THE SEARCH FOR THE 4 GOLDEN STONES

• Renee Gurciullo, Grade 3
• Short Story
• 2009

ONCE THERE WERE 2 LITTLE STARFISH.THEY WERE BROTHER AND SISTER AND BOTH LOVED CUPCAKES.THEIR NAMES WERE JERRY AND CHERRY.THEIR NONNO AND NONNA ALWAYS TOLD THEM AN OLD MYTH BEFORE THEY WENT TO BED.THEIR NAMES ARE TONY AND NELLI THEY ALL LOVED EACH OTHER LOTS AND LOTS.

THE 2 LITTLE STARFISH WERE ALWAYS AMAZED EVERY TIME THEY HEARD THE MYTH. THE MYTH WAS THAT 4 GOLDEN STONES EXIST IN AN OLD WIZZARDS LAIR. THESE STONES HAVE POWERS BUT IF YOU DONT'T HAVE A KIND HEART THE POWER DOES NOT WORK.THEY ALSO SAID THERE ARE LOTS OF TRAPS SO NO ONE HAS EVER FOUND THESE ROCKS.

JERRY SAID "CHERRY AND I WOULD LOVE TO GO FIND THE 4 GOLDEN STONES".

"THATS A GREAT IDEA" SAID NONNO TONY "LETS ALL GO".

CHERRY SAID "CAN WE PACK SOME CUPCAKES?"

"SURE AND WE HAVE THE MAP TO THE WIZZARD'S LAIR" SAID NONNA NELLI.

SO THEY ALL PACKED A BACK PACK OF STUFF THEY MAY NEED AND THE NEXT MORNING THEY STARTED THERE JOURNEY TO FIND THE 4 GOLDEN STONES.

NONNO TONY WAS WALKING IN FRONT AND SUDDENLY HE FELL INTO A HOLE COVERED IN LEAVES.LUCKLY JERRY HAD A ROPE IN HIS BACK PACK. IN 10 MINUTES THEY HELPED NONNO TONY OUT AND WERE ALL READY TO KEEP GOING ON THEIR ADVENTURE.

AFTER THEY HAD BEEN WALKING A LONG TIME THEY REACHED THE WIZZARD'S LAIR. IT LOOKED LIKE A BIG ROCK MOUNTAIN WITH A LOCKED PURPLE DOOR. BUT THE DOOR DIDN'T HAVE A HANDLE.

"HOW DO WE GET IN" ASKED CHERRY.
"I DON'T KNOW" SAID NONNA NELLI"

THEN NONNO TONY REMEMBER "WHEN I WAS A YOUNG STARFISH, I REMEMBER MY NONNO TOLD ME THERE WAS A MAGIC WAY OF ENTERING THE LAIR. YOU HAD TO SAY A SECRET PASSWORD, I THINK IT WAS CORAL REEF".

ALL OF A SUDDEN HUNDREDS OF COLOURFUL MAGIC WANDS CAME OUT OF THE MOUNTAIN, AND A LOUD VOICE SAID "CHOOSE THE RIGHT WAND TO OPEN THE DOOR, IF YOU PICK INCORRECTLY, YOU WILL BE GOBBLED UP BY THE SAND MONSTERS."

NO WONDER NO ONE HAS EVER FOUND THE STONES, THEY MUST HAVE BEEN GOBBLE UP.

"WHICH SHOULD WE CHOOSE" ASKED JERRY
NONNO TONY SAID EXCITEDLY "I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER, ITS THE SMALL ORANGE ONE WITH A LITTLE YELLOW STAR IN THE MIDDLE".

THEY ALL SEARCHED AND NONNA NELLI FOUND IT BUT SHE WAS A BIT SCARED TO PULL IT OUT. SO CHERRY AND JERRY PULLED IT OUT AND THE MAGIC DOOR OPENED.

THEY WERE SO EXCITED AS THEY WENT IN. INSIDE THE LAIR THERE WERE ANOTHER 4 DOORS. SO THEY ALL WENT INTO A DOOR EACH AND AT THE END OF THE PATH THERE WAS A GOLDEN STONE ON A PURPLE PILLOW.

JERRY, CHERRY, NONNO AND NONNA ALL PICKED UP THEIR STONE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE DOORS SHUT AND COULDN'T BE OPEN.

THE MAGIC VOICE SAID "WHEN THE STONES ARE ALL TOGETHER YOU WILL TRANSFORM INTO HUMANS AND WILL BE RETURNED TO STAR FISH 8PM EACH NIGHT". THEY ALL STARTED TO DIG HOLES UNDER THE DOORS UNTIL THEY ALL GOT OUT SAFELY.

WHEN THEY WERE ALL TOGETHER, THEY EACH HELD UP THEIR GOLDEN STONE AND THE SAND STARTED TO SPARKLE AND RISE AROUND THEM.

ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY FOUND THEMSELVES TO BE ON LAND AND WERE HUMANS. THEY WERE ALL SO EXCITED ABOUT THE ADVENTURES THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE.