Sky On Fire
Heep Yunn Primary School , Cho , Min Min – 10
One Saturday night , Amy woke up . At first , she thought that it was already morning . She felt really tired and hot , unlike other days . Perhaps I caught a cold , Amy thought . She took her temperature , but it was perfectly normal . Amy looked at her watch . 3:26a . m .? Then why is my room so bright ? Amy frowned . Slowly , Amy peeked behind the curtains . " Oh !" Amy gasped , jumping backwards , shocked with what she saw . Outside , the sky was full of light . But it wasn ' t normal sunlight . The sky was on fire !
Amy stared at the sky for a moment , then rushed to the fridge and pulled the door open . She grabbed a handful of ice cubes and rushed to the balcony , then jumped and threw the them into the air . Amy was hoping that it would put the fire out , but of course she failed .
What is going on ? How can the sky catch on fire ? What if the fire hurt a lot of people ? Questions exploded like an erupting volcano in Amy ' s head .
Panicking , Amy ran to her friend Helen ' s house . " Amy !" Helen cried as soon as she saw her friend . " Do you know what ' s happening ? The sky is burning ! If we don ' t do anything , we might need to leave Mars soon !"
" Helen , we ' re ten-year-old girls ! What can we do to stop the fire ?" Amy screamed . She had never lost control like this before .
" How on earth did the sky catch on fire ? The sky doesn ' t have any wood ! It just has clouds and birds !" Helen asked .
Amy didn ' t answer her . She was looking out of the window . At the far west , there was a mountain called Mount West . It was the highest mountain on Mars and the fire seemed to start from there . " Maybe we can climb to the top of Mount West ? That way we can get a piece of wood from the trees and collect a little fire and let your father test it . He ' s a great scientist , and if he found out what it is , maybe we can try to put the fire out ," Amy said nervously . " Amy , don ' t be silly , we can ' t climb Mount West . It ' s too high ," Helen sighed hopelessly . " We ' ve got to try ! Or else we ' ll have to leave Mars , like you ' ve said !" Amy said . Helen swallowed and nodded a moment later . So , the two friends hurried to pack their backpacks , including bandages , a piece of rope , a tent and some food and water . Finally , they were ready for their adventure to the west . They rushed out of their houses without their parents ( who were staring at the sky ) noticing .
Amy and Helen walked slowly and carefully along the road . Nothing exciting happened until they found that they were facing a wide river ! The current was too strong for them to swim in . They looked around for bridges but there weren ' t any .
The girls couldn ' t think of a way to cross the river so they sadly decided to return home . Suddenly , they heard a loud splash behind them . They looked around and to their amazement , a crocodile appeared at the surface of the water ! Amy didn ' t think it was such a big deal but Helen was very excited .
" We can use the crocodile !" Helen said . She took a piece of ham that Amy has brought to eat and tied it to a stick she found on the ground .
" Follow me !" She called to her confused friend . The girls quickly ran to the river and Helen jumped onto the crocodile ' s back ! Amy was very scared but still managed to follow her . Then , Helen waved the stick in front of the crocodile . When it saw the ham , it reached forward to bite it but Helen moved the piece of ham forward . She continued this action until the crocodile was lured at the other side of the river . The girls jumped off the crocodile and Helen awarded it with the piece of ham .
They were both relieved and exhausted after crossing the river so they squeezed into Helen ' s tent and rested .
They kept walking faster and faster the next morning because they still had a long way to go . Suddenly a horse appeared in front of them . It was so tame that the girls could ride on it .