Siya and the Ancient Tomb - A story by Niamh

Siya is a girl who is 7 years old. Her Mom and Dad were born in Egypt, but they had moved to England. Siya was born in England. Now the family has gone back to Egypt, because it was beautiful there.

One day Siya went out of her house to dig. She found pieces of gold in the sand, and everytime she dug, she found more gold. Then she found a hole, in it was a map on papyrus with hieroglyphic writing on. Her mommy and daddy had taught her how to read hieroglyphics. The map was to an ancient pharoah's tomb. The map showed her the way to two sand hills, and she had to move two boulders out of the way to get to the tomb. She went home and called her Mom and Dad, and they came back to the tomb with her. They went into the tomb and found precious jewellery. Her mommy and daddy then said, "It's nearly night time, we have to go back home Siya." But Siya stayed in the tomb, she had two lamps. Then Siya went into the place where the coffin was. She opened the coffin and she found the mummy. She took the mask off his head, and the mummy came alive and he said to her, "Come on, let's get out of here - I've been here for thousands of years." Siya collected all the gold and went home with the mummy. Siya's mom said, "Siya, what have you been doing ?", and Siya said, " Mom, I have made a new friend called Ramses." Ramses then built a new house next to Siya, and they became great friends.

Mom says - Niamh has long been the storyteller in the house, and she is often telling her siblings stories at bedtime, in the morning in bed and at the breakfast table. I overheard this one, so I asked her to narrate it to me.