My Narative

My Leap Of Faith

“I must get more confident if I want to be able to fly” I said to Mother Owl. “I know, but if you want to succeed you must keep on trying” she replied back. So I followed my mother's advice and kept on trying. “Well, here I go” I mumbled just before I lifted my feet. I leaped off the branch and started to flap my wings. It was super great feeling but just that moment, I felt myself falling down to the solid ground. I walked back to the branch with disappointment. “Mother I just can’t do it, I am probably going to fail again” I told her.

“You can’t fly straight away son, it takes time and I am sure you can fly when you are older” Mother Owl said to me.

“Ha ha, I knew you would fail like you usually do” Michael mocked me.

“You don’t need tease me because I can’t fly Michael and stop being a show off” I stood up for myself.

“Yes I do, so tell me when you do know how to fly, like you ever will and I might change my behaviour” he told me.

I felt gloomy and walked back to the branch.

“Don’t listen to that mean bully son” Mother Owl said to me.

“Walk away from them and don’t worry about what other people think” she added on. Her kind words cheered me up a little bit so I went for another attempt. “ Yes, yes i’m flying” I shouted with happiness. In my head I heard Michael’s voice and him mocking me. It kept on repeating. “ Ouch, who cares, Michaels is right I am never going to fly” I sadly said.

When I got back to the branch my mother saw that I felt bitter and knew what happened. “Hear me son, you should never give up on what you want to do and who cares about what Michael thinks, you just have to believe in yourself” she told me. “ You’re right mum, I need to believe in myself” I replied back. “Thank you for motivating me” I added on.

So here I go. “Yes, I am finally doing it, I am flying” I yelled at the top of my lungs. Michael heard and went to have a peek. I then landed on the ground next to Michael. “ So maybe I was wrong, and I shouldn't of judged you I am sorry” he said. “ Apology accepted” I responded From then on I just had to believe in myself and I knew that I can accomplish anything.

My Writing

The Journey For Survival “Flying back home brings me joy ” said Kim to herself. Suddenly the sky transformed from shining to dark. “Wow, I was startled from that lightning!” said Kim with fear flowing through her body. Boom the lightning struck the plane and the pilots were losing control. The plane struck, fell from the windy sky and gained speed as it hurtled towards the ground. It crashed.

 15 minutes later. “What happened and where in the world am I?” Kim was so curious. She bounced back up and walked off . As she left she tumbled over some skeleton bones. “What is that disturbing noise?” muttered Kim. She looked up at the sky and her face turned from afraid to horrified. “I must get away from this area.” she mumbled.

 1 hour later. Puffing from the long run and racing away from the terrifying disaster, Kim was like a machine when it came to running. Her heart felt cold as ice. The horrifying storm started to gain on poor tiny Kim. Kim took a rest for a little while. “I need to think of a way to get a safe distance away.” Kim said quietly to herself. As she gained energy she started to sprint again. She tripped on the long grass and then suddenly she heard something that could help her get away.

 She heard an engine fly over her and land close by (It was a plane!). Sprinting to get to her destination she finally got there. “Excuse me sir, could you help me get back to Australia because I have not a chance on getting away from this storm by myself.” asked Kim. “Sure, I’m heading to Australia too.” said the pilot. “I was just getting some fuel for my plane.” The pilot added on. “You should hurry, a violent storm is coming.” Kim explained to the pilot. “Ok I’m going to get the engine started right now.” the pilot replied to Kim. As the pilot started the engine and they both rushed inside the plane the storm started to catch up to them. “Hurry up sir take of now, the storm will catch us any second now!” hollered Kim. They took of and as they were soaring in the sky, the storm just slightly struck the plane... The storm was so close to striking the plane again but the pilot pressed a secret boost button and escaped from the storm. Finally they weren’t in any trouble and they were safe and sound. “ Now we can get back to Australia” said Kim with joy. Yet they were halfway across the world.

This term we have been learning to write narratives. We used the picture prompt below to help us imagine how this situation came about. We tried to hook our audience in by thinking about the pace of events and the pictures we painted with words.