I just woke up alone on an island.. By Ríona

I just woke up alone on an island…

By Ríona Flynn 4^th, class 2020

I just woke up alone on an island. The first thing I see is the ocean; I remember having to jump out of the aeroplane after the engines died down. This boy called Norman was sitting in front of me on the plane and he kept bugging me by singing, “We’re going to crash, we’ll crash, and I’m going to be the only one safe”. We were on our way to Lanzarote. It was also the middle of the night when the engines died out. The cabin crew was saying, “Don’t panic” but one member of the cabin crew went crazy shouting “everyone panic, we’re all going to die” and when passengers heard him they started to panic too. Norman started shouting, “I was right, I was right!”. My parents were helping me put on my life jacket and my mask. Then they told me to go over to the emergency exit, which was two rows in front of me. I did what I was told to do and then I jumped out into the ocean. It felt weird; the wind was blowing straight in my face 

 

When I woke up, I realised that the aeroplane crashing was not a dream. The million-dollar question is “where am I?” Let me get this straight, I’m on an island, I don’t know where I am, I don’t know what to do and what can I eat for breakfast. That last one was at the back of my mind because I was starving. I hope this island has some kind of edible food other than bugs. Right, I’m going to look for food, water and someone who can help me. I walked for a while; there was a jungle on this island. Suddenly, I saw a pair of eyes looking at me. Then a tiger stepped out of the bushes and I whispered “nice kitty” a good few times. Shockingly the tiger threw me up onto his back and strode deeply into the forest. Then we came to a halt and the tiger walked through a bunch of vines. When he prodded through the vines I saw a ray of sunshine, I saw flowers, parrots, and a chair (it looked like a chair anyway). The tiger walked towards the chair thingy and lobbed me down onto it. Suddenly the tiger did a big roar and many animals gathered around me. Surprisingly, all those animals bowed down before me.

 

After a few years, all the animals started worshiping me as if I was a goddess of something. A few humming birds flew to me and placed a lei of flowers on my head as if it was a crown. The island was now my home. A few months after I found the animal kingdom, I was exploring when I found three or four monkeys making some kind of item of clothing and I asked them “is this dress for me?” Then a monkey nodded like he understood me and the other monkeys ran up to me and gave me the dress made of leaves and vines weaved together to make a dress and they had even added some flowers for decoration. I petted one of the monkeys and said, “thank you” the monkey just said “oooh aaah” (which I think means “your welcome” in monkey) and I walked into a cave (that the animals let me live in) and changed out of my old outfit (which was getting small) and into my new outfit. It felt so comfortable (well what do you expect; I had been wearing the same jumper, shirt and trousers for a few years).

 

One day when I was exploring the jungle, I saw something bobbing up in the sea. When it came closer, I realised that it was a boat and there was someone in it. I was anxious to find out who was in the boat. Were they looking for me? As much as I want to go find my parents, I love the jungle and all the kind animals who live there. I ran towards the boat once it got to the sand. There were actually two people in the boat. Then the people in the boat shouted my name and hugged me tightly. It was my parents. They found me again. We lived on the island ever since that day.