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             Upon a mystical island in times long past, 

there was a town of people who lived under 

the ground in an ancient volcano. They were 

no ordinary people, however, they were made 

of magma. Their hair and skin was fashioned 

from blazing hot liquid rock. 

   All of the Magmesians, as they were called, 

were happy with the way life in the volcano 

went. They enjoyed eating fire burgers, 

teaching their magma hounds new tricks, and 

attending ground-shaking earthquake balls. 

            One person stood out as different though, 

her name was Ella. Ella dreamed of a world 

outside of the volcano.   She had grown tired of 

the same old things again and again. She 

wanted to taste things other than fire foods 

and know what lay above   the Magmesians on 

the surface of the Earth. She decided to gather 

as much information as possible about what 

happened to the others who left the volcano.

      She began her quest at McFryers, the best place in town for all 

things spicy. 

          Along the bar, old man Louie sat, as still as always. Everyday he 

came in for two hours and ate a slice of fire-apple pie and read the 

town’s paper. Ella knew that his son had gone above the surface and 

that he might know a thing or two about the outside world. 

Cautiously, she walked up to him.

 “Hello, Mr.Louie” she interrupted nervously, “may I ask you about 

the above the surface?”

   Old Man louie set his paper down forcefully and sat up stick 

straight. “No”, he said” There’s nothing out there but darkness and 

dragons. Everyone who has ever left has been a fool to. Fools, I tell 

you!’ With that statement he snatched up his paper and stomped out 

the door. 

      Ella stood looking at her shoes, ashamed that she had wanted to ever go 

to the surface. Just as she turned to leave, she heard a voice whisper to her 

from the corner booth. 

“Psst…Hey ella,” the voice said quietly. She peeked into the booth and saw 

her sister’s friend Thomas. 

“I can’t talk right now Thomas, I just want to go home. I’m sorry” mumbled 

Ella as she started to shuffle towards the door. “

Wait!,” cried Thomas,” I know about above the surface.” 

Surprised Ella spun around, “And what do you know that Mr.Louie doesn’t?, 

she asked. 

“I found a book hidden in my attic,” replied Thomas with a smile. “If you give 

me a couple of minutes I can run to my house and come back with it.” 

“A book?” cried Ella, her heart swelling with hope, “I’ll stay right here while 

you go get it.” 

              Thomas came back with the book. It was old 

and ragged and had many pages missing. From 

what they could make out, the creatures who lived 

on Earth were very different from them and they all 

made weird noises. Ella yearned to see the world for 

now she knew that there had to be more to it than 

darkness and dragons.

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