NARRATIVE

“Errr” suddenly their truck stopped. Rata and her family raced out the car, they had stopped in a forest that looked familiar to Rata.

“Can it be” she asked in her head as her  thoughts blew up “After all these times we have passed the road are we actually here.”  She questioned. They were at adventure forest in whangarei on saturday. Rata’s heart bursted with excitement she could of just screamed out joy but that would've been embarrassing (for her).

As they all ran up to the entrance they patiently waited to be approached by one of the staff. After a while they were accompanied by a lady she told them all there specials, equipped them with what they need and told them what they needed to do to keep Rata and her family safe.

When the lady had finished helping and teaching them everything it was their time to try as much courses as they could.

They started bottom first “Oh these are too easy” Rata yelled. Then as they climbed higher and higher up the courses she was starting to reconsider about her thoughts, thinking the courses were starting to get harder and scarier. As a few courses passed it came to adventure one of the highest, that was just a bit scary for Rata. Then came to vertigo slightly higher but that one was mostly flying foxes. Last one that they did was challenge.

Climbing up that ladder Rata’s heart beat and beat it was around about ten+ feet off ground. The staff/owners expected them to walk across x’s that were like swings in the air and ride across on a skateboard that they balance on. “ Oh hell no” Rata yelled. But as she turned around there were no escapes she was trapped she had to do it or else she would have to go all the way back . So she kept going. After a few minutes that felt as if they were hours to Rata she had finally finished the course she quickly said “Thank you” to the owners and they all left back to the truck and headed off home.

Oh what a day they had one of the funniest / scariest days of Rata’s life. Her favourite course was challenge it was the most challenging and scary course. Next time she’s going to try adrenaline and acrobat. What an awesome day they had.

By Jade Ngawati