This a text i wrote continueing on from a follow up of the end of once my teacher wrote. If you look closely you'll see a cut off of a different font thats where my writing begins. If you want to read the first chapter of once heres the link https://www.morrisgleitzman.com/once-chapter-1.htm 

ONCE CONTINUES...

My foot gives way beneath me and I grab Zelda’s sleeve as I feel myself falling backwards. Branches scratch my cheeks as we tumble down the slope. At the bottom rocks dig into my body as I lie in the soft grass. Zelda grunts and shoves at me from underneath. I roll to the side so I don’t squash her. I hear voices in the trees and slap my hand over her mouth. She bats it away but I hold tight.

“Zelda,” I whisper, pointing in the direction of the voices. 

Eyes wide she glares at me and slaps my hand off her mouth. 

“I heard them,” she whispers. “don’t you know anything?”

Leaves crunch and stick crack underneath as they move towards up. I release my breath, look up and before us stand two children. Older than me. Two boys. Brown socks pulled up past their knees and shoes polished so hard they shine. My eyes move up over their uniform to the rifles hanging from their shoulders right beside the swastika badge sewn on their left shoulder. 

“Well where did you two come from?” says the closest one.

“From up the hill, obviously,” states Zelda

“Is that so?” he replies “And what are you doing all the way out here? The only thing that passes through here is the train line”

Zelda rams her lips together and says nothing. My tongue is thick, it feels like it is glued to the top of my mouth. Words stuck in my throat.

“And the trains that run through here are full of dirty jews” he continues. 

He pauses, and pulls the other one to the side. I am trying to figure out what they're saying but it's mumbled. I finally hear a sentence from the closest one “they must be jews” my heart skips a beat, flooding my body with fear. I have to come up with something quick or where both are dead. They are almost finished talking I can tell but my mind is blank. Oh no they're done talking there's nothing i can do now, we're screwed. They come back to us the closest one talks he must be the leader “your jews aren't you” he spits in zelda's face “your gonna wish u didnt do that” zelda furiously yells. I try to hold her back but it's too late. She kicks him in the knees then punches the other in the gut. I sit there in pure shock as they fall to the ground in pain. She uses the opportunity to take one of their guns and I take the other. I thought we were just gonna threaten them but she had other plans. Without thinking she shoots them. By now this isn't zelda, sure she's a little selfish and mean but she would never resort to violence. While i sit there trying to process everything the gun fires, zelda falls to the ground

R2

1 in 5 Australian adults experience mental health problems a year. And 45%(8.6 million) will be affected by mental illness in their lifetime. The most common mental illnesses in Australian adults are anxiety, mood disorders and substance use disorders. Remember these are only the common ones. What about the rest?That's almost half of Australian adults dealing with that.

CONCLUSION

Mental health not only affects the ones who suffer from it but those who love them.What if you had to watch someone you love hang on by a thread until they finally let go. Call 13 11 14, it won't always be this way.