the echolopaperMagnolia elementary school student newspaper
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by Miraj Kedir
Francis is very tired one night and changes into her pjs. She goes into her bed and drifts asleep. She disappears from her bed and teleports into a new world without realizing it. In the new world she lives in a castle. In the castle a woman gives her a tour of the castle. Too many hours later she realizes she is not getting out of the dream. She sees some type of spinning portal. She try’s walking into the portal to get out of the dream but it took her to a candy land with lots of gingerbread houses and HUGE lollypops for trees. She sees someone dressed in a dress with candy stuck all over it. She asks them how to get out of this dream. The candy person just got the most confused that they could ever be. They looked terrified that someone thought this was a dream than ran away. She sees something with wings, chocolate wings. It’s a unicorn! She tells it to fly her out of this world. The unicorn thought she just wanted a good flight. Francis has never been more confused when the flight was over. They were at the same spot they started at. Francis finds a beautiful glowing rock and continues to the portal so she can go home to the castle and put it in protected place. Francis is filled with sadness as she wishes to get back home, and she can’t. As she enters the castle the woman who gave her the tour/Jessica/ Miss. tori asks her what’s wrong. She says that she wishes she can go back to her world, and she has tried many things and she couldn’t. Miss. Tori smirks and mumbles “You don’t need to go to that world”. Francis knows Miss. Tori said something, but she doesn’t know what she said and is too Sad to ask. She goes to her room trying to figure out what Miss. Tori said because she doesn’t know but it might help her. She looks out the window, it is late, so she gets ready for bed. The next morning, she is sad but ready to start a new adventure trying to get out of this dream world. She puts a smile on her face when really on the she is sad, but she can’t let miss. Tori know because she wasn’t any help the other day. Miss. Tori goes to the market with Francis. Francis blurts out about the other world and Miss Tori yells “THAT WORLD DOESN’T MATTER IT IS BETTER THAT YOU ARE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!”. What felt like everyone in the market stared at the and Francis was fuming. “Stay here I’ll be right back” Miss. Tori said and as soon as Miss. Tori left, Francis ran away back to the castle. She got past the guards because they recognized her, she ran into her room and slammed the door. She picked up her glowing rock from earlier she took it to miss. Tori and said “My other world is my real home” Miss. Tori said “Fine if you really want to go there then say your wish while holding the rock in your hand. “I wish to get out of this dream and wake up on my bed” Francis whispers while holding the rock in her hands. The dream world starts to glitch and spin. She appears on her bed in her pjs. She goes to her living room and saw her whole family. They all started to hug each other. Everyone was happier than ever. The End
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Julie
5/30/2022 10:04:36 am
Miraj, I enjoyed your story! I appreciate the lesson it holds–appreciate what we have in this moment. It reminds me of The Wizard of Oz.
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Land Acknowledgement
We at the Echolopaper acknowledge that we are on the traditional land of the Coast Salish people, including the Duwamish people past and present. We honor with gratitude the land itself and the Duwamish people. Echolopaper History The Echolopaper was started by five MES 5th graders during online learning in December 2020: Dexter Chinn, Sam Long, Ella Smits, Ella Wagar, and Eva Mirsky. To learn about the unique name Echolopaper, read Ella Smit's article on it. Have a question or an idea for us?
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