W.A.L.T recall events through the eyes of an animal.
- Title
- Orientation: When? Who? Where? Why?
- Sequence of events: What happened? Describe using the senses (hear, taste, see, smell and feel).
- Personal Comment: How did the events make you feel?
First Draft
The Most Horrible Migration Day
That day was a great day, sunny but windy in the Savannah’s most popular river. It wasn't really hot but it was warm, the sun was bright, the wind was perfect and that day was May 6 my birthday. The most perfect day for me and the perfect day for us buffalo to migrate. It was just me, dad, mum, my grandmas, my granddads, my cousins, my aunts and my uncles. We were going on the grassland because there was no more grass in there. But they call it migration. I always hid in my dad and my mum’s shadow because I'm just a calf I didn't know what to do, I only know to follow my dad and my mum. If there is something that I'm super afraid of, it is what I met this migration day. I'm lucky I survived.
I knew there was something hiding in those dry bushes, I could taste the fear in the air and I could hear the breath of something that was terrifying. I told my dad about it but he did not listen to me and then he said I was just daydreaming, so I just ignored it.
My dad stopped in silence and heard something. Immediately we ran, we saw lions coming after us. Suddenly they chose to chase then eat me! My heart was beating as if it was getting smash by a mallet while my feet were burning like they were in lava on a volcano. I was out of balance, all of a sudden I fell in the water, they have got me. I felt the pressure, weight, their sharp and big teeth on my neck and body.
I saw something in the muddy brown deep river. A crocodile! He grabbed me in my back, I felt his small but razor sharp teeth. I felt pain on my both sides of my body. Then the lions pulled me out of the water so the crocodile could not get me for his lunch.
I thought it was my last day on my dear Earth, but then I smelled something that was familiar for me. Finally I saw my family, they came back for me, I was crying with joy. They thought of a way to save me, immediately my mum attacked. Instantly they all attacked at the lions and chased them around the place. They freed me from the furious lions. I was happy while crying, I stayed in the middle part of the herd so I would be safe.
Thank god I was saved by my family, I never knew what to do without them. I hit two birds with a one stone by accomplishing or managing to escape from those two predators that was my most biggest fears. I felt joyfully happy and thankful to god and to my family that they saved me from the predators that were terrifying for me. I wish that will never ever have an experience like that again.
