Boom! Boom! Boom!

The cannons fired, faster than a cheetah running for food. “Hurry up! I don’t have much time before the portal closes. I need to get to Treasure Island,” I say as I steer away from a pirate named Captain Green Teeth.  Soon after, the cannon balls were gone. At last, I lost the pirate.

About that time I could see the portal opening in the distance.  Just a little more to go before I get to Treasure Island. “Oh no!” I yelled. “There is a hole in the bottom of my boat. It was mostly caused by………………… THE RAZOR SHARK! Legends say it can rip a boat in half with one swipe with its dorsal fin,” I thought, worriedly as I patch up the hole.

Crack!

“It hit me again!” I yell as I patch up the new hole.

I went back up to the main deck, and looked over the side of the boat, and there it was… THE HUGE BLACK RAZOR SHARK! With its razor dorsal fin sticking straight up!The portal was right in front of me! I lept into the portal and I found……………………. Monkey Island?!!! “Noooooooo!” I say as loud as a wolf howling in the full moon light. “Ahhhhhhhhh!”

Oh, it was all a dream.” I say waking up sweating my heart out! I guess that was the end of my imaginary trip.

Kianna Elkins – Age 11
Slightly Modified from a 5th Grade creative writing assignment for Mr. Goodpaster