Junior School Magazine - Edition 5 (June 2018)

A mazonian T iger Rampaging through the Amazon rainforest, Antonious bolted towards his prey. Crystal blue eyes engaged. Food, food, food. Hair turning red, blonde fading away as he surreptitiously devoured the raw boar meat; like a lion who hasn’t eaten for weeks, Antonious was lean and strong as he headed towards his hut. It was a wet, sticky, humid day in the middle of summer. The Amazon was hot and sweaty. Antonoius covered in hard working sweat continued to build a kennel for his Tiger, Tiges. Along with his pet snake Nakey, Tiges lived with him in his hut. Nakey was a tree snake and Tiges was a Forest Tiger. Both were very good friends. Sneaky Nakey, the snake slithered out of the hut avoiding Antonious’s attention; going to get some food. Without hesitating, “Roar!” retorted Tiges alerting Antonious. Nakey stopped moving, terrified. Slowly he slithered back towards to the hut. Antonious let them out. “Go get food,” he demanded. “Nakey and Tiges, come back at dusk,” he instructed. Tiges took advantage of his freedom and sprinted away faster than a cheetah, he was up to something as usual. “Ra, Ra Roar!” The forest fell silent. Nothing moved. The wind stopped howling, Dark, grey, sinister clouds blocked out the sun. The birds stopped flying. Antonious was in shock. What just happen? Where was Tiges and why is it so dark? Tiges roamed the forest killing all the animals, one after the other. Tiges wasn’t a pet tiger anymore – he was possessed; controlled by an evil power-hungry Mage. Tiges became an unbelievably hungry, slaughterer. He killed everything from the prettiest looking Toucans to the feral and disgusting toads. He was unstoppable. “What do I do?” Antonious asked the clouds absently. “My best friend is a rebellious unstoppable monster,” he cried. “Where’s Nakey?” His heart sank. He had to go after Nakey before Tiges could hurt him and starve the whole forest. “Nakey, Nakey, where are you?” shouted Antonious. Nakey hissed in a tree above and suddenly fell into his arms. In a flash, Tiges was there. He confronted Antonious and Nakey. Antonious grabbed his war hammer, he had to thwart this incomprehensible monster before he destroyed everything. When Antonious wasn’t looking Nakey struck at Tiges. Throwing himself at the Tigers jugular. Caught in midair Tiges strong jaws crushed Nakey in half. Antonious, drowning in a sea of grief had to seek revenge for Nakey. He would miss his friend - no more hisses, slithering and sneaking. Suddenly there was a loud crack! An earthquake had struck the forest, trapping Tiges. It was a blessing in disguise that such a catastrophe could help seal the forest and stop Tiges from escaping. He had nowhere to go. Tiges could starve or he could jump down the ravine caused by the quake. Using his last bit of energy from eating Nakey, he tried and escape. His stomach began to hurt. Bile rising inside him as the snake’s poison pierced his intestines and moved to his heart. Tiges shook, he was slowly bleeding to death. As he lay dying, Tiges regretted all the devastation and havoc he had caused in the forest. He began to realize that when he died all that would all the evil things he had done would be replaced by good karma and peace. The forest was saved by one half eaten snake, Nakey and his brave friend Antonious.

Patrick Liu Year 6Z

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