Write a Book in a Day 2017

You look at the stones, assessing your situation. If you hop over the river using the stones you could get across quite efficiently and you wouldn’t get wet. The decision is in your hands. You don’t know what you are going to do, the stones are looking unsteady but you need to find your students. But safety takes priority - you can’t help them if you’re in danger yourself. You hop over the stones, taking your time to go slow and steady. The bank on the other side draws nearer and nearer and your hope rises considerably as you make the last few jumps. Finally, you jump once more and your feet hit sweet solid ground again. Wiping your brow with relief. You sense alert you of a noise. You hear a multitude of whispers and jolting you look up at the trees with fright. To your surprise and relief, your students are dangling off the branches, gangly limbs wrapped around the wood. They look just as relieved to see you as you do them. Some have makeshift weapons such as a bucket with a rock in it. They seem quite frightened but determined to do something? Many of them, especially Jordan, are talking about the Mokoi ghost, again. What do you do? Do you get angry or take a deep breath and calm down?

GET: ANGRY (page 17) LISTEN (page 18)

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