Flotsam

Before we shared a wonderful wordless book by David Wiesner that begins with the picture above we wrote our own stories that follow from the picture. Our stories all begin with:

“Hey, look what I’ve found,” I shouted to anyone who could hear me. “I wonder what it is?” I thought.

“Hey, I think I know what it is. It’s a crunchy big fish bone and very slimy,” said Peter. “Look at that, it’s a paua shell,” said Peter. “It’s very shiny!”

“I can see a seal,” I said.

“It’s staring at us,” said Peter.

“It’s after us,” I said.

“Run” Peter said.

“I think we’ve lost him,” I said.

Spencer

One or two people came in to look at what I had found. It was a starfish. All of a sudden the starfish jumped up and started to run away. She ran to the little ice-cream shop then seven more starfish came running after it. When they entered the shopkeeper screamed and ran out of the shop.

Scarlet

There was a sparkling object, seaweed, cans and a kettle then I found some pancake rocks with a pebble on them. It is just like that legend about if you touched the pebble you would turn into something. Then I found a pearl then mum and dad called “It is time to go now”. What a good day.

Elizabeth

It might be a crab but it doesn’t have sharp claws and it looks bigger and as red as a stop sign. Let’s take it home but how would we put it in the bucket. Let’s just let it go. That’s a good idea. It’s time to go home.

Freddie

It might be a line shark skeleton that fought with a whale shark. It must have been a very dangerous battle. When it was washed up it was very scary and terrifying. As he walked across the beach he saw some interesting things. There were bones everywhere and he also found a swordfish’s mouth and all sorts of things.

Elijah