Teacher: Lowrie

Last summer I ran away from home to have adventures. I went to the mountains and soon I was very lost in the forest. I walked for many days and the forest became very scary. The trees were dripping blood and even in the day it was very dark. One day I saw a light, it got bigger and bigger. Then I saw it was a UFO, so I wanted to run away, but the aliens took me and ate me whole!

I woke up inside the alien! It was dirty and slimy and there was a strange smell! I was not the only one there, there was a hunter too. He was confused and scared also, but he had a knife. I stabbed the alien and there was a lot of disgusting green blood. I made a hole and we crawled out. The alien was dead. We stole the UFO and traveled into space to see other exciting planets, like Saturn! But Saturn was boring and empty and gassy, so we left. As we traveled, I saw an astronaut out the window, he was very surprised to see us! Next we visited the sun, but it was very hot, and the hunter became very angry because he wanted to go back to Earth. I tried to stop him but he escaped the UFO! I saved him before he burned up in the sun. We started moving towards Earth, but, oh no! We had no more fuel! We were stuck outside of the planet in zero-gravity.

Then I saw a black hole. It got bigger and bigger and bigger, it was so big I did not see the sun! It pulled us in and then... I was inside and there were some very kind aliens. They were cute, short and soft like bears. The aliens gave us lots of fuel and said goodbye. We traveled on for 3 months in the black hole. Finally, we escaped the black hole near Neptune! We passed Jupiter and Mars and then we saw Earth! I was so happy. Now I really wanted to go home! We flew down to earth and luckily we landed right in front of my home in Korea. Now I know that summer adventures are fun, but home is the best place in the universe!

Discussion Questions:

Retell the story.

1. Why did he run away from home?

2. He was lost in the forest. What happened in the forest?

3. How did he escape from the alien?

4. What did he see in space?

5. Why did the hunter try to escape from the UFO?

6. What happened when they wanted to go home to Earth?

7. How did they get more fuel?

8. What did he learn from the journey?