Nathaniel And His Wild Adventure

• Ariane Setchnjak, Grade 7
• Short Story
• 2011

As I walk along the dusty dessert road it suddenly dawns on me I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE I AM! The last thing I remember is being called in to the principals office by ,the revolting, disgusting and mean, Headmistress Hama. She was the meanest and ugliest person in the world, she actually announced that I had to come to her office over the PA she had said, “Nathaniel Prince please get your butt to my office now.” I know what you’re thinking real lovely isn’t she! Yeah not really! So I decided to make a break for it. I ran outside of the school grounds and just kept running. So I guess I’ve wandered my way into the Arizona dessert, that’s one bad thing about living in Arizona, the desert. Now back to me and the desert.

How long had I been running? Better yet how do I get back? Omg what if I die! I haven’t even written my will yet does that mean my dad will get my play station? Noooooo! He’ll sell it oh no. “Please don’t let me die of hunger!” I scream but then I remember something. My Toy Story lunchbox! Yeah I know, a toy story lunchbox in grade 11, pathetic but I like Toy Story so don’t judge. But inside that Toy Story lunchbox is a secret compartment. Oh whoops I opened up the wrong secret compartment the one where I keep my pacifiers, I mean …… nothing. Anyway so I open up my other secret compartment and pull out my black berry I call the secret service to come find me. Ring, ring …. and still no answer oh my gosh out of service really I should of known being in the middle of NOWHERE and I was hoping it wouldn’t to this but “ Waaaa help I’m lost and the middle of nowhere I’m going to die waaaaaaaa!” Crying has always been resource for me. Its seems like hours have past but when I look at my watch it turns out it has only been 35 seconds. Ring ring I hear my phone ring I rush over and answer it “Hello” a gruff voice replies. I’d recognise that voice anywhere it was the voice of Headmistress Hama
“ Nathaniel where are you? If you don’t get back to school this second I will ring your mummy!” she bellowed at me, well at least it sounded like that over the phone.
“ Please don’t call my mummy and I don’t know where I am, I’m lost and I want my mummy!” I sob over the phone.
“ You know it has always surprised me that you have managed to be popular, you are just a little baby” and with that she hangs up the phone.
Wait I can see the school so I’ve been out here starving when really I was only 300 metres away from the school. I’m dead. She was probably watching me the whole time.