The Taniwha

One day in the darkness of Waipu Caves was a Taniwha that lived in the mud.  It bit down on my legs and I could not get help or escape. It was a terrible dream.

Groups one, two and three were going caving.
We collected our bags and our gumboots and collected our lunch. We reached the caves and Mr Baker told us we must watch out for the taniwha. He lives in the mud and we had to go on your tummy and get to the other side.
Some of us couldn’t go down and some of us did. While I was waiting, I was making a mud ball.

When when we turned off our lights, I saw some glow worms. They were so pretty and  it was so light that
they were making a Sky Tower that was amazing. We washed our hands and then the water was so cold that you could make ice-cream in a cup.

We saw the light and we went out of the cave. Everyone asked us why we were so muddy. We told them that the taniwha almost got our legs and that Byron couldn’t get out of the mud.They all laughed.

Stuck in the Mud

Wow! We are going to the Waipu caves. Number one, two and three groups went. Number one went first. The glow-worms looked like blue stars in  the sky. When we got to the slide, the muddy part, I got my netball shoes stuck in the mud! We saw a light and we thought that we had gone around the caves in a circle. We were glad to be out in the nice warm sunshine again.

Cave Adventure

When I walked in, I was warm. I thought to myself should I go in? If I go in, will I get hurt? Will I get cold?

“It’s not that bad”, I told myself as we walked through the stream at the mouth of the cave.

It got darker, colder and more slippery. We  came to a steep shaft that Mrs Norrie and I slid down. It was fun. I wanted my feet to carry me safely the rest of the way. I did not take my eyes off them.

When I got out I was covered with mud, and I was warm again.

The Dark and Spooky Caves

We hopped into the bus and we waited for everyone to board, then we were off. We went through the misty, creepy forest it felt like it was haunted because it was really dark and spooky. I felt a blast of wind. It was really breezy and cold. I shivered and shivered till we got to the caves. I climbed out with everyone else.

I couldn’t wait to go into the freezing, slippery caves. We listened to the speaker silently.I thought for a few minutes. I was terrified to death, making sure I knew what to do.

My group went in incredibly fast through the darkness and we felt like ice blocks in a freezer.
I said, “I’m shivering.” Lights sparkled in the breeze as we walked through.They were shining like stars lost from the sky. I could see tiny emeralds. It really was amazing and beautiful. The dark, gloomy earth in the caves was like slimy icy slides all over the place. Lots of panic surged through me. If only we could fly above, then we wouldn’t slip off the wet part of the caves. I felt like singing a lullaby to calm me down but that would have been very very embarrassing.

Time went by and we were out of the caves. I could see the other groups staring at me because they could see I was shivering, so they thought they would shiver too.
I told them they wouldn’t shiver, and they said,”Thanks, I needed to know that.”
We watched as other groups went in and came out  lots of times. While we were waiting outside, we played some games like follow the rope, tiggy, hide and seek and also fairy tale characters against other fairy tale characters and also against normal people.

We hopped into the bus and we waited for everyone to board, then we were off, back to camp and a scrumptious tea.