Leaf

My journey as a leaf was scary. In fact it was very scary! But it was great fun as I met lots of new friends on the way. Little did I know on my journey that it would change my life and my view of the world forever!

I was just a normal leaf on a normal tree. I didn’t seem important nor not important. To me, I was a non-special normal boring leaf. I never thought of being special, nor thought I would become special.

One sunny and scorching hot day every one was by the river having a picnic or BBQ. My day was going perfectly, I was getting a tan that made me even greener and I was able to relax. To the sweltering people’s relief a gust of wind came along. Now you might think I would be able to hold on to the tree, but the gust was very strong and it happened so quickly it took me by surprise. That is how most leafs die you see. So people were happy, but while they were enjoying it, I was battling the wind. I thought I was doing well until just at the very end, when I let go at the last second and the final strong gust pulled me away.

To make my relief the wind dropped me in the river, which carried me away. You see the wind is our long time enemy. So just to get me really annoyed the last of the wind did a small wave to me.

Grrr, that wind, even thinking about it cracks me up.

So my day didn’t go so much to plan. I was half way across the river, I crossed a few waterfalls and a v shape valley. Mind you those waterfalls were very bumpy!

I found my self-going round meanders and eventually I was in the great sea. By then I was very tired, suddenly I heard some one talk.

“You got dropped in the sea by the wind to?”

I replied slowly as I was cold and shivering.

“ Ye…yes… how d…d… how did y…you… Know?” I said chattering slowly.

“ Well you’re here aren’t you? Me names twiggy. Pleased to meet you.”

“ L…L….L…leaf …”

“ Leaf, a nice name, come on, cling on to me.” By now I saw twiggy bobbing up and down. I clung on to him tightly for safety. Just then we were washed up on the soft golden sands of a beach. We were stuck there for days, just basking in the sun.

One day a little girl walking on the beach picked us up, she came running to her mum with us, they had only just finished packing to go home. The girl got in the car and the car made a loud bang. I presumed it was an old car. When the girl arrived home she put us in a box. We were happy in our box and lived to an old age with other leaves and twigs till we crumbled away into dust.

By C.B. in 5M