The Magical Wombat Hole

• James Dickinson, Grade 4, Mareeba State School
• Short Story
• 2017

Excellence Award in the 'Spread The Word 2017' competition

One afternoon, I was walking to the mulberry tree in my backyard when suddenly I fell into a deep, dark hole. It was a long hole, perhaps a tunnel! I ran down the tunnel, past old dog bones and tree roots, suddenly I came into a spooky room. I looked around nervously and saw something move.
"Who's there?" I asked fearfully.
Out of nowhere a hairy wombat jumped out wearing a Cowboys shirt. Suddenly I was knocked down another hole. We were teleported to a random place. This time I was very confused. It looked like a football stadium. Then I heard the crowd cheering
"Go Cowboys. Go Cowboys."
I saw the whole Storm team running towards me, they were after the ball. I ran away from them until I was completely worn out. I dropped the ball and suddenly they realised I was not actually a player! I felt the ground shaking as 10 big, fat security guards marched onto the field like Stormtroopers. They all circled around me when I realised I had a Mars Bar in my pocket. I threw it as far as I could. All of them ran towards it. Suddenly I saw my opportunity to escape. I saw a trapdoor that would obviously teleport you home. So the wombat and I jumped in. We teleported back to my house and the wombat surprisingly said
"Thanks."
"You can talk?" I didn't wait for his response and I quickly ran back up the tunnel towards my house just in time for dinner.
And that is how I met wombat.
The End