5th
May 2025
Um
Kiki, you remember when the last time I wrote to you the girls and I wished for
something exciting to happen? Well today something exciting did happen and you
will not believe this.
It
all started very early this morning, at 6.00 am when we were all still
sleeping, when a loud noise was heard inside the middle school section. A
school janitor was screaming and yelling out “Help!” The noise woke everyone up
including the girls and me.
“What’s
going on?” said Shizuyo, sleepily “what’s all the noise”.
“I
don’t know,” I said “maybe something’s up”.
Something
was up alright. Thirty minutes after everyone woke up we were all told by the
teachers to get dressed and go to the assembly hall at once. This was confusing
as it was only 6.30 am and nowhere near ready for school time to start yet.
In
the assembly hall all of us students were curious about what was going on. Some
of the students were still sleepy and wanted to go back to bed. Just then the
principal came in and told us what happened. The janitor claimed he had seen a
ghost. He was checking to see if everything was okay outside, when suddenly he
noticed something glowing and bouncing around by the school’s flowerbeds and he
thought it was a ghost which was why he was screaming and yelling for help.
“Students,”
said the principal “I do not know what the school janitor saw, but I can
reassure you it wouldn’t be a ghost because there are no such things as ghosts.
But I would like all of you to keep looking out for anything strange today,
just in case the janitor did see something. He will be taking a day off from
work today to calm his senses. You are all dismissed now”.
“That
was weird, the janitor seeing a ghost?” I said when we all came out of the
assembly hall.
“He’s
been working too hard or been in the sun too much that’s probably why he’s a
bit dotty” said Shizuyo.
“I
wonder what he really saw?” said Yuko.
“He
probably just saw fireflies,” I said “fireflies always make weird shapes of
things when they are flying about together. I’ve seen that myself”.
As
it was now 7 am in the morning we all had to change into our uniforms and have
breakfast. Thanks to the janitor waking everyone up so early we were still very
tired.
When
it was break time everyone decided to sleep through it as we were all still
feeling sleepy. Shizuyo, Yuko and I decided to have a nap too and we went to
have a nap under the trees.
Before
we did doze off there was a rustling noise from a bush.
“What’s
that?” asked Yuko, looking at the bush.
“Probably
a squirrel or a stray cat” I said.
Yuko
decided to take a look in the bush in case something was there. I told her to
be careful.
“Hey
Shizuyo and Kyoko look at this quickly” Yuko said.
Shizuyo
and I joined Yuko and there lying in the bush wasn’t a squirrel or a cat, it
was a red and white strange looking creature with six tentacles. White in the
middle of the body, and red everywhere else.
“What
on earth is that?” I said.
“Looks
like an octopus to me” said Shizuyo.
“Really
I thought it was a jellyfish” said Yuko. The creature had a round body of a
jellyfish but its legs did look like an octopus but with six instead of eight.
The
creature looked at us and it started bouncing about and glowing red. It even
made squeaking noises.
Yuko
laughed. “I don’t know what it is but it’s adorable” she said. She picked it up
and gave it a hug. The creature liked it.
“Do
you think this creature is what the janitor saw this morning?” asked Shizuyo.
“Well
seeing that this thing bonces, glows and squeaks then it must be” I said.
Just
then the school bell rang telling us break time was over. The girls and I
didn’t know what to do; we couldn’t leave the creature there in the bush and we
dared not take it into the classrooms with us. We knew if the teachers saw the
creature they would take it away from us. But I suddenly had an idea; since the
janitor was having a day off from work today I decided the creature could stay
in the janitor closet while we were in class. Shizuyo and Yuko agreed with my
idea so while no one was looking we went to the janitor closet. Luckily for us the
janitor had forgotten to lock it, so we went inside the closet and placed the
creature in there.
“I
hope no one will hear this thing squeak while they walk past here” said
Shizuyo.
“I’m
sure it will be okay and once the school day is finished we’ll come back for it
at once” I said. Yuko said goodbye to the creature then we all ran to our class
before we could be even later.
Hours
later the school day ended and the girls and I got the creature out of the
closet and back into the garden. Luckily for us there were no reports of anyone
hearing any squeaks or any other noises so we were safe.
“What
are we going to do about this weird creature?” asked Shizuyo.
“That’s
a good question,” I said “I mean this thing doesn’t need to be in water like
jellyfish and octopuses. So I don’t think we need to take it to the beach or
anything. Truth is we don’t even know what this thing is, nor do we know where
it came from”.
The
creature started to bounce around and glow and squeak again.
“This
creature sure likes to bounce, glow and squeak,” said Yuko “seeing it doing
that gives me an idea of calling it a B.G.S.”
“B.G.S.?”
said Shizuyo “what’s that mean?”
“Well,”
said Yuko “since this thing can bounce, glow and squeak; it makes it a bouncy,
glowing squeaker”.
Shizuyo
and I laughed. “Okay a B.G.S. it is then” I said, still laughing.
“So
what should we do with this B.G.S.?” said Shizuyo.
“I
suggest we show it to the boys,” I said “they might know what to do”. The girls
agreed to the idea. It was too late now for us to go and visit the boys so we
decided to show them the B.G.S. tomorrow.
And
that Kiki was my strange and exciting day of meeting this strange creature
which we called the B.G.S. and I have this feeling that today was only the
beginning.
