Off I Go
Western Academy of Beijing , Porter , Rory - 9
Once a upon a time there was a young boy named Teal who lived in New Zealand . Teal was a very talented boy ; for example he had built his own treehouse in his back garden all by himself . As you can tell he was very independent .
One day Teal and his family went to a farmers market near home . Once they had started looking around Teal ’ s mom said “ now Teal , your mum and I are going to look at some stalls , you stay here and wait around this stall ” and off they went humming their favourite song . Once they had left , Teal looked around the stall he was standing next to . It was selling chocolate fish ( these were a pink marshmallows in the shape of a fish that was coated in chocolate .) “ Chocolate fish , chocolate fish two for the price of one !” the stall owner shouted , trying to get people to come and have a look at his stall . Teal went over to have a look . Just then the ground started rumbling and the stalls started collapsing . Suddenly , Teal realised what was happening , it was an earthquake !
Luckily , because Teal had spent his whole life in New Zealand , he knew exactly what to do and he sprang into action and took cover . Fifteen minutes later the earthquake ended and Teal started to go home , he knew that his parents would meet him there . When he got home the house was empty so he let himself in . He waited for half an hour and then the doorbell rang . He raced down the stairs expecting it to be his mom and dad but when he opened the door he saw two policemen . “ Oh !” exclaimed Teal “ what are you doing here !” “ We need to talk to you about something ” mutters one of the policemen . “ well , come in ” said Teal , quite confused . When they where all seated in the sitting room the first policeman started to talk . “ As you know , about an hour ago there was an earth quake ” yes …” pushed Teal “ and , well … your parents didn ’ t quite make it ” added the second policeman . “ What do you mean ?” said Teal he just couldn ’ t believe it ! His parents couldn ’ t be dead . He had often dreamt about living alone but now it had actually happened it just felt wrong . “ Yes , so you will be sent to your aunt and uncle in England , A lady who goes by the name of Miss Transpet will arrive tomorrow to collect you ” concluded the first one . ( Teal was not to happy about this because he never agreed with his aunt but still , he went to bed ).
The next day Teal woke up early at six o , clock and got ready to go . He waited ’ till lunch time and no one came . So , he made himself a lunch of sandwiches and sat down and waited . By seven o , clock still no one had come so Teal went to bed feeling very confused . By lunch time the next day no one had come either so Teal decided this was ridiculous and went straight to bed just as he had done before . The next day however , Teal got so confused and annoyed that he decided he would travel to England by himself . He ran into the kitchen , grabbed the boarding passes for the flight off the counter and dashed round the house to get everything he needed . He raced out the door and started the 30 minute walk to the small airport . When he arrived at the airport he walked to his gate , blending with other families and groups . After that he boarded his flight . It was a long flight , so it needed a big plane - there were lots and lots of seats . Teal went to his seat and sat down . “ welcome to our flight ….” the pilot started the boarding announcement . Teal buckled up his seatbelt and started to close his eyes .
It was 10:00 in the morning in busy London just as Teal ’ s plane touched down at Heathrow , England ’ s capital airport . Teal was very tired , as a result of that he thought he should go to the bathroom and splash his face with water . ( This was how he usually woke himself up ). Then he suddenly realised that he hadn ' t thought his trip through very well , he knew where his aunt and uncle ’ s house was but he had no way to get to it . He thought about this for a while then he thought he should take a taxi . So , he went and got in the taxi queue . When he finally got to the front of the taxi queue he got into a taxi . The driver waited , as if expecting a parent or adult to get in . “ Where are your parents kid ” he asked , not unkindly . “ Oh , they took another taxi ” he lied “ now do you want the money or not ?” He gave the driver the address to his aunt and uncle ’ s house and the driver raised his eyebrows but he said “ ok then , buckle up !”