My run to Safety - by Hunter

My Run to Safety - by Hunter

It was a dark and stormy night. My mum was telling me to wake up I said I want to sleep in. My mum said “wake up, otherwise you will die!” My mum said I had to pack all of favourite things in my biggest bag. I grabbed all the best stuff I had, the best clothes I had,  and I grabbed my motorbike. My Mum went in her car and we left our home. It felt scary leaving my home for a big reason.

I saw my friend Scotty was on his quad bike. He came with us.
We took a break because we were getting hungry. Me and Scotty played with the toys we packed. We stayed there for like about an hour then we lookd right and saw a refugee camp. It looked a bit like a jail.  We decided to go in because we were so tired and hungry. We went there for 5 days. Then we ran away with my mum because it was getting scary.

We heard people yelling and fighting. We thought we should try and find somewhere better. For 2 days we were walking in the jungle. There was a random man in a tree. I grab my wooden sword yelling at him to try and scare him away. We made our way out of the jungle and we found a train. I hopped on it, my mum did too. I got so scared cos I was hanging off the edge and people started shooting at the train. We tried to hide together in the train to be safe.

We got to a town we saw some people who came running at us, i was frightened. We realised it was the New Zealand army who had come to rescue people. They said would you like to be safe in New Zealand?.  We said YES!. They took us to New Zealand on a plane, with other refugees.

We got there safe and sound. We ended up in a nice home. I started school in New Zealand. It was called Waitohu School and everyone there was nice. I felt safe and happy.