Young Storykeeper Volume III

20 | STORYKEEPERS VOLUME III AGE SEVEN | 21
RAIBILY
JOSHUA AND HIS LIGHTHOUSE
Once upon a time there was a little fish who
lived in the deep, dark sea called Raibily.
He liked to play tag, sprouts and touch the
underwater trees with his friends.
One day Raibily went out for a swim with his
best friend and his big brother. They enjoyed
playing in the coral reef.
Suddenly they saw a shadow appearing
from behind them. They FROZE! They were
frightened and scared. When they looked
up, they saw a big shark who grumbled,
“Yum, yum!”
They swam away as fast as they could.
Then they saw a lighthouse. The light from
the lighthouse shone its light straight at the
shark. The shark got scared and swam away.
Raibily, his brother and his best friend
were relieved and they swam straight home.
Isaac Swift
Co Dublin
SALTY THE STARFISH
There once was a little starfish called Salty and his
mother. Well, Salty called her Mimi.
One day they were sitting on the rocks when
something horrid happened.
“Oil!” shouted Salty. “Mimi, there’s oil! It’s
coming from that ship!”
“Oh no!” shouted Mimi.
“Look!” shouted Salty, “A buoy! We can swim to it!”
So they swam up to the buoy and held on to it.
They were safe at last. The oil was cleaned out and
they went back down safely.
Anna Collins
Co Dublin
Once upon a time a kid named
Joshua had a dream that he was
going to be a lighthouse keeper.
He told his mum. His mum said
that he wasn’t. But fourteen years
later he went to college and he
studied so hard that he became a
lighthouse keeper.
Joshua got his own lighthouse
and it was electric. One hour later,
the electricity ran out. He was
really worried that he was going to
be fired. Joshua tried his best and
the electricity came back on.
Joshua went up to his house
on the top of the hill, beside the
lighthouse. Joshua had a wife,
two kids and one dog. His two
kids’ names were Charles and
Tom. Charles was sixteen but it
was his birthday and then he was
seventeen. Joshua’s wife was
thirty-four and Tom was eleven.
Joshua was thirty-six.
Joshua figured out how the
whole lighthouse worked. At five
o’clock, Joshua saw a ship coming
in and he shined the light and the
ship hit shore. Everybody got off
and Joshua was proud of himself.
The next night there was a crater
ship and he shined the light again
and the ship hit shore.
Charles had babies. He was
a great dad. Joshua is a grandad
now and he showed Charles and
his kids the lighthouse. He said,
“One day one of you is going to
work here.”
Joshua had a great life working
in the lighthouse. When he
got older he couldn’t walk
up and down the stairs
anymore. Charles took
over and worked at
the lighthouse.
Matthew Dillon
Co Dublin