Camping

• Erik Mackintosh, Grade 4
• Short Story
• 2009

One weekend I was camping out in the forest. On Saturday, at dawn I heard something, I thought it was a dark grey koala. I walked towards where the sound was coming from but it was not there. So I started running, then I suddenly stopped. I looked around and it was exquisite. I could see a wonderful, royal blue river in the shape of the letter B. It looked like a group of seagulls forming. There was also a monumental, twisted tree. Then I saw two pine trees, they were almost touching. The rest of the trees looked like green greedy cactuses. I could hear tiny frogs. The water was freezing cold. I put my head in and I saw a life-size, charming ice cave.
My head froze then I angrily pulled my head out. When I looked around I was in a different dimension. There were aliens with one eye. I met one too, it’s name was Cyclops. I also met aliens with five eyes, they were called Eye Bonds. Once Cyclops and an Eye Bond had a baby which made it a Cybond.
When I was walking along one day I saw a monumental dragon. It was optimistic, divine and crimson. He dominated everyone. The dragon’s eyes were red and slick. I kept on walking through the terrific building. Suddenly I came to a vast black hole that kept on sucking everything in. I couldn’t do anything!!! I tried stopping but it didn’t work, I tried so hard to stop it but in the end I got sucked in.
I was back in my own dimension. I saw the water again, I stuck my head in the icy water. I also saw the ice cave again. I was home at last!!!
When I got back to camp I went back inside my tent and slept peacefully. The next day I packed up all my stuff and I walked home.