Paradise

• Caitlin Pilatti, Grade 6
• Short Story
• 2010

It was daybreak, I looked around. I didn't know where I was. I felt the warm,soft sand squeaking between my toes. A kind of blue and green bird I'd never seen before. It landed on my shoulder. At that moment I knew I was in Paradise. I saw all different kinds of sea life in the deep blue sea and among the glossy rocks in the rock pools.

I went to explore the forest. I saw a river, it had the prettiest waterfall. It glowed like diamonds that have just been cleaned. I went up to the top of the waterfall. I looked down to the sparkling water. I jumped. I felt the refreshing water soak my body.

Under the water I saw an opening, just big enough to squeeze through. As soon as I came up out of the water, I was in a cave. The sun shone through a crack in the roof of the cave. It made the water sparkle. Just as I was enjoying being there, my surroundings all faded into thin air. I woke up. It was all just a dream.