Thursday, April 15, 2004

Short Story

Ok this is a short story that I had to write for an english asinment what does every1 think? MILK CARTONS “Mum hurry up I’m going to be late.” “Ok, ok just a sec.” Mum doesn’t understand, she never does, thinks Lucey. Lucey goes and sits in the car to wait for her Mum. When Mrs Wallis finally got in the car Lucey sighed. Mrs Wallis started the car and they were off. Lucey turned the radio on, she was nervous. Her Mum attempted to start a couple of conversations during the drive but the conversations never lasted long because Lucey always answered with a shrug of her shoulders or a shake of her head. After 15 minutes of listening to the radio they were there! The car stopped in the closest vacant spot in the car park. Lucey quickly got out. She walked up the beach and into mayhem. There were people everywhere! As she walked on the beach she went past the other teams tents. Outside the tents were the other teams boats. Lucey finally found her team’s tent and lifted the flap, then walked in. As she walked in her teammates rushed to her and gave her a huge hug. Lucey’s friends were also her teammates in the Regatta that day. “The boats ready to go Luce, now we’ve just got to put on our costumes,” said Lucey’s best friend Lilly. “I hope our boat doesn’t sink,” Sarah said nervously. “ It won’t sink,” Lilly, said confidently, ”Lucey designed it, you know she is going to be a great architect one day.” “Girls come and put your costumes on, I spent all night putting sequins on those hats!” “Ok, Mrs Anderson” chorused 12 voices. Mrs Anderson gave each of the girls a bag with their costumes in it. “ Mrs Anderson I don’t think I have the right bag. I didn’t want the pink hat, Brooke did,” yelled Kate. “ Ok Kate just swap with Brooke then,” said Mrs Anderson in a calm voice. After lots of yelling and swapping of clothes the girls were ready. “ Look at me Mrs Anderson,” yelled Jody, “ The costume is great!” “That’s good Jody, I am glad you like it. Come on girls hurry up you’ve still got to see the boat.” “WOW! Lucey did you seriously design this?” exclaimed Amber “Yeah, I did. It’s made just out of milk cartons,” said Lucey,” Just like all the other boats.” “Come on let’s get going,” yelled Lilly. All of the girls grabbed and oar each and helped put their milk carton boat in the water. “ Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to this years Milk Carton Regatta. Heat one of today’s races is between 5 boats. The first boat is from Bridgetown. What a distance to travel for this! Boat 2 is from Perth and is the largest boat here. Boat 3 looks stunning! Alot of work has gone into this boat. They deserve a clap.” Everyone marveled at the girl’s boat and costumes. The girls didn’t listen to anything else the announcer said because they didn’t think it was of any importance to them. This was the biggest mistake any of the girls would make in their lives. “ ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, GO!” The started yelled. The wind started to become more than a breeze. “Come on lets go!” yelled Lucey. Her voice was drowned out by the wind and the noise the crowd made on the beach. The pirate boat was swift and it was in the lead. “ Lucey the crowd is pretty loud.” Lilly yelled. The waves were getting bigger and bigger. “ I can’t see the other boats. We must be winning by heaps!” the other boats were nowhere in sight. “I don’t know about you” Lucey was caught in midsentence. A huge wave tipped the boat over. “ Ahoy Me Hearty.” “Who are you?” asked Lucey. His gruff appernce and the large sword the he carried didn’t intimidate her. “ I’m captain of this fine vessel and who might you be young lass? “ I am Lucey, and what shall I call you?” “My real name is Sebastian, but everyone calls me Seb. So that makes me Captain Seb.” “ So where am I?” “Your in the Caribbean lass.” BANG “What was that?” “That’d be the Navy come to get us.” “ What do they want you for?” “ Aye they want me and my men for robbing some bank and then we lit up a no good Navy ship. Nothing too bad.” The cannons started firing more regularly, Captain Seb gave Lucey a gun and hurried off to help his men. The gun Lucey was given was an old one that took forever to reload. I wonder what year it is all of this stuff is so old thought Lucey to her self. Lucey looked for somewhere to hide, a wild-eyed Navy man stopped her. He looked as though he had never seen battle before. He had a gun. “Don’t shoot,” screamed Lucey,” Please don’t.” “We’ve lost her.”

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