Young Storykeeper Volume III

16 | STORYKEEPERS VOLUME III AGE SEVEN | 17
THE BAILEYS’ BATTLE
THE BATTLE OF THE PIRATES
Parry the seagull lives on the beach with his
friends. The seagulls love to fly in the wind,
and perch on top of the lighthouse. They
also love catching fish and playing together
on the sand and in the sea.
One day the seagulls saw a big pirate
ship. The pirates were very hungry and they
wanted to eat Parry and all his friends.
Parry challenged the pirates, “Let’s have a
battle!”
“Okay!” answered the pirates. “If we win, we
get to eat ALL YOU SEAGULLS!”
Parry laughed, “If we win, YOU PIRATES
HAVE TO WALK THE PLANK!”
The battle began.
The pirates fired cannonballs at the seagulls.
The seagulls fired fish at the pirates. There
was so much fish on the ship, it began to
sink. The pirates walked the plank, they fell
into the sea and got all wet. Parry and his
friends won the battle.
The seagulls flew back to the
lighthouse and watched the pirate
ship sink to the bottom of the
sea. Parry and his friends
lived happily ever after.
Emily Sheridan
Co Dublin
LIGHTHOUSE LIGHTHOUSE
Light shines so bright in the night
It’s very tall, walls keep us safe
Gosh it’s very tall
Hi, up there!
Time to turn it off
High above the cliff it stands
Oh no, the lights are off!
See its red and white stripes
Everlasting light.
Aoife Nicholson and Sarah Nicholson
Co Dublin
In County Cork a bored family lived in a lighthouse. Not much was happening. Life was just
boring.
BBBBAAAASSSSHHHH!
There was a big bang. Something fell. It was a glass bottle falling from the shelf. The label
on it said, “Magic Dust.” Somehow it turned me, the lighthouse, into a lighthouse with eyes and
a voice. This is how my story began.
“Uh, what’s going on? I have eyes. Ha ha, I can talk,” I said.
“Who’s talking?” shouted Theodore.
Theodore was the son of the Bailey family. I always thought that Theodore was cool,
bored in Cork, lazy but clever. He enjoyed pranks. It upset me when Theodore used to tease
his sister, Amy. She did ballet. She was brave and loved adventures. Long ago, she had kicked
ten bullies in the face. Her favourite thing was to blow love heart bubbles on a sunny day.
“I’m talking. It’s me, the lighthouse. I can talk and see,” I replied.
“Cool,” said Theodore.
I felt happy when Theodore thought it was cool.
Mrs Bailey was the mother of the family. She played with her children every day. Most
days, after lunch, she did art because she was an artist. She baked and grew her own fruit
and vegetables.
Mrs Bailey got sick a couple of years ago. The doctor prescribed medicine. The rule was
that she had to take the medicine within two weeks or else she would be stripy forever. She
forgot to take the medicine! Now she had a mix of navy and light blue hair, pinky-red arms, a
purple body and a purple, green, pink and red face. She loved her new look! The funny thing
was that Theodore was born a colourful baby because Mrs Bailey was stripy. Theodore felt
happy that he was like no other child.
Mr Bailey was the father of the family. He was a complete coward. He screamed every
time something adventurous was happening. And something adventurous was just about to
begin!
I wanted to get out of Cork. I was bored staring at the view of the sea and land every day.
I used my steam and fire power to blast the family away to a fun, fantasy land.
“Is this going to be adventurous?” asked Mr Bailey in his scared voice.
“Yes, of course it will be,” I replied.
It took just over one hour to get to the fantasy land.
“I brought you here because my friends need help defeating Evil King Shark
Lord of Darkness”, I explained to the family. “They said he was going to blow up
the island. We need to work together to save the island. King Shark has a ship
that turns into a caravan or a flying caravan and a submarine.”
Mr Bailey was terrified but the rest of the family were excited.
“Prepare for battle!” I shouted.
Evil King Shark Lord of Darkness appeared. It was easy to
defeat him because he was actually a baby shark!
Aisling Carrie
Co Meath