I woke to a beautiful morning in summer looking forward to a nice holiday full of fun. I grabbed a piece of homemade bread, put it in the toaster and timed how long it took. One minute and forty-five seconds. I got a glass of milk, vegemite and sat out on the veranda in the sun.
Hi I’m Chase. I like cheese and live on a farm with a few problems. We have a black and white border collie called Trouble. He really is trouble. We have a rooster, three hens, four cows, one horse, two sheep and two dogs. One of our dogs Jaffa, a golden retriever, is a foster dog.
Time to take Trouble and Jaffa for a walk, but I can’t find Jaffa. I went to mum. “Where’s Jaffa?”
She said, “Dad took her to the groomers. She’s had her walk.” I wanted to double check anyway because once I lost our old dog. She drowned in the neighbours river.
I took Trouble for a walk to the end of the farm. That’s when Trouble picked up a stick. I got an idea, let’s build a cubby house. I threw the stick several times for Trouble. Trouble then passed me bark and wood to build with. As he passed me the sticks I could feel his warm slobber. One wall was finally finished. It started to get dark.
I walked home. When I got there it was dinner and dad told us what was happening. “Tomorrow we have to pack all of our clothes and stuff to take to Melbourne. We have to move. We cant afford to live on the farm.” I woke the next morning, got Trouble and couldn’t eat breakfast. My phone started ringing. I answered and heard a familiar voice.
“Hello Chase. Its Jim your dad’s friend. I saw your cubby house yesterday and I thought you could go in a competition to earn some money.”
I had an idea. I could enter the competition and get enough money to keep the farm.
I continued building the cubby house. I finished the walls and had to think how I was going to make the roof. I had two designs to choose from. I grabbed two sticks and threw them. Whichever Trouble picked up would be the design. Trouble brought back the flat top stick. That meant I had to find the longest sticks in the pile. The roof was finished.
Back home I filled in the competition sheet and packed ready for moving. The inspector for the cubby house arrived. He wrote everything down like a jet and told us that the results would be on the radio.
I grabbed the radio ready for the moment. It started with an introduction, then the man announced, “In Third place Ravioli Puma. Second place Gretel Thomas and first place winning $10,000 is Chase and Trouble the dog.” I was so happy. We can keep the farm, the dogs, the cows and the sheep.
By Alex Kemp-Jones
Hi I’m Chase. I like cheese and live on a farm with a few problems. We have a black and white border collie called Trouble. He really is trouble. We have a rooster, three hens, four cows, one horse, two sheep and two dogs. One of our dogs Jaffa, a golden retriever, is a foster dog.
Time to take Trouble and Jaffa for a walk, but I can’t find Jaffa. I went to mum. “Where’s Jaffa?”
She said, “Dad took her to the groomers. She’s had her walk.” I wanted to double check anyway because once I lost our old dog. She drowned in the neighbours river.
I took Trouble for a walk to the end of the farm. That’s when Trouble picked up a stick. I got an idea, let’s build a cubby house. I threw the stick several times for Trouble. Trouble then passed me bark and wood to build with. As he passed me the sticks I could feel his warm slobber. One wall was finally finished. It started to get dark.
I walked home. When I got there it was dinner and dad told us what was happening. “Tomorrow we have to pack all of our clothes and stuff to take to Melbourne. We have to move. We cant afford to live on the farm.” I woke the next morning, got Trouble and couldn’t eat breakfast. My phone started ringing. I answered and heard a familiar voice.
“Hello Chase. Its Jim your dad’s friend. I saw your cubby house yesterday and I thought you could go in a competition to earn some money.”
I had an idea. I could enter the competition and get enough money to keep the farm.
I continued building the cubby house. I finished the walls and had to think how I was going to make the roof. I had two designs to choose from. I grabbed two sticks and threw them. Whichever Trouble picked up would be the design. Trouble brought back the flat top stick. That meant I had to find the longest sticks in the pile. The roof was finished.
Back home I filled in the competition sheet and packed ready for moving. The inspector for the cubby house arrived. He wrote everything down like a jet and told us that the results would be on the radio.
I grabbed the radio ready for the moment. It started with an introduction, then the man announced, “In Third place Ravioli Puma. Second place Gretel Thomas and first place winning $10,000 is Chase and Trouble the dog.” I was so happy. We can keep the farm, the dogs, the cows and the sheep.
By Alex Kemp-Jones