The Hawk and the Squirrel by Mrs Kelly's writers

Hawk and Squirrel

It was Autumn in the forest. The golden-brown leaves were dancing and twirling all the way to the ground while the sun was flashing through the ginormous trees. On the ground, crunching through the leaves, was a tiny cute brown squirrel.

The squirrel scampered about hiding under the leaves and then popped out. He scurried around looking for nuts. He grabbed a nut and then ran up a tree but he didn’t notice a hawk staring at him with big, beady eyes. The hawk walked with his razor sharp claws chipping the branch to take a closer look at the squirrel.

The squirrel didn’t notice anything until suddenly the hawk launched into the air flying and swooping after the squirrel. The squirrel scurried away as fast as he could and just escaped. The squirrel scampered up and down trees until finally he saw a nest. He raced into the nest terrified and huddled inside thinking he was safe until… the hawk swooped onto the nest, knocking it over.

The squirrel jumped to the ground trying to hide in the leaves. The hawk wasn’t fooled though. He chased the squirrel up and down trees. ‘Oh no,’ hesitated the squirrel, looking at the big jump he had to do. He determinedly closed his eyes and… jumped! When he opened his eyes he found he was standing on the tree branch he wanted to jump to. He had made it! YAY! He couldn’t believe he had actually done it!

The squirrel ran and ran as fast as he could, praying that the hawk wouldn’t catch up with him. The squirrel ran so hard that his legs were aching really badly. He kept on running anyway until finally he found a small hole in a tree. The squirrel sprinted as fast as he could until he leapt into the hole. The hole was quite small so he wriggled until he felt his legs touch the ground. He waited anxiously until the hawk gave up and flew away. He peeked out, scanning the peaceful forest looking for more danger. He was safe at last.

By Sophie Steffens

Hawk and Squirrel

In the Autumn forest the trees were as tall as mountains and the leaves were dangling from the branches by their tips. Then a squirrel sprang out of a tree and snatched a nut. Suddenly a hawk spied the squirrel and was intrigued to chase after it because it was so simple. The hawk launched from the tree and chased the squirrel like a shadow. Then the chase was on.

After that the squirrel scrammed across the tree trying to get to the nest. As soon as he hid in the nest the hawk demolished it, so the squirrel abandoned the nest and leapt down to the ground and squeezed through a hole in a log. He realised he was safe and secure as he had the quickest look of his life and he scurried out to find more acorns.

By George Williams

Hawk and Squirrel

Once on an Autumn day, there was a gorgeous forest with tall towering trees of unthinkable heights. The leaves were twirling to the ground like graceful ballerinas. Suddenly a squirrel popped up amazingly sharply. He was running everywhere looking for nuts. All of a sudden a hawk came out of nowhere. It saw the squirrel and took a closer look and shot off like a bullet chasing the poor squirrel. Just at that moment the squirrel saw the hawk and… ran so fast he almost tripped. He was running along unsteady branches, through logs and leaves until he found a nest. He curled up in the nest like he was in a tiny, soft, furry blanket until the hawk violently bashed him out of the nest, with leaves flying everywhere. The horrified squirrel leapt out of the ruined nest and luckily landed safely. Again he ran through the deep carpet of leaves and up the uncomfortable logs until he saw a tiny wee hole in the middle of a dark, deep tree that the hawk was too big to fit in. The little squirrel hid in there for a second. It was silent, but in a big surprise the hawk came back. His sharp claws were digging at the tree for minutes then eventually he gave up. The squirrel was finally safe.

By Chelsea Humm