Indiana Escape
by Lukas Boyd
One day, Mum, Dad and I went for a walk in the forest, when we saw something in the distance. We decided to go and see what it was. To make a long story short, we ended up in a net, three metres off the ground.
A whole heap of Indians were coming towards us. One stepped forward and said, " Me Big Chief Daddy Long Legs. You stay with us til war is over! No questions asked!"
To make a short story even shorter, we ended up prisoners in an Indian village.
We asked to be set free but Chief Long Legs, only said, " You stay til war is over! No questions asked!" I think that was the only English he spoke.
So....we made an escape plan. Duke was to set fire to Chief Long Legs Teepee and run away in the commotion. While Duke was asking for a stick to use as a torch to burn the tent down with, Mum, Dad and I, were looking for an exit in the side of the teepee. When we finally found one, Duke came in brandishing a thick stick. We lit the stick with the fire in our teepee and exited through the hole we'd found.
While Duke crept over to the Chief's teepee we ( Mum, Dad and I) stayed under cover. Duke, eventually came back and we waited until we could hear yells coming from the Chief's teepee.
The guards ran off to help, we made a break for it!
We reached the clearing over Smelly Creek Bridge and stopped to see if anyone was following us and when we saw no one was, we took off again.
We didn't stop until we were at least a mile away from the camp. Discovering we were almost half way home, made us relax so we got a fire going. Soon we fell asleep, dreaming of being captured by kittens and cuddling Indians, until we awoke in the morning.
We woke up, put the fire out and started towards home again.
We hadn't made it far, when Dad spotted two antlers sticking out from behind a bush. Because we hadn't eaten for a couple of days we were quite hungry. Dad, somehow, caught the deer and we ate it. It was about lunch time anyway.
We reached the settlement at James Town. After making arrangements to leave the country ,we got past the Customs' Inspector and boarded a boat back to New Zealand.
In New Zealand, we found a piece of land to build a home and find new adventures on. We all lived happily ever after.