"To the Future Forest"

Lately, thoughts about the future have been plaguing my mind. The constant worrying about grades, about whether I will end up with a decent job to pay off my loans, and just the path of life in general... And as usual, to stop worrying too much, I started to clean up to get my mind off things. I was looking through my old things today and have succeeded in making myself nostalgic... Pictures of when I was young, signatures of old school mates, old birthday cards, books that I don't read anymore (Baby sitters club!) and most important of all, my writings...

I found a story that I wrote when I was 10 years old, and it brought a smile to my face... The title I thought was fitting for the mood I am in right now and it was quite amusing that I came across it 10 years later... I had absolutely no idea that I wrote this story. It was hidden behind another story in my folder and it fell out while I was taking out the original one to read. So I would like to share it with everybody, because I figured it would be a good change to my blog... A story by a 10 year old, instead of all the other confusing writings by a 20 year old... I laughed at my ideas of the future, the setting and my writing style that I had when I was 10 years old. It definitely brightened up my day...
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"Fluffy, Fluffy!" I screamed.
"Yes, Yes. I'm coming! God, you don't have to scream your head off like that," answered Fluffy.
"Well, what do you expect me to do?" I questioned Fluffy.
"You could have just called me sweetly!" she exclaimed.
"Nancy, Nancy..." called my mom from downstairs. "Who is it you're talking to?"
"Nobody mom," I replied, "Just... Just... talking to myself".

Oh hello! I didn't realize you were here! Anyway, my name is Nancy and I'm going to the future. Yes, to the future. Not to the past. You see, my friend Sally, she invented a new time machine and she asked me if I could come and we could both travel to the future. I know it sounds weird, but its true.
Oh, and I completely forgot to tell you about my Teddy Bear, Fluffy. Now, you better not faint because I am going to tell you something which I've never told anyone before. Ready? Okay. My Teddy Bear can talk. I know what you're thinking. Teddy Bears can't talk. Well, let me tell you that they really do!
Anyway, back to the scene. I grabbed Fluffy by the hand and ran to my mom. I informed her that I was going to Sally's house. I ran to Sally and she was cleaning the time machine. It looked sort of like a big apple. We jumped into the time machine and Sally pressed the year 3000. I was astonished. I didn't know it would go that far. Then she asked me, "Which place do you want to go to?"
I replied, "Um... Lets go to the forest."
Then suddenly, the machine started jumping and wiggling about. Then ZAP! A lightning flashed, and the next thing we knew, we were in the forest. We quickly jumped out of the machine. The forest was just like a park. But there were lots of trees. There were benches and a cute nice waterfall. People were flying on little jet sort of things to places. Sally started to wander off. I tried to keep up with her, but she was too fast for me. So Fluffly and I were the only ones left.
"Lets explore a bit," Fluffy said.
So we started heading North (or was it South? I should tell you that I'm not that good in Geography and my sense of direction is quite poor).
"Oh, look!" Fluffy exclaimed.
She ran over to a flower with many colors on it. We picked a bunch of them for ourselves and we continued walking. We saw a lot of things like weeds in red color and leaves in blue color.
"Wow!" I said to Fluffy, "Things sure have changed in the future."
It was turning dark and Sally didn't return.
"I wonder where she went?" I asked Fluffy.
Fluffy replied in a scared voice, "What if she left us here and went back? What if she got lost? Or what if she got eaten by dinosaurs?"
"Don't be silly," I replied, "There are no dinosaurs here. They're only in the past. And besides, Sally would never leave us here."
Just then, we heard a growl. I immediately stopped talking. I didn't move an inch. A lion's paw stepped out from the bushes. I got up and held Fluffy tight in my hands. The lion came out. It sure looked hungry. I turned around and started running. The lion started following me. I ran and ran, until I was at the edge of a cliff. The lion came closer and closer. I stepped back. The lion opened its mouth to eat me and ZAP! Another lightning flashed yet again, and I was back in the time machine and Sally was right beside me.
"Thanks a lot!" I said angrily to Sally.
"Don't mention it," answered Sally, laughing.