Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 4

Skylina and the Rainbow
Bradbury School, Clark, Isabel – 7
A
t the hospital a baby was born. It was no ordinary baby. That baby was magical. It was named
Skylina. And even more amazing, she could talk, walk, and read by herself. One day when Skylina
was three years old she saw a rainbow and she decided that when her parents weren't looking she
would travel to the end of the rainbow. She started packing right away. This is what she packed: 3 blankets,
a pillow and a bottle of water. When the time finally came she ran away into the woods. She ran and ran
until she was 100 miles away from her home and then she felt too tired. Skylina made a tent out of sticks,
that were about the same height, and one of the blankets she brought. Just before bedtime she met a spider
friend named Ava who wanted to join Skylina’s adventure.
In the middle of the night, a strong gust of wind blew Skylina’s tent down. Skylina and Ava woke up.
Skylina helped Ava get up then they built the tent again. And Ava used her strongest web to tie the tent
together. In the morning they walked a long way until lunchtime. Skylina picked some wild berries for
lunch.
Then they started walking and suddenly the trees started falling. Skylina realized they were in the falling
forest. Skylina clutched Ava as she ran through the falling forest at the end of the forest there was a cave. At
the mouth of the cave there was a sign that read ….. MONSTER CAVE DO NOT ENTER! It was the
only way to get to the other side. Skylina was really scared but she had to do it. They tiptoed into the cave.
Halfway through the cave they heard stomping. Skylina saw there were monsters! When Skylina and a
monster were close enough to touch something amazing happened the monster turned into a boy named
Billy. Billy explained that he was turned into a monster by a wicked witch and the way to break the spell
was if a human came close enough to touch.
Skylina asked Billy if he would like to join her adventure and Billy said yes. They walked through the cave
but they kept tripping on skeletons. After a thousand more trips they saw a clearing. It was the end of the
rainbow. There was nothing bu