Sucked In - Original Writing

Sucked In - Original Writing

It was a wet Sunday afternoon but my friend Sara and I didn't care

about the weather, because we'd had a good time at the fair with her

Mum and older brother David. On the way back, it stopped raining and

Sara's Mum asked if we'd like walk around the lake everyone called the

"Silent Pool".

We loved it there because it's such a creepy place. There's an eerie

stillness over the lake-you can't hear any sounds of life, not even

birds singing.

People say this spooky silence is because a young girl drowned there

hundreds of years ago. She was bathing in the lake when an evil

Nobleman tried to whisk her off. When she refused, he rode his horse

into the water towards her and the terrified girl drowned.

They say her ghost haunts the lake-that's why it's so scary. It's a

great place for exploring and knowing the story made it more exiting

as we walked around the marshy lakeside.

When we heard Sara's Mum calling us to return, I started back

retracing the route we'd used earlier. After a few steps, my feet

started to sink into the mud. At first I thought I'd just hit a soft

patch and tried to pull my foot up to step sideways, but I couldn't

move.

I turned around thinking I could stagger towards Sara and David. Then

I realised I was not only stuck, but was actually sinking! Slowly,

inch by inch! The Silent Pool wasn't fun anymore. I was terrified!

The mud quickly reached my knees-I was being sucked down! Sara and

David hadn't followed me and were still on the grass bank. They yelled

at me to stay calm, though I could tell they were scared too. David

looked terrified; perhaps being the oldest he felt responsible for me.

They stretched out but there was no way they could reach me. I tried

to keep calm by thinking they could get the fire brigade. But I was

sinking fast and the mud had reached my waist.