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The Book Traveler

Vivienne M.

Part 1

 

It is September. Time for school to start. My name is CJ and I go to school at Coe Elementary. I am a fifth grader now, and I am standing in line with the other fifth graders in my class outside the school building. As we move inside, I see the cougar statue, but it looks more alive to me. I shiver. Imagine that thing tramping around the school.

“Come on, class.” Our teacher, Ms. Qwerty says. “It’s time to go to the library.”

As we walk in, I see my best friend June talking to the librarian, Ms. Zara. I wave June over.

“Hey, friend! I missed you” June says with the biggest smile. I grin.

“You called me every day” I laugh.

“Well, I still missed you” she says.

“Come on, let’s go get our books” I say.

June walks off toward the librarian, but I go to the fairytale part of the library. I find a treasury of classic Grimm fairytales. As I begin the original Cinderella story, something strange happens. I feel a tug on my head that pulls my head toward the book. I yelp in surprise, but nobody hears. I look up. Everyone is gone. Instead of people around me, I saw a tree and an old rickety cottage. Just like the one in Cinderella. I turn around, stunned. It couldn’t be true. But it was. I was in a book.

 

To Be Continued...

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