Young Storykeeper Volume III

32 | STORYKEEPERS VOLUME III AGE SEVEN | 33
CINDRA AND THE SECRET OF THE LIGHTHOUSE
Molly Tynan
Co Longford
One day Cindra’s uncle was
retiring from the lighthouse duty.
He gave his job to her cousin
Edward. Cindra liked lighthouses,
the way they glow in the night.
One day she went to look inside
the lighthouse and found that
Edward wasn’t there. So she
snuck into the lighthouse to see
what she could find.
Night fell and Cindra found that
she was lost in the lighthouse.
She saw some stairs and went
up them. She found a little door
and looked through the keyhole.
“Wow!” she said.
She saw stars and the moon and
beams of light. She tried to get
in but the door was locked. Then
she saw and injured seagull and
helped it. “I’ll call you Tom,” she
said.
Tom and Cindra wandered through
the lighthouse and finally found
their way out. They saw a blue
light and followed it through the
woods. They heard humming.
They saw an old woman outside
a cottage. “Hello!” said the old
woman. “My name is Lin.”
“I’m Cindra and this is Tom.” “He’s
cute,” said Lin.
“We came because we saw a blue
light,” said Cindra. “That was only
my moon flowers,” said Lin. “They’re
beautiful,” said Cindra. “Indeed they
are,” said Lin.
“Come in, I’ll give you something,”
said Lin. “Okay,” said Cindra. Lin
gave Tom some seeds and she gave
Cindra a key. “This key unlocks a
door in the lighthouse,” said Lin.
“That’s just what I needed!”
said Cindra. “Thank you,
Lin!” “Bye!” said Lin.
“Come back again!”
Then Cindra ran to the lighthouse. Up
the stairs and standing there in front of
the door was Edward.
“What are you doing up here?”
asked Edward. “We want to
see what’s behind that door,”
said Cindra. “We have the key.”
“Okay,” said Edward.
She unlocked the door and there
in front of her were lights and
crystals hanging from the ceiling.
“It’s magical,” said Cindra.