The Bunyip

Early morning, when the scorching, hot sun was hitting the land, Merda (meaning beautiful) sat down by a cold, gloomy cave was watching the big heavy boulders. The coolibah trees were swaying side to side like fingers. The kookaburras were way up in the height of trees laughing and squawking in a mean way. All of a sudden Merda vanished.
Later that day Burnam (meaning great warrior) was waiting by a river bank for ages he hadn't found Merda. They had found somewhere to sit down when a terrifying Bunyip swooped down with teeth like dragons. It was nearly the night and shadows came and it was getting spooky. This was a mysterious place.
Burnam sprinted through the dark dense forest because there was danger coming from a cave in a gloomy place. Just before it was too late Burnam leaped in the cave. There was Merda stuck in a cage. A Bunyip appeared from a misty cold lake. This fearsome creature had six eyes, a body like a Kangaroo and ghost for his babies. The Bunyip swam over to the cave.
After a while Burnam had a plan they would swim over to the other side of the lake so they did. They got to the cave and there were trees like green emeralds. There were flickers of fire in the black sky high above the mythical trees with his favourite bow.

The next day people saw the cave and looked inside. They saw Merda and Burnam stuck. They saw the burnt smoke in the sky. The people pushed and pushed the rocks and Burnam panicked so did Merda. All of a sudden there were six people standing there. The fierce Bunyip was over the other side of the secluded lake lurking on the sands. The people escaped and saw loads of animals on the way. They went to the Coolibah tree. Two hours later they had a lie down. Kangaroos and dingo’ were in the field. They woke up and celebrated with the animals and said
“thankyou for a lovely journey.” They never saw the Bunyip again.

Sophie H