narrative

• Maddie


  • Only felt comfortable in her own house
  • In her own room
  • In her own company
  • Disinclined to take the school trip opportunity
• Maddie's journey to the bus

  1. Odour of earthy mud and exhaust fumes

  2. Breeze through the branches

  3. Merciless winds and abrupt shower

  4. Sprinting to catch the bus
• Maddie sprinting to catch the bus

  • Adrenaline rush
  • Heart pounding
  • Breath escalating
  • Backpack slowing her down
• Maddie made it onto the bus with no seconds to spare
• Maddie on the bus

  • Tried to regain composure
  • Anxiety consuming her
  • Questioned why she was being forced on the trip
• Maddie toppling off the bus

  • Sickening feeling
  • Cheeks burning
  • Classmates fixated on her
• Maddie stepping off the bus

  1. Gust of breeze tangling her hair

  2. Taken aback by the vista
• Maddie taking in the vista


  • Felt a sense of peace and tranquility
  • Hungry to seek out more wonders of nature
• Maddie was reluctant but faced the inevitable that she would have to attend back to reality
• Maddie followed the footpath and sat near a river, drawing an image in her head to never forget the crucial moments