The Smugglers Cave

One day a thirteen year old boy called Marlon McCree, along with his eight year old sister Jemma, were playing in the woods. Marlon discovered a handle, so he went over to it and found several planks of wood stuck together forming a trap door. He opened the door putting all his strength into it. Inside he saw a puddle of water that he thought might have been a part of a well.

Instead of walking away, Marlon climbed inside and realised that the well was really a cave. He looked around and saw treasure. Treasure worth millions! He decided not to keep it but to show it to the police. He sent Jemma running off to the police station while he stayed behind keeping guard of the cave.

He decided to explore to find more treasure. He could see that the cave led to somewhere. He walked a few footsteps more, then more, then more. He decided not to go anyfurther. He thought it was too risky.

Marlon walked back to where he was before. He sat down on the wet, soft sand. He noticed something shimmering beneath a rock. He heaved the rock with all his might.
There was a pearl. And other. In fact, there were lots of them! There were black pearls, pink pearls and of course white pearls. He wanted to keep them, but he knew he couldn’t.

After a while, Jemma came back with the police. The police dropped into the cave with an anxious face on them. They put on their gloves and opened up their plastic bag. They scooped up the jewellery like you would with dog’s waste. The police told Marlon that they were going to take it to an archaeologist that works at the local museum at Forest Town. Until then no one would know who the treasure belonged to. They just had to wait and see.

Sabrina, Douglas Primary

Comments

[Zain]

The writing is really long and interesting.

[Hina]

I love every bit of your story

[Iqarah]

I like the title, it is very interesting and a little frightening too. I have read your newspaper article and it is very enthusiastic and brilliant.

[Village Webmaster]

This a great story, that explains a bit more about the smugglers and how they moved about under the ground.