Part 1 by Josstr in South Africa Part 2 by Faduma in Canada Part 3 by Belu, Maru and Olli from Argentina The Thing! A three nation collaborative story

Part 1: What is it?

It was hairy, smelly and big! What could it be? Whatever it is it's terrifying. This just stinks I'm in the middle of nowhere stuck here with something that I have never heard of, and the worst part is that this seems very dangerous. Why couldn't it be something like a bunny, a chipmunk or a something like that. Instead it is hairy, smelly and big. What if it's a bear? PLEASE DON'T EAT ME I'm just an innocent little girl that's lost .This is it I'm going to die. Help!

Part 2: Help! It has seen me!

Ok, maybe if I don't move at all it won't notice me! Until then I have to think of a way to get food because I am starving, and not get noticed by this Bear thing. Hey maybe this is a dream! If I pinch myself I might get up . OOOOOOOOOOOOOOUCH! Calm down this is not a dream. I have to be a person that can take care of myself right now. I'm hungry and scared. This is how poor people feel, I suppose. I'll never ever make fun of them ever again. From know on I'll donate money. Now let me hide behind a different tree. Goodness me – these trees move!

I crept slowly  behind a different tree so that he wouldn't see me. AAAAACHUS! Oh No! The horrible thing had seen me and now knew were I was. I went running to another tree. When, my foot got stuck in a hole. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! I got nervous and started to shout and get crazy. Spiders went up my legs! The smelly thing started to get closer and a noise was heard louder and louder.

I could take my feet from the hole and shake it so that the spiders fell off. I  was there trying to know  what were those horrible noises.....there were footsteps that came nearer! The thing was getting close to me. I jumped up and ran towards the house. I ran through a passage and I bumped into  a man.     

Part 3: The Escape!  

He saw that I was starving and took me to the kitchen and gave me some food. He had saved me of that I was sure . But then he took me to a room and locked me up. Oh no! I heard him talking but I wasn’t sure with who because the noise seemed to be from an animal. Then I realized that he was talking to the thing, the beast. Maybe he was an accomplice of the beast. I found a window and jumped out. I ran away from the house.         

I just ran and ran and ran. I didn’t look behind me, but sudenly I came to a house. The door was open. I peeped in. Everything was silent.

I entered, and started to shout HELLO! Is there someone there? I asked that for a long time but nobody answered me. My  tummy wanted some food, so I explored all the house till I got to the kitchen and I started looking around. I was getting tired so I went to sit on a sofa and I fell a sleep. When I woke up there was nobody around. I looked out of the window. What was that?

Oh no! It was the thing, the creature, walking towards the house with the man? What should I do now? Well, you’ll have to wait for another story on another day to find out what happened! THE END