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Wednesday 28 April 2010

Finnish short story set in Reunion Island

At Reunion
The Secret Vulcano


Once upon a time there was a girl, who lived on a small French island called Reunion. The girl was called Sophia and she was 7 years old. Sophia loved adventures and volcanoes.
One day Sophia went out to the mountains with her friends. Her friends Sarah, Lisa and Rosalie loved adventures as well.
-Sophia, are you sure that the mountains are quite safe? asked Lisa, who was a little wary
- Yes, I´m absolutely sure about that, answered Sophia
And so all the girls kept on going…..
-What is that? called out Rosalie
- A secret volcano! yelled all together
- That volcano is going to be our secret hiding place, said Sophia
The girls dig a cave into the volcano. Finally it was ready.
-It looks very fine here, said Sarah
-Yes, but there are no belongings in here, added Lisa
The girls went out. Suddenly they heard a terrible rumble. The volcano was bursting out!
-Help us!!!!!! screamed all local people
- Our cave is breaking down! cried out Sophia
Next day the girls were very sad when they went to school.

Sophia lived at the mountain range of Reunion. One day Sophia went for a walk. After she had walked a little while, a thunderstorm began. Sophia was so frightened that she almost fell down from the mountain edging. A lightning hit very close to Sophia. Now she was so scared that she began to run round and round and finally went to a wrong direction. When the thunderstorm calmed down, Sophia noticed that she was far away from home. She didn´t know where she was. Sophia walked forwards. She couldn´t see anything because it was so foggy. Suddenly there was nothing under her feet and she fell down. Now she was hanging on a branch of a tree. She screamed for help but no one heard her screaming. Then a gigantic butterfly flied to the same branch with her. The butterfly asked her:
- What´s the matter?
- Please, take me home, asked Sophia, almost crying
The butterfly was very kind and helped her with pleasure. It took Sophia home. At home her parents were a little angry but at the same time they were very happy, too. Sophia learned that it is not very sensible to go for a walk all alone.

One day Sophia´s family went to the store. They had to walk because they don´t own a car. It took quite a long time but finally they arrived there.
When they came back home, they noticed that the volcano gave off smoke. It was a sign of volcanic eruption. They were walking home when their dog Petri run towards them. They run home very fast and at the same time the volcano began to rumble. The volcano started to burst out. Magma was streaming down straight to a big city of Reunion. Peoples run away from their houses. Suddenly, magma solidified. Peoples came back home very terrified. Reunion was saved! But no one knows, why magma set up.

The next day I planned to go diving. When I came to the beach, I saw a glass bottom boat.
I forgot about diving and went for a boat drive. I saw lots of different fishes and a few turtles, too. When I came back, I went to a museum of turtles. It was a very fine museum.

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