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| Logan Clark |
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The worst part of fall is raking
leaves, but this year I got my friend, Bobby, to help me. It still felt like
the end of the world to me to spend a great day raking leaves, but Bobby's
company made it a little better. After what seemed like an eternity, we finally
finished raking up all of the leaves in my front yard. We decided to have a
little fun and jump into the pile of leaves before bagging them up. I counted
down, "Five-four-three-two-one!" We ran, we jumped, we fell! We fell? We
weren't supposed to fall. We were supposed to land on the grass.
As
we fell, we shrunk as small as the leaves around us. The next thing I knew, we
landed with a thump on a leaf. The leaf started talking to us. It said, "Get
off me! Get off me!" We got off the leaf and froze. The leaf had a nose, a
mouth, eyes, and ears. "Hi," said the leaf. "Welcome to Leaf Land. My name is
Bane."
Bobby
giggled, then laughed, "Ha-ha-ha!"
Bane
ignored Bobby and said, "I need to see the time so we don't miss the Leaf
Express. It's due any time now."
"What's
the Leaf Express?" I asked.
"The
Leaf Express is a tour train and a delivery train that delivers leaf people to
stops all over Leaf Town," Bane answered.
"Well,
what are we waiting for," I said. "Let's go on the Leaf Express!"
"Just
wait a minute, young man. We have to get tickets first," said Bane.
Bane
took us to a birdhouse where we got tickets from Betty the bird. We immediately
ran to the Leaf Express and barely made it. We showed our tickets and boarded
the train.
Bane
was our guide throughout the tour of Leaf Land. He told us about Swim School,
where leaves go to learn how to float on water instead of sinking. Bane showed
us the Poleaf Station, the Leafbrary, Olive Leaf Garden, and McMaples, two
favorite restaurants in Leaf Land. Bobby and I were amazed. Leaf Land was
spectacular!
After
the grand tour, I told Bane we needed to get back home. He led Bobby and I to
McMaples. He ordered a Grand Mac Magic Burger. Bane said, "Take a bite and you
will return home at your normal size." We each took a bite and could feel
ourselves floating up in the air. As we floated, we grew bigger and bigger. I
whispered, "Good bye," to Bane.
A
moment later, Bobby and I were back in my yard, sitting next to the leaf pile
as if nothing had happened. We looked at each other and laughed. We finished
raking the leaves back into a pile, bagged them up, and saved them to be able
to visit Leaf Land another day.
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