Solar System

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- Eilidh

Narrative

All of a sudden, they had fallen out of the sky like meteors, crashing into the ground on the beach, making sand spray up into the sky. The eggs had come out of nowhere. You could tell they were once pristine white, but now they were dirty and slimy from the weather they had endured. There were 5 of them and they were mostly spherical and at least 3 meters in height. But colossal as they were, they miraculously hadn’t cracked in the fall.

You have to remember that we are in the Mesozoic Era, a time when dinosaurs were around, so there wasn’t much interest in them. To dinosaurs, they were just normal eggs.

But me? I live and breathe for these eggs. I am the first human on earth, so I don’t exactly have much to do. I watch these eggs everyday and have done so for the past 6 months. I study their habits and wait for the day they finally hatch...

I looked at the eggs again today. From far away they looked fine, but when I looked closer I saw little cracks had appeared on them. I looked closely at my own filthy skin and saw dirt creating little waterfalls of mud and water on the crevasses of my skin. I sighed. I was going to have to take another shower in the waterfall. I continued to look at the egg, running my fingers along the delicate shell. I pushed a little bit of weight on it with my pinky finger and it almost caved in.

I decided I would come back tomorrow, as I wouldn’t want to disturb the eggs hatching process.

I walked up the beach, excited about the hatching. My research shows they were due to hatch in an hours time, but I wanted to be early just in case. I could see the eggs through the mist in front of me, their gigantic shadows blocking the sun, even from here. As I approached them, I heard the faintest screech. Tiny, even so, but still there.

Then I heard a ear-splitting CRRRRRRRRRRAAAAACCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Through a hole in the egg closest to me poked a tiny, yellow beak. Then a face. Then ever so slowly, a body and then 2 legs.

I slowly exhaled. I had been holding my breath without even knowing it.  It was the most beautiful creature I had ever seen in my life! It had sapphire blue plumage with a green undercoat that glistened whenever it hit the sun. It had a bright yellow beak and a murderous glint in it’s black eyes. It’s claws were long and powerful. I hadn’t felt the force of them yet and I hoped I never would. However, it’s like it’s beak  had melted into its face.

It was covered in yellow scales that died down at the neck and eventually ended in those beautiful feathers. It was huge! 2 and a half meters in height and at least 1 meter wide. I didn’t dare touch it. It was weak at first but then started to get stronger and pull itself up  to standing position.

“Hey girl!” I said. I tried to sound confident but my teeth were chattering with nerves.

“HISS!!!”

The scathing tone in it’s hiss sent the hair on the back of my neck up in prickles.

“Umm… hey… boy?”

“RRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!”

The power from the roar made all my hair fly back in the wind. Then I head another blood-churning CRRRRRRRRRRAAAAACCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK.

And another.

And another.

And another.

All at once they rose from the shells, growling and hissing at me.

I ran. I ran as fast as I could. Even though the dinosaurs looked beautiful and graceful, they took great, lumbering steps. Thank goodness. If they were any faster I would have been eaten alive straight away.

They took great, heavy steps, quite a bit like a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

I turned my attention to the voice that was yelling at me in the back of my head.

“You’re not going to make it!”

“They’re going to eat you!”

“You’re going to die!”

The voice was clawing at my brain, making my head throb. It was kicking me in the stomach and giving me stitch. It was making my heart beat 100 miles ph. I quickly dodged right, hoping and praying they wouldn’t follow me. I hid behind a tree, concealing myself as much as possible, but my breath would probably give it away. It was pounding in my ears, and it was as loud as a drum.

All of a sudden, I felt really sleepy and dosey, and there was a sharp pain in my chest. My legs felt like jelly and my head felt all light and woozy.

All of a sudden I collapsed.

I woke up groggily, rubbing my eyes. I was lying on the ground in the forest. That’s all I could make out because everything was blurry. I could feel the cool dirt against my cheek and the ferns tickling my forehead. I looked up and all I could see was a scaly yellow eye looking down at me.

“AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”

There came a huge scream behind me, and all of  sudden the dinosaurs eye got wrenched out of view. I heard a huge roar and then some grunts. Then I heard a wail and I assumed the dinosaurs had run away, as then everything was silent.
But who fought them away?

From who had the wailing come from?

“Hi, I’m Eve. Are you ok?”

I felt two hands under my arms pulling me up to sitting position against the trunk of a tree. I turned my neck and saw the most beautiful man I’d ever seen.

The man had long, blonde hair and was wearing a long top made of scaly dinosaur skin and he was carrying a spear.

“Oh my goodness! Another man!” I exclaimed.

“What? I’m not a…… man.”

“Huh?” I was really confused.

“I’m a woman, just like you.” the he/she explained.

“What? I’m not a…… woman.” I said, confused

“Yes you are!”

“No I’m not!”

“Yes you are!”

“No I’m not!”

“Oh come on, this is silly!” said Eve.

“Sorry. It’s just, I’ve never seen a woman before.”

“And I’ve never seen a man!” she excitedly exclaimed.

“I’ve been looking for someone else my whole life, and now I’ve found you!” I said.

“Yes! Look, I’m really glad and all, but the real thing we need to focus on right now are those dinosaurs. I’ve been studying and they’re even more dangerous than a Tyrannosaurus Rex! They can fly, but because they’ve only just been born they haven’t had a chance to straighten their wings. And you thought that they were big? They grow up to about 10 times the size!”

“Really?” I questioned.

“Really.” She replied. “If we’re going to get out of this alive, we are going to need a plan…”

She lent in and started whispering………

“There they are!”

“Where? I can’t see them!” I replied.

“Over there, on the beach!”

We were on a hill that we liked to call ‘The Lookout.’

We had spent a couple of days planning and getting our weapons ready. Everything came down to this.

On the count of three, OK? 1… 2… 3….. NOW!

“AGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!” I screamed. We immediately caught the attention of the dinosaurs, who swooped up their magnificent wings and started flying towards us. She was right. They did fly! It was such a shame they were so vicious, because they really were beautiful animals.

They were getting closer and closer. We readied our weapons and started aiming.

“1...2...3… SHOOT!” We both yelled at the exact same time. Eve shot her weapon at the dinosaurs. Eve’s hit right through the plumage of one at the back of the flock. It skwaked and plummeted it’s way down to the ground, head first into a nosedive. The we heard a sickening CCCCCRRRRUNCHHHHHHH as the dinosaurs spine broke.

One down, four to go.

I shot mine but it bounced off the hard scales of the dinosaurs head and onto the ground below.

I picked up a different weapon and decided to use that instead. It was made of bark, leaves and snake teeth which were embedded with poison. I pulled back the leaf as hard as I could and then let go. The snake tooth shot out of the wood, whizzing through the air and piercing another dinosaur in the heart. It kept on flying, but it’s wings got slower and slower as the poison took over his body. He plummeted to the ground.

Two down, three to go.

Eve shot another dino with a dino tooth dispenser, which is a bit like a  snake tooth dispenser, but instead of poison, we used super sharp teeth. We hit it right in the eye, which was a lucky aim. It squawked a deafening squawk and dropped to the ground below.

Three down, two to go.

“Yes!” I laughed.

“Don’t get too happy yet, we’ve still got two left.” said Eve.

One of them suddenly dive bombed us, snapping it’s teeth at me and Eve.

“OW!” I hollered. I looked down. There was blood pouring from a giant gash in my shin and there was a dino tooth poking out.

“Stay there!” Eve picked up a weapon and shot the dinosaur that had hurt me down to the valley below.

Four down,  one to go.

“You - got this - Eve!”I cheered through grunts of pain.

“Hang in there!” she yelled. She too was in pain, but rather emotional than physical. I wiped sweat from my brow and handed her the final weapon.

She readied it and shot.

“It’s not working!” she shouted, exasperated.

“What do you mean ‘it’s not working’?”

“IT’S NOT WORKING!!!”

“Here, use this!”

I hauled myself up and handed her the tooth from my wound.

“Make it count.” I whispered to her before placing it in her hand. She loaded the tooth, and we both put our fingers on the trigger. She looked at me, I looked at her, and then we pushed the trigger. It pierced the dinosaurs stomach, and it shrieked in pain before falling with a huge THUD to the ground.

“You did it!” I cheered.

“No, we did it.” She smiled at me.

A couple of days later, I was staying at Eve’s hut. She was admiring her beautiful new blue coat, stroking it with care.

I felt compelled to write a story about the adventure we had just encountered. But if I was going to do it, I was going to include everything. Beginning to end.

I got my charcoal ready and started writing.

All of a sudden, they had fallen out of the sky like meteors, crashing into the ground on the beach, making sand spray up into the sky…

CV

In the Senior Syndicate we have to make CV's to apply for our jobs in businesses. Here is the CV I wrote and I hope you enjoy it!

CURRICULUM VITAE 2017

Eilidh Mackay D.O.B:  19th May 2006 eilidhmackay@csn.school.nz
PERSONAL STATEMENT		I would be a great employee as I have many qualities. I work well collaboratively, but I also am super independant and can get things done by myself. I am good at literacy and maths, and also have other out of curriculum expertees such as singing, acting, dancing, sport, leadership and public speaking. I am great with people, as well as little kids. I am kind, responsible, respectful, articulate, confident, curious, fun, creative and have strong leadership skills.
SKILLS		Confident I love speaking in front of other people and I have had to talk in front of big crowds before such as the board at The City Library, The Palmerston North Council, in the Square and  at CSNS assemblies. I have also had a lead in the school production and have had to perform at the Regent. I have also sung at NYE, The Speare Centre and numerous school music venues. I am also due to perform with my team at Jump Jam nationals in Auckland on October. Responsible and reliable I am a Young Leader at my school and have had to organise lots of events last minute. I always finish work to a high standard and am never late. I am great at juggling tasks. Collaboration and creativity. I am great at collaborating with others and always put forward my ideas. I am also really creative and always think outside of the box for things that will help my group or business. Learning / Organised I’m always focused and prioritise my learning and extra-curricula activities. I am strong in literacy so I can help with research for our business. I am committed to achieving everything to a high standard.
INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES		Singing Acting Dancing Public Speaking Showing Leadership Running / Athletics All of these show that I am diverse and willing to learn new things. I am creative and confident.
ACHIEVEMENTS		Clubs I am in lots of clubs at school, as I like to get involved. I am in clubs such as; Young Leaders Band Chorale Open Mic Jump Jam Lit Quiz Achievements Singing Competitions I competed with two songs and I won 1st and 2nd. Lit Quiz In Term 1 my team went to Manawatu Lit Quiz competition and we got 9th place, which was really exciting because we were up against Year 7’s and 8’s. School Music This year I got into all my school music groups including Band for the 3rd year, Chorale for the 3rd year, Open Mic for the 2nd year and we have Choir coming up soon. Singing Through Open Mic, I was asked to sing in The Square for the 2016/2017 annual New Years Eve concert. I was really nervous because I was singing in front of 800 - 900 people, but all that melted away when I got on stage. Something else that I got through Open Mic was ‘The Open Mic Scholarship’ which is where I got $250 to spend on Singing, Acting or Dancing. I was absolutely ecstatic about that because when I had sung my song that night, I had the flu and I was feeling horrible.
EXPERIENCE / RESPONSIBILITIES		CEO In Year 4, I was doing businesses like we are this year. I was in the Senior Syndicate. Back then as I was in a Year 4 & 5 class, which is why I got to do Senior businesses. I was chosen by my peers to be a CEO for a business called ‘Fashion Fiesta’. Tween Events Me, Madeleine and Kate went to the City Council to present a submission about lots of different issues that we thought our city had. One of them was about Tween Events, which led to us being invited to The City Library to help them develop their Tween programme. I am currently working with the Library to develop my Tween programme (which I have made a site for) called ActiviTweens. Young Leaders
		For Young Leaders we have to organise events and run stations. I have ran multiple stations and I have to look after all the kids at my station and make sure everyone's ok.

HABITS OF MIND

Persistence Things can get hard in a business sometimes - you lose money and you win money, so you definitely need to persist with your business if you want to get far. Thinking flexibly You need to think outside of the box to come up with new ideas that make your brand stand out.

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. - Albert Einstien REFEREES
REFEREE 1 (MOTHER)		REFEREE 2 (GOOD FRIEND)
NAME:	Brigit Mackay	NAME:	Madeleine James
CONTACT:	thebmackay@hotmail.co.nz 0272868648	CONTACT:	mjames@csn.school.nz
REFERENCE:	I have known Eilidh for all her 11 years. Eilidh is learning to take responsibility for completing tasks that she sees need doing. She has many accomplishments, but her greatest achievements are in performing and literacy. She strives for perfection in everything she does but occasionally needs reminding that it is okay to make mistakes. Eilidh has a good sense of what it means to work in a team. She has a pleasant nature,  good sense of humour and is very reliable and trustworthy. I would have no hesitation in recommending her for any role as she approaches all tasks with enthusiasm. Brigit Mackay	REFERENCE:	Eilidh is a reliable and kind. person. She is confident, loves performing and is very experienced in Singing, Acting and Dancing as they are her passions. She is also loyal and funny. She has lots of  star qualities that you will need in your business. At school she is a Young Leader, which means she has to take on many responsibilities like organizing events. She has lots of experience and can work well and run events under pressure. She’ll definitely bring her A game if you hire her. Madeleine James

If you always colour inside the lines the picture never changes - Rick Sutter

My Term 2 Holidays

In the holidays, I went to Christchurch to visit my Aunt Jackie, Uncle Jim, my cousin Maddox and my Nana and Grandy. If you’re wondering what a ‘Grandy’ actually is, it’s because Grandy’s actual name is Andy, and he’s a grandad, and the name just stuck. Me Maddox and Tom (my little brother) have called him that for as long as we can remember.

Christchurch was heaps of fun and we did heaps of cool stuff there, including going out to dinner twice! On the flight back we were due to fly as a UM, which is an Unaccompanied Minor. There were nine of us on the flight, and one of them I made friends with and her name was Samara. We boarded the plane - all nine of us, plus the passengers. The flight back to Palmy was an hour and 20 minutes. When we got there and were flying over the runway getting ready to land, the pilot told everyone we wouldn’t be able to land cause of low cloud & bad weather. We had to ANOTHER 45 minute flight to Wellington. The passengers had to go to the first floor to sort it out, but we got to go behind the scenes! We went into the staffroom and waited there for about 5 - 10 minutes. There was a really nice lady called Irma and a super nice guy called Gus. They asked us if we were hungry and we nodded our heads - we were starving!

Irma and Gus smiled at usand said we should go and get some lunch. They gave us a $20 voucher to spend on whatever we wanted in the food court! Everyone chose Subway and it was delish! I got my famous order: Italian herbs and cheese bread, meatballs, every single salad apart from gherkins, jalapenos and onion, without sauce or salt and pepper. Heavenly! We were allowed to get a drink, so I got a cold classic OJ. We all sat down eating our Subway and shaking up our Orange Juices and Lipton Ice Tea so much that it was white and frothy at the top. Then, with a full stomach, we went back to the staffroom to collect our bags. When we walked out side, we saw a super shuttle waiting for us. Gus said we were taking a bus back to Palmy and he also said goodbye, as it was only Irma coming with us on the bus and that he was due at Gate 9 in four minutes. We said goodbye and hopped into the bus. For the next two hours we listened to music, sang along and talked. Two hours later, we hopped off at the Palmerston North Airport. We didn’t have to wait for long, because Mum pulled up 2 minutes later and swept us into a hug.

“How was it?” she asked.

“We were in the air at 9:30 and we got here at 3:50, soooo...” I said with a smile on my lips.