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The Island of Utopia

MARK A. LEWIS

Long ago on the island of Utopia, there was an advantageous girl named Marion. Marion was liked by most of the townspeople. But the ruler of Utopia Lord Fehr did not always agree with the advantageous ways of Marion. Now Marion’s dream was to travel beyond the land of Utopia. She was always told as a child of the lands far away from the island of Utopia.

So on the end of the sun’s term in the sky she set out. The journey was about to begin. She picked up her father Zippo and she was off. So the journey began to the world beyond. Marion always knew there was more to the world than just the island of Utopia. So as they traveled across the waters and through the forests. Marion came across a sign however she could not read it. So she asked her father Zippo if he could. Zippo said yes it is a lost language of our land. Zippo said the sign reads City of Long View. As they traveled through the forests and came to a city.

They knew that this must be Long View City. There were so many people there but not one of them spoke the language of Utopia. So they traveled around the city looking for someone who might speak her language. Finally they met up with a man named Robert. Thankfully he spoke Utopia’s Language, he told us that he used to live on the island of Utopia. We both said that’s where we are from and they continued walking through the city. They were all talking about where they lived, and had such a very interesting conversation.

About two sun cycles had passed when Marion and Zippo arrived back home to Utopia. When they got there Lord Fehr was waiting for them, he told them that for disobeying the Utopian law (he who leaves must never come back). They would die by public execution. Fearing for their life they fled the home they always knew. So they traveled back to the City of Long View and meet up with Robert and told him what had happened.

So you might say that Marion got what she always wished for. Now living in the lost City of Long View.