By 5th Grade Students at Garden Gate Elementary
November 2014
The dragon guarded his cave. Mutu, the alien watched. Because Mutu was psychic, it knew the dragon guarded an old man, but it had no idea why!
Mutu was not tall. It thought of itself as quite short at two feet tall! This dragon was at least ten times bigger–he was a giant dragon. He was dark purple and light red. Mutu had the psychic impression that this was a kind dragon. The dragon’s wings were very large and his tail was spiked all over. The dragon had two yellow eyes, unlike Mutu whose three eyes were light blue.
The dragon’s teeth were really sharp like a canine’s. Mutu thought the dragon’s scales were really weird. They alternated red and purple, and they gave off a bright light. Mutu thought his scales would feel rough if it ran one of its ten hands in one direction and smooth in the other direction. Mutu had the feeling that if it actually tried to touch him, the dragon would suddenly reveal hidden spikes.
Mutu sniffed the air with both its noses, the one on its front face, and the one on its back face. The dragon stank of mint. Ewwwwww! Disgusting. In its world, mint was the scent of fish. Ick!
The dragon was calling out what appeared to be a name. He called, “Bablu Bhatucharya!”
Why would the dragon say that over and over? Mutu had no psychic reading on why. It came to the conclusion that the dragon was slightly crazy. Mutu decided to creep closer to the dragon and cave. As it tiptoed forward it stepped on a stick which snapped, making an unfortunate noise.
The dragon went silent. He stared at Mutu. Mutu stared back. Suddenly the dragon rose into the air and swirled, making the sound of a tornado. With a loud thud, he landed and became a fancy mirror. Mutu’s psychic abilities told it that the mirror might be dangerous.
Just as Mutu tried to run, it saw itself in the mirror, and the mirror Mutu then attempted to grab the real Mutu. Oh no!
It’s trying to drag me into another dimension, thought Mutu.
Just as it looked as if Mutu would be dragged off into another realm, the dragon turned back into a dragon.
“Why are you here,” the dragon asked fearfully.
He was afraid of Mutu? How could that be?
The dragon rose with Mutu in his talons and then dropped it. When Mutu landed on its back, it realized it was in another dimension. It fell through a roof and landed in the middle of a very strange place. The wall it smashed into had a painting of an odd being with a very round white head, a yellow cone hat, and a disturbingly red smiley face.
Everywhere around Mutu people seemed to have been eating some weird round bacteria that actually smelled really good. Maybe it would taste like meat.
However everyone in the room was now screaming! Mutu did not need psychic abilities to realize they were screaming at it!
Mutu ingnored them and grabbed one of the bacteria things. It stuffed it in its mouth. Wow, it tasted just like cheese. Mutu loved cheese. It looked around the strange building for a possible portal. There was a large circle on the wall with purple all around the edge. Mutu dived through this circular door. It landed next to the dragon!
“Hello,” it cried. “My name is Mutu.”
“Why are you here?” the dragon bellowed.
Mutu knew now that the dragon was trying to protect what was in the cave.
“I know that that you are protecting that old man. I mean him no harm. I just want to see him.”
“You may not see him,” he warned.
Suddenly Mutu got the psychic knowledge that the old man was injured. That was why the dragon was so protective. Mutu was afraid that the dragon might eat it in the end, but it still was curious. It dove into the cave.
The first thing it saw was the old man with a blue hat!
The old man yelled, “Dragos, help me!!!”
The dragon charged into the cave. Aha! thought Mutu. Dragos is the dragon’s name.
The dragon suddenly grew three tails and then with a loud poof, he and the old man disappeared. Where did they go?
“Darn,” Mutu said. “I’m never going to find home.”
The “Cliffhanger” Ending.
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