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“ You don’t have to. It’s your life, you can choose your own destiny.”
“ Well, if I join I want to not have to ght. But I’ve al- ways wanted to help people.”
“ You mean, you want to be a surgeon?”
best.” “ Yes! That sounds the
“ Very well, your training will commence immediately.” As he walked back to his chair he said,” Will, nd these four quarters.”
“ Yes Kaiser.” Said Wil- liam. Then he turned to my
friends and I, ” Come with me.” We followed William.
He took us out of the palace,
to a white house made of nice smooth rock, with a short rim over the edge of the roof. “ This will be where you’ll be staying. If there’s anything you wish to move into, go ahead.” He started to walk away, but I ran up beside him.
“ How does the palace get so big on the inside?” I asked. William bent down and
whispered,” Magic.” Then he kept walking.
To be continured...
Lukas Sotola is a seventh grader who attended the Cole Writers’ Institute in the summer. This was his creative
writing piece.
Egyptian Art by Will Miranda
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