Centre of the Earth - narrated by Regan Gifford

Living in the Centre of the Earth for 3 days narrated by Regan Gifford 19.10.12

My heart was pounding hard. My life was about to change forever.  I was going to do something that I know nobody had done before.  I am going to live under…

“REGAN……?”

“What Mum?”  I cried?

“It’s time to goooo”, my Mum shouted.

“Ok Mum”. As we went in the car, my stomach was turning and turning. I knew that this was quite a big risk. I’d probably come back with some bruises and scars.  But… Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you…I’m having a……  EEEERRRRKK. The car took a sudden stop in the middle of nowhere. There was a parade going on.

“This is nuts” I said to my Mum.  She said you have to respect the parades we were there for hours and hours. I thought it would go on for days but Mum said I was being ridiculous. Oh yeah while we are stuck here, I will tell you what I am going to do.  GRRRRR, RRRRR, the motor started up and took off a gear. Sorry about that.  Now I can tell you… EEERRRK. The car stopped again. There was only one float left in the parade. I scowled at Mum.  We only had one day to drive to the other side of the island to catch a boat, the ferry.

As I am gunna be on here for a couple of weeks and months I’d better tell you now. I looked around, I hope Mum is not here. I looked out the door into the corridor. NowI am going to travel to the Centre of the Earth for a paintball fight!  Woo!  I was glad to get that out.  Then the boat came to a sudden stop.  The captain came into my room, dragged me out by the ear and chucked me overboard. I wasn’t very happy, then my Mum saw and chucked him overboard. Then some of the crewmen saw and shoved my Mum overboard.  My brother, little Frankie was left on the boat all alone travelling.  I wanted to go and I had no idea why I was chucked off the boat.  My two year old sister Louise, was hanging out the window by her feet caught on a loose nail . Her face suddenly turned green. As we were floating under her, she puked. All over us!  Luckily we are in a really big bath! 

But then, some fins came out of the water and were circling us. These were no ducky fins!  We were surrounded by sharks.   And, my Mum said she loves me. Well, I already knew that. Well, I think I did. Now I think about it she didn’t show it very well.  And my baby sister fell in the water. The sharks swam over to her and surrounded her. So we managed to call out for help. Nobody listened, of course. My baby sister was stuck. We got caught in a rip and we were floating away from my baby sister who was surrounded by sharks.  We never saw her again. We could hear the faint cry of her as we drifted away. Further and further until the boat wasn’t even in sight. And the boat was two times as big as the Titanic.

 I found civilisation on an island that we drifted up to. Well, I guess you could call it civilisation.  We got invited to a dinner meal but we were the dinner!  Some tribal people called The Scalps had taken us prisoner. My Mum was trying to make a joke out of it and my Mum was going a bit coo-coo.  And she said for a joke “hey you guys name is the same as somebodies scalp, and then she pointed to a little clothesline hanging with scalps from people. So I am guessing they cut peoples heads off and take the scalps.

We were hanging upside down being carried over bridges. At night, we heard the cry of coyotes, wolves, bears and all sorts of other things. Then, we got hanged over a fireplace.  They left us to go find the firewood.   They didn’t come back. And then a bear spotted us and well, you can guess, he tried to eat us. But stupidly enough, he was nibbling my hands and that meant he was nibbling off the rope. I ended up falling down a really big cliff. And then, I landed in a tree. And then fell through the tree.  I find out I was on the right island to go travelling.  Then I found two people who look more civilised than me and the island folk we had met. I said hello. They said hello back. I walked up to them and then I got knocked out 'cos some of them punched me in the face. Cos I had dirt and leaves and they thought I was a tribal person.  I ended up being put in a prison in London.  Far, far away from where I once wanted to go. I couldn’t find any of my family, my Dad was in India selling carpet.  Two of my family I assumed were dead. So I had a little cry.

 Then I thought maybe I can bribe one of the guards to get out. It looked easy enough on TV to bribe a guard.  I tried bribing one of the guards, next minute I ended up with a blood nose. I was sad and alone in my cell.  I ended up being bailed out by my little brother Frankie.  Geez, my half-brother Frankie, was only 3 but he’d becomes a billionaire!  He helped me get to the island called Nazoofah where the hatch was.  As I was climbing into the volcano hatch that went down the Centre of the Earth, a paintball gun was chucked down at me.  I looked at Frankie strangely and he gave me a glare so I ran.

Then Frankley cried  “Go on, go shoot some people” as I was running away.

They were closing over the hatch.  So I was stuck under there for 3 days trying to survive. I went back to the hatch it was open, would this be my chance to get out. I grabbed the rungs.  Then the hatch was closed and locked. Then I heard a roll call of all of the peoples names that had gone under. I heard my name and then I heard a yes. So that confused me. So I was stuck under the earth.  I ended up walking into a Big Man who was working in the mines. He took me up to the surface and ended up suing my half-brother Frankie and that was my weekend.

THE END