African story (Written aged 8)

It was dark on the summer eve on the Savannah when the humans were out hunting. The boars never stood a chance. They fought to the last but only four survived. Those four were Jame the chief, his wife and his children, Lucas and Maris. The pack lived in a house like structure. Made from trees looming over them. They lived off acorns and other types of truffles. And After this all four swore an oath of revenge to the humans. So they went to the meerkats, the hippos and the Elephants and asked if they would help avenge their fellow boar’s deaths. But only the meerkats and the elephants agreed to help. Next they went to the cape cobras, the rhinos and the baboons. But only the cape cobras and the rhinos agreed to help. So the very next day the wild Boars decided to tell their plan. The plan was...

“The meerkats are to build three main tunnels leading to the Humans Hometown. The cobras are to slither through into the town and Poison the food and water. The cobras are to do this while the elephants and the rhinos rampage in and create a distraction.”

“Any questions?”Only a meerkat and elephant put their hand up. Jame picked the meerkat first “Why do we have to build three tunnels?”he asked

“Ahh that’s because an elephant or a Rhino might step on one.”Next Jame picked the elephant.

“Won’t the humans pelt us with rocks and sticks with rocks and feathers attached to them?

“Yes they will. So that’s why I invented these.” He produced about 25 pairs of bark armour made to fit rhinos and elephants.

“Thank you” replied the elephants.

“You’re welcome. So back to business.”

“ But wait. We have something to tell you. We have been attacked by them too.” They said.

The next day they carried out the plan. The meerkats began to dig the tunnels, the elephants and the rhinos prepared themselves with the armour and the snakes tested their venom. Very soon they were ready. The snakes slithered through the tunnels while the elephants and rhinos charged into the town.

After about an hour, the snakes had managed to poison all of the food and none of the elephants or rhinos had been pierced by the rocks and sticks. They quickly evacuated the village to watch what would happen because they knew that the villagers would be hungry and thirsty after defending their village. Within half a week almost all of the villagers had died and learnt their lesson. So now lots of tribesmen and woman now know not to hunt an entire pack of animals but to save some for later.