Uncle Frank

• Gabriel Siemer, Grade 3, Walgett Primary Distance Education Centre - Walgett Primary School
• Short Story
• 2021

Finalist in the 'The Write Note 2021' competition

My eyes spring open! The walls of my bedroom are shaking. I can see the pitch black sky full of fiery smoke. The roof has blown off!
I flip up onto my bed. “It’s the day!” I scream as loud as a fire alarm. I put on my shoes and black jacket and meet my Mum, Dad and little brother at the door and we run out of our house.
I can see the trees shaking and blue lava spitting up out of the volcano. I feel scared but safe because I know Uncle Frank will save us all. I grab my gold Uncle Frank statue out of my pocket and I hold it tight.
I hear the volcano rumbling as we run towards the beach. Everyone at the beach is chanting. The chanting gets louder and louder. I decide to join in and I exclaim “UNCLE FRANK!! UNCLE FRANK!! UNCLE FRANK!!”
The sea starts bubbling. Everyone on the island is here. Uncle Frank bursts up out of the ocean. Our giant legend, 8000m tall, the arms and legs of a man with the head and body of a shark!
We all start yelling “Go! Go! Go!” Uncle Frank wades closer to the eruption. He opens his mouth wide and shoots an arctic blast of slushy ice right into the crater freezing the volcano solid. Everyone cheers.
Uncle Frank goes back to the deep. Winter is here. I zip up my black jacket tight as it starts to hail lightly.