The Old Car

“What’s up? You're listening to winning radio, where you answer a question and you win a prize. Today my question for you is what is the capital city of New-Zealand? If you know the answer call me on the number 0800 22 220 and you could win a brand new car."

“Din din din din din” I pressed so hard on the phone.

“Hello my name is Kali and I know the answer” I said.

“What is it?“ the radio man replied.

”It’s Wellington.”

“Oh yes that is correct! if you want your new car come and pick it up from Jollen Place”.

I quickly hopped out of my chair and ran over to mum.

“Mum, mum could you take Aunty Lisa with you to pick up my brand new car from Jollen Place? I really want to give it as a present for Dad’s birthday please."

My mum is called Tania she likes to wear purple all the time and different glasses even when it is raining or sunny. Mum quickly ran out to pick my Aunty Lisa and also the brand new car that I had won.

I waited and waited and waited. Suddenly I heard a really loud beep that made me jump and scream. I quickly sped outside and my eyes were staring at a really old car.

The windows were broken and had fallen to the ground.

I quietly thought to myself that I will never ever listen to competitions on radio again.

The Car on the Side of the Road

One hot blazing afternoon I was walking across a path in Texas enjoying the hot sparkling sun when something caught my eye. A car not an ordinary car, it was a classic old rusty smashed up car that was sitting on the side of the road.I was wondering why it was there and not in the rubbish. So I sprinted home to ask my Nana.

‘’Nana, Nana, Nana‘’ I yelled.

 “Yes” Nana replied.

‘‘Why is that classic rusty smashed up car over there on the side of the foot path?’’

“Because it was your great great grandpa’s car. Actually I’ll tell you a little story about that classic car and your grandpa."

It was a stormy rainy day he was a Demolition Derby Driver. As he was crashing into other drivers his wheels skidded on a puddle and it made him drive straight into a wall where the crowd were sitting. When he smashed into the wall his brain was damaged badly. He was rushed to the hospital but he didn’t make it because his brain was too badly damaged.

"Is the car there because it has memories?" I asked. 

“Yes” Nana spoke quietly.

I sure wish I had met my grandpa. I would like to be a Demolition Derby driver just like him when I get older.

The Best Gift

“Hi Grandpa what are you doing?” I spoke in a small voice.

‘Nothing much. just thinking about the old days when I use to do derby racing" my grandpa replied.

“I was the champion of Tennessee, when I won I was given $10,000. That's when I bought Jimbay Farm. Heres a photo of what my car looked like”

“WOW” I smiled. “Do you still have the car?’ I asked.

“Nope it got stolen" my Grandpa exclaimed.

“Well I’m going outside to explore the farm.” I said.

When I was walking through the green huge bushes my eyes caught something

“Wow what's that? I said.

It was a old car with broken windows, smashed lights with rusty and dusty seats.

“I wonder what it would look like when its been pimped up? i said.

It would probably be mean and fantastic. As I was thinking about what we should do an idea popped into my head. I know I should call my friend Jack and his brother Finau because they are very good car designers.

“Hey whats up Finau and Jack?” I said.

“Nothing really” they replied.

“I have a favour to ask you. Could you help me pimp this old car so my Grandpa could beat the world champion?”

When the car was finished I said "you guys did a great job!" 

It had shiny sliver wheels with dark purple colours covering the whole car with orange red yellow flames.

“Hey grandpa come here, I have a surprise for you” I said.

When Grandpa saw the car he said "thank you. I will never forget this gift .”

When my Grandpa tried the car he said it was awesome.

“I will try and win the big race again and be the champion but the best champ is you” my Grandpa spoke with a big grin on his face.

THE BIG DINNER.

One hot warm day leaves were falling from lots and lots of trees. John, Apple and I were flying through the sky looking for food for our families. My name is Robin and I am a bird. I am the boss of the nest cause my mum and dad are too old to catch food for our family. John and Apple are my brothers and they are my best friends.

One day we went looking for fish at sea. As we were looking my brother saw an island with lots and lots of fish that were washed up on to the shore.

“Hey lets land on that island” my brother said.

As we landed there were funny animals that we hadn't seen before. There was an animal called a two head snake and a funny looking lion standing next to a big pile of fish.

“Can we have some fish?” I asked. “

No! you can`t have our Nemo” replied the lion.

“What is a Nemo?”

“It is that thing over there”

“That’s not a Nemo. That`s a fish and it lives in the sea. Come on, this is a waste of time”.

My brother started to flap his wings and he blasted off back the way he came.As we were flying back we saw some flying fish. My brothers got five fish each and I got two flying fish.

“Come on lets go home now.”

“Mum,Dad we are home and we have got dinner with us. We’ve got twelve fish”.

“Thank you boys for the food. You are the best son ever”

“Thank you”

The Maghawk

Wow! Polly come look at this beach its sand is as golden as my one dollar penny."

As my mum and dad were unpacking our stuff into our new house my brother Bob ordered Polly my sister and I to come and look at our new surroundings.

“Hey look at that bird! It has pitch black feathers covered by a bright white patch.

It has a orange beak and it’s dark brown."

“Mumm!! Come! have you ever seen this bird before?”

“NO I have never seen a bird like that before" my mum replied.

A few minutes later I had an idea “ahahah I know. Lets look up the bird on the internet.What keywords should I type in?"

“I know” said Bob “Type in pictures and names of birds."

Lots of pictures of different birds came on screen. "Look, there's the bird we saw! It's called a Maghawk. It says it’s one of the rarest birds in the whole entire world. It says here there are only 50 more of these birds left" I said.

See you tommorow Maghawk.

When I woke up I saw a man holding a brown leather bag and I heard a bird crying. “Hey, do you have my bird?" I yelled at the man as I ran towards him. As I was catching up to him my brother pulled up in front of the man and stole his bag

“Nice one” I sai

When Bob and I arrived back home we said      “your time's up Maghawk. I think we will have to let you go. Maghawk be free! I will miss you because you were the first and only bird I ever had. You could come back some day with your Maghawk family and visit us."

Bird Saved

One frosty winter morning Roger and I went fishing at Combers Reef. As we loaded our boat something caught my eye, it was a whole heap of birds.

As we reached our destination I was so happy we stopped for a moment. We looked around. There sitting in the frosty cold sea was an injured bird with oil on it.

"Roger, Roger!" I yelled.

"You only need to say my name once!" Roger yelled back.

"Ok can you see that bird?" I asked. " Can you get it?"

"Ok."

As Roger returned from the shivering cold reef the bird was nearly dead.

We raced back to shore. The bird looked like it was having a stroke. Stay alive. Stay alive I thought to myself.

Over here. The life guard spotted us.

"Roger, get the bird."

"Why?"

"Just get it."

As Roger came back with the bird it had passed away. Every one stopped and looked at me.

From that day on I never went fishing again.

My Freedom

One hot roasting day I was gliding through the sky with my friends Juli and Julian.The sun was high up in the blue sky and the white puffy clouds were floating by like some butterflies.

I am a black and white bird with a yellow beak and yellow claws. My friends Juli and Julian are green and yellow birds with a tiny bit of blue. I am a bird that adores humans(most of the time) but my friends are so afraid of them.

As I was gliding across the sparkly ocean, I didn’t see this big rock right in front of my eyes.I flew into the huge rock and crash landed onto the shore.

“DAD! DAD! Look its a bird” a little girl yelled to her parents.

The little girl's dad ran to get me and he held me in his hands.The little girls name was Jaime. Jaime asked her dad if they could keep me as a pet. Jaime’s dad announced to his family that they could keep the me but just until they fixed my wing.

When Jaime’s dad announced that, i tried to fly away from there. Luckily they took me to Michael, a veterinarian at Summer Shore clinic.

“Squawk! squawk!” I tried to scream out to Juli and Julian. When Michael told Jaime he was going to name me Seqoyah I thought in my head“Maybe they're not so bad after all."

After a couple of months Jaime’s and her family looked after me so good, they just had to let me go to the wild. I didn’t want to go back to the wild but I had to. Jaime was crying because she didn’t want me to go.By the time Jaime’s dad drove back to Summer Shore he let me free.

After 3 years I came back to that very house and saw Jaime. She was so excited to see me.Everybody came to scratch me on my little chest.I always come to visit them from time to time and the best thing about it all is now I’m free.

BY SEQOYAH