Our Language Arts class had a great time reading The Last Cuentista. After we finished reading it we started to write about our ideal world. The local artist Peg Gignoux came to teach us how to use akua ink. We created prints of the leaves and flowers that we collected. We then started to create our books using our ideal world document and gluing our prints onto sturdy paper which we then attached to our cover. Above is a picture of my book and below is my story.

 

 

The palm trees sway, and there is a sweet, crisp smell of flowers as ospreys soar through the air and marsh grass moves in the wind. I’m on planet Maluhia. Colorful mangos hang from trees everywhere, their bright colors practically begging me to bite into the sweet, juicy inside. Planet Maluhia Is mostly covered in water, so everybody lives on islands. My island is called Whispering Fog. This is because of the monthly fog day that muffles the sound of the crashing waves on the west side of the island. There are nine frequent floods, so there is a lot of underwater transportation. There are clear glass tunnels like spiderwebs traveling from island to island. It’s almost like a clear underwater roller coaster. Houses are also made of glass, except for the bathrooms and bedrooms, but the living room and kitchen always have warm lights streaming through the windows. As I round the bend, my house comes into view. It’s a glass house about 8 feet in the air. Metal poles come down from the bottom in a crisscross pattern, supporting my house fully. On the outside, there are touches of wood painted black. My house is three stories tall. The first story is about a big glass box. The second story is a box about a quarter of the size, which is black wood with a white accent. The third is a white box about half the size of the second story. This is my bedroom. About one-fourth of my bedroom is taken up by my bed. Everywhere you look, some pillows look like they are about to bust with the plush inside. On one side of my room is a big window that looks out to the marsh, where I am now.

I slip on a pair of walkwater shoes and slide across the glassy water of the marsh that leads to the swimout bar. Once I reach the walkout bar, a sea salt mango smoothie hangs in mid-air, just waiting for me to reach out and grab it. These smoothies come from the sea salt mangoes that are grown under the sea. Just then, a teal and yellow watercolor-looking fish popped its head up and did a tail flip to get its body out of the water. It slid the tray of freshly harvested fruit from under the sea onto the counter. Then, in mid-air, it did a backflip and dived back into the water. As the fish slid back into the sea, I looked down into the shimming water and saw the underwater garden. Filled with hundreds of Seagrape clusters popping by the second like bubbles. Thousands of colorful watercolor fish dart between the variety of beautiful underwater plants. Each watercolor fish differs from the last, varying in shape and size. The Marsh Gardens supply half of our food. To avoid accidentally ruining the gardens, we wear the walk water shoes.

After I finish admiring the wonderful fish, I slip on my walkwater shoes and walk to a coaster station. A coaster station is where a glass tube emerges from the water. Here, I wait for a round glass bubble to come into sight. One comes about five seconds later, and I take off my water shoes. As I zoom along, I see many fish, plants, and other sea creatures. The exiting coaster station starts coming up again, and it emerges from the water, the bubble door open, and the tub door. I hop out onto the sand, still carrying my walkwater shoes home.

I wake up the next day and find a tree frog on my window. He starts croaking at me, “Hi, Freddy,” I say.“ He does a croak snort and hops off my window. I go downstairs and find Camp, my Chinchilla, head-deep in a mango. I yelled his name, and he popped his head up. His nose and mouth are covered in mango juice, and I can’t help but laugh. There are many Chinchillas on this planet. In fact, they are like squirrels but friendly. Like tree frogs, Chinchillas roam the streets freely, traveling from house to house. These native species have been around for so long that they can understand basic English. I walk outside to go to one of the local stands. I take two lefts and end up on Main Street. You’re probably thinking it’s busy, but our island is small enough that it’s not. Our island is small. Our street is a wide boardwalk with many bikers and carts. I stopped at one cart, grabbed a kale mango smoothie, and walked away, sipping it.

It was time for work, so I hopped on a coaster that goes underwater. I get off the train and end up in a big, oval-shaped glass room. There are lots of plants and materials around. My test partner Cameron says she has a new idea for a biodegradable material. That’s our job. We work on creating more plant, healthy biodegradable options for everyday materials, us, and many others, working to improve our planet and health daily. I walk through a tunnel into another classroom where two other scientists work. They specifically study animals. By studying them, we learn a lot about new materials and designs.

Today I’m going over to our big swamp, where I will study shoes and monkeys that live in the swamp. A shoe is the type of animal that lurks underwater. Unlike other animals, a shoe tilts the opening at the back of its mouth instead of gobbling up its prey and catching it with its shoelace. Then, it stuffs the meal inside its mouth. Once a shoe has filled with mangoes and other plants, it turns into a route where it plants itself upright and starts growing. Once the shoe grows, it turns into a swamp tree. Swamp trees are big trees, almost like an elevator. The trees are hollow on the inside, but you cannot see the inside at the tips of each twig. There are big bubbles with little tadpoles in them. Sometimes, there are more tadpoles. Once the bubbles pop, the tadpoles enter the water and become orange frogs, which is how the shoe and orange frogs work together. I will study them because there is a big debate between scientists on whether the shoe and the orange frog are actually the same creature. I believe they are different species because it is hollow when the shoe becomes a tree. Shoes suck up water through their trunks, catching tadpoles along the way. However, tadpoles are the only animals that go into the trunk because they are attracted by the smell of mango that the shoe had previously eaten.

The other jobs are mostly for community workers. The environment and community often run the farmers’ market or raise money for good causes. There are many more jobs, but they all work toward the same goal: making planet Malhuia a better place for animals and people to live, and we should do the same!

The palm trees sway, and there is a sweet, crisp smell of flowers as ospreys soar through the air and marsh grass moves in the wind. I’m on planet Maluhia. Colorful mangos hang from trees everywhere, their bright colors practically begging me to bite into the sweet, juicy inside. Planet Maluhia Is mostly covered in water, so everybody lives on islands. My island is called Whispering Fog. This is because of the monthly fog day that muffles the sound of the crashing waves on the west side of the island. There are nine frequent floods, so there is a lot of underwater transportation. There are clear glass tunnels like spiderwebs traveling from island to island. It’s almost like a clear underwater roller coaster. Houses are also made of glass, except for the bathrooms and bedrooms, but the living room and kitchen always have warm lights streaming through the windows. As I round the bend, my house comes into view. It’s a glass house about 8 feet in the air. Metal poles come down from the bottom in a crisscross pattern, supporting my house fully. On the outside, there are touches of wood painted black. My house is three stories tall. The first story is about a big glass box. The second story is a box about a quarter of the size, which is black wood with a white accent. The third is a white box about half the size of the second story. This is my bedroom. About one-fourth of my bedroom is taken up by my bed. Everywhere you look, some pillows look like they are about to bust with the plush inside. On one side of my room is a big window that looks out to the marsh, where I am now.

I slip on a pair of walkwater shoes and slide across the glassy water of the marsh that leads to the swimout bar. Once I reach the walkout bar, a sea salt mango smoothie hangs in mid-air, just waiting for me to reach out and grab it. These smoothies come from the sea salt mangoes that are grown under the sea. Just then, a teal and yellow watercolor-looking fish popped its head up and did a tail flip to get its body out of the water. It slid the tray of freshly harvested fruit from under the sea onto the counter. Then, in mid-air, it did a backflip and dived back into the water. As the fish slid back into the sea, I looked down into the shimming water and saw the underwater garden. Filled with hundreds of Seagrape clusters popping by the second like bubbles. Thousands of colorful watercolor fish dart between the variety of beautiful underwater plants. Each watercolor fish differs from the last, varying in shape and size. The Marsh Gardens supply half of our food. To avoid accidentally ruining the gardens, we wear the walk water shoes.

After I finish admiring the wonderful fish, I slip on my walkwater shoes and walk to a coaster station. A coaster station is where a glass tube emerges from the water. Here, I wait for a round glass bubble to come into sight. One comes about five seconds later, and I take off my water shoes. As I zoom along, I see many fish, plants, and other sea creatures. The exiting coaster station starts coming up again, and it emerges from the water, the bubble door open, and the tub door. I hop out onto the sand, still carrying my walkwater shoes home.

I wake up the next day and find a tree frog on my window. He starts croaking at me, “Hi, Freddy,” I say.“ He does a croak snort and hops off my window. I go downstairs and find Camp, my Chinchilla, head-deep in a mango. I yelled his name, and he popped his head up. His nose and mouth are covered in mango juice, and I can’t help but laugh. There are many Chinchillas on this planet. In fact, they are like squirrels but friendly. Like tree frogs, Chinchillas roam the streets freely, traveling from house to house. These native species have been around for so long that they can understand basic English. I walk outside to go to one of the local stands. I take two lefts and end up on Main Street. You’re probably thinking it’s busy, but our island is small enough that it’s not. Our island is small. Our street is a wide boardwalk with many bikers and carts. I stopped at one cart, grabbed a kale mango smoothie, and walked away, sipping it.

It was time for work, so I hopped on a coaster that goes underwater. I get off the train and end up in a big, oval-shaped glass room. There are lots of plants and materials around. My test partner Cameron says she has a new idea for a biodegradable material. That’s our job. We work on creating more plant, healthy biodegradable options for everyday materials, us, and many others, working to improve our planet and health daily. I walk through a tunnel into another classroom where two other scientists work. They specifically study animals. By studying them, we learn a lot about new materials and designs.

Today I’m going over to our big swamp, where I will study shoes and monkeys that live in the swamp. A shoe is the type of animal that lurks underwater. Unlike other animals, a shoe tilts the opening at the back of its mouth instead of gobbling up its prey and catching it with its shoelace. Then, it stuffs the meal inside its mouth. Once a shoe has filled with mangoes and other plants, it turns into a route where it plants itself upright and starts growing. Once the shoe grows, it turns into a swamp tree. Swamp trees are big trees, almost like an elevator. The trees are hollow on the inside, but you cannot see the inside at the tips of each twig. There are big bubbles with little tadpoles in them. Sometimes, there are more tadpoles. Once the bubbles pop, the tadpoles enter the water and become orange frogs, which is how the shoe and orange frogs work together. I will study them because there is a big debate between scientists on whether the shoe and the orange frog are actually the same creature. I believe they are different species because it is hollow when the shoe becomes a tree. Shoes suck up water through their trunks, catching tadpoles along the way. However, tadpoles are the only animals that go into the trunk because they are attracted by the smell of mango that the shoe had previously eaten.

The other jobs are mostly for community workers. The environment and community often run the farmers’ market or raise money for good causes. There are many more jobs, but they all work toward the same goal: making planet Malhuia a better place for animals and people to live, and we should do the same!