The First Day

• Chelsea Hayes, Grade 6
• Short Story
• 2011

On the wonderful morning on February 18th a girl by the name of Suzie Hardwell Loved animals so she decided to go to a wild life sanctuary and find a new job. On the way she came across a little commotion on the side of the road so she pulled over and had a look and she saw a bunch of Indians with monkeys and taking the monkeys baby’s away and make the mothers do tricks and if they did them right they get their baby’s back. After a while Suzie had an idea
“hey every one there’s some elephants coming down the street” called Suzie and while everyone was looking for the elephants Suzie grabbed the monkeys and their baby’s and put them in the car and drove but for some reason the monkeys didn’t get stressed and start making noises instead they just sat there and held on to their baby’s. When Suzie got to the sanctuary she asked around for Rosie. After a while Suzie found Rosie and asked her to come to the car and see what she could do. They decided while they were on the tour they would let them go back in to the wild but first they put some tracking tags so Rosie can find out more about these creatures. After a while when the group wasn’t looking Suzie let the monkeys go back to their families. Once everyone had left Rosie went up to Suzie and asked
“Suzie how would you like to be my assistant” Rosie asked
“Oh yes please!” Suzie replied
“Make sure you’re here at 5:00 am tomorrow morning and I’ll give you the time table and jobs to look after the animals and maybe just maybe you can come on my next research trip to Antarctica” Rosie said in a pleased voice.
The next morning Suzie arrived at the sanctuary at 4:30 instead of 5:00. After half an hour Rosie arrived looking very surprised.
“What time did you get here Suzie?” Rosie asked with a puzzled look on her face
“I’m so sorry I just got so excited I couldn’t wait so I just had to come” Suzie replied
“That wasn’t the question” Rosie said
“Sorry um… about 4:30”she replied
“Someone’s very eager” Rosie replied in a surprised voice
KLICK went the pad lock on the door
“Here’s your list now if you follow this you’ll be…”as Rosie was just about to finish her sentence when Suzie had already left to start her job.
THE END