Earthquake

• Clare Dwyer, Grade 6
• Short Story
• 2013

“Earthquake!” I yelled, I hugged my friends, I was so scared!

One hour before….

I live in the savannah with lions, zebras and a whole lot of other animals, I live here because my parents are Zoologists they want to make the most realistic Zoo ever so I am just here for the ride, my siblings Lucy and Rhianna are always on the technology gadgets,

but I go out into the genuine world and go out into the savannah I’m not going alone though, over the years I have gained friends not real friends because they’re not traveling with me, I have animal friends that I take with me to the locations of Africa we travel to, my parents let me keep them in our bus in the back section where we hang-out.

But one adventure was near, the coast of Africa, my parents were studying some type of bird that I have forgotten. I asked my parents if we could go to the beach for a swim, they nodded I screamed in excitement. I grabbed my friends and ran down to the beach.

We ran into the water apart from Galelayo he is a lion and is absolutely scared of moving water so he sunbathed in the sun cleaning his fur. I was in the sea with Sulki he snorted water up his trunk and sprayed it all over me. I laughed in joy, in Sulki’s eyes I could see enjoyment.

I started to feel the ground shaking underneath me, like a herd of elephants stampeding, Sulki’s ears pricked it wasn’t elephants. Galelayo was in a tree now hanging on for dear life. I felt that I should go in the tree as well, whatever it was it wasn’t a sign off good.

Sulki was as scared as, she couldn’t get in a tree she was enormous compared to a tree. Sulki sprinted off in a completely new direction I sprang onto her back and rode her but Galelayo was all by himself I called him, he sprang from the tree to me, and hanged on.

Wherever Sulki was sprinting off to, I hoped that the ground wasn’t trembling where she was going.

I had been listening to the sounds of the ground I recognized what it was now it was an earthquake, I yelled out to Sulki and Galelayo “Earthquake”, I directed Sulki with her ears to my parents I couldn’t find them they weren’t where they claimed they were going to be.


“Earthquake!” I yelled, I squeezed my friends, I was so frightened!

Waiting for someone to hear me no-one heard me.

The earthquake had passed I had found the bus it was on its side my parents were squished underneath, deceased. My sisters were nowhere to be found.

I grieved all over Galelayo and Sulki I decided to become a wild girl living with African animals to survive.

If you are ever searching for me just say your searching for the Wild Girl!