Jack The Hero

• Jasmeet Patel, Grade 4
• Short Story
• 2020

The lightning fast Lamborghini was going out of control on a lonely but bumpy road; Jack, an eight year old boy was so scared he tightly shut his eyes as quick as a blink. Jack’s dad was a professional super car driver; but this time Lamborghini’s brakes weren't working,and dad was looking helpless. Mum suggested opening the door and jumping out but dad declined as they were in the middle of the forest and were soon going to run out of patrol. Jack didn’t hesitate to jump out as soon as he heard the idea of jumping out of the running car from his mum; he was in the middle of a green wild rain forest. It didn’t take long for him to work out it was the Amazon rain forest. One of the visitors spotted Jack it was a very kind lady. Jack told the story until he jumped off, he wondered what would have happened to them. The kind lady took Jack to an orphanage. It was a very tall building made out of strong bricks. There were about a thousand children in the orphanage. When Jack entered he had to fill in a form including the last moments of Jack's parents, his name, last name and his favourite subject which was English. Jack was given a small cabin which he shared with a very smart kid whose name was Tom. Jack and Tom went to the English class which was full of English words and famous quotes. After the class, Tom showed Jack the common room for eight year old. A few minutes later, suddenly there was a fire in the orphanage Jack tried to escape but the fire was everywhere. Jack saw Tom jumping out of the window and when he looked around the damage by fire, Jack did not jump. He stayed with all the teachers and they all hid in their own cabins. Sadly, the cabin also then caught on fire and the firefighters were not here yet. Jack found a very small mysterious exit near the common room. Jack showed everyone and they all came safely out of the orphanage. For this smart and brave behavior Jack was loved by all the teachers and classmates