Meteor
Alex Jones
Once in a magical land called Nal, there lived a boy called George. George was a tall, young schoolboy and was really creative. In his room stood a large, majestic shelf with lots and lots of Lego, wooden models and lots of nuts and bolts.
Millions of people lived in Nal. It was a place of dreams with flying cars, jumping taxis, hover bikes and much, much more. In the center of Nal stood a much bigger shelf than the one in George’s room, with winning models people have won with over the years. None of George’s were there. He would love to have one there because everyone looked up at it.
The year of 3034FT (fantasy time) started the same as any other year until there was a chance to get your model on one of the shelves. The news spread around George’s school in a flash. Homework was cancelled so the students could work on their models.
On deadline day, the clocks struck 12AM and the trumpet went through the land. Everyone woke up and raced to the town square.
As George made it to the town square, so did everyone else. And he was at the back of the queue. It took hours and hours to get to the front and, at the front, you just dropped your model on a slow moving conveyor belt which took every model to the warehouse.
The next day, the panel looked at all the tiny details. After hours of deciding who would win, they wrote the winner’s name in an envelope and they were gathered in the town square to announce the winner. George took a deep breath but before the panel could announce the winner … “Meteor!” screamed a voice as they pointed to a giant rock in the sky.
“AAAAAAAA!” screamed more voices.
“Oh no,” said the panel in disbelief.
George ran like a cheetah back to his house on the north of the land. George found some wood, cardboard, elastic bands and also some nuts and bolts. He placed them in his bag and sprinted back.
George started to build a catapult and his plan was to pull the lever just as the meteor was about to hit the world and so send it back to its home planet.
It was time… BANG the meteor hit the world!
“Bye,” called George, waving goodbye as the catapult had worked. Sadly, when the meteor hit the catapult, the catapult broke into smithereens. “I’m alive!” screamed George as the people of Nal threw George into the sky. They were so happy because of his bravery.
George won the competition with the catapult as even though it had been broken. It was a real sight to see!