Preet's+Story...

__**The Bush Behind Egypt ** __

  I’m doing the gardening today. I hate it! All those horrible weeds, the mucky mud, those ferocious bees, them billions of bushes… its way too much for me! “Come on Sam” moaned gran. “I can’t do this” so I chucked the spade away, took off my gloves and headed indoors. “Samantha Louise Griffiths, come back here and pick up that spade and gloves” gran shouted, she was really angry now so I did what I was told, I picked up my gloves but couldn’t find the spade anywhere, I looked around but still no sign. “Gran, I'm sorry, do you know where the spade is?” I asked “Behind that bush dear” she said, so I pulled my self right into the bush, the thorns pricking me, I really didn’t want to do this but I had no choice. ‘PLUMP’ and I fell right on my bottom, ouch it really hurt! I started to feel sand rather than mud beneath my hands, I opened my eyes. Where was I? And found myself staring at oceans of golden sand, a sapphire sky and a humongous, shining sun. Was I really in EGYPT? I think I'm dreaming. I looked back and there was the bush, should I get back? No, let’s adventure for a while. I must have walked 100 miles already and still no sign of life, I'm never going to get back now. A tear rolled down my eye. Someone tapped me on my shoulder I turned round and screamed.  “Who are you?” I asked, but the young girl didn’t reply she was dressed in a white cloth; she had green eyes, a small nose and a great smile. Her black hair was tied back in a bun. I shook her hand, and then she welcomed me with a hug. “Egypt?” I asked “Yes” she nodded “You can speak English?” I asked her “Yes, you came from that bush portal didn’t you?” she questioned “Yeah” I mumbled “So did I” I was so surprised, but she looked like a local. And then she told me her story… “Well it all happened seven years ago, I was playing hide and seek with my brother in the next door neighbour’s garden (your gran), I was about 10 at the time, so I just fell behind a bush and here I was. I was then found by the Pharaoh while he was on his way to the lake and ever since I have been his adopted daughter Zana, though my real name is Stephanie. The palace is amazing would you like to come? Pleeeeease” she begged me so I couldn’t say no. Wow is this real if it is I don’t know what I'm doing. She let me into her Palace it was amazing! It was built from stone and had tall walls with lots of hieroglyphics, a massive statue of her father, great huge trees and everything! I felt like I had gone back in time, but surely they don’t have things like this in modern 2007 not 3,300 BC. “Look I really have to get back now” I told her “I must find my way back home or I’ll be lost forever, like you” I bragged. Zana sighed “sorry I didn’t mean to upset you, but its time you get back to the real world, your living in ancient history, don’t you wanna meet your family?” I asked “Yes, but I’ve been living here for so long. We learnt about Egyptians in school and now here I am, a princess!” she explained “I know but let’s leave the past, past and get back to where we belong” “How can go back after so many years everyone thinks I'm dead” I told her she wasn’t, and so we both decided that tomorrow morning we’ll be going back to England through the bush. I still think I'm dreaming. It’s around 9 O’clock and Zana has secretly sneaked me into her bedroom. The palace is massive it has billions of rooms you could be lost for days just trying to find the toilet. The pharaoh -King Tutankhamen doesn’t like outsiders visiting the palace that’s why I was wrapped in a cloth and dragged along like a sack of beans. I'm lying under Zana’s bed; it’s not too bad actually. Her room is gigantic! She has golden brick walls- filled with carving and hieroglyphics, tall palm trees, golden statuses a big bed and shelves for clothes. I feel like I'm the doctor and the bush is my Tardis. What about gran? Oh no! We woke up the next morning can went straight outside past the Palace and on the way down to the river, where me and Zana had first met. “Right now what?” she asked “I don’t know, I think I came from that way because I remember seeing that palm tree” I said. A bit unsure “Okay then” so we travelled to the palm tree and straight behind it. “Hey is that mud?” Zana questioned and she was right “Yes it must have dropped out of this hole in my pocket, I was doing gardening with gran you see” I laughed. It was unbelievable! We followed the trail of mud like Hansel and Gretel. It was long and tiring, luckily Zana brought some fresh water from the lake she carried in a bottle for us. Suddenly a green dot started appearing, it was coming closer and closer towards us. We looked at each other and smiled then made a runner towards it, splashing the water around. “Come on then” I said “I'm not sure” mumbled Zana (well Stephanie now) “Don’t worry” she looked back at Egypt as a tear dripped onto the hot sand. Then we pulled ourselves back into the garden and that was it. “Wait I forgot my ring it was in the bottle” Zana panicked she tried to push herself in but she couldn’t “it’s sealed its sealed” she screamed. I looked round the bush all that was there was the fence. It was gone. “Found it?” asked gran “Found what gran?” I wondered “The spade” oh yeah I forgot, gran walked over to us “Oh is this your friend?” she asked “Hello I’m Stephanie” Steph said “I know, your mums inside with your brother, playing hid and seek are we?” gran asked. I looked at Steph and all of a sudden she was 10 again like me. I was so surprised I can’t believe what has happened to me. Will the portal ever open up again… ?