Young Storykeeper Volume III

212 | STORYKEEPERS VOLUME III AGE ELEVEN | 213
Eshal Shaikh
Co Antrim
THE MAGIC LIGHTHOUSE
Once upon a time there was a little girl called
Ella.
Ella’s dream was to travel the world.
Unfortunately, her family was very poor.
Ella was an only child and both her parents
worked on a farm nearby to a forest. Although
her parents were poor, they had managed to
buy a house near the countryside.
Ella always took a nice breezy walk
every day in the forest - not too far, though,
because people said that the forest was a
mysterious place. So her mother only allowed
Ella to go a “few” miles into the forest and by
“few” I mean like one mile.
Now let’s begin the exciting part. Well,
it all began on Tuesday 15th of November
2000. Ella was taking her everyday walk and
it seemed like all her usual walks… oh! Did I
mention that her grandmother had given Ella
a key before she died of cancer, bless her?
Anyway, back to the exciting part...
where were we? Oh yes! Ella was talking
her usual walk when she decided to go
far into the mysterious forest and then she
found a big lighthouse. Ella thought it was
very strange place for a lighthouse but then
again, her dad and mum never allowed her
that far into the forest. Ella’s dad and mum
were out in the shops. They had to walk a
lot to get to the shops or the market. Ella
knew that they were long gone, so she
crept inside the lighthouse and saw a long
staircase going up. She climbed and climbed
and climbed and finally she made it to the
top of the staircase and saw a locked door.
Ella was a very curious and adventurous
girl so that made her even more determined
to get through the door. She pushed and she
punched and kicked but it wouldn’t open.
Finally she saw a tiny key hole. She looked
everywhere for a key.
Ella was willing to do anything to open
that door. She knew her parents were going
to be home soon, so she looked again,
everywhere. Suddenly, she stepped on
something. She looked down and next to
her foot was a rock. Ella picked up the rock
and found a key under it.
Could it be the key she was looking for?
She put the key inside the keyhole and
twisted it and turned it but it didn’t work.
“Well! That’s a bummer,” Ella said.
She almost gave up, then suddenly
she remembered her own key that her
grandmother had given her.
Ella knew that it probably would not
work but she gave it a go anyway.
Voilà! It worked and the door opened.
Ella was thrilled! Maybe her grandmother
had been here when she was a little girl?
Ella peeked inside and saw a WHOLE
NEW WORLD. “WOW!” she said.
Ella walked inside - the room was
huge. It wasn’t like the normal world, Earth,
where you and I live. This was magical, it
was a rainbow type of world with sweets
and unicorns and basically anything you can
imagine.
Ella was astonished. She couldn’t
believe her eyes - she was in a magical
world. She saw a unicorn coming her way.
The unicorn asked her, “Would you like
to travel around the world?”
Ella was so happy; her dream was
coming true.
“YES!” said Ella happily.
She climbed on unicorn’s back and
they flew to China, Italy, Turkey, and Spain.
Ella’s favourite part was when they went
to Orlando, Florida and they took a trip to
Disney World.
After that, they flew back into the
lighthouse. Ella said to unicorn, “Thank you!
I am so happy you made my dream come
true.”
“Is there anything else I can do for you?”
replied the unicorn.
Ella thought for a moment. “Can you
make us more wealthy and give my parents
good jobs?” asked Ella.
The unicorn said, “Of course!”
This made Ella super excited - but there
is a condition.
“You cannot tell anyone about us,” said
the unicorn. “Absolutely no one!!”
Ella was sad that she couldn’t share
this magical experience with anyone, but
she agreed to the unicorn’s condition
because she wanted a better life for herself
and her parents. She also wanted to save
the unicorn’s magical world from the greedy
humans.
Ella closed her eyes and when she
opened them again, she found herself in a
lovely, bright and beautiful pink room. Ella
was happy that she could finally have a big
home and she also didn’t have to be homeschooled
anymore. She went to an all-girls
school and her parents worked as doctors
and earned good money. Ella finally had
lived her dream and met a unicorn. She was
happy ever after.
THE HAPPINESS ROCK
Once upon a time, there was a lighthouse
where a man called Fion looked after it.
There was also a special rock which made
the whole world happy.
One day when he woke, Fion felt down
and he noticed that the Happiness Rock was
missing and his big light which gave light to
the world was broken. He was so upset he
didn’t feel like having breakfast.
Fion thought he would call his son
Michael, who was eleven years old, for help.
He called down to Michael and told him what
happened. Michael was very upset too. They
decided that they would go to the Unicorn
Cave. The unicorns had made the Happiness
Rock so Michael and Fion thought maybe
they could replace it.
They travelled across six dangerous
seas to get to the Unicorn Cave. Then they
popped into the cave and looked for where
they would find the unicorns to ask them.
They were going to give up because it was
getting late but suddenly a secret door
opened behind them. They went in the
secret door and it took them an hour to get
to the end of the passage which twisted and
turned, where they saw the Happiness Rock,
sitting high up in a tiny crevice. They were so
tired they slept in the secret passageway for
the night.
The next day they went back to the to
the Unicorn Cave to ask for the Happiness
Rock. When they got to the end the unicorns
were awake.
The unicorns said, “The humans stole
the Happiness Rock from us a hundred
years ago.”
Michael told them, “The rock gives the
world happiness and you wouldn’t like to see
the world without happiness, would you?”
“No,” said the unicorns. They gave the
Happiness Rock back to Fion and Michael
and fixed the big light.
Fion and Michael became friends with
the unicorns and visited them twice a month.
Sarah Scanlon
Co Mayo
THE LIGHTHOUSE
A lighthouse towers above the rocks,
To warn the ships of oncoming shocks,
Its light shines bright into the sky
Offering comfort and direction to all people
ahoy.
People come to admire its beauty
While it braves all weather to do its duty,
It stands on its own, day and night
While the waves crash viscously with all their
might.
On calm summer days, tourists travel in
numbers
To witness this building in all of its wonders,
Its height and its history have stories to tell,
Keeps people in awe and under its spell.
Gavin Doyle
Co. Cork