magic+poles

One day, I was walking on a beach in Singapore when I saw this man jumping across these poles that were partly in the ocean! Something was really strange about this man because every time he came onto the fifth pole, he dissapeared and then five minutes later he came back and started to jump over them again. I rubbed my eyes to make sure that I wasn't day-dreaming! I quickly ran home to tell my whole family what I had just seen. Once I had finished telling them my story, they all looked at me like I was crazy! "You were probably just dreaming dear." said mum, and then I thought that if I don't tell anyone, then no one will know about it, so I replied "youre probably right!" I quickly ran up to my room and said, "Tomorow I'll go back to the beach and start jumping across those poles to see if I was day-dreaming..." then I paused,"but I probably wasn't!"

The next day, I quickly ate my breakfast and ran to the beach. As soon as I got there, I started to climb. It took several tries but as soon as I got my balance, I jumped five and then... Nothing happened! So I tried again, I jumped another five, but nothing happened so I jumped off the pole into the water. The water wasn't too cold. Then I remembered something. When the man was jumping across, he always had a pattern with his feet. He always went left, right, left, right!

So I got back on the first pole and it took less tries than before and I started to jump, first my left foot, then my right and as soon as I got to the fifth pole, a whole new background was being created! It was like I was in my own dream! I was walking into a jungle with all of these amazing creatures surrounding me. First I saw a lion getting ready to pounce. Luckily it wasn't on me! And then I saw a crying gibbon crossing all of the trees by swinging! I saw so many other animals that were amazing and then I saw these magnificent waterfalls! If I looked really closely I could see a rainbow in it!

But then I started feeling like something was pulling me away! I quickly lost my balance! "Wow, I'm back in the real world! I think." It started getting dark so I quickly ran home. "Where have you been?" asked mum, "Just went for a swim at the beach!" " Well go take a shower and come and eat your dinner." The next day, I got up quite early. When I woke up, it was scorching hot! I told mum that I was going to the beach again for a swim. On my way I saw Angie walking to the beach as well so we started to walk together. "Can I tell you something? You have to promise not to tell anyone!" " Sure Jessie you can tell me." " Okay,so you know at the beach where there are those funny poles sticking out of the sand?" " Yeah" "Well, they are magic!" " What?" said Angie starting to giggle! " Yeah, it's true. Come on I'll show you!" So we started to run to the poles and Angie sat down on a rock nearby. " Okay,so you stay there and watch me jump over those poles, see if you notice anything strange about it." " Fine, but I doubt I will!" said Ella also thinking that I'm crazy.

I started to jump across the poles and I suddenly disappeared into a type of Chinese background! There were these amazing little houses with the pointy roofs. It smelt like fried rice and dumplings. I arrived there during a golden brown sunset, it was amazing! And once again, I started to feel like something was pulling me out, it was about five seconds until I fell into the water again. When I looked up, I saw Angie looking amazed with her mouth fully open and falling to the ground! "I told you!" Angie still didn't talk. "Hellooo,oi,Angie snap out of it!" "Woah, how did you do that?" "It's not me doing it, it's the poles!" "Okay, so can anyone do it?" "Yeah, I suppose, have a go!" Angie didn't look too pleased but she got up there and waited. "So, how does this thing work?" asked Angie looking puzzled.

"Well, you always jump with your left foot first and then once you get to the fifth pole, a whole new background appears! Oh, and you only have a maximum ti e of 5 to 10 minutes so watch out because it will pull you out!" Angie looked flabbergasted! "Okay." she said looking worried. "You'll be fine!" So she started to jump 1 pole, 2 poles,3 poles, and at the fourth pole, she nearly lost her balance but carried on and once she got to the fifth pole, she disappeared. After that, she never told me where she went, but sometimes she talks in a French accent so I'm guessing she went toParis.

Every day, both of us go to the beach and we always go to the poles! We are going to have some great years together, both of us and our secret!

By Lydie