Das seltsame Buch - Académie de Nancy-Metz

Deuxième prix en anglais, catégorie terminale : Gaëlle Peltier
Dream or not ?
'Once upon a time, in an Irish Forest, a nation of elves lived in peace with nature.'
'What a boring story !'
'Let me finish !'
'It doesn't matter. I know what will happen, a horrible man will arrive and a brave elf will fight and win
and find love, a happy ending !'
'How can you know ?' I have just begun.
'Your stories always end like this.'
'Maybe I've changed my way to tell them...'
'Really ?'
'Yes'
'I don't believe you !'
'So, you want the real one ?'
'YES !'
'The scary one ?'
'Yes, please, tell me !'
'OK. This is my story, me and Mr Oldurn.'
'The way that you got your injury on your cheek ?'
'Yes, listen to me...'
Wednesday December 12 th 2012
7.03
A lovely blond girl was waiting at her bus stop early in the cold morning. She had her hat and her
scarf, a big coat and boots. She was ready to confront the hard day she had. The only thing that made
her happy was that she had finished reading her last novel and it was time to borrow a new one ! The
bus finally arrived and she took it.
11.40 am
The time had come ! At last ! The first hour of free time in the day !
-' Isaya ! Come !' Someone called.
The blond-haired girl just smiled and followed her best friend, Swan. They went to the school
library of their high school.
The two girls had met the year before. They had immediately become close friends and finally
best friends.
Isaya and Swan just entered their favorite place : the library ! They found some places and sat
down. They immediately started to look for the perfect book. Isaya went to the end of the library with
the strange authors' names. As usual she was amazed in front of all the different world and all the
different stories which were just waiting for her. She noticed a strange but attractive book near the
floor. She bent down and took it. At that time she didn't know it was the worst thing to do but she
borrowed it without listening to the librarian. There were no words on the book cover, a mystic book...
6.40 pm