The Great Journey

In the Australia outback there was a large shrubby area. On the north side there was a large old dead Banyon tree .On the south side there was a huge boulder covered in shrubs,and plants of all sorts. Over on the east side there was a small pond covered with more shrubs,moss and about anything else that lived in the outback. On the west side there was a large lone shrub which was huge and knarly and provided shelter and shade from the Australian sun.

Thats were my story begins.

In this area lived three Goredirt families. Now Goredirts are about one to two feet in length. They are mammals that have a puffy tail to shade them from the sun. They also have small flat teeth to chew plants. They are usually black or dark brown with hair that looks like it was just blow dried.

Usually Goredirts move in herds but here three families got tired of moving, so the three families settled down in this area.

The first family lived under the dead tree and had three members James,Kate,and Jim they were known as the Burrowers. Jim was the son of Kate and James.

The second family lived in a hole next to the huge boulder and this was an old wise family with only two members Patrick and Mariele these were known as the Swans family. Their sons and daughters have moved out seeking adventures. The third and final family has four members, John, Lilly, Martin and Bella. Martin and Bella were the son and daughter of John and Lilly. Bella was a stubborn type always geting Martin in trouble and geting away with it. Martin was a master of hiding and finding food. He was very polite and helpful too. Martin was best friends with Jim Burrower. They loved to explore and listen. They often went to the Swan's home to listen to adventures and stories. Little did Martin know he'd have an adventure of his own to tell.

One day Martin and Jim were on there way to the Swan's home to listen to a story. When they got there Mrs. Swan greeted them and said to go right in and that Mr. Swan was waiting. They entered into the main room and sat down and Mr.Swan entered. He sat down and said, "Hello young ones how are you doing?" They both answered "Good!" He could tell that they were anxious to hear the story. "Well, when I was about your age I traveled in a herd. One day we came to a great sea. Near by we found fresh water and shrubs to eat. We named that place wedgewood because there is a large dead tree shaped like a wedge. As I was walking on the beach I saw somthing shiny in the sand. I picked it up and I saw that it was a pearl. "Wow,I thought so I kept... "WOW!!!" Jim burst out, you mean you still have it!!!" "Yes", he said. He pulled out a small sapphire box. As he opened it they saw a small colorless pearl. Taking it out he handed it to Martin saying, "You should have this". Jim gasped with amazement. Martin said "thank you" Martin saw that the pearl had been made into a neckalace.

Later that night when it was dark they were heading back to their burrows. Jim said, "Its amazing that he gave it to..." His words were cut short by something russling the bushes next to them. "Wha..what was that!" Jim said,"I don't know!", said Martin. Suddenly there was a sharp pain in Martin's back. As he fell he yelled,"RUN!!!"

"Ow... where am I?" All Martin could see was blackness "I must have been captured but by whom?" Martin thought "hello? anybody there?" he shouted . "Hey! its awake! what should I do boss?" A strange voice answered "put it back to sleep" "k" another voice answered then martin fell back asleep thinking were am I? Next thing he knew he was in a cage. Knowing he should not call out again ,he took a look around "the ground seems to be moving!" Martin said to himself . Then he saw it! The lock on his cage was rusted!. He seized his chance and slammed his body against the lock and it broke with a loud CRACK! The door was open and he ran out. He was in a narrow hall then the hall shook and he realized he was in a plane! He looked out the window and there was a lot of clouds and it was very dark then he noticed the wing it had a large shape on it and at the front of the shape there was something very blurry like it was moving very fast. BOOM! CRACK! he only saw it for a split second, a flash of lighting and it hit the wing! The force threw him back and then he heard a voice call out , "Sir we have been hit by lightning and engine one is on fire!" then another voice ,"Mayday ,mayday were going down!" then plane tilted forward. Then he realized that the plane was going down! CRUNCH! "Were going in for a belly landing brace yourselves! BOOM! CRUNCH! Then Martin blacked out. Ow... "why does this feel familiar" Martin said ,then memories flooded back the plane the voices the lighting just a dream or was it?. To scared to open his eyes he felt around ,nothing familiar. Then he opened his eyes, he was in a desert all he could see was the wreckage of the plane palm trees and more desert. He walked to the wreckage to find a sandwich and a bottle of water and nothing else if you don't include the three dead bodies in the wreckage. Martin travelled two day with only what he found at the wreckage during the third day he collapsed and fainted from lack of water. Then he woke up because he heard two voices talking not daring to open his eyes he listened "oi think ee a good beast don you'm reckern?" "moi think tha't too shall ee wake im u'p?" "I don't think that will be necessary" Martin said. "ee al'l edy awak'e!' they were two little desert foxes that were talking. "Oo ar'e yo eh?" "my name is Martin I am trying to find my way home who are you? " oim Ally an'd dis is Finle" plezed t'o me't ya" finle said. Martin had a small conversation with the two foxes and said "Im surprised you didn't eat me, you do eat meat right?" "Nay Finle said w,ee no loik meat". The two foxes invited him to eat but Martin said "no but thanks for the offer" but the foxes insisted that he take some food and drink with him. Martin was soon on his way with a bag of food and a flask of water to go on the journey "by" he yelled to the two foxes then walked away not sure were to go first. After three days of travelling Martin was exhausted and just collapsed. "How do you think he is?" Martin heard a familiar voice and he thought "those must be humans" a voice answered "He will be fine though I have never found this species before! its a new discovery!" "Wow another voice said now get to work and inform the local paper". Martin knew that he had been captured again. After the three humans went away he stood up he, was in room and he also had no restrains on him he was free!. After looking around Martin convinced himself that the humans thought that he would sleep a long time yet. The door was also ajar and so he slid noiselessly out side in to a long narrow hall. He took a right he came to a large window he looked out and saw he was on the bottom floor of a huge building. The window was also open it was a clear sunny day he did what any sensible Goredirt would do clime out the window. Before he was even half out he heard a loud voice scream "WERE IS IT? I WANT IT FOUND NOW!" Martin jumped out the window and ran of as fast a his legs would take him. BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! unidentified creature escape! Martin ran and ran and ran until he came to a river there was one way across a rotting log!. He managed to cross the log before they saw him and he started on his journey home again. He had nothing to start on and was in a large shrubby area he heard no more voices that night and he could not sleep that night either. The next day he found a patch of roots and berries and helped himself "oh there blackberries, raspberries and even carrots!. Martin made a small feast and found a side stream from the river and drank the fresh sweet water. After he had eaten his meal he walked of in the direction that he thought was home.

Many days passed and Martin lost count of them. "Has it been two weeks? No, I have been here longer than that" he thought. Martin lived off of what he found,usually roots and berries. He found no other life except a bird here or there, "Where am I?" he thought for the third time that day. That night he found a tree and sat down to sleep. The next morning he travelled until he came to a small forest. He sat down and ate some roots that were growing nearby, as he was eating he heard some bushes rattling but then they stopped. "Must be the wind" he said to himself.

Later that day he found a stick that was almost his height and perfectly straight "This should be a good walking stick" he thought. Later he started again with fresh food for the journey, it was five days later that he came to a large stump and he sat down and took note of his surroundings. He was in a large shrubby area with a pond nearby that had fresh water and he also noticed that he was near the great sea.

After taking a short nap he took of again but not before he found some strange markings upon the stump they said :W...E...D...G...E "wedge?" he thought "wait there's more! W...O...O...D... "Wedge Wood! of course this stump is shaped like a wedge! this is wedge wood that Mr. Swan told me about!" So martin continued on his way home.

Later that day he came to a small hill and so he decided to climb it once he was up he saw it, His home! "O my gosh! I'm home!" he yelled out, and ran down into the familiar area "Mom ,Dad? are you there?" as he continued he came to the large dead tree that was there when he got captured "hmmm... I wonder where they are?". then he heard some crying and ran to were it was coming from.

As he came around the tree he saw his family, the Swan's and the Burrowers, then he saw that they were standing next to a grave, and on the grave there was a stone and on the stone it said: Martin, son of John and Lilly. "They think I'm dead!" he thought. He did not want his mother and father to bear this pain any longer so he walked out and said simply "Hello",

They were all stunned and his mother said "MARTIN! We thought you were dead!!!!!" And she ran and hugged him. It took everybody else a while to realize what just happened and then they ran and hugged him as well.

Later that day Martin told everybody what happened and they told him what happened,

"Well" Mr.swan said ,"James came running back and it took time to get any sense out of him and when he told us we searched and searched for weeks and then presumed you were dead".

And for many years to come Martin lived a happy life.