Finlay and The Iguana

FINLAY & THE IGUANA

Authors : P4B, P5B, P6B & P7B

Chapter 1

An aeroplane travelling from Edinburgh to Miami crashes into the Caribbean Sea. There were lots of survivors and they all swam to different places. One of the passengers was a fireman from Livingston. He was washed onto the beach of a desert island. When he woke up he was lying on the sand which was soft, fluffy and warm like a snuggled teddy. He was wet from the sea but warm because of the bright sun. He looked around and saw he was in a place that he would like to go on holiday to. There were palm trees with coconuts, bright, shiny crabs crawled on the golden sand beside starfish and sea shells and baby turtles crawling to the sea.
The fireman, who was called Finlay, decided to explore the jungle. He was walking through the trees and plants when suddenly some kind of rock fell in front of him. He picked it up and it felt hot but not heavy. Finlay was smart so he knew this meant it came from a volcano! He looks up and sees a volcano. Finlay feels the ground shake a bit and sees smoke coming from the top and trembled with fear. He darted as quick as he could back to the beach and started to write gigantic letters on the sand - SOS.
While Finlay was writing, a curious iguana started staring at him. When he finished writing, Finlay began to talk to the iguana and the iguana stood and listened to what he was saying.
Finlay decides to lie on the beach beside his letters, he takes his trainers off and puts them next to him and then he falls asleep. The iguana steals his trainers, waddles around in them then scurries as fast as he can up the volcano. Finlay the fireman gets mad at the iguana for stealing his trainers and chases after him. Before he can catch him, the iguana chucks his trainers in the volcano. Finlay begins to wobble as he stands on the edge of the crater. The iguana sneakily tip-toes up behind him and gives him a push....

Chapter 2

Finlay kicked the iguana and the iguana fell down the volcano. Suddenly, the volcano started rumbling. Finlay looked down and saw lava churning beneath him. Something was emerging from the lava. When it moved the lava moved with it and it looked like it might be a monster. When it moved the lava slopped from it's face and revealed the face of a giant! Whenever it moved, it shook the earth! It melted down but then it came back to life as a Magma Monster!

Finlay couldn't move his legs because he was trembling with fear. The Magma Monster inched closer and Finlay became terrified! Then, Finlay fainted but just as he was about to close his eyes a creature appeared from the bushes and carried him far away!

When Finlay woke up he saw a massive furry creature, twice the size of him. It was standing on it's hind legs glaring at him....The furry creature was holding a spear and an arrow in it's hands. It slowly came forward and Finlay, still a bit scared, crawled back. Finlay saw that it was a bear!

Chapter 3

The bear was chasing Finlay and he ran as fast as he could. He became tired from running and hid behind a tree. He could hear the bear’s footsteps, his heart was pounding and he was sweating with fear. After a while, the bear’s footsteps got quieter and he noticed he was further away. Finlay then felt safe enough to escape from the jungle.

He made his way back towards the shore where he had written S.O.S and he was relieved to discover there was a helicopter waiting for him to take him to safety. He gets into the helicopter and the pilot takes off into the air as he looks down from the window he can see the bear on land.

Now he has no worries as they rise into the air and after a long journey, they land on a remote island with only a small basket of food that was in the helicopter. They would be lucky to survive for two days with what they have.