Page 4 - Oz Kids in Print, Issue 1, 2020

From the Urid and the Voice
editor’s

hE grEy mist hung over the
desk forest, covering the blue sky from “Don’t give up!” her sister’s voice called.
Urid’s ears pricked up and her fur stood
Tview. Urid carried herself on even on end.
as her fur dragged along the ground. It
This is the first Edition for 2020 and what had been weeks since Urid last felt the “Azulay?” Urid whispered.
a tragic few months Australia has seen cool, soft touch of the ocean. She longed
so far. As people get back on their feet for it. The once beautiful sky-blue swirls The voice carried in the wind as it echoed
and rebuild, I heard on the radio about a on Urid’s fur were now a fading, deep, through the forest. Urid longed so hard
program to help and where to find help. ocean blue. her horns no longer glowed, to see her sister that she ran with all her
and her fins just drooped down the side strength, after the wind.
This volunteer group was set up by just of her back. The voice that once called
a few people, and now they have over a her could no longer be heard. “W-wait!” Urid cried, “Where are you…
thousand people volunteering. But they Azulay?”.
still need more. If you know someone who “Where are you?” Urid yelled to the
would like to volunteer or someone who trees that rustled as they swayed in the her paws started to ache once more, and
needs a volunteer, then pass this on: http:// wind. “Where is the voice that called me she started to weaken again as her hope
tradiesforfireaffectedcommunities.com here…? Where….?” her voice trailed off drained out of her.
as she plodded on.
The first few months of the year are always Urid collapsed, just as a bright blue
quiet at the Editor’s Desk, as schools Weeks back at the ocean Urid’s sister shimmer caught her eyes. She turned
have just returned and students are just had disappeared and no one knew how her head quickly as she hit the ground
settling in. So, instead of using months or why… but this voice, it called to Urid with a thud.
on our publications, we will be using issue as if it knew where her sister was, as if it
numbers. That way we can make sure that had all the answers. “A-Azulay…?”
there are 44–48 pages that go to print each
time. The closing date this year is 18th hushed whispers came from the wind A blue still body lay in a clearing beside
September, but please don’t wait until then as it ruffled Urid’s fur making her shiver. Urid, it looked quite like her sister… but
to send your entries in. her paws scraped along the earth as she no… it could not be her, after all that
struggled to keep herself standing. “I thing looked… dead!
can do it”, Urid said as her paws gave
ENTER ON-LINE at way and she fell to the floor. The damp By Grace Ferguson
www.ozkids.com.au earth beneath her was cool yet rocky. She Year 7, Our Lady’s College
tried to pull herself up but failed to and HOLLAND PARK – QLD.
fell back down. Teacher: Ms Angus

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Carol Dick

Managing Editor

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