The Parish Magazine July and August 2021

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Lexi’s surprise
By Angel Young age 12 years
It was one long summer term and
Lexi had worked hard in school to
go on her annual summer holiday
trip to a surprise location. Her
parents were telling her that it was
somewhere they had never been
before and with an airline that was
not known to them.
She went on and on to her friends
that she was going away to a
beautiful white beach with a
turquoise sea that stretches for miles
along side the white fluffy sand that
had tall shading palm trees that had
some private hammocks.
The only issue was that there had
been a huge lockdown with a big
pandemic and there was a risk of
another lockdown happening at the
time of the holiday.
Lexi — who is 10 — has beautiful
long curly blonde hair, and she likes
to wear beautiful white and pink
dresses. Her favourite thing is to
explore and go for long walks in new
different places.
After a long week, her parents
finally revealed that they were going
to holiday in a famous Dubai hotel.
The plane ride was OK. It had a
bit of bad turbulence but when they
arrived they had a great welcome.
They had been greeted by staff and
had their bags carried to their room
by a butler. The suite was a surprise
for Lexi. It was kept quiet until they
opened the room's door.
They had a great big two bedroom
suite and the first thing Lexi saw
when she opened the door was a
great big curved sofa that was on
an electric board that rotated and
a big 72 inch TV in front of the
sofa. Across the room was a small
kitchen with its own mini bar. The
decoration of the suite was beautiful.
It had gold and white patterned
wallpaper and was filled with flowers
and elephant statues. Behind the
massive curtains that covered one
wall of the living room was a balcony
with the most incredible view.
For the next day they had booked
to go on a tourist walk with a tour
guide to see all the sights in Dubai.
They woke up the next morning
and were told the tourist walk was
cancelled and the resort beach was
closed, but there was no reason why.
TERRIFYING
Lexi came up with the bright
idea of going on their own walk and
exploring the scenery. So, they left
the hotel and snuck onto the closed
beach but suddenly the security
guard walked round the corner, so
they ran down an alley way that led
them into a forest.
They could hear a noise coming
from behind them, so they went
further into the forest until there
was no one in sight. They stopped
running, but the noise continued.
It sounded like someone grunting.
It was a frighting sound in the dark
woods.
A few minutes passed when Lexi
and her parents had established
that they had messed up as they
had realised they did not know the
area or the way back to the resort.
Suddenly, they heard footsteps —
but not human footsteps. It came
round the corner. It was something
terrifying. It was a bear! They ran!
It got so late the sky was pitch
black, but they had to try and find
a way to camp in the forest for the
night as they could not see an exit.
The next morning, they were
awoken by the sound of footsteps
again. They jumped up to run but
as it came round the corner, they
realised it was one of the hotel staff
that had seen the CCTV footage and
came in search of them.
When they returned to the hotel
they bathed
and slept all
day and for the
rest of the
holiday they
stayed on the
resort.
When they
returned
home, they
found out
why the
beach had
been
closed for
the day. It
was because
it had been
vandalised
and was being
cleaned. They
soon realised
they were also
lucky to be
home as the
world had
returned to
lockdown.