A SPACE STORY

BY LINGYI KONG, AGE 8, 2021

It is the year 97867564534231. There was an astronaut called NoOne. He always wore an invisibility jacket. He never dared to take it off.

NoOne was sent by SomeOne, a space scientist to discover ThatOne. So, NoOne set out on a dangerous mission to find ThatOne.

NoOne had to venture into space to find ThatOne. He got into his rocket and checked the signals to make sure all was ready. 3,2,1 Boom!! The rocket zoomed into space. The rocket was alright, but NoOne worried about the trip.

He landed on Mars where ThatOne lived. NoOne got down from the rocket, and he found a house. He entered the house, and he found many books. He opened each book, but none had a clue of ThatOne.

Now, he realized he had three choices, to go into three doors. One would lead to tErRiBlE wEaThEr, the other would lead to many evil wizards and witches, and the last one would take his invisibility cloak away.

NoOne didn't want to be washed away by water since he was a baby, but neither did he want to be turned into an ugly toad. But, could he take such a risk to take off his invisibility jacket just to find ThatOne?

Well, he thought about it, and he entered the third door. His invisibility jacket fell off. After some time, he found himself not wearing his invisibility jacket, but standing in front of the bookshelf. He turned around confused. Suddenly, he saw ThatOne!

NoOne took ThatOne back to Earth. Overtime, the two became friends. ThatOne explained to NoOne that he had been trapped on Mars for many years, and how relieved ThatOne was when NoOne landed on Mars.

SomeOne gave NoOne money for bringing ThatOne to Earth.

Fairies Do Come Out At Night

BY APOORVA RACHAKONDA , AGE 7, 2013

I was sitting in my bedroom looking outside through the window when I saw tiny little things flying in circles calling more of those things.

I had no idea what time it was that night. Then my mom said it was sleep time, so I went to sleep. Last night, I crept out of bed and went out the front door even thought it was 12 o’clock.

Then I saw those tiny things again. I did not know what they were but they looked very pretty so, I wanted to take one of them.

By the time I went to get a jar, those tiny things had gone away. It was weird, but I finally understood that they only come out at night, and not in the day. So, I decided to be ready at nighttime by sleeping during the daytime.

I did stay up in the night and was able to catch one in my jar. But it was really hard to see what the tiny thing was at night, especially when I was trying to find my lamp.

Then I took a magnifying glass to see what it was. It was cool ! I saw a head, a body, two arms, and two legs. It was a fairy !!!

I thought it was nice to share what I found with my friends but I knew they wouldn’t believe me so I decided I should keep the secret to myself.