Story Archive
August 2008
Friday 01 August 2008
"Mummy there's a man outside who wants to talk to you."
Saturday 02 August 2008
"I wanted to run away. I didn't want to have anything to do with this boy..."
Sunday 03 August 2008
"My heart was in my mouth. What was going to happen next…?"
Monday 04 August 2008
"Basically your own instinct for survival takes over at that time."
Tuesday 05 August 2008
"I had a flashback to the last time I had been underwater..."
Wednesday 06 August 2008
"It made me more determined that there was no way I was going to have anything to do with it."
Thursday 07 August 2008
"Its almost like being in a bubble with a sensation of floating."
Friday 08 August 2008
"We went down, on our bare feet, to the blacksmith's shop to get our hair cut, because he wouldn't charge us anything."
Monday 11 August 2008
"I could feel the tears stinging in my eyes, I came level with him, and I thought to myself 'I am not going to let him get away with that!'"
Tuesday 12 August 2008
"At the corner of my eye...Roald Dahl was standing there watching me telling one of his stories. I was so embarrassed"
Wednesday 13 August 2008
"And just at that, the door opened and it seemed that I was actually in the water"
Thursday 14 August 2008
"It looked as though my prayers might have been answered. To my absolute horror at four minutes to one, a smirk spread over the teacher's face..."
Friday 15 August 2008
"My world just collapsed at that stage. My heart broke and all the air went from my lungs.."
Tuesday 19 August 2008
"We seemed to be getting very far away from Fiona. She was standing on the edge crying, and we knew we were in danger…"
Thursday 21 August 2008
"I moved in a little bit closer. He shrank back and I could see the fear in his eyes…"
Friday 22 August 2008
"I felt absolutely devastated. I was really tired and thought, 'What is going to be the end of this?'."
Monday 25 August 2008
"I started crying at that point but that was quickly over-taken be a feeling of exhilaration."
Wednesday 27 August 2008
"I think we were all shocked. There was a silence…we all realised how dangerous the situation had been."
Friday 29 August 2008
"It started with the odd burst of gunfire in the distance…and built to all hell breaking loose."
