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威廉與龍島

William vs the Island

Written by St Oliver Plunkett’s National School
Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
6th Class

Translated and Illustrated by Samuel, Toby, Novi and Sylvia

William the Dragon Hunter was in school. He was sitting in maths class when they were calculating when the magical island they lived on – Dragon Island - would sink again. It sank every year.

William was bored and daydreaming about camping in the woods.

Brrrrr went to bell. It was the end of the day. He walked home and when he arrived at the place where his house was supposed to be, it was burnt to the ground.

His family was missing. He looked around and saw some ashes. He thought they may be his parents.

Suddenly he saw his sister lying on the ground.

With her last breath, she whispered, “Seek revenge on the dragon who did this – the biggest dragon in the world…”

William cried for his family.

He went down to the basement and found his bow still intact in the chest. It had been his father’s bow since he was a child. William’s father had been a dragon hunter too and his sidekick was a squirrel called Patricia. But William had never seen her before.

He went into the woods to search for her.

It was dusk and William was afraid because it was starting to get dark, and he had to hunt the biggest dragon in the world. He had only ever hunted baby dragons.

He knew during the night that wolves roamed around but if he found Patricia, she would help him.

In exhaustion and fright, William passed out. When he woke up, he found himself in a cave. There were chittering noises behind him. When he turned around, there was a squirrel.

The squirrel recognised the bow, “Are you John's son?”

“Yes, I am,” replied William. “Are you Patricia?”

“Am I hallucinating?” asked Patricia. “Your father left me behind on our last mission, and the biggest dragon in the world got away.”

“That’s the dragon that burned our house down,” said William.

“He burned your house down because he knew your father wouldn’t fight back,” Patricia informed him. “I know where they stay.”

William knew that they would have to travel over the volcanic mountains to the other part of the island where the dragons lived. But first, they needed to get past the guard of wolves…

有一天一位名叫威廉的獵龍者在學校裡。他正在上數學課,課堂中他們練習計算時間,龍島也就是他們居住的這座魔法島,什麼時候會再次下沈。這座島每年都會向下沈沒。

威廉覺得上課很無聊,所以一直幻想著到森林裡露營。

下課鈴聲響了,這一天結束。威廉走路回家,到家時他看到家已經被火燒成了平地。他的家人都不見了。當他環看四週,只看到了一些灰燼。他懷疑爸爸媽媽可能已經變成了灰燼。

突然間,他看到他的妹妹躺在地上。

當她嚥下最後一口氣時,低聲說道:「你得為我們報仇,向全世界最大的巨龍報仇……」

威廉為家人留下了眼淚。

他來到家裡的地下室,發現他的弓箭仍然完好無損放在箱子裡。 這是威廉的爸爸從小用到大的一把弓箭。威廉的爸爸也是一名獵龍者,他的助手是一隻名叫派翠西亞的松鼠,但是威廉從來沒有見過她。

威廉前往樹林準備去尋找派翠西亞。

黃昏來臨,威廉很害怕,因為天要黑了。他必須抓到那隻全世界最大的巨龍,雖然之前他只捕獵過龍寶寶。

他知道夜晚會有狼群在四處遊蕩,但是如果他找到派翠西亞,她可以幫助他。

筋疲力竭又受到驚嚇的威廉昏了過去。當他醒來時發現自己在一個洞穴裡。背後傳來嘰嘰喳喳的聲音,當他轉身發現是一隻松鼠。

松鼠一眼認出了這把弓箭,問道:「你是約翰的兒子嗎?」

「是!我就是」威廉回答道,「你是派翠西亞嗎?」

「我不是在作夢吧?」 派翠西亞說。「你爸爸在最後一次任務時丟下了我,而且也讓世界上最大的巨龍給逃走了。」

「那條龍把我們家燒成了灰燼」威廉說。

「因為牠知道你爸爸沒辦法反擊,所以才會燒掉你家」 派翠西亞告訴他。「我知道巨龍現在在哪裡。」

威廉知道他們必須穿越層層火山,抵達島的另一邊,因為巨龍都住在那裡。但是,他們首先必須越過負責守衛的狼群……

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