Key Writing

W.A.L.T. write a detailed story about a missing key.
In class we have a slide show with different pictures in it and each week we write about one. This week we wrote about a missing key. This is my story. We had to think about the before and after and in the middle of the picture. We also had to find 30 mysterious thing hidden in the picture.

Harold and his dad were sitting on the couch. His dad was doing some crosswords (he was really good at them) and Harold was having a nap. Suddenly there was a snap and a crack appeared in the wall. Harold had just woken up and was not very happy to have that as the first thing he heard. His dad was curious and inched closer. Suddenly the wall burst opened and two ernest looking men stepped inside. “Hello  we are…….um……...Zach and……….um………...Henry and we are here to see you too”. Zach and Henry walked over and sat on the couch. “Harold yes we know you, the key we are going to give you is very special and if you lose it something very bad will happen to you”. After that they handed Harold a glowing blue key. “Now that our work here is done we will go” and with that Zach and Henry left.

Harold had no idea what had just happened but he did know that he shouldn’t lose this thing. Harold sat back on the couch and gave the key to his dad. But he gave it back. “No” he said “this is yours,” “this is why you train not to lose things.“ “now wwwwwwwwww" but he didn’t finish his sentence because the key was glowing brighter than ever and had just disappeared! Oh no thought Harold he had remembered what Zach and Henry had said not to lose it. He started to look for it everywhere “help me dad” he said “dad” but dad was frozen, frozen with fear.  Dad hadn’t been scared for years and this time it had got him good. Harold had started to shake “dad knows what's best and he’s never scared and this it it’s got his good”. Harold decided that if he was going to do this he needed dad. But before he could he heard a voice say “we are the book family we want your soul.” Harold had a idea he told the book family to tell him what’s happening and he would give them his soul. So they told him about the guy trapped in the painting, the couch monster, The giant lion, The goblin under the couch and the detectives that were aliens in disguise. When the finished Harold said gleefully “I can’t give you my soul because I don’t know how”. So everyone came out of hiding, Harold said “if you make a team out of everyone to get the lion you can it’s soul, surely it is better and way bigger than mine”.

So they made a team. Then there was a crack and a roar. After a ferocious lion leapt through the hole in the wal. Lucky the team was ready and hid under the couch. The goblin showed them how to creep through the shadows and suddenly he opened a trap door. The team creepy underground till they got to the surface and then ran of. Soon after the couch monster started to gallop at a terrific speed and everyone jumped on. The giant lion had noticed them and started running at a terrific speed too. Suddenly Harold shouted over the noise “ I know where to go follow my instructions. After a minute or two they got to a construction site and went to the lift to the top.

 Then they went to the side to see if the giant lion was coming he wasn’t, he was behind them! The lion leapt but leapt to far and ended up hanging on for life. Sadly he got on the building again and cornered them. He had learnt from before and wasn’t going to jump again. Suddenly there was a shout from behind them.HAROLD! Harold saw the lion turn and hi dad being leapt upon and dieing. The lion turned but slipped and fell of the building dying too. Harold ran to his dad crying, (meanwhile the book went to get the lions soul.)
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Harold walked up to the hole he had dug and buried his dad. He would have to live with the book family and go to the house to never leave again. Harold would always remember his dad. The book’s had gotten his soul for him. He had it and he always would.

                                                      This is the picture.