Young Storykeeper Volume III

48 | STORYKEEPERS VOLUME III AGE EIGHT | 49
MY STORY ABOUT A LIGHTHOUSE
Jimmy lived in a lighthouse with his family:
his mum, his dad, Susan, Jeff and Bella.
Jimmy was an eight-year-old boy who loved
adventure and excitement. Jimmy had curly
ginger hair and bright blue eyes.
Bella was Jimmy’s best friend. She
followed him everywhere. Jimmy got her
when she was a pup.
Jimmy had lived in the lighthouse since
he was born. He loved living there. The
lighthouse was surrounded by rocks.
One day, Jimmy’s dog Bella was playing
fetch. Bella ran back to Jimmy all excited
with her tail wagging. She had a pirate map
in her mouth. Jimmy looked at the map and
followed the dots to a stone wall where they
found a secret door.
They walked for a long time following
a light that led to the treasure. Then they
heard someone coming. They hid quickly.
Jimmy was surprised to see his dad.
Dad opened the treasure chest. Inside was
sparkling gold. Jimmy and his family were
rich. They got the lighthouse all done up.
It is the best lighthouse ever!
Mark O Hara
Co Dublin
THE LIGHTHOUSE SEAGULL
One stormy night a seagull was about to lay
two eggs in its well-built nest on top of the
lighthouse. The seagull sat in its nest and
made itself comfortable. The next day, Fred
the lighthouse man woke up early and got
dressed in a hurry, ate his breakfast very
quickly and ran as fast as he could to the
lighthouse.
When Fred got to the lighthouse, he
ran up the spiral staircase, panting as he
went. When he finally made it to the top, a
wave of relief washed over him. He went out
to the lighthouse balcony and had a good
stretch. Then suddenly two strange objects
fell into his hands.
“Whoa!!” said Fred at the weight of the
two objects in his hands. He looked puzzled
as he stared at the strange blue speckled
objects. “Sam!!” he said, “Did you follow me
to lighthouse again?”
There was no reply.
“Well, I’m coming to get you,” he said
playfully as he put the two objects in his
pocket.
What Fred didn’t know was the strange
objects were actually chick eggs! As he was
gone getting the ladder, the mother seagull
came back with fish, thinking her babies had
hatched. The seagull looked everywhere
but could not find her chicks. She was very
worried in case something had happened to
them. Fred came back with the ladder and
set it up on the balcony of the lighthouse.
“I’m coming,” he said playfully, thinking his
son was up there.
Up, up, up the ladder he went, halfway
up the ladder Fred heard cracking after
cracking after cracking. Fred froze and tried
to figure out the sound, then two little heads
popped out of his pocket and there was a
different sound.
“Cheep, cheep, cheep,” was the sound
he heard. Fred looked down,
“Huh,” said a puzzled Fred. “What are
you two doing here?”
“Cheep, cheep,” went the two chicks.
“I better get you two back to your mum,”
said Fred. Up the ladder he went.
When he got to the top, he said to himself,
“Now where is that nest?” Then he saw the
sturdy nest with the top of the lighthouse
piercing through it. “What a lovely home
you’ve got there,” he said to the chicks as
he carefully placed the fluffy little animals
into the nest.
Just then the mother seagull came
down into the nest and snuggled into her
chicks. She made a mean face at Fred.
“Oh,” said Fred. “I better get going, anyway
it’s getting dark out.”
Down, down, down the ladder Fred
went. Then when he got down, he put the
ladder back. Then he went to the balcony
and said to himself, “Looks like I learned
something new today, I now know what a
seagull’s egg looks like,” as he stared out
at the sea.
Fred sighed as he walked down the
spiral staircase, then walked to his house
and got into his sailor pyjamas and jumped
into bed. “What a busy day,” he said to
himself, drifting off to sleep.
GOOD NIGHT FRED!
Molly Molloy
Co Kildare
LIGHTHOUSE MONSTER
One day I went to a lighthouse for my holiday
with my parrot (called Adam) and my mum
and dad. I was excited at first but inside the
lighthouse it was very spooky because there
were a lot of draughts and horrible moans.
Mum thought the moans were from Adam
the parrot so we gave him parrot medicine
but the moans continued. We shut the door
and climbed to the upstairs bedrooms but
there were still draughts. That night I couldn’t
sleep and I saw a black fungus creeping up
the wall. I hid under the covers and when I
looked again it was gone.
In the afternoon when I was playing
with my Nerf gun, some more sticky, slimy
fungus crept up the wall. Suddenly the
fungus expanded and squished us against
the window! Then arms and legs sprouted
from the lighthouse! An eye burst through
the light on top and the living lighthouse
stomped off with us inside. Did the black,
slimy fungus have the power to turn buildings
into monsters? As the lighthouse/monster
reached out with its horrible black arms to
smash our car, I saw a bright red scar on its
finger. So it had a weak spot!
But how could I fire my Nerf gun at it?
I hatched a plan. I tied Adam’s cage to a
rope and like a lasso threw the cage out the
window. The monster reached for the cage
but before it could grab it I hit its weak spot
with my Nerf gun. The monster fell back
with a loud thud. The lighthouse was now
laying down and was a ruin. The black things
that were creeping up the wall vanished. We
climbed out of a broken window.
“Hey,” said Mum. “What’s that?”
“It’s only a rat running out of the
foundations,” said Dad.
“Yuck! That’s even worse than the
monster!” said Mum.
Lorcan Carr
Co Antrim
LIGHTHOUSE
Light to passing ships
In the dark of night
Guiding them
Home
Tonight
Highlighting the cliffs and dangerous rocks
Out of the storm panes shines a light
Used by sailors and pirates too
Sometimes
Even used by you.
Fergus Donnelly
Co Waterford