The Floating Island

• Ryan Buttriss, Grade 3
• Short Story
• 2017

BOOM!

I wake up on a floating island in the clouds. I look down I’m a long way from home. I fall off the floating island.

SPLASH!

I land in a ginormous river near a cave. I run to the cave. I recognise it. I walk into it. I see a teensy bear. I walk towards it. He slowly walks up to me and scratches my face. “Hey!” I say. “What was that for?” I walk out of the cave away from the bear. I feel something tugging on my T-shirt. I look behind me. And I see the little bear. He climbs onto my head. I ignore him. I walk towards a little hut. I read the sign. It says ‘Ryan’s Hut’, which is my hut. I slowly open the door. Inside it I see my two kittens called Fluffy and Mittens. I walk into my room. The window is smashed. I see a gold baton on the ground. I pick it up. I jump out the window. I walk back into the cave. I find a lava pit. I throw the gold baton into the lava pit. I walk back into my little hut. I look on my head in the mirror. The bear is still on my head. I slowly take him off. I say to the bear “I’m going to name you Tiddly Winkles” Tiddly Winkles jumps around. I think he’s happy. I make a little cotton basket for Tiddly Winkles to sleep in. Then me and Tiddly Winkles go to sleep.

In the morning, I wake up on the same floating island as before! I walk into a house. And it has all my furniture and all of my other things. I walk out of the house. And I see Tiddly Winkles, Fluffy and Mittens in a cage! I look at the cage closely I see a lock on it. “I will find the key and get you out of the cage” I say to them. I go looking for the key. I look on a cloud mountain, I see a golden key. I climb up onto the mountain and try to grab the key. But there is an invisible shield around it. All of a sudden, a guy in black jumps onto the cloud mountain. The guy in black pulls out a silver spear from his cloak. Then I pull out a pocket knife for my pocket. Me and the black guy start battling. He knocks me down onto the ground. He’s about to stab me. All of a sudden, a girl jumps in front of me and stabs the black cloak guy. The black guy’s eyes glow red. He disappears.

The force field turns off. I ask the girl her name. She said her name is Keira. Keira grabs the key and gives it to me. “thanks” I say. I go over to the cage and unlock it. Tiddly Winkles, Fluffy and Mittens ran out. Now we were all happy!

To Be Continued