The Ninjas

• Millie Aiken, Grade 1, St Francis of Assisi Primary School -
• Short Story
• 2018

Excellence Award in the 'Horizon of Dreams 2018' competition

Chapter 1: Meeting the Monster
One dark night it was raining. The ninjas jumped roof to roof until they saw a spooky shadow.
“Let’s go closer,” said one.
They got closer but a ninja called Ebony ran even closer.
“No!” said another ninja, Cooper.
The shadow left so fast. They were so disappointed at Ebony but luckily they could still see the shadow. They followed it. They found out what it was a… monster!!
It had two horns, four eyes, five arms on each side, six legs and lots of weapons.
The ninjas were terrified. Cooper was eating his long nails.
“Yuck,” said Ebony as they quickly jumped roof to roof.
But the monster quickly followed them as fast as they ran. They looked back.
“Mum,” whispered Cooper, “The monster is following us.”
They finally got back to their base.
Cooper was in the shower. Another ninja, named Thunder, was in the garage. The last one, Ebony, was on the toilet.
The monster was banging on the door. Luckily the ninjas had an escape door out the back. Then the ninjas snuck out the door. They crept behind the monster. The monster finally got inside the base. The monster looked everywhere except the toilet, Ebony just went on, but she left a plan…
Chapter 2: The Monster Fainting
Ebony didn’t flush the toilet. She did a poo. The monster opened the door and the ninjas had heard a BANG. The monster fell to the ground. The ninjas dared each other to see what was going on inside.
The littlest said, “I will go” and she did. So she took one foot and the other foot. At last, she opened the door. When she saw that the monster fell, she squealed and jumped. She came running out.
“The monster! Look!! The monster!” she yelled.
When Ebony had finished yelling, the other ninjas had a party. Thunder said, “You can’t have a party with no cake,” so after their party they once again wanted to do their favourite thing- jumping roof to roof.
Cooper yelled, “Look!! Ha, ha… it’s just a joke.”
Everybody laughed. The end