Kakepuku Day 1

Day 1 We were slowly driving along the cold gloomy road, heading for kakepuku. There was nothing to be seen ahead of us apart from the foggy peaks of Kakepuku. We pulled up in the empty car park and we got off the bus and sat in our groups. Our parents had set off from Hamilton in one car but they were no where to be seen. Mysteriously Mr. Woody had noticed that the bbq tables had gone and that the DOC signs had disappeared is well, but we decided to head on up the mountain leaving behind a group of kids who insisted on staying behind and waiting for the parents. As we climbed up the dark mountain we noticed that there was a lot more trees and bush. Not only that but the fences had gone and so had the cows that had been living here for years. We got to the first look out in the map but there was no platform in sight, suddenly we heard a bird calling, at first we thought it was a Kakapo but we later found out that it wasn’t. It was the sound of a Huia. I felt my heart beat faster as Mr. Woody told us that that the Huia is extinct. This made our trip even weirder but we soldered on up the mountain. As time passed it got towards lunch time so we settled down on a flat area and we ate our lunch. While we were eating Mr. Woody is acting a little bit weird I think he is going crazy. He is looking around at the trees and giggling at all the birds. He is not concentrating at the safety rules at all. OH NO!!! Is it just my imagination or has Emily.W wandered off, it’s not my imagination where has she got to? This just got even worse, while we were worrying about Emily.W Mr. Woody has diapered is well. This could not get any worse but of course it did. Ahead of us we saw a path well what we thought was a path but it was a track that was split into 3 different ones. But the far right one was just an animal track. Our class did the worst thing possible we all split up! Some when looking for Emily.W the rest of us split into different groups and we headed off down the paths. Savannah, Marissa, Emily.R, Ella, Ashley and I headed down the left path. We started heading down when suddenly we heard some voices but they weren’t your normal every day voices. It sounded like men’s, women’s and kids voices but they were speaking another language. Ella and I freaked out so we went back the way we came while the others carried on. Then we heard some rustling noises they got closer and closer Intel we pulled back a fern and Oh my gosh sitting there huddled up was Emily.W and Cecelia. But wasn’t Cecelia one of the ones that waited for the parents and didn’t Emily.W walk off. They must have found each other and now we found them well at least were in a bigger group now. As night fell and it grew darker we started to get scared. Then Cecelia noticed something, there was a long tunnel right next to where we were sitting it was covered in mud and bush. We decided to leave it till the morning before we fully checked it out. In the distance we started to hear cries of help so we started to yell back we asked who it was and then soon enough the faces of Zac, Brenda and Joelle popped around the bush. I sied with relief, our group now had 7 people in it. It started to get dark and damp I started to get colder and so did the others so we decided to make a fire. Zac and Emily.W went looking for Bark off the Rimu tree and any small dry sticks or leaves on the forest bottom. They were slitting the trees with Zac’s knife so they know how to get back. Mean while Cecelia and I decided to go looking for the ferns of the Mamaku tree. They were just an ordinary fern that you could find in the bush. We collected them so we could put them on the floor of the tunnel where we were going to sleep. Cecelia and I returned to the camp first, this was weird because we left after the other group but we just assumed that they would come back soon. At the camp Joelle, Brenda and Ella had found some small rocks and made a circle where the fire was going to be. Me and Cecelia covered a small area in the tunnel with the ferns and covered the entrance with a small blue tarpaulin. Finally Zac and Emily.W returned with heaps of bark and leaves we put a small amount of the leaves and bark on the fire and stored the rest next to the tunnel. Joelle lit a match and placed in on the fire we now had our own fire. We sat round the fire and talked about what had happened and how we all found each other. There were some dark rain clouds that creped up on us and there was a small breeze so we all decided to go to bed. Zac found a possum hole near by so he decided to go and sleep in that but us girls slept in the tunnel. Ella crawled in first then me and Joelle, Emily.W hesitated about coming in but she came in, then Brenda and Cecelia follow and we all went strait to sleep. In my dreams there Is a lot of scratching noises an I could see shadows. Yawn!!!! I was he first on to wake up I had a small pain in my back. It didn’t tack long for the others to wake but wait a minute, where is Cecelia and Brenda they my have gone for a walk or maybe they had been kidnapped.

Rats!

Hi room5ians!!! Just to let you know all the rats got home safe and sound. They are sleeping in there hammok, well most of them are. They just cant wait to see all of the room5ians agian on monday!!! 8>)

My Family

I love my family I have a mum and dad and a peskey littel sister(Grace). A big part of my family are my pets, I have... One rabbit called Nibbles One cat named Mini And one kitten called Flash I was just wonderind if any one in our class had any weird pets such as axolotls or something like that?

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