Young Storykeeper Volume III

18 | STORYKEEPERS VOLUME III AGE SEVEN | 19
THE DAY THE DINOSAUR ROARED
Once upon a time there was a wizard puffin called
Spike who lived in Valentia Lighthouse with the
lighthouse keeper. One night there was a storm and
the light would not work.
Spike knew there was a dinosaur fossil nearby,
so he got his wizard hat and wand. He made the
dinosaur come to life and its roar saved the boats! In
the end, Spike saved thirteen ships and boats.
Charlie Murphy
Co Meath
THE LIGHTHOUSE WITH NO LIGHT
There was once a boy, about seven years old, and he
had a lighthouse with no light. When the ships went
by, they all sank and he didn’t want them to. The
man who had sold it to him said he didn’t have any
money to buy a light for the lighthouse, so he sold the
lighthouse for €1,102.00.
The boy said to himself, “And I was so rich then
but now I’m not so rich, so I only have a little bit of
stuff. I get money from my dog called Bob, who has
a job so that’s how I want to fix the lighthouse light.
But wait! Even if I get money, I probably can’t fix the
lighthouse light because it is €3,350. So I’ll fix the
lighthouse myself and I’ll just pay for sweets or a little
light for my bedroom instead.”
Then the boy had a little idea. He said to himself,
“I’ll put my little light in a box and put the box on the
standing table and I will have a light for the lighthouse.
I hope it works.”
And it did work and all the ships didn’t sink.
The boy said to himself, “I was happy that I had
a light and I told the man who sold it to me and he
wanted to have it back. But I didn’t let him. I told my
mum and my dad and they were happy too because
they were in a different country and they said they
were coming home.”
But then the boy realised that the light had run
out of battery!
His parents came home and they said, “We need
a new lamp. But there is no lamp to buy in the shops.
What are we going to do?”
They looked in all the shops but they couldn’t
find any lamps. But when they were outside the last
shop, they saw two lovely lamps in the window. The
mum said the shopkeeper always sells the lights for
too much money. So they went in to have a little look.
When they saw how much money it was and saw the
shopkeeper they ran out.
They went back to the lighthouse. They were
very, very sad. They looked all over the lighthouse just
in case they missed some lights in other rooms. But
there was no hope- they only had one light that didn’t
work.
But then the milkman came and there was a light
standing outside the door with the milk. They waved
goodbye to the milkman and the milkman said, “This
is for you. I heard that you needed a light.”
They were happy and they had a light.
Elsie Fioraso
Co Wicklow
SEA LIFEGUARD ANIMAL RESCUE
A family lived at the Sea Lifeguard Animal Rescue.
There was a girl called Lily, her little brother
Jake, her two older sisters, Rebecca and Mia, as well
as their mum and dad. They family worked together,
helping sea creatures. Mum helped octopuses, while
dad helped whales. Jake helped jellyfish, and Rebecca
and Mia helped turtles.
Lily had not found an animal yet.
One day they were called because a creature was
ill. A dolphin was stuck on the beach. It was making
a high-pitched whiny noise. They hopped into a boat
and zoomed off past the lighthouse.
They had never helped a dolphin before.
When they got there, Dad tried checking its
blowhole, but the dolphin sprayed him in the face.
“Whoops!” said Dad. Mum checked its skin. The
dolphin had stopped whining now, but when Mum
touched it, it yelled out.
“Hmmm,” said Mum. Mia and Rebecca checked
its flippers, but they just got slapped in the face by the
dolphin.
“Ouch!” they said. Then Jake tried. He checked
its mouth. But the dolphin yelled in his ear.
Then Lily said she liked dolphins, so she checked
its tail. Lily used a bandage to heal the cut on its tail.
Mum said she should be a dolphin helper. Lily was so
happy she jumped up and down.
By now it was dark. They followed the light of the
lighthouse back home to the Sea Lifeguard Animal
Rescue.
Sophie Murphy
Co Dublin
LIGHTHOUSE
Lauren Kearns
Chapman
Co Sligo