Hunting and Fishing

Awahono School took part in the Hunting and Fishing Competition. I didn't  go to the Competition so I just said what I know about the animals. I liked comparing the animals as the hunter and the people as the victims. We are learning to describe and to use vivid words. We are also using present tense.  Here is my writing.

Hunting and Fishing

Trudging my way through the wet grass to the Hunting and Fishing Competition, I notice a huge white marquee. I feel furious and angry at the people who took part in the competition. “How would they like it if a fish put a hook through their mouth and then made them suffocate?” I think in my head.

I rush over to the eel, thankful that it is still alive. The water is brown and murky with little pieces of grass and dirt. There are also some bubbles because the eel swishes its tail.  There is not much space so I want to take it and put it back in the river. I can’t though because I would get in trouble. The eel is long, maybe a metre long. Its teeth are facing backwards so if it bites something it will be hard for it to get out. Its fins are facing backwards too. That means that it is very streamlined and will go fast in the water. It is black with grey fins and white teeth.  Other eels are slimy so I expect that if I touch this eel, it will feel  slimy like a wet slimy rock in a still river.

 I slowly walk away from the eel, joyful that not everything is dead. I stroll back through the wet grass and leave the Hunting and Fishing Competition behind.