101 Here I Come: The Story I wrote in the 4th Grade: Chapter One

On the Title

Roi-Et a.k.a. "101" is a city in the northeast of Thailand. I spent more than "One Night in Bangkok," and was on my way to Roi-Et. It wasn't my final destination in Thailand, but the place where I grew the most. I gained a tolerance for spicy food, and learned a little dialect called Essan-- a mixture of Laos and Thai. I learned that it's not the destination but the journey that matters. Just as random as my adventures were in Thailand, so is my life--it's like living in L.A. (oh by the way L.A. is another nickname for Roi-Et).

Saturday, February 5, 2011

The Story I wrote in the 4th Grade: Chapter One

While cleaning out the garage and going through boxes of old stuff--stuff from Thailand, stuff from my childhood through high school, and early college years, I lovingly call my "goof-off years"--I found a story that I wrote and illustrated in the fourth grade: The Unicorn, the Troll, and the Princess. I really liked unicorns as a child. I still want one!

Well I decided to edit it (mostly change punctuation and spelling errors, and take out repetitive phrases), and post it here chapter by chapter (there are only 5 short chapters), along with three poems I wrote: "Trolls," "Unicorns," "A Princess."

Chapter 1 Almost Captured

Once there was a unicorn. It was so friendly, so wise, and so talented. It had wings like a dove and flew swiftly through the air. Everyone liked the nice friendly unicorn, but a troll wanted to capture her horn for the power. The power was so strong it could purify poisoned water. The troll wanted to capture this unicorn so he could take the horn for the power.

When the unicorn heard this she was so frightened she went into the forest so she couldn't get captured. She went to a pond to have a cool sip of water (it was a very hot day). She stood up to see her lovely reflection. Her reflection looked funny, then she noticed a troll was walking up to her with a net. When the troll was about to capture her, she flew away. He tripped over a stone fell into the net and floated down into the pond. The troll said, "I'll get you next time!"