Raetihi School

Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 5, Issue 10, 4 August 1987, Page 13

Raetihi School

The Best Camera Once there was a camera in a shop. He was in a chemist window. He was getting old and grey. People went past the window and looked in but they were only looking at soap. Today it was raining, only a few people were in town. A little boy was looking at bim "Mum can you buy me that camera? I like it". "All right you can have it. Here is the money, go and buy it" "Thank you Mum". When he got home he cleaned it with a cloth. The boy bought a film and put it in the camera and took a photo of his mother and his father. Next day he took a photo of his cat and dog an4 his sister and brother. They looked funny together.

Vanessa

The Dolphin One day I was going to

my friend's home. When I got ther he opened the door and asked me if I would come river rafting with him. I said yes and went to look for the rafts. We found a good rafting spot. Then we got some lunch and started rafting. When we were rafting we heard a dolphin so we had a look. The dolphin was hurt. It could only just swim. It had a broken fin. Then we put the dolphin in the raft. The dolphin was skinny and sad. Then we took the dolphin to the vet. The dolphin was having a baby. The vet said if the dolphin didn't have help she would die.

Logan

Pig Huntmg I was pig hunting in my neighbour's bush. I strode through the bush like a wild cat then I stumbled on a roof. I jumped to my feet. I heard the dogs trail barking, I stopped and tried to listen to the bark so I

knew where to go. I started to stride to the noise, now the dogs were on a pig, I saw the pig, it was an enormous boar. The boar was throwing his head this way and that. He was throwing my dogs over the creek. I got my 303 out, I aimed carefully, I got him but it didn't do the pig any harm. I shot two more times and it still didn't do anything. Now I didn't have any more ammunition so I got my bush knife. I stabbed him in the neck. He lay there dead at my feet. I went down to see how many dogs I had left. I had taken ten dogs but now I have two dogs plus a 700 kilogram pig.

Kelvin

The Enormous Bear I was driving down the road when I saw a bear standing on two legs. I screamed and braked the car. I drove to the nearest house in a hurry. I knocked on the red wooden door. A man about 40 opened the door. He had light brown hair with blue eyes. I told him about the enormous bear and he went and got his rifle. We walked to where the bear was' and the man fired two shots. The bear just stood there until her fired one into the bear. The bear started to walk towards the man. It was brown with huge paws. The bear got hold of the man and tore him to shreds. I screamed and climbed into my white mini and drove off. I looked behind me, I

could see the blood and the bits of the man. It was horrible. The blood was like jelly. The blood dripped everywhere. I turned the mini around and drove past the man. The blood spray ed up and my mini was no longer white but red. Just before I got to the next house I was sick. When I got to the next house I opened the door and called out "Hello". The only answer was my echo so I shut the door and drove back to the man. the bear had disappeared. I hopped out of the car and stood by the remains of the man. I went and picked up his rifle. Suddenly I heard a noise behind me, I turned around. The bear was standing there, this time he was on four legs. I screamed and threw the rifle in the car and I took off. I drove past the man's house. I spotted a house and I skidded to a stop outside it. I jumped out. the bear was running towards me. I got the rifle and fired a shot. Nothing happened because the bear was out of range. When he came closer I fired four shots. When I fired the fourth shot it fell to the ground like five aeroplanes crashing. I went and knocked on the door. A lady with black hair answered. She said I could use her phone. I rang the police and they moved the body the next day. My name was on the front page of the Daily Times the next day. You will be also pleased to know I washed my mini.

Rosalind