My Favourite time in Lockdown

My favourite time in lockdown was probably the day we took our dog Shadow,  for a big run. He was very
excited and energetic and was able to keep up with our bikes easily. Since we are now in lockdown we
don’t  go to the bush track anymore, we just bike from home to the new garage where we sometimes get
supplies like flour or butter when we need it. So we biked down the big hill from our house, down the
verge of the main road to the lake where we let shadow have a swim before going up to the shop.
After we had our supplies we biked down the road again through corners and back up our annoyingly
steep hill to home where it was now starting to rain.

Quick Write

The helicopter is not far from the shore now and we wade into the water yelling and screaming for all we are worth. On the island behind us there are the words “SOS” written in kelp and a blazing fire, but all the same it is still a lucky chance they would find us. We have been here on the island more than three months after the plane crash, and all that time we have been living off the wild fruit that grows here and the streams that flow across the island. If anyone had come here they would also see in the jungle a hut that me and my dad made. We also made the fire on the beach from the empty coke bottles in the plane using them like how people use magnifying glasses and paper. As my mother leaps from the rescue helicopter and throws her arm around me I know it’s time to go home, but i’ll miss this place.