Hi. My name is Ian
Healy. I am ten years old. I am going to tell you my story of when I went
on a trip on a boat and it sank. I was trapped on an island for a week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHAPTER 1
One summer day my
parents told me we were going on a trip. I asked my parents where we were
going but they just told me we were going on a long trip. They told me
that I could bring three friends. So I thought of whom I should bring.
Their names were Sean Curran, Niall Cronin and his brother Gary. I rang
them and they said they would love to come. The next day we drove to my
friends' house. Their bags were packed and they were ready to go. We drove
to Waterford Harbour and there was a huge ship tied to a pier. I asked
my parents, "Are we going on this ship". They replied, "Yes we are". I
was so excited.
CHAPTER 2
We walked aboard
the ship with our suitcases When we walked on the ship there was a huge
long hall. There was a reception desk there. The receptionist got a porter
to carry our bags to our cabin on a trolley. We followed him to our cabin.
We unpacked our clothes and put them into drawers. Then my parents brought
us to the deck because the ship was setting sail. We waved goodbye to
everyone. Then we went to the restaurant and ate dinner. After dinner
we explored the ship. We got tired and went back to our cabin to go to
bed. In the middle of the night I looked out the porthole and I saw it
was very stormy. The ship was getting tossed around on the rough waves.
The captain announced to abandon ship. We all ran to the lifeboats and
climbed in. Sean, Niall, Gary and I were lowered down on the ocean but
my parents were not on the boat. I felt really sad and unhappy. We were
the only people on the lifeboat. We rowed the boat away from the ship.
After a couple of minutes we saw the ship sink with a final splash. We
waited in the boat for the storm to stop.
CHAPTER 3
We fell asleep and
when we woke up we were on an island and it was huge. Everyone had made
it. We could not see my parents and we said they must be dead. They were
probably left on the ship and drowned. So we went to look for big leaves
and branches to make a hut. We built a hut. We used some big branches
to make beds and used leaves to use as covers. The hut looked pretty steady.
Then we searched for food in the forest. We didn't find anything so finally
we searched the beach. We found food that washed ashore probably from
the restaurant. We carried it back to the hut. Then we went back to the
beach and we saw our suitcases. We carried those back as well. Then we
found a flare gun. I said why don't we bring it back to the hut. Maybe
we could use it if an aeroplane or a ship comes by the island. When night
fell we ate a huge feast .
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