Max took us up river, where it was much wider, and gave each team an area to work in – he called it a station. (But no trains in sight.) Each team had four blue plastic barrels, loads of rope and a pile of wooden planks, all different sizes. Callum’s ‘station’ was next to ours. ‘OK, teams. It’s a race. Who’s going to build a raft that floats well enough to carry your whole team across the river? No rules, except no fighting, no cheating, no stealing, and no feet on the riverbed. Off you go!’ Awesome. I couldn’t wait to get started. I had the most fantastic idea, right away. ‘This is easy, we need to make the barrels the four corners and then use the wood to . . . ‘ No one was listening. They were all messing about. I tried again. ‘Listen, if we have a barrel at each corner —’ ‘No, let’s see if we can make a snake-shape raft,’ said Bee. ‘Or a star,’ said Lily. ‘Let’s not bother with the barrels and make a totally wooden raft, you know, all strapped together with rope, like we’ve been stranded on a desert island and have to escape before we starve.’ Fifty’s contribution – a bit dramatic as usual.
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