The Twisty Turny Burma Trail!
I stepped onto the first step. It felt like I had just stepped into a haunted graveyard. I was so excited but as we walked down the track more and more I got butterflies in my stomach more and more. They got worse and worse until finally we got there. Click! The last torch got turned off. Now my stomach was full to the brim with butterflies.
Josh went by himself first. I saw him running. He flashed by my eyes and out of sight. Next Libby, Sofia, Wiki, Kiana and I went. We went super slow. The first person we came to was someone who looked like a slender man he was freaky. There were lots of people freaking us out. One of them I accidentally kicked extremely hard. We kept going on and on.
“Everybody dance now!” Jerry, Zach and Ryan were singing. BOO! we all freaked them out. Then we walked up and stepped into the light.
By Gemma
Super Slippery Speedy Slide
Near Matamata, NZ in Totara Springs. It was just after breakfast and there I was standing in the middle of a ramshackle line which was no longer a line when we set off. Who were we? Well it’s Tauriko school year five and six syndicate.
The awesome lightning ride showed amazing water glinting and sparkling in the sunshine. Nathan Rikiriki sped down like a bullet released from it shell and on its way. The whoops of delight were impeccably loud. The trees fingers waved calmly in the light wind.
My foot raked into the glistening water. Wet whipping wind rushed through my hair. “You ready?” That was from Ben who I had decided to go on the slide with. I hesitated, excitement overwhelming. I stepped onto the slide, I kneeled, my hand grabbed Ben’s ankles like holding a corps over a cliff. Excitement overwhelming. I pushed off and let force and weight carry me off down the slide.
We went slowly for three metres until I hit the real slope. This was the definition for awesome, I thought. Then I realised it was easy. I spoke to soon, I hit the corners, my body threw itself around uncontrollably. Butterflies started prancing in my stomach. I felt like I was going to be sick. My stomach did a somersault. Butterflies started prancing in my stomach. My hand started slipping.My feet were slipping over the sides. I skidded onto my side and yanked myself onto my tummy. I felt dead. We were going lightning speed. SPLASH, we cascaded into the shallow pool full of glistening water.
By Joshua
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