Young Storykeeper Volume III

204 | STORYKEEPERS VOLUME III AGE ELEVEN | 205
THE LIGHTHOUSE WHO SAVED THE DAY
There was a lighthouse fair and grand,
its light spread out across the land.
Every day was sunny and seagulls came to sit on the bay,
everything was happy, until one foggy day,
a ship sailed across the sea.
The buoy was bobbing nowhere to be seen,
the lifeguards tried to help and were very keen,
the only one who could see it was the lighthouse’s bright, bright, light.
So, the lighthouse decided to help the lifeguards with their plight,
he lit his light and the ship was in sight!
The lifeguards could help them out.
The lighthouse was the hero of the day,
the next day was nice and sunny then,
everything was happy once again!
Art McNally-Arnez
Co Wexford
THE LIGHTHOUSE
There once was a little girl, her name was
Emily. She lived by a lighthouse, in a tiny
cottage. She wore a pale blue cotton dress
and kept her long blonde silky hair in two
plaits tied by ribbon.
She lived with her younger brother,
Tommy, her parents and her grandmother,
who they loved very much. Emily and her
brother played all day and only came in
when it was dark. They would sip on a mug
of hot milk and listen very carefully to their
grandmother’s stories.
One day, her father informed them that
there was to be a storm and told Emily and
Tommy to stay away from the coast. He was
right. He stayed in the lighthouse working,
while Emily and Tommy slipped into bed
and listened to one of their grandmother’s
stories. It blocked out all the howling wind,
the waves crashing against the rocks and the
rain pouring out of the heavens, splattering
onto the ground.
The next morning, they woke up to find
five big, strong men in their house. Four of
them were dazed and bruised, the fifth man
was a bit more injured but would soon come
around. Their ship had sunk. Father said the
waves pulled the ship right up against the
rocks and that they were lucky to be alive!
Mother and Grandmother nursed them
back to health. Emily brought tea and brown
bread while Tommy and Father fixed up a
barn for them to stay in for the time being.
Once the men recovered, they thanked
the family and said they would be forever
grateful. As they waved goodbye, Emily
thought how lucky she was. She thanked
God and then ran off with Tommy to play
once more among the rockpools.
Katie Nolan
Co Wexford