SUPERKIDZ magazine - SepOct2008 issue by Cindy Chin

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Danny’s Wish By Chuan Xin Vee (12 years old)

What will you do if you are given one wish? Our minds will surely run wild with wishes of all kinds. To be a billionaire, having the ability to fly, getting a present we desire that we do not dare ask for or just have all the fun we want. Ahh - What a nice feeling. A greedy person like me would wish for endless wishes.

“What?” Danny couldn’t believe his ears. “8100791152, hi. I’m 88667700.” “Emm…Can you please tell me where I am? “ “Certainly!” The happy face replied. “Never!” angrily, another face replied. “*sob*” She continued sobbing. “519,” said that expressionless face. Danny was amused by them. Well, who are you people?” “Happie Man.” “Angry,” he seems to be angry for nothing. “Sobbee” “88667700” “I’m Danny, I would like to know where am I?” “Hogwarts….but much different from Hary Potter, you know,“ Happy Man smiled. “01101001100101, appointment, appointment…” 88667700 seems to be annoyed. “Oh, we got to go, some sort of person named err…Da…Darr…Dannee is waiting for us. Bye!” And off they ran up and down the hill until they were out of sight. “Weird. Another Danny.” Danny thought. “How I wish I am now sitting cosily in a big sofa, enjoying the sweets and the warmth of the room. “ Oops! He just pronounced the word ‘and.’ The spell is broken! What is he supposed to do? Danny was very sad. He cried bitterly under an old oak tree. Out of the blue, and really unexpectedly, on the grass formed a ‘D.’ D? Danny looked around but saw nothing and no one but trees and hills. An ‘O’, ‘W’ and ‘N’ joined in. ‘T’ and ‘H’ appeared too. Followed by ‘E’ and ‘S’. Another ‘T’, an ‘A’, ‘I’, ‘R’ and ‘S’ appeared.

A boy named Danny leads a happy life in his double-story house. One night, while he was asleep, a loud crack of the window woke him up from his slumber. He couldn’t believe that he is looking at ………an elf! The elf broke the silence first. “Greeeetin, ya very good boy,” he said in his funny accent,” I shal’ grant ya a wish. What d’ya want?” The very first thing that flashed in this sweet-tooth Danny is: Loads and loads of sweets and chocolates! After he told the elf his wish, the elf added, “Ya shal’ not say “And” or you won’t have any wish to be granted. Don’t be greedy.” And he climbed out of the window silently. “Hmm… where should I start? My, I’m going to enjoy myself! Wish for a lot of sweets, everything sweet!” He reminded himself not to utter “and.” And so, before he could blink his eyes again, Danny’s bedroom was filled with sweets, chocolates, snacks and ice-cream! He stuffed his mouth with chocolates first. “Delicious! Marvellous! Superb! Never like this before! I wish I am in fairyland, ha ha!” It was just a joke, but the wish had to be granted. Before Danny could finish his last bar of chocolate, he was thrown into a hole with blinding lights all around him and was teleported to somewhere he had never been before. Soon, he was surrounded by fairies. “I wish I was somewhere else!” Danny shouted, without thinking why. This time, he was sent away from the startled fairies to goodness knows where. He landed hard on the ground. A man of four faces appeared out of nowhere. “Greetings. A very good day to you,” said the first face. “Hey! What are you doin’ on my land! Shoo!” This time, an angry face said, “I don’t know, but I couldn’t stop my tears. I’m not crying. *sob* nice to *sob* see you…” Her voice was so sad that it almost made Danny cry. The next face was expressionless and said nothing but,” 8100791152, good day.”

Danny sat there and watched. DOWN THE STAIRS? Down the stairs! But what stairs? A smile touched his lips. He saw a flight of stairs leading underground. Danny leapt with joy. He ran down

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down the stairs, only to find that it is endless. He looked at how far he had been. It would be impossible to get out again. “Hey, mate! Where are you heading to?” A voice came from the silence. Danny saw the most unusual person he had ever seen in his life. He had an oval-shaped head with a scarf tied around his neck. He was wearing a necktie, a tangerine and apple green shirt, a pair of shorts and a pair of pink boots. Danny tried hard not to laugh lest offend this stranger. “I’m trying to get out,” The oval-headed man looked at him for a while then said, “Are you Danny? The boy with wishes to grant? Why don’t you just wish you are out of here?” Danny told him the story from A to Z. He is getting comfortable with this odd little guy. “Oh….you have 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 stairs to finish. It takes about 10 years if you are patient enough. I have a shortcut .Slide down my tunnel and you will reach there within minutes.” He gave Danny a heart-shaped pillow to sit on and asked him to hold on tight. He gave him a push and Danny shot down the tunnel like a rocket. “Thanks a loooooooooooooot…”was Danny’s final words to the Egg Head. Danny was in an amazing speed. He shut his eyes and prayed quietly for his safety. Still holding onto the pillow, Danny fell on something soft. He was back in his room again! Surprisingly, dawn is still a long time to go. Hugging the pillow tightly in his arms, he fell into a deep sleep to get some rest he deserved. -The End-

SEPT-OCT 2008