By: Maegan L. Learned

Chapter 1

Today I made an invention to take me to the center of the earth. It is made of Hottamistical metal. Hottamistical metal is melt proof. Then I started to go through the earth’s crust. The earth’s crust was full of soil and grass. After traveling 34 miles I hit the mantle. I started getting hot, despite I was in my machine. So I turned on the air conditioner. After traveling 1,800 miles I started to get even hotter. I was going into the core. The core is the hottest part of the earth. So then 30 minutes later I decided to go back up. I was planning on going back to North America but instead I was in Japan.
"Hi, Chie Con!" said a man.
"Uh, yeah Hi Chie Con," I said not knowing what it meant. I started to walk off then I looked back and the man was staring at me but I just ignored him. I started looking for an airport then I found one. When I got back home it was 12:00 at night so I went to bed. In the morning I went to school. When I got on the bus I said "Hi, Chie Con Lindsey." Lindsey just stared.
When I got to the classroom I said "Hi Chie Con everyone!" everyone stared.
"Your not in Japan, Maegan" said Mrs. Bock.
"Oh," I said and laughed.
The next day I went back to the core. Something strange was happening to my machine. The air conditioner broke! I got so hot I couldn’t breath. I went 5,000 mph up. When I got back up I almost died. My parents had to rush me to the emegency room. Then my time came I died. Then the doctor said "Clear!" then they shocked me. I was alive! I saw Lindsey she said "How are you feeling?"
"Woah, what happened?" I said.
My parents were rushing to me. "She’s alive!" they said.
"Who’s alive?" I asked. My parents looked at me.
"You are silly."
"I died?"
"Yes."
"Oh yeah. That explains why I saw the Lord, then left." I was so happy I was alive. The first thing I did was play with Lindsey on the flipping bars. Then she spent the night. (Just in case.)

Chapter 2

The next morning I was sick so Lindsey spent the day with me.
"Is there anything I can get you?" she asked.
"No, not right now," I replied.
"I’m going to go to the bathroom," she said.
While I waited Mrs. Bock came to see how I was feeling.
"How are you feeling Maegan?" she asked.
"Ok," I said.
"I hope you feel better," she said.
Then Lindsey came in. She saw the whole bunch of cards behind Mrs. Bock’s back. "Since those cards don’t belong to anyone I’ll just ah...... take em." Mrs. Bock pulled the cards from behind her back.
"These are for you," she said.
"Thanks," I said.

Chapter 3

I was feeling alot better so I wanted to go to the center of the earth, "Mom, can I go to the center of the earth?" I asked.
"As long as Lindsey goes with you," she said under her breath. "She won’t let you get hurt."
"Hey Lindsey do you want to go to the center of the earth?"
"Sure!"

Chapter 4

We got as far as the mantle then we saw the magma. Only the magma looked like a water fall going backwards. We began to go up and throu a volcano.
"Aaaaahh!" shouted Lindsey.
"Don’t worry I’m sure we’ll live. Maybe we’ll land on....." Crash! "Mars? Aaaaahh!" I joined.
"Great Maegan! I want to go back to earth were there’s fashion," she wined.
We saw a little alein. He pulled out a gun and said "Nobody move."
I itched my nose. Bang, Bang. He shot his gun. Jelly Bellys! "My name is Alex the alein," he introduced.
"How pathetic," Lindsey said.
"My machine crashed on your planet by accident, I swear!"
"Don’t worry I’m a nice alein."
"So what do you eat here? I’m starving," I asked.
"We have earthlings, Ha, Ha, Ha."
"Aahhhh!"
"Just kidding. We eat anything you do," Alex explained. "I know, why don’t you come over to the club."
"What’s the name of the club?" I asked.
"Ah.... we just call it the club."
"Ok. We’ll go," I said.
"Follow me," said Alex.
So we followed him to the club. It was so cool! It had free everything. There was candy despencers, candy bars, pizza, ice cream, cheese burgers, hamburgers, a dance floor, a disco ball, drinks, aliens? and free dance tips.
"So how do you like it," he asked.
I looked at him with a smile. "I like it."
"Lindsey how do you like it," he asked Lindsey.
She looked up from her pizza. "It’s great!" she said through a mouth full of pizza.
I loved the dance floor and the pizza. It was alot of fun but I had to get back to my own planet. "Um, Alex, not to be mean or anything but we have to go to our own planet now."
"Ok."
Lindsey overheard, "You want to go back to earth where there’s homework?"
"Yes, I do."
"How can we?" Lindsey asked.
"Alex fixed our machine so it can fly!"
"Ok, as long as we can come back real soon."
"Ok," I said.
We all said goodbye and headed back to earth.

                    Written by: Maegan L. Learned                    
( 9 years old, 4th grade, year 2002)

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