Young Storykeeper Volume III

58 | STORYKEEPERS VOLUME III AGE EIGHT | 59
THE ADVENTURERS AND THE ROCK COVE LIGHTHOUSE
Once upon a summer holiday, two brothers,
Rodrigo and Jimmy, were walking along the
beach. The beach was called Rock Cove and
it was close to where they were holidaying
with their family. They noticed that the light
in the lighthouse was flickering. Rodrigo and
Jimmy became so scared by this that they
ran back home.
Rodrigo and Jimmy had to talk about
what they saw. “We should go call the police!
They’ll know what to do,” said Jimmy. Their
dad was a police officer and used to be an
electrical engineer so he would know what
to do in this case.
“No way!” said Rodrigo “Remember
how we always used to dream of becoming
adventurers? This could be our chance.
We could go talk to Barnaby and Dave, the
owners of the lighthouse.”
While walking to the lighthouse, they
bumped into Barnaby and Dave walking the
beach.
“What’s wrong with the lighthouse?”
asked Rodrigo.
“It’s haunted!!” replied Dave.
“Don’t worry, we’re only ninety-five per
cent sure it’s haunted,” said Barnaby.
“Ninety-five per cent!!” shouted Jimmy.
“Who do you think it’s haunted by?”
asked Rodrigo.
“We think it’s Captain Archibald. He’s
using the beacon in the lighthouse to attract
his ghost ship,” replied Dave.
“We have to go to the lighthouse,”
Rodrigo told Jimmy.
“No, wait!” said Barnaby. “Here is
a bottle-you could use it to trap Captain
Archibald.”
The two boys walked to the lighthouse.
Rodrigo looked at Jimmy and Jimmy seemed
very scared. As they walked, they could hear
rattling noises coming from the lighthouse.
They looked towards the sea and sure
enough they could see a ghost ship coming
towards Rock Cove beach.
“Quickly, we don’t have much time!”
said Rodrigo.
They entered the lighthouse. They
could remember it being a lovely place when
they first took their tour of Rock Cove beach
but now it looked ghostly and dark. Jimmy
was looking twice as scared.
Up the spiral stairs they went, round and
round. Finally, they reached the top. Captain
Archibald was operating the lighthouse
beacon.
“I saw you coming,” he said in a ghostly
tone, “and that’s why I have been sharpening
my sword, to chop you in half!” Archibald
plunged his sword towards them.
Moving quickly, Rodrigo and Jimmy
dodged out of the way. Captain Archibald
chased after Jimmy. “There’s no escape,”
he said. “Surrender!”
He swung his sword once more at
Jimmy. Thankfully, Jimmy was able to dodge
out of the way.
The ghost ship was approaching fast. It
fired a cannon ball, which blocked Jimmy’s
path. “This is the end for you,” said Captain
Archibald. He prepared to swing his sword
at him.
“No!” said Rodrigo. “This is the end for
you!” He pulled out the bottle and opened
the lid.
“NNOOO!!!” screamed Captain
Archibald as he was sucked into the bottle.
Everything turned back to normal except for
the ghost ship.
“We have to turn off the light,” said
Rodrigo. Quickly Jimmy turned to the beacon
and pulled the leaver. The light went out and
the ghost ship disappeared.
Rory McMullen
Co Dublin
JULIA’S FIRST RESCUE
Julia Robertson reached forward to the door
that led to the top of her parents’ lighthouse,
Rock of the Sea.
Julia wasn’t sure why it had ‘rock’
in its name, because the lighthouse was
clearly not a rock. Careful not to alert her
little brothers or big sisters, Julia covered
her hand over the door knob making it go
buuurgee instead of creaking.
With her books Sophie Takes To The
Sea, Bad Dad and Matilda under her arm,
Julia pushed open the door and walked
up the stairs to the top of the lighthouse
where her best friend Clarice Fitzgibbon was
standing on the railings with a jet pack on
her.
“Here!” she said, pulling another jetpack
from possibly nowhere!
“I’ve been expecting you,” smiled Julia,
as they wizzed off to the bookshop to by
a Christmas presents for each other: two
gummy worm packets, five books and a
glow-in-the-dark-pen.
Later, back at the lighthouse, Julia
and Clarice were wapped in warm blankets,
watching the storm outside. Apparently,
Mom had said that Clarice could not go
home in the storm and it was soon decided
that she would stay for the night. Mom had
gotten treats for the midnight feast and a
‘welcome Home’ book for Dad, who would
be coming home from New York.
Julia had got an interesting book about
lighthouses and Clarice opened the window
to see if Julia’s dad had come back. She
leaned too far and...
“Clarice!!!” screamed Julia. Clarice had
fallen out of the window and into the sea!
“She can’t swim!” shouted Julia to
Mom, who appeared on the stairs.
“Oh no!!! Can you swim Julia??!!” said
Mom.
“Erm- yes?”, Julia said. because
she was an okay swimmer.”I’m okay in a
SWIMMING POOL, not in the SEA!”
“Jump!” said Mom.
Julia grabbed the life bouy and jumped.
Just as Clarice was about to smash into the
rocks, Julia saved her!
After all the excitment Julia was back
safely in the lighthouse, even though now
her arm was broken.
I did save a life! thought Julia, happily
as she sucked a Curly Wurly.
And when she grew up, Julia joined the
Irish Coast Guard and was on many search
and rescue teams. She saved more and
more lives and got a medal for bravery!
Sophia La Rocque
Co Cork