 Children's
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◆ Story
and drawing by brother initiate Jack Wong,
11 years old San Jose, USA
It all
started in the middle of Ireland. There was a forest called the "Golden
Witch Forest" that was a really special place for leprechauns. Leprechauns
are 10 inches high. They can fly, but not too high and not too far. Sometimes,
clouds carry them around if they need to go far. Leprechauns give energy to
plants and animals. They get energy from big trees, and pass it to plants
and wild animals. They harmonize the forest environment. The leprechauns heal
animals with the energy from trees. Energy can be in any kind of form: liquid,
solid, or gas. It mainly comes in liquid or gas and only rarely in solid form.
The animals breathe or drink
the energy from bottles, which can heal their wounds in a matter of minutes.
The leprechauns love to entertain animals by doing tricks, talking to them,
acting out plays, reading stories, and singing songs to them. The leprechauns
can also change the weather, such as when it is the frost time. But they only
use this power in emergencies.
One leprechaun named Jack
was a really bright leader who led a group of 100 leprechauns. They lived
in the golden forest and helped many animals and plants to grow and live healthy
lives. One day the leader heard news that the forest was going to be cut down.
Jack told a few leprechauns to get some energy from the trees while the rest
built a boat for every one to travel in. When the boat was finished, they
had a meeting to vote about which country they should go to. It was decided
that they should go to Africa.
They gathered their things
and left in the boat. While Jack was in the boat he watched the trees fall
down, one after another. The journey to Africa took two months. As they came
nearer and nearer, it got hot and humid. When they got to shore they searched
around for trees. They found a very big tree that covered a little underground
cave. All of the one hundred followers wanted to go in, so they did. They
met a tiger that was very nice. They talked a lot about their journey to Africa.
The tiger showed them around the place and introduced them to all the animals
there.
One day Jack heard noises
he had never heard before, big banging noises outside. Animals were running
everywhere. It was very dusty outside and really noisy. By the time everyone
came out, many animals were gone from their homes, and many were crying. Jack
was looking for the tiger but he couldn't find him. Jack figured that he was
gone forever. So they all decided to go back to Ireland to check on the golden
forest.
When they got back, the forest
had completely disappeared, so they went to another place in southern Ireland,
which they called the "Peaceful Forest". They met new leprechauns
and new animal friends to talk to and help. The trees here were tall and strong
and there was a lot of wildlife in the forest. This was the perfect place
to live and a very peaceful place.
