Tania 20

Hi Everyone,
Here is the narrative that I wrote:

Croc’s Lunch

By Tania Barber

Deep in the Amazon Rainforest lived Samantha the Spider Monkey. She lived at the top of a huge Kapok tree that was surrounded by fruit trees. The Kapok tree was about 60 metres tall so it was a very safe place for Samantha and her family to live. It was far away from their enemies that lived on the forest floor.

One day Amy (Samantha’s friend) was having a drink in the Amazon River when she fell in. SPLASH! Sam heard her cry for help and swung down on a long vine to the river to save Amy. She swam to land towing Amy behind her.

Suddenly they saw Cameron the Cankerous Crocodile, hiding amongst the mangroves at the edge of the river. His mouth was drooling and he was waiting for his lunch. Cameron snapped his jaws but just missed them. Quickly they swung up to Amy’s home, out of his reach. “That was lucky!” Amy exclaimed.

Samantha happily whispered, “That was too close. You can come and stay in my home until he goes.” So Amy did. They hid in Samantha’s tree until Cameron got tired of waiting and slid into the river with a hungry tum. Samantha and Amy were very happy so they had a sleep over party to celebrate.

The next day Samantha said to Amy, “I’m going to tease that cranky old croc.”

“Be careful Samantha. It might eat you,” gasped Amy.

“Trust me. He won’t hurt me. I’m too fast and smart,” giggled Samantha.

So Samantha swung down and started to tease Cameron. She pulled his tail. The cranky croc turned around and snapped at Samantha but Samantha had disappeared back up the vine. Samantha went and pulled his tail again. Cameron was very grumpy and snapped again. “Missed again,” teased Samantha as she swung over him and landed on his back. Two seconds later she went back down and bounced on his head and bounced back into trees. Cameron had had enough so he slid back into the river.

Samantha though, had a pile of rocks and started to throw them into the river. This made Cameron furious. He went over to the bank knocking down a small tree with his tail. He tried to knock down the one Samantha was in but it didn’t even move. “Err” Cameron cried. “You wait little monkey. You’re my lunch!”

Samantha grabbed some rotten fruit and started to throw it at Cameron’s mouth singing, “Here have this for your lunch.” Cameron swallowed one and he hated it!!

Meanwhile Cameron’s friend looked at Samantha and his mouth was dripping with hunger. Together they made up a plan to catch Samantha, but they didn’t even whisper it. So, of-course, Samantha heard it. She called down, “Do you really think that plan is going to work?” So she slowly explained a better plan.

“Go past 300 trees over there and there is a clearing. Then I won’t be able to escape.” They were stupid enough to follow her plan. In the clearing was a big hungry tiger. When he saw the crocs he chased them. He grabbed Cameron’s friend and killed him.

Cameron was very sad and even angrier with Samantha because she had played a trick on him that had caused his friend to die. He was determined he was going to kill Samantha.

So one day he saw Samantha grabbing a vine so he chased her. He was so busy chasing her that he didn’t feel the current pulling him along the river. Suddenly, he found himself on the edge of a waterfall. He tried to swim to the bank but the current was too strong and the waterfall pulled him over the edge. He couldn’t swim back up the river so he made a new home down there. That was the last Samantha ever saw of Cameron.