When you look at the sky, sometimes you wonder "What if someone lived up there?"
Well, keep reading, and you'll know.
On a small planet called Popstar, there was a kingdom floating in the sky called Floralia. Floralia was home to the people of the sky, fairies and Insect-like people who knew everything about planting. Life in Floralia was perfect. The people of the sky harvested sky berries, they played bells on special occasions...
But the best part of all...was hearing stories about the world 'down there'.
The people's queen, Sectonia, told the stories every evening at sunset.
She explained things like, "The grass is green...and the people of the world down there grow plants as beautiful as ours."
The stories were wonderful, but as for one person, Taranza. hearing about the world down there wasn't enough. He wanted to SEE it.
"Queen Sectonia?" Taranza asked. "Yes, Taranza?" The queen responded. "I want to go down there. I want to see what plants they grow. I want to eat an apple." Taranza explained.
Taranza's best friend, Ringle, gasped. "Whoa, whoa, whoa. You can't go DOWN THERE!" Ringle cried.
"Why not?" Taranza asked.
"Because it's dangerous!" Ringle responded.
Taranza rolled his eyes.
"Have you ever eaten an apple?" Ringle asked.
"Hmmm...I've never seen an apple." Taranza said.
"You know why? BECAUSE YOU LIVE IN THE SKY." Ringle explained.
And then Queen Sectonia and all the townspeople left.
Taranza thought about it. The fact that Ringle told him not to go...only made him want to go even more.
He then looked at the clock tower. It was 12:18. "Oh, I have to water my Star-berry plants." He said to himself. As he wandered back home, he saw a stranger wearing a hood.
The stranger pointed a finger. "You there!" He cried.
Taranza looked around to see who the man was talking to. But nobody else was around except him. "Me?" Taranza asked.
"Yes, you!" The man said. "Come closer."
Taranza did just as the man instructed. "You seemed to be troubled, young one." The man told Taranza.
Taranza nodded. "I wish to see the world down there, but my best friend doesn't want me to."
The man was silent for a few minutes, and then he said, "Perhaps this will make your wish come true." And he held out a small, fruit-like seed.
"A seed?" Taranza asked.
"Ah, but it's a Miracle seed." The man infrormed him.
"What's a miracle seed?" Taranza asked.
The man explained, "Miracle seeds are bringers of happiness. If you whisper a wish into it and toss it off the cloud where your home is located, your wish will come true."
Taranza liked the idea of that. The man handed him the seed.
Taranza thanked the man and offered one of his rubies in exchange. The man accepted the rubie. "Thank you." The man said. Taranza happily went home.
When Taranza was finished watering his Star-berry plants, he walked over the the end of the cloud his mansion was on. From Floralia, The world down there looked like smears and blobs of paint. He held the seed and whispered, "I wish to visit the world down there." And he gently tossed the seed. It kept falling until Taranza could not see it anymore. Taranza smiled and went back to caring for his plants.