Young Storykeeper Volume III

26 | STORYKEEPERS VOLUME III AGE SEVEN | 27
THE BLOW AWAY KITE
THE MAGICAL LIGHTHOUSE
Gearóid Moran
Co Wexford
One sunny summer morning, James woke
up excitedly. It was his eighth birthday.
James got a new kite from his big sister Ella.
It was a pirate kite.
James was going to Hook Lighthouse
with his family. James thought he would
never get there. But eventually he saw it in
the distance - the black and white stripes of
Hook Lighthouse.
Mum and Dad had booked a tour.
James’s favourite part of the tour was
listening to a video of William Marshal.
William Marshal built Hook Lighthouse in
the thirteenth century, imagine that! It was
a very interesting tour. After climbing up and
down the 115 steep steps, James was tired
and starving for his lunch.
After a delicious lunch, James and Ella
flew the new kite. They got the hang of it
quickly. But just as James was passing the
kite string to Ella, a sudden gust of wind
pulled the kite out to sea. James could do
nothing but watch it fly away. James was
very disappointed to lose his new kite.
Just as it floated out of sight, James
and Ella heard an announcement. The Hook
Lighthouse pirate was starting a game of
“Ship, Sea, Shore.” James was still feeling
a bit sad, but Ella encouraged him to join in.
She thought it might cheer him up. They had
great fun playing the game with lots of other
boys and girls.
After a lot of rounds playing the game,
it was down to the final two players, James,
and another, much older boy. James listened
very carefully. When the pirate called “Sea,”
James sprinted to the “Sea” line. James
heard Ella, Mum and Dad shouted, “Well
done James!” But he could not believe his
own ears when the pirate announced that he
was the winner.
And you’ll never guess what the
winner’s prize was? A brand-new pirate kite!
James was delighted, he couldn’t stop
smiling the whole way home!
There is a magical lighthouse in Galway Bay.
Looking after the lighthouse is the
keeper called Pat, his wife Eilish and their
dog Paddles. Pat and Eilish have been
looking after the lighthouse for twenty years
now. The old lighthouse keeper sold it to Pat
and Eilish. The old lighthouse keeper told
them that the lighthouse has special powers.
Pat and Eilish live beside the lighthouse
in the little cottage. The town is not far from
there, only about one mile away.
Pat loves looking after the lighthouse.
Pat and Eilish painted the lighthouse in the
colours of the rainbow. They called the light
house Dathanna. The light is multicoloured
too. It looks like a rainbow in the sky. The
lighthouse saves ships and people from the
rocks.
The first day Pat and Eilish saw the
special powers was in May. Pat was looking
through his telescope and saw a whale
on the shore. Pat came down to look at
her. He crept down and he was a little bit
scared. The whale was able to speak to Pat.
She said that her name was Sea Star and
she was the queen whale. Pat thought she
was beautiful.
She told him that she had accidentally came
ashore because there were killer whales
attacking her.
Pat called his wife, his dog Paddles and
then he called the fire brigade. Paddles was
very sad for Sea Star. Eilish thought she was
a gorgeous whale.
The fire brigade came and sprayed
Sea Star down. When the fire brigade had
no more water left, they went off to look for
more. When that was happening, Pat said to
the whale, “Push yourself into the sea and
we will push you too.”
So all together with Paddles, they
pushed and pushed and got Sea Star into
the ocean.
It was quite dark now so Sea Star could
not really see. Suddenly, Dathanna lit her
light and Sea Star followed it out to sea. Pat
and Eilish were cheering and Paddles was
barking for joy.
Pat and Eilish now know the special
power that Dathanna has is tracking and
helping sea creatures.
Aoibhinn O’Shea
Co Tipperary
LIGHTHOUSE ILLUSTRATION
James Doyle
Co Cork