Message in the Bottle

 

Dear Reader,

 

Whoever you are please come and rescue me ! I am a girl who has been washed up on a deserted island. It all began when I was travelling with my cousin to Australia in a fabulous sailing boat called Cristall. We made the trip because we were bringing a particular medicine which was rare in Australia. One day I was in the front of the boat; the top I called it, when one of the ships tools fell on me and knocked me over board!!!

 

 

The sunshine burned on my back when I woke. Looking around I saw that I was not on the boat. At first I panicked. "How could I have ended up here"? I asked my self. Does not matter, I thought. This first moment I felt tired and hungry. "How will I get food"? Then I looked around again, there was a jungle. I did not enter; I did not dare to. Sounds came out of it ! I searched for a shelter. I did not find anything. Until I found some huge leaves and a string in my pocket. There it was the leaf tent, I called it, it did look like a tropical shelter. I slept bad that night. Did not matter. Next day I managed to get some fruits and a coconut, which I could drink out of. I mostly worked on the shelter that day. I made it out of bamboo and clay as walls. As ground I used the huge leaves. Some strange things happened when the tools knocked me, they fell off board too. This means I found tools by the beach. One day when I was out walking in the jungle I found a resource of fresh water. Too bad it was faraway. After 1 or 2 days I came up with a way to bring water quickly to the house/shelter. I built a canal of special trees.There were a lot of plants and animals on the island, like the rubber trees, parrots etc. You could find a lot of plants to make medicine. I usually awoke when it was dark.

 

There was a little path leading up to the only hill in the centre of the island. I usually saw nothing except sea in all directions. One day a terrible thing happened. By mistake I stepped on a banana that flew right into a gorilla's face. He ran after me into the sea where I stepped on a sea urchin. Desperately, I crawled into the house. I put a bandage on my foot and went to sleep.That night I dreamed that my cousin and I gave the medicine to the pope who needed it and we got the money. Best of all, we also had a great vacation in Australia.

 

From then on, when I knew the island better life was great. I made a little friend; she was a baby sea turtle called " Tart". After that I always played with her every day,. It did not matter if the weather was bad, we still were together. But it is lonely even with company on an island like this. The hot air that makes your hair lift from your neck is a wind that you feel every day. It is boring to stay on the island doing nothing. I love to explore, but I don't have the patience to stay here!! I know why my cousin did not come or at least search because he had to give that medicine to the people that needed it. He will come and rescue me but if you can help me do it now!!!!!

Please come and rescue you me!!

I can not persist on this island!!!

 

From: Emma!

 

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