A Dangerous River

• Riley Flynn, Grade 5
• Short Story
• 2013

I push my new, light weight, fibreglass kayak into the murky water. I start paddling and I hear a loud splash. There it is again, something jumps into my kayak and it starts snapping, it’s a piranha. It jumps and I smash it into the bushes. Suddenly a ferocious bear steps into the river. It starts wading through the water. Surprisingly the bear falls over on to my kayak because the piranhas are attacking it. I fall out of the kayak. I turn around and I hear thunderous splashing. They are coming for me…