recounts

It was the second day at camp and we were at Tautukus confidence course.
 * Camp 2011 **

Amy and I followed the people in front of us and sat down gazing at the confidence that was as scary as a monster. Mr Buschl, Miss Gilbert and Mrs Tansley explained the start of the course and showed us how to get in our harness, while we ate our lunch. Mrs Tansley got Hannah and Jamie to be the examples. Since they were in the harness they got to go first. Mrs Tansley told us the safety rules. One of them was to clip your other clip on the other wire before you take your other clip off the other wire. While Jamie and Hannah were doing the course, Amy and I were looking at the course. Amy was scared but I couldn’t wait.

Since it was taking ages for people to get a turn, Amy and I decided to play on the course. There was a long rope just off the ground and, a long rope above the ground so you could hold onto it. Amy jumped on. She started to walk across.” Are you all right” I yelled out to Amy,” yeah I’m ok”. Amy had just slipped and went glidding. I must admit, it was quite funny but I didn’t want to burst out laughing incase she had started crying. She got up and cracked up laughing. “My turn !” I yelled. When I got on I started walking across. I could’nt believe it. I had just done it without falling off! Finally. The first harness came. “yay! Amy got it and ran down with it. She came back up. “my turn again! She yelled.

Yay! It was finally my turn. I was one of the last people to go. I got harnessed in and off I went. First I had to walk across wire and then came the hard bit. I came to the first corner. I clipped my 2nd clip on and then I had to take the clip off. I struggled a bit, then I got it. Finally! Yay I had almost finished the course. Now I was at the big swing! It was a long rope and a massive net you had to swing into. I was freaked. Everyone was telling me to go first. “Aghhhhhhhhhh! I yelled, I had just jumped on the big swing. Yay. I was so proud of myself. I had just finished the Confidence Course.

Using manners is the crabs golden rule. Hermit Crab finds making friends is better than making enemies. Art was always his top subject, he is a fashionable little crab. He places creatures of the deep blue sea onto his dusty white plain shell. Hermit Crab always asks nicely if the creatures would like to go on his shell. The orange little crab, always looks out for his little friends. Hermit Crab is always caring and loving.

Hermit Crab is a burnt orange crab. He always gets dusty white plain shells. He enjoys decorating his cloudy looking shell with creatures of the blue sea. He looks as gentle as a person letting a baby bird free. When he picks he creature up he is as soft as a feather. To some creatures he looks like a gentle giant.

By Zoe

Trouble

Hannah and May were slinking around the white snow covered village like two thieves. School was finished for the year and they were as happy as Larry. The glimmering village was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. “Why do you think it is so quiet today Hannah”

“Not sure, but I overheard mum and dad talking that there was two kidnappers on the loose”

“Oh, then we better hurry back”

“Okay May” Crash!

“What was that Hannah?”

“Not sure lets run”

You see Hannah was not a fast runner so who would pass her.

“Come on Hannah, Hannah. Hannah! Where are you? May sees some massive footprints. “There’s my first clue. The massive footprints lead her to a giant oak tree. She snoops around to see if something looked suspicious. On the back of the tree is a piece of bark that has been wedged up. She feels around and she feels a bump almost like a button. She pushes it down and to her surprise a large door opens up leading into the oak tree. “There’s my second clue”

What May didn’t know was that she was in a lot of danger.

She enters into an underground lair. All there was was a computer, a baseball bat and a moving bench with something on it. That something on it was Hannah. She was tied up as tight as anything in masking tape. She looked like a grey mummy but without the face covered up. “Hannah!” I screeched at the top of my lungs. She tried to wriggle free but she couldn’t. She was sliding towards two giant silver swinging axes.

May thought fast and found a red button. She hit it with all her might and everything froze. She ran over to Hannah. She peeled off the tape strip be strip. Her body was an ice block. When she was finished Bob and Slinger crept up behind them. May grabbed the baseball bat and wacked them round their noggins. “You go girl” cheered Hannah.

“Right let’s go and get the police and never come back”

“Good idea May”

They both couldn’t wait to get home.

The police were already in the tree making Bob and Slinger the grey mummies. “Well that was an exciting day” mentioned May

“Yeah not really” Hannah shivered.

They both had a very interesting day.

By Zoe