Chopstick the Diving Guinea Pig

Chopstick was a sweet little guinea pig. Although his owner was very crazy, at least he had a friend called Ginger. Her coat was orange with white patches, while Chopstick’s coat was white and ginger with black patches.

One day the Brosnan family went swimming. They didn’t have a bag to put all the swimming gear into, so they put it into the pet carrier. Unfortunately they didn’t see Chopstick jump into the pet carrier! When they got to the swimming pool they got changed into their swimsuits and jumped in. They left the pet carrier on the side of the pool. Chopstick scurried out and scampered up the steps to the diving-board. He hurried along the diving-board and looked over the side. The pool was deep and he could se people splashing and swimming. He took a deep breath and jumped in. He did a backwards flip and landed with a PLOP! Straight in the water! As he came up for air he heard clapping. He spun round and there, cheering loudly, was his family. Lucy, Chopstick’s owner, dived in. She lifted him out of the water and swam to the edge of the pool, putting a shivering Chopstick on the side.

Days passed and the Brosnans took time to look at TV shows for diving pets, but they only found one. It was called ‘Diving Greatness (for pets).’ They phoned the number on the screen and entered Chopstick into the competition. While this was all happening Ginger and Chopstick were munching guinea pig food and Chopstick told Ginger all about that day.

“You know what Ginger, I think I am a diving guinea pig!”

“I think you’re right Chopstick,” replied Ginger happily.

The day of the diving competition arrived.

“This is it Chop, the water is calling you, it’s your time to shine,” encouraged Lucy’s mum.

“It’s your turn,” Lucy squealed excitedly.

Lucy stepped onto the stage with Chopstick in her hands. The presenter announced,

“This is Wilma Wolf! Yes that was an amazing dive, well done Wilma!”

“Now it’s Derid Mouse. Wow an excellent dive from Derid!”

“Finally, at number three, it’s Chopstick the guinea pig.”

Chopstick took a deep breath and dived. He did a triple backflip and a tuck and landed neatly in the water. He came up for air and swam to the side. The crowd were going wild! He looked at the scores and saw that they were:

          10                         10                         10

“Awesome dive from Chopstick!!” cried the presenter.

“These are the winners. In third place is...Wilma Wolf. In second place is...Derid Mouse. So you all know who is in first place...IT’s CHOPSTICK THE GUINEA PIG!!!!!”

The crowd went wild. Chopstick had won!!!!!!

The Mine

Chapter 1  
  I've had a busy day today, I've finally done my GCSES! I had to do my homework and tidy the whole boat! We live on a boat, me and my dad. Mum's been gone for 4 years now. We don't know were shes gone, but all we know is she went on holiday to China. Dad's been worrying for the last 4 years now.
I kept worrying about mum as I wrote my diary. Just then the door of my cabin opened and dad popped his head round the door and whispered,
"Are you ready?"
"Almost," I replied cheerfully.
As he shut the door, I cheered,
"YIPPEE!!!!"
I had totally forgotten about my walk in the woods. Dad said he didn't want to come in case mum came.
"Here we are, Calvin Woods," smiled dad, "I'll come and pick you up at 4.15 OK Alice?"
"Sure," I smiled back.
As I was walking down the foot path, I saw a wooden door way. I looked it up and down.
"What is this?" I said out loud even though I was on my own.
I decided to find out.
Chapter 2
In my wellies I slopped through the water on the floor, until I came to a iron gate. I gently nudged it and it swung open. It had a bend in the corner, so I climbed through the gate and turned the corner. What I saw before me took my breath away. A city! It had cars bustling about, round about 30 odd buildings and people everywhere! I saw a sign above the tallest building and this is what it said,
                                                Welcome to Ashlington Town
I stared bewildered. We had learnt in science about a mine that had a city inside, but I had not believed it. It all sounded like another one of Mrs.Cal's old tales. Mrs.Cal is the cook on our boat and she goes shopping for sweets for me. She's very nice. Suddenly I heard shouting and screaming. I looked down and now the people were miniature!
"What's the matter?" I asked.
"Go away!" screamed a little girl.
I didn't want to harm them so I clambered back out of the mine. I ran back to the entrance of the wood and Dad was waiting there for me.
"You've been a long time, where have you been?" he said looking surprised.
He drove us back to the boat and I collapsed on my bed.
"Are you OK?" asked Dad
"Yeah fine, just a bit tired," I replied.

The Footprint

Once upon a time a girl called Rachael was walking on the beach when she saw a tiny weeny little footprint.
"Wow!" exclaimed Rachael. (This was a very rare beach in Yorkshire, so nobody ever visited)
She crouched down and very gently she touched it. It didn't feel like sand, but it felt smooth like metal! She touched it again. This time she didn't feel the smooth metal type feel, or the sand sort of feel, but a rough, skin like feel. She thought that it felt like rhino skin. She was getting suspicious now. Was this playing tricks on her? She decided to find out. Rachael put her foot in the footprint and thought of where she would go. Suddenly she felt a surging, red hot pain in her leg. That leg was attached to her foot that she put in the footprint. Rachael quickly, in a nick of time, lifted her leg out of the footprint.
"What?" gasped Rachael, clutching her leg in pain.
She suddenly noticed that there was a long, black, thin thing on another footprint, just ahead of her footprint! She secretly ran over to have a look and try to identify what it was.  Her mum and dad were marine biologists and had taught Rachael how to identify fish and sea creatures.
"I know what this is!" squealed Rachael in delight, "an electric eel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
She screamed and ran frantically back home. When she got home she clambered up her stairs and collapsed in her bed. She fell asleep in about 10 minutes.

                                                                  The End