A Modern Fairy Tale

7 klasė

I vieta – “The Importance of a Lighthouse”, Greta Gajauskaitė, Klaipėdos Gedminų progimnazija
I vieta – “Lighthouse on a Hill“, Ugnė Ravaitytė, Klaipėdos Gedminų progimnazija
III vieta – “The Lighthouse of Happiness“, Klaudijus Žilinskas, Pagėgių Algimanto Mackaus gimnazija

8 klasė

I vieta – “The Weary Lighthouse“, Ieva Šimkūnaitė, Kauno technologijos universiteto inžinerijos licėjus
II vieta - “The Saving Light“, Meda Ostrianicaitė, Klaipėdos Vydūno gimnazija
II vieta – “A Girl with a Candle“, Viltė Garbinaitė, Klaipėdos „Versmės“progimnazija
III vieta – “The Origin of Phone Names“, Martyna Daukšaitė, Šilutės r. Žemaičių Naumiesčio gimnazija

9 (I gimnazijos) klasė

I vieta – "Different", Vakarė Gudavičiūtė, Viešoji įstaiga Pranciškonų gimnazija
II vieta – “A Slave Trader and Eight Orphans“, Kajus Tamavičius, Šiaulių “Romuvos” gimnazija
III vieta – “Guided by Light”, Aistė Jasiukaitytė, Neringos gimnazija

The importance of a lighthouse

        Once upon a time, three piggies lived across the Baltic Sea. The trio were coated by salmon-coloured fuzzy fur, had tangled tails and even had matching names – Niffy, Nuffy and Naffy. Oh, how they cherished the blazing sun in the summer! Although, not for long – the freezing winter was approaching, so Naffy suggested that they build a lighthouse. The other two didn’t fathom the significance of one, so they settled for a cottage.
       Soon arrived the chilly winter. One evening, a ravenous wolf was roaming in the forest. It noticed a cottage, not too far from the beach. The wolf’s eyes captured two piggies enjoying their time together. The predator sprinted there, reached for its chainsaw and began the destruction of the cottage! The little frightened ones rushed through the door and scurried to Naffy’s lighthouse. He let them inside and began to question them. The wolf realized that it’d be tough to demolish the lighthouse with a chainsaw, so it returned with a bulldozer. Naffy’s brothers’ explanation was interrupted by a loud bang! The three of them huddled in a corner.
       To their luck, a ship was approaching and there the famous wrestler John Cena himself disembarked from the ship! He fought with the aggressive wolf and rescued the three little piggies! The kind man also set up a funding page for the repairment of the lighthouse. Till this day, the three little piggies happily live in the secure lighthouse!

Lighthouse on a hill

It was another typical evening as Duke’s mother brought a half-empty plate up to the table. When Duke was younger his father brought a fortune out of catching fish, in fact the whole town did, but as the time went
by it became harder and harder to catch anything in the ocean.
After dinner Duke went to bed. Though his stomach wasn't full, it wasn't hard to fall asleep. He closed his eyes and listened to the calming roar of the ocean. Moments later he felt a soft breeze stroking his hair and sand beneath his feet. He was slowly walking on the beach. It all felt so familiar.
He knew this place by heart, but one detail stood out. On a hill, near a jetty stood a lighthouse. As Duke was approaching it, the lighthouse's lenses stopped
rotating and the light beam began to shine directly at him, blinding him for a moment.
Duke woke up in a cold sweat. At school he told his friend Arvid about the strange dream he had last night. Arvid was keen on oneirology, so it was in his nature to take out his mobile and google about the dream.
Turns out the light shining into his eyes means that Duke is going to experience enlightenment.
When Duke grew up he built an aquaculture farm. It took some time for it to pay off, but when it did Duke and his family had enough food to eat. Soon after other people in town followed Duke’s footsteps. People
established fishing quotas in the ocean. People had enough food and the fish returned to their natural ecosystem.