Monday 27 October 2014

Horse, run wild.

Horse, run wild.

I wrote this when I was 5 years and 7 months old.

Once upon a time there were three horses - Mary, Star and Love. They lived in a racing horse show. They had a lovely family and they ate some food ever day. They ate hay and rice custard for dessert.


A long time ago horses ran wild. Mary wished she could run wild. She dreamed that she was running fast in the forest.

Star and Love did not want to run wild or fast. They just wanted to run in the races. They thought that it was scary and weird to run wild. They thought that Mary should join in with the races like they did.


The other horses tried to cheer Mary up by pretending that they were running wild in the races, but it did not help. Mary was sad. Now she was only walking in the races. People stopped clapping. They would only cheer at the other horses.


Then one morning Mary had an idea. She decided to run free outside the horse show. Mary decided to jump over the fence because she wanted to escape and run wild in the forest.

The gate was light brown with paintings of brown and white horses on it. People stood all around the gate watching as she galloped really fast towards the gate. She charged first and then jumped her highest jump. All the people clapped but the owners of the horse show were not clapping. They were trying to catch her, but they could not.


Mary felt fantastic. She was feeling the air gushing through her hair. She could smell lots of hay and green juicy grass in the wild forest. Mary found some other horses in the forest and she made friends with them.


Mary was not sad any more. She was happy.

Good morning, good evening and goodnight!

My name is Imogen Mansted. I am nearly 11, I am Australian, a Cub Scout and a Nipper (Junior Lifesaver that is).



At this moment I am sitting in our caravan in the Thuringian Forest in central Germany looking at a beautiful sunset. You may be wondering "what are you doing in the Thuringian Forest? Aren't you an Australian? Shouldn't you be in school?"

The answer is that I am travelling the world with my family AND I am homeschooled.

What is this blog about?
Its a place for me to publish my writing. I am very pleased to be able to say that three of my short stories have been published in books and a writing magazine already - thanks to generous editors! This seemed like a good place for me to put my stories for everyone to read.

Enjoy!