“I can’t bear this anymore,” said a little girl standing out her porch, staring out at the scorched lands. After incredibly long months of the water sucking drought, the people of Australia were losing hope and couldn’t wait anymore for just a speck of rain. The crops were dying, the farmers and people were panicking, “What are we going to do?” they screamed inside their heads. They gathered together and discussed this.
The little girl’s father whose name we don’t know said, “I know a person who can help.” “Who?” asked someone in the crowd. “Deagon Donalds,” the man replied.
This man was once friends with Deagon’s parents, sadly they had died, but nevertheless he had contact with Deagon. The man sent him a post saying that they needed urgently, his help and support.
So Deagon Donalds set out from his small (rather large) home in Arizona to Australia. He couldn’t fit into the plane, so he went by boat, but the crew had to knock down a wall between two rooms and add two more beds for him to sleep comfortably. He was thrice the size of a normal person of 170 centimeters (510 centimeters). Despite these problems, he finally got to Australia.
When he arrived, the old man told everyone to gather around.
“This is Deagon Donalds, he will help us with the disastrous droughts with his great jumps, big hands, and the ability to talk to animals.” he said.
A lot of people doubted him. Deagon Donalds got to work thinking with his great brain. He knew he couldn’t do this alone, so he called his great friend the Steel hippo (Steely). She listened to his ideas and agreed to help him.
He set his plan into action, but needed a pair of heat resistant gloves. The factories almost ran out of leather, because it needed to be durable, extremely heat resistant, and able to fit his big hands. The workers made and remade so many gloves that they had to stop making other gloves for sale and stay overnights for almost a whole month. Finally they produced the largest and most durable heat resistant leather gloves anyone has ever seen. He put them on as easily as putting on a ring. Using his great ability to jump, he bounded from Earth to the sun and using his leather gloves, pushed the sun a little bit closer to Earth that led the oceans to evaporate a little quicker. Then, Deagon bounded back.
The next thing on the list was to build some dams and water reservoirs. People were asking why.
“Because the sun is evaporating the oceans around Australia at a quicker pace, so we need the dams and reservoirs beforehand.” replied Deagon.
“So?” asked the father. “Then I will ask my friend, Steely, to help me.” said Deagon. The old man’s eyes widened, “The Steely? The hippo who could make the sky tremble with her ferocious stomps?”
“Yep, that’s her, but she isn’t ferocious.” defended Deagon. The old man looked very tiny and small staring up at the giant. Deagon was so tall and big that he had to bend down very low in order to be able to talk and listen to the people. Deagon called the Corps, who were a group of animals who could build anything you want. There were elephants, zebras, kangaroos, giraffes, beavers, horses, and many more. Each of these animals had their own part to do. All the work was done in a few weeks because they cooperated so well.
The final move was rain. Steely began to stomp, jump, and even rolled around. Everybody held dearly, onto something that was rooted to the ground. The ground shook like an angry earthquake and the sky trembled so much. There were too many water droplets for the clouds to withhold, so down they went. The people leaped, laughedand cried with joy. At last, beautiful rainwater!
The people and animals threw a thank you party for Deagon Donalds. The drought was so bad that even the animals were grateful. The people learned that farmers were very important and played an important role in the society. The people respected them and knew how hard working they were, without them, there would be no food. This is why there are some floods, storms, and earthquakes in Australia.
Editor’s Note: This tall tale was written in Grade 8 Language Arts
