5Emily's+Tale+oof+Utopia

__**The Great Search for the "End of the World**____**by:**____**Emily Grooms**__



Story: The Great Search For The End of the World

"Mom, what does the end of the world look like?" Zoe asked her mother.

She replied, "Oh, I don't know, some people think that it is a perfect society where everyone gets along, sounds like somewhere you and your brother need to go!"

"Thanks mom that’s a great idea I’ll go tell Liam he will be so excited!!" Zoe says as she runs up the stairs.

"LIAM!!!!" Zoe screamed.

"What do you want little girl"he said annoyed.

"Mom said we should take a journey to the end of the world to find a place where there is this thing called a perfect society and where we can get along."

Liam throws his pillow and runs down the stairs yelling"MOM!!!! Is it true can we really go to the end of the world?"

"Sure you can if you know where to go." she replies sarcastically.

“Yeah!!!!” they both called out.

“I was joking” mom yells but they were already up the stairs and could not hear her, as so she thought.

Over the next month they spent their time preparing secretly. They made a map, packed their bags, got lots of food and drinks; soon they would be on their way to the end of the world!

“Oh this is going to be the best summer vacation ever” Zoe says to Liam.

Liam replies “Don’t get your hopes up!”

“Why not? I thought we were both excited for this trip.” She said.

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">“whatcha doing up their kids.” Mom said as she walked up the stairs.

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">“Oh nothing just talking” they both seemed to mumble out. “You two seem to be getting along lately, hmm, weird.” Then she walked back down the stairs nonchalantly. After a long silence Liam finally manages to say, “Few that was close.” They went back to their work to be able to leave in morning if all went as planned.

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">The next morning they go to their last day of school. The plan was to leave right after school. After a lot of thinking they concluded that writing a letter would be the best way to let her know of their unexpected leave. It said:

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">Dear Mom,

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">I know you said that we couldn't go to the end of the world, but we think it is a good idea so we both can get along better. Here is a map of where we are headed. We will be back sometime in the next month, hopefully. WE LOVE YOU A LOT!!!!!

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">Love,

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">Liam & Zoe

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">Once the letter was on the counter where she could find it, off we went.

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">"Are we there yet"

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">Zoe complained.

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">"No, just like the last 10 times you asked." Liam had retorted. They continue arguing for the next three hours until Zoe had spotted a lost puppy.

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">"Can we keep it? Please! Pretty please with sugar on top!!!"

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">"No!”All we need is another thing to look after."

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">“Oh, come on isn't it so cute though?" “I guess we can but you have to take care of it!"

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">"Aye aye captain."

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">They had walked for almost 3 months but no luck. Until they had seen something in the horizon it was late and had not seen life in weeks. Zoe and Liam ran as fast as their tired bodies would let them. What they had found was not the end of the world but life as we know. It was two monsters, 1 flying unicorn, and Santa clause.

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">Of course Zoe screams out, "Can we keep them? PLEASE!!!!"

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">"No these are living things that have a job to do. Plus I'm sure they don't want to be hanging around some kids who are finding some dumb place that doesn't exist."

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">“what’s this place you speak about" one of the monsters, Glubber asks.

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">"It’s the end of the world my mom keeps telling us about"

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">"are you serious! We have been searching for 5 years trying to find it. We could use some help if you don't mind."

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">"That would be great"

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">As they continued on their journey their mom was terrified that they would be dead. It had been almost four months and no sight of them. She was to scared though that she would die looking for them and had this feeling that they would return home safely soon. Later that afternoon she had gotten a call from some place she had never heard of.

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">When she answered it Liam was on the other line “Mom?”

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">“Oh my gosh where are you are you safe????”

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">“yes mom we are safe and we are almost to the end of the world be home soon gotta go love you lots. Bye”

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">“Bye” mom said but he had already hung up and could not hear her.

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">Liam was right they were almost there. Not a person move, nobody stirred, not a single thing was alive, everything but the grass in the wind. Something was off in the distance and it was what they had hoped to see for months. Only time itself could describe how long they had searched for such an amazing, sight.

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">“So, this is it? this is what we have been searching for, for so long?”

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">“Wow, Mom is always right this place is beautiful and guess what Zo?”

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">“What?”

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">“We are actually getting along! Now that is a thing I never thought I would see.”

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">“Yep funny how we went to the end of the world just to find a perfect society when really we could do on our own!"

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">We went home, and told mom all about are adventure. She seemed really excited to see that we were getting along and are safe. Every year they take a trip to the end of the world

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">and each year they get closer to each other. <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 32px; text-align: left;">The end!!!!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">MIDDLE _ BEGINNING _ END Work Sheet

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Characters: Zoe, Liam, Sharon, Glubber, Max <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What they want: they want to find the "end of <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">the world!" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">They are going: they are going on a journey for <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">the end of the world the end of the world is suppose <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">to be a perfect society or utopia || * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Introduce your characters: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Zoe and Liam go on a journey that they mom, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sharon did not approve of. On their way they find <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a lost dog and take him on their journey. Once they <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">had gotten to what they thought was the end of the <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">world they have a huge battle with the monsters who <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">live their. only to find out it was not the end, but the <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">take one of the monsters, Glubber, with them. || * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How will all your story and characters develop? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">it ends with them finding the edge of the earth or end <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">of the world. Only to find that things don't always go as planed, and there is no real utopia. || * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Is your ending what your readers are expecting?
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<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffff00; display: block; font-size: 32px; text-align: center;">Mini Saga Not a person move, nobody stirred, not a single thing was alive, everything but the grass in the wind. Something was off in the distance and it was what they had hopped to see for months. Only time itself could describe how long they had searched for such an amazing, sight...