Young Storykeeper Volume III

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THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER’S DAUGHTER
THE THREE LITTLE LOBSTERS
Once there was a girl called Orla Banks.
Her parents were John and Una. Her dad
worked at Blackhead Lighthouse. Orla lived with her
mum in Whitehead because they were not allowed
to live with her dad in the lighthouse. But Orla loved
going down to the beach and up the cliff path to see
her dad at work.
One day Orla’s dad got a letter. It said …
Dear John,
I would like you to go to a lighthouse in Clare
Island in Mayo to work there. If you would like the
new job, please call me on 01 3525422.
Sincerely,
Peter Hanaggins
When John read the letter, he went to his wife Una
and told her he would like to take the job as it was
a bigger lighthouse and more money. Una agreed.
They wanted John to start right then, so he had to
leave without having time to say goodbye to Orla,
who was at school.
At bedtime, Una was sad, so Orla asked, “What
happened to Daddy?”
Una told Orla all about it. Just before she fell asleep,
Orla remembered that it said on the weather that a
big storm was happening. She was so scared – what
if her dad died, what if he got knocked down on the
way to Mayo?
At that moment Orla just fell asleep. She had
a dream – a dream about a boat full of people who
were about to die in a big storm. It was near her dad’s
new lighthouse in Mayo.
When Orla woke up, she had breakfast and then
she saw the newspaper coming in the post. “It’s just
the usual boring newspaper,” she thought. Then she
saw her dad John’s name in the paper. The story said
that John had saved a group of people in a boat near
his lighthouse. The boat was going to crash on the
rocks and he helped them get to land.
Then Orla remembered her dream. It had come
true but in a different way. It was much better. The
people were saved.
Orla called her mum to tell her and then decided to
write a letter to her dad in his new lighthouse to tell
him the whole story.
Síle O’Kane
Co Dublin
Part 1
It all started as three young lobsters, Pello, Pod and
Molly, were allowed to stay up late one night. Chub
Grub: The Jamie Eeliver Show was on television that
evening.
Jamie Eeliver was the coolest celebrity chef
around. He could make the crispiest crispy pancakes,
the sizzliest sausages and the glamouriest ganache in
the world. The three lobsters knew, there and then,
that when they grew up they wanted to become chefs.
From then on, every day they boiled and broiled,
scrambled and fried, whipped, mixed and poached.
When they were finished, and were all grown up,
they graduated with cooking diplomas from the Coral
Cooking College. They each had ideas on how to
become a successful chef in the real world.
Part 2: Pello’s Terrible Tale
Pello Lobster wanted to open a deli café called Catfish
Café, where he would serve the freshest salads ever.
To save money, he built his café from sand because it
was cheap and plentiful just lying around everywhere.
He did very well, serving lots of customers, until one
night, when Storm Ciarán blew in and rattled and
shook the little café. The storm ripped the roof off
until nothing was left but a pile of sand.
With his dreams in tatters, Pello left to work with
his brother Pod.
home stood a giant lighthouse that had stood against
storm and raging sea for two hundred years. It had
a swirl of bright red paint from it’s top to its bottom.
It was magnificent and it was perfect. Molly and her
brothers set up her French cuisine restaurant named
Le Phare Phare Away.
You could get the fanciest foods there like
jellybeans of every flavour, chocolate mousse and
baked potatoes with melted cheese (except in French,
which made them sound totally fancy).
The light on top of the lighthouse cooked the
food by placing the food on shelves all around the
hot revolving light and turning on the light to cook
everything just right. The customers were happily
cocooned inside the warm lighthouse against the
storms battling outside, trying to huff and puff the
lighthouse out of existence.
Their best day came when Jamie Eeliver came
to their lighthouse and said it was the best food he’d
tasted…ever.
Jane Fallon
Co Kildare
Part 3: Pod’s Sad Story
Pod had started his Asian food restaurant called
Seashell Sushi On The Seashore. As the name
might suggest, due to lack of finances and foresight,
Pod built it from seashells that he found scattered
everywhere. All was going well, until one night a
humpback whale named Evie tried to squeeeeeeze
inside, causing the restaurant to explode into a
thousand pieces, leaving Pod very, very unhappy.
So, Pod and Pello left to move in with their sister
Molly.
Part 4: Molly’s Fabulous Fable
Molly had seen what had happened to her brothers
and decided to set her restaurant up in a building that
would stand up to nature’s best and worst.
She didn’t have to look too far, for beside her
LIGHTHOUSE STORY
The family went to a lighthouse for a trip.
They caught fresh fish and they also had chicken.
They barbequed the meat and went to the top of the
lighthouse.
Suddenly, a high tide came in. The bottom of
the lighthouse was covered with water. Luckily, it only
lasted for 30 minutes.
After that, they went swimming in a pool nearby.
After that, they went to a lighthouse-shaped hotel
called The Black Lighthouse.
Altogether, the family had an exciting trip to the
lighthouse.
Advit Kumar
Co Cork