This term we have been writing recounts in as vivid detail as possible, inspired from our class book this term; Boy.
Planning
Gray school day
Bored
Went to play with two girls
First girl had a ‘vampire ball’
Second girl pretended to be a vampire and bit me
Year 3
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Vampire bite
It was a grey school day. Dull, bored clouds dominated the sky, tired of looking down their noses at tiny ant-people and miniature ant houses and huts. Down in Clive School, students sat in never-ending piles of work. Including me. My pencil drooled and dribbled over the page, then eventually clattered to the floor as the lunch bell saved 235 students from hard labour.
Lunchtime wasn’t any better; everything was covered in thick grey sludge. I wandered around the field, feeling lost in the school that I had been in for 3 years already. “Hey Sophie!” someone shouted from the side of the field. It was my friend. She was with another girl and they were playing a game called ‘Vampires’. When I joined them, they explained all about the second girl’s ‘vampire ball’. We were gathered around a little patch of twigs and the girl put her ‘vampire ball’ in the middle. “ Right,” she said, “Let’s call the vampires!” So we sat in a circle with our legs crossed, eyes closed, and arms in praying position. At some stage I opened my eyes, which I was not supposed to, and said, “The ball’s not doing anything….” The second girl was not happy with me saying that, so she ushered my friend over and whispered something in her ear.
I sat there, smiling, thinking something good was going to happen.
But no. Suddenly my friend lunged at me and sunk her teeth into my arm. Her mouth felt wet with saliva and gooey, but her teeth felt hard and cold, like nails pinching into my skin. The searing pain spread through my body and paralysed me. I looked down at the mark on my arm, shocked so much I could only stare. When I came to and screamed, the two girls scampered, leaving no evidence of our little game.
