Paradise Garden

• Alexis Tran, Grade 4
• Short Story
• 2021

The magnificent blooming garden had a beautiful fragrance that smelt like rose scented candles. The tall, bright sunflowers chased the sun as it rose high. As the elegant lotus pond spat water drops, the flower petals fell into the fresh, tropical water. The wide, towering tree house was held together by the strong, thick roots. Amazingly, the glamorous palm house was filled with plenty of lovely, native plants around it. On the island nearby it had a dripping sapphire, blue water as gazed at it pouring down.

There was a strange house with a massive lily pad as it’s roof and tiny ones for the floor. Tremendous bamboo towers tangled and blocked half the luminous, amber sunlight. The micro baby frogs hid inside the pink soft lilies. Some wooden paths led to gorgeous flower gardens and the rest to long, rough bridges that people like to stroll on. The bright colour themed birds glided swiftly through the sky. Trees waved to side to side to side in the gentle breeze as the spring leaves danced along