District Running

• Angelina Li, Grade 2, Oatley Public School -
• Short Story
• 2018

Excellence Award in the 'Horizon of Dreams 2018' competition

I was about catch up with first place were greedy Julia was. I started to run faster then I did before.
“You can do it Leila!” My friend Jessica cheered out to me.
I was coming fist place and I had won!
“Congratulations, Leila Michel! “ The judge roared.
The crowds cheered. Leila’s friends Jessica and Amy were the loudest.

When they got on the bus, they were so chatty, that Mrs Lee stoped them about talking ten times! They were talking about me getting into district, but I was just to tied to say something, that I fell asleep on the bus for ten minutes. When we got back to school, Amy and Jessica we’re still talking! When we got out for recess, I got annoyed about Amy and Jessica talking. So interrupted,
“Can we change the topic know,”
“Sure”
Amy said. But Jessica ignored and spoke more.

” Jessica, “ Amy argued
” Leila said change the topic”
“I don’t care,” Jessica said.
Then they argued for ten minutes.
“I don’t care if Leila changes the topic. And you should not mind to,” Amy answered.
“Well it doesn’t matter of what I mind,” Jessica said.
Sooner, Amelie saw them fighting so she ran up and said,
“Are you okay?”
She shouted. They stopped. And because she shouted she lost her voice. “
Yes,” Amy asked.
Then, Amelie suddenly wisps,
“are you okay?,”
“Why are you whispering?
” Amy asked
“I lost my voice”
Amelie answered.

Then, she just walked away and then Julia came with her friends, Mia and summer,
“Good luck at the district running race,”
Julia said with a giggle at the end.
“ know one cares about you,”
I said. “ But she got into district,”
Darcy said with an evil looking grin. I walked away with my hands on Amy and Jessica. We sat on the silver sets and I said,
“They are pretending to be stars like rulers of the world,”
“And what,”
Jessica said.
“ And we just have to find a way to be just like them,”
I answered.
“But we don’t need to. We can just be school captain.”
Amy said. I looked at Julia sighing.

On Thursday Mr Dot told all the running people to come. So Tia, Evelyn, Julia and I all came to him and he said,
“ We are going to the district and when we get on the bus. You have to behave. It will be fifty meters long,”
When we arrived, we followed Mr Dot to our seat.
“ It’s your turn Leila,”
Mr Dot said. I bolted to the starting line. The judge shouted on the microphone
“ Ready, steady, go!”
I first ran slowly and at the end I bolted and I hit the ribbon.
“The winner is, Leila Michel!”
The judge roared. This time, I was’t huffing and puffing but I was still tiered. I went back and got my trophy from Mr Dot. If you go to a race make sure that you are... powerful!