Uncontrollably

• Cameron Clarke, Grade 3
• Short Story
• 2014

I was in the bathroom. It's my home. I have a rare symptom called Glutus Uncontolibutt. I just can't stop pooing. I have paralysed legs from sitting on the toilet too long. My only way to get around is the toilet wheel-chair. It's a toilet on wheels with a pipe connected to the sewer. Anyway my name is Ug Li. There is a para-athletics on Monday. I'm just going to training. I get to the bathroom, the school jerk is there. "Hey, Uglie, what ya doin?" I get a red face. "Do you want to challenge me in a poo off?" "Heck yes!" I said. So I got off my toilet wheelchair and quickly hopped onto the toilet...3, 2, 1, GO!! Even without the symptom, he still wins. But guess what's even worse, he has a paralysed arm, so he will be competing against me in the para-athletics! We go to the starting line. BANG!!! I'm off to a good start, I look behind me, and he’s closing in. I tell my arms to go faster, but they won't, by now he's a mile in front of me. When I get to the finish line he's boasting about all the people he smashed, especially me. I quickly pack up and go home, trying not to cry. But I fail again, when I get home my tears have made a trail from the route I took. My mum is an athlete, and she's very good and she wins often. I ask her why she wins often. "Practice" she says "Practice" I practice every day in secret. I would love to show my mum, but I can't. The day of the para-athletics is days away. I train one more time before the event. The day has come. I go to the bathroom I challenge him to a poo off. I've been training!