The Chase

• Ariel Ryder, Grade 4
• Short Story
• 2021

I went to get toilet paper but there was not any left. I was thinking, ‘What am I supposed to do?’ Then I had an idea. I was going to call my sister to get her to get some. ‘Yeah’ I thought. So, I called her on my phone. “Can you get some toilet paper for me?” I asked, but she couldn’t because she was working. “Ugh!” I yelled as I hung up.
I pulled up my pants and hopped in the car. I needed toilet paper. “Hurry up, not another red light, I yelled as I waited for no one. I finally got to the shop and there was no toilet paper left. “OMG,” I said to myself. So, I went to another store to see if they had any toilet paper. “Get out my way, Ariel coming through,” I yelled. Finally, when I arrived, I went to the toilet paper section and there was one pack but it was weird. It had mythical creatures dancing all over it.
The creature was doing the Macarena, so I joined in because I love the Macarena. Then the mythical creature stole the toilet paper and ran through the store. It was like the Flash but lucky was faster, so I stole the toilet paper back and ran like the wind.
I hopped in my car and drove like Lightning McQueen. When I finally got home, I had forgotten my house keys at the store. As I turned around, I saw the mythical creature in front of me. It had stolen the toilet paper out of my car and was running down the street. It finally tripped over and I stole the toilet paper back. I then ran to the store to get my keys because I was halfway there. When I got my key’s, the mythical creature was in front of me again. So, I decided to jump over it. After I jumped over the it, I then ran like Rohan Browning, the fastest man in Australia. I had to run around a lady eating a meat pie and jump over a Ford Falcon too. I was nearly home, so I got my keys ready but realised I had to jump over a bench. I didn't know I could jump that high at all until I was running from this creature.
When I got home, I locked the door, put the blinds down and locked the windows. I opened the toilet paper and then got a roll out. Then I felt my dog jumping on me. I suddenly woke up, it was all a dream! I then noticed I was late for work. I jumped out of bed did my hair, my teeth, popped my clothes on and got my keys and drove to Maccas. I thought about making up a lie but told the truth that I slept in. In the end I got fired for being late for work anyway. At least I told the truth.
The End