Primary 500 words - Cody

Forest fire holiday

Cory was on holiday with his Mum and his dog Jet. They were in Australia visiting their friend Lazerbeam and his dog Willie. The weather in Australia was very hot. The heat was scorching and Cory really wanted to spend time in Lazerbeam’s amazing, futuristic office. He shares an office with Mr Fresh Asian who is a sweaty You tuber. He is amazing at playing Fortnite.  That’s what Cory wanted to spend all holiday doing but Mum wanted to sunbathe on the beach.

Two days into the holiday there were warnings about forest fires near to where they were staying. So mum took the dogs to a safety shelter in a nearby town. Cory was very sad because Mum took the dogs away, but knew it was the right thing so they would be safe. Cory loved Jet so much and he didn’t want him to be hurt. Cory had lived with Jet since he was born. Mum watched the news, it was worse than she thought!

The fire was getting closer, it was spreading, creating thick black smoke and destroying woodland, houses, farms, fences, animals and anything in its path.

I could almost feel the heat burn my skin. We began to run to get the dogs, then saw the dog shelter was burnt down. All we saw was Jet’s collar and Willie’s dog tag. We thought they were goners….

Thank goodness they had escaped!

From out the corner of my eye, I saw Willie and Jet standing on the other side of the road. My heart filled with joy and emotion as they ran towards Mum, Lazerbeam and I. There was no sign of Mr Fresh Asian! We couldn’t risk looking for him. The fire was spreading rapidly and it was too dangerous.

We came across a human body. It was badly burnt to a crisp. We couldn’t make out who it was. Was it Mr Fresh Asian? We didn’t know but we had to pick up the dogs and run for our lives. We saw people panicking and running towards a safety shelter. We followed them. Many people were injured and paramedics were treating them for serious burns. Above the fire, were helicopters trying to put the fire out by spreading water. Fire fighters tackled the blaze with hundreds of hosepipes. Eventually the fire died down. Two days later the fire had completely gone. We saw all the damage it had caused but were grateful to be alive. All we wanted was the airport to open so we could go home. This holiday was an absolute disaster!

On the way to the airport we bumped into Mr Fresh Asian, he was alive! It was a long tiring flight home and we were all jetlagged.

The next day Cody said “ we should try and get some of our money back from the travel agents, I can spend it on V Bux and that’s what I’m spending my next holiday doing.”

And that was that…