars,
Its red and white appears in the night
That’s how the sailors find their light.
Grace Goggins
Co Wexford
Sofa Lamberton
Co Down