Easter Egg Hunt (Wrote this for an Easter Competition)
It was Easter Sunday in the month of April. The Smith family were off to a very old castle to take part in an Easter egg hunt which was 30 minutes away from their home in the East Midlands it was a big event which took part every three years for all adults and for children no matter what age you are all you had to do was donate a small donation which went towards events in the castle. It was 14.00pm in the afternoon and lots of families gathered in one of the main rooms of the castle to start the Easter egg hunt. It was a big gathering there must be around 30 or more families in the one room. The Smith family contained four members such as; Mike, Lynn, Jessica and Liam. The Easter egg hunt was due to start at 14.30pm. The castle is hundreds of years old. As the Easter egg hunt began after the horn was raised, everybody started running across the castle looking in each room, corner, cupboard and every unique spot which could have small Easter eggs hidden in. there were a few surprises along the way such as spiders lurking in corners, squeaky floorboards making the families jump and even a couple of families thought they saw some objects move on their own, was this a haunted castle some thought. The Easter egg hunt went on for hours as it was a very large castle with many floors and low rise ceilings. Some of the children were frightened by the unusual noises they heard such as screaming and banging coming out of the ordinary. This was the first year the participants heard noises so it was frightening especially for the new participants and the children, but the organiser said it was nothing to worry about so that’s what some of them did took no notice. There would be a winner of the Easter egg hunt eventually, there was a ticking clock and the quickest to do it would get a prize on their completion of the hunt and there were smaller prizes for those in second and third place. The clock continued ticking as the hunt was underway the Smith family were enjoying taking part and had nearly completed the Easter egg hunt but then they got to a point where they got stuck each egg had a clue to the next location of the next egg but they just could not think where the next location could be they all thought so hard even the two children Jessica and Liam who were aged 8 and 11, then it clicked ‘it must be outside in the gardens’ thought Mike, behind a garden gnome their it was and with 5 minutes to go the Smiths had completed the whole Easter egg hunt in 1 hour 53 minutes they came in second place and were awarded with a certificate and a small Easter bunny chocolate, an older lady named Joan and her grandson Charlie who was six came in first place and they won a large Cadburys Easter egg and a certificate and in third place came the Harris family who got 2 bags of chocolate covered coins and a certificate too, the rest of the participants left empty handed with memories of a good day. Later that day the Easter celebrations continued in the castle with a table buffet of food and everyone chatting talking to each other it was a lovely day for all and for those who have never attended the Easter egg hunt in previous years it was nice to meet new faces from all over the Midlands and in the United Kingdom, the children had items to keep them occupied and other children to play with there was even more chocolate to eat which made everybody feel so full and sick!
