The Magical Golden Hockey Stick, Part I

This summer I am taking a class called Literature in Childhood Education. Basically, it's about children's stories. A recent assignment was to write a story of a hero's quest. And being a hockey freak who missed an entire season, you can guess my topic. This week I'll be posting the story in five parts. I'll return to my old format next week. Enjoy the story of The Magical Golden Hockey Stick!


PART ONE

Once upon a time there was a boy named Jack. Jack was very young when Coach made him the captain of his hockey team. He was the youngest captain ever! All his teammates cheered him and practiced every day so they could win their next game. But for Jack’s first game as captain, the team lost. Everyone was very sad. But Coach gave them hope. He said, “Jack, now that you’re captain, you must go in search of the Magical Golden Hockey Stick to make our team the very best.”

Jack accepted his mission immediately and asked Coach how to find this Magical Golden Hockey Stick. Coach told Jack that the golden hockey stick was being guarded by three Devils atop the highest mountain peak in Canada — Mt. Logan in the Yukon Territory.

Coach took Jack out to the middle of the rink where they had just finished a game and said that there was a map buried under the ice. Jack grabbed and ice pick off the bench and started digging at center ice. As he and Coach dug and dug, the ice all around them started to melt, and it began to get very hot in the rink.

Then a huge red Devil emerged from the melted ice on one end of the rink where the goal net once stood. And another Devil came up on the other end. Jack was scared and tried to run back to the bench, but the ice was too slippery and he kept falling. The Devils raced toward center ice and grabbed Coach! They flew up out of the building, making a huge hole in the roof. Jack screamed out in fear as he watched the Devils carry Coach away!

Jack saw that the ice had melted so much that he no longer had to dig for the map that Coach told him about. He picked it up and noticed it was made out of some kind of cloth so it wouldn’t tear when it got wet. He rolled it up and put it in his pocket and walked back to the locker room.

Jack told his teammates about his incredible experience, but they did not believe him. He showed them the hole in the roof that the Devils made. But they still refused to believe him. Jack felt alone and he was scared for Coach. He wanted to find him but did not know where to look. Then he remembered! Coach gave him a mission to find the Magical Golden Hockey Stick and said that it was guarded by the Devils. Jack thought if he went to find the stick, he would find the Devils and ask them where they took Coach.

So Jack, map in hand, took off on his journey to find Coach and the Magical Golden Hockey Stick.

END OF PART ONE