{"id":4877,"date":"2018-11-13T19:01:55","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T03:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=4877"},"modified":"2018-11-13T19:01:55","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T03:01:55","slug":"who-reads-the-waterfall-on-the-other-side-by-hannah-cahalan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2018\/who-reads-the-waterfall-on-the-other-side-by-hannah-cahalan\/","title":{"rendered":"“Who Reads the Waterfall on the Other Side” by Hannah Cahalan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Young Readers League 2018 Writing Contest<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Honorable Mention<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Category 2 (ages 12-14)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Hannah Cahalan<\/b><\/p>\n

Age 12 (Grade 7), Blair Middle School<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWho Reads The Waterfall On The Other Side\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The mage stared at the waterfall as it glinted in the sun<\/span><\/p>\n

The water rushing down as it filled up the lake bellow<\/span><\/p>\n

He drew his wand and began to write onto the waterfall as if it were paper, <\/span><\/p>\n

And in it, he wrote a message to whoever could see.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am a powerful mage<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI have so much to desire, <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut I am very lonely<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI need someone to help me\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Several days later, the mage returned to the waterfall <\/span><\/p>\n

The glare of the light blinded his eyes<\/span><\/p>\n

He saw someone had replied<\/span><\/p>\n

To his cry of loneliness<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cHello, great mage\u201d the water read <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m here to answer your plea <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor whenever you feel sadness, <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCome back here and write to me\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The mage pondered as to who <\/span><\/p>\n

The other person could be<\/span><\/p>\n

But now, at least, he had someone <\/span><\/p>\n

Who cared about his feelings<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

He wrote along the water <\/span><\/p>\n

Another tale of sorrow<\/span><\/p>\n

His sadness being poured<\/span><\/p>\n

Into the words that he scrawled<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cI had a beautiful wife<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI loved her more than anything<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut one day she vanished into thin air <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I can\u2019t find her anywhere\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Immediately something on the other end<\/span><\/p>\n

Began to compose a reply<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe instead of searching for her and worrying <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou should find out why\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cYou should find out why she left <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOr what could have taken her<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s ok to worry, everyone does,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut you can\u2019t stretch yourself thin with it\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cYou sound just like my wife\u201d the mage wrote <\/span><\/p>\n

And then he began to cry<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s ok\u201d the other wrote<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s ok to cry\u201d it replied<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Thank you to our judges: McKenna Blackshire, Alaina Joby, Nick Smith<\/p>\n

Click here to view a list of all our contest winners<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Young Readers League 2018 Writing Contest Honorable Mention Category 2 (ages 12-14)   Hannah Cahalan Age 12 (Grade 7), Blair Middle School \u201cWho Reads The Waterfall On The Other Side\u201d   The mage stared at the waterfall as it glinted in the sun The water rushing down as it filled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":4878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,28],"tags":[92,93],"class_list":["post-4877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","category-writing","tag-contest","tag-young-readers-league"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2018\/11\/image_yrl2018_writingcontest.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ZwbD-1gF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4850,"url":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2018\/young-readers-league-contest-winners\/","url_meta":{"origin":4877,"position":0},"title":"Young Readers League Contest Winners","author":"Jane Gov","date":"November 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"We\u2019re pleased to announce\u00a0the Young Readers League\u00a02018 Contest winners! 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