Treasure Hunt Mess (Original Fable)

It was the beginning of the school holidays and all the note pads, pens and pencils had been shut up the school bag.

“It is going to be really boring, so let’s jump out of the bag and pretend that we are back at school” suggested a small notebook.

“Oh no!” yelled the pencils. “Let’s do something really exciting for once”

“I went on a treasure hunt once” said a blue envelope.

“That’s it!” cried the green eraser “We’ll have our very own treasure hunt!” and all of them opened the bag and jumped out.

“I’ll run ahead and mark all the clues with black crosses” shouted the ballpoint pen “The rest of you turn around, close your eyes and count to one hundred!”

But one little red pencil didn’t close his eyes at all or count to one hundred, for he wanted to help with the treasure hunt too.

“I’m such a bright red color” whispered the little pencil. “I’m just perfect for drawing the arrows to lead to the treasure!”

So while everybody else was counting up to one hundred, the little red pencil started to work.

The others were still counting… ninety-eight, ninety-nine, and one hundred! At last they opened their eyes and the hunt began.

The pencils and pens, the erasers and note pads all rushed around every direction. A few of them followed green dots and blue arrows; others looked out for black crosses. Everyone else followed lots of bright red arrows pointing all over the place. After a while everyone ended up in one big muddle!

“We’re all going around in circles!” snapped the blue pencils.

“Because everyone followed the red arrows, where did they come from?” yelled the green pencils, very angrily.

“I drew them all, because I thought I was helping” whispered the little red pencil, and then started to cry.

“Don’t cry little fellow, it’s just a game!” smiled the green eraser kindly, “I’ll rub out all the marks, and start over the game again”

So it was agreed that this time everyone closed their eyes and counted to one hundred… and guess who they asked to mark out the clues? The bright little red pencil of course!

THE END

By:

®                   Fernandez, Damien Eugene

®                   Raymunda, Bryan Paul

®                   Obordo, Nova Rose

®                   Tingson, Czarra Jade