So I was very tired after … Oh sorry! I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Jammy and today I’m going to tell you about my adventure. So let’s begin. I was very tired after school, so I went to my room, tossed my bag aside, and went to the washroom to freshen up. I then had my snacks and entered my room to watch TV. As I laid down in my bed, I couldn’t stop my eyelids from drooping. 

After a while I heard some noise. The noise was coming from the attic. Then I realized I was home alone. I was scared, but I mustered the courage to go up. I opened the door to the attic and followed the screeching sound coming from the corner. There I discovered a cat playing with my old rocket toy. I sat down and stroked the cat. Suddenly it started talking to me. “Thank you for petting me and showing love,” it said, and handed me a shiny coin.

I thanked the cat and it told me that the coin can make tiny objects larger. “Just hold the coin in your hand and touch the object you wish to enlarge and say the spell ‘bibbidi bobbidi boo you’ll be big woohoo’,” the cat told me. I burst out laughing after hearing the silly spell—but the cat vanished before I could say anything. 

I touched the rocket toy and said the spell while holding the coin. To my surprise, the rocket toy became a real rocket. I went inside, and found myself floating. I made my way into the cockpit and pressed some random buttons. Suddenly the rocket started to take off. I held tight to my seat, as I left the earth. I was so thrilled to be in space. Then suddenly an asteroid hit my rocket. I was screaming as I was about to crash. Unexpectedly, my magical rocket landed on an unknown planet. I got out of the spaceship to investigate where I was. I left my craft behind and started walking, and suddenly I spotted an alien. Frightened, I ran toward my spaceship. But the creature got a hold of me. As I was flailing and screaming, my captor told me: “Don’t worry, I won’t harm you. I just want to know why you are here.” “I was flying to the moon, but an asteroid hit my rocket and I crashed,” I explained. 

Then the alien, who told me he was named Ales, asked me if he could see my rocket. I agreed. “You seem to have run out of fuel,” he told me after inspecting the rocket. I began to panic, but Ales told me he would help me. 

Ales showed me around his planet. It was called “S21”, and Ales and his kind have been inhabiting the place for thousands of years. My extraterrestrial friend gave me a tour of his beautiful planet. He also showed me his home and met his friend Meshel. Ales and Meshel communicated in their language, which I found very funny. Now I had two alien friends, and they took me on a walking tour of planet S21. They took me to a mountain made of diamonds and a lake filled with liquid gold. I also had the honor of joining Ales’ family for dinner, but I was shocked by the sight of the meal on the table. Residents of S21 ate slugs and worm juice. I didn’t want to appear churlish, so I ate what was offered to me. Ales insisted that I spend the night at his place. The bed was made of the fluffiest animal. It was so comfy that I fell asleep in no time. When I woke up I saw a nice sunrise and it made my day. But I was missing my home, so I told Ales that I have to leave. So he offered to prepare fuel for my rocket. He knew the ingredients for fuel. He brought some fossils, heated them up, and poured some chemicals on them. As the chemical reaction was underway, we played games. I showed him the games played on my planet like tic-tac-toe played, and he showed me the games played on S21.  Once the fuel was ready, we refueled my spaceship. Ales gave me a gift during our emotional goodbye. Just as my rocket left S21, I heard a familiar voice calling my name. “Jammy, Jammy, Jammy wake up , Jammy.” I opened my eyes, my mom staring down at my face. So it was all a dream. “Time for dinner,” she told me. Blearily I went to the kitchen, remembering the dinner of slugs and worm juice at Ales’ home.

Shreyashi Sigdel 

Class: VI

Euro School, Chhauni