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Bridge To Terabithia
Finally, the first day of
school had arrived at Lark Creek Elementary. Jess had been preparing for this
day all summer. On your mark, get set "Bang ", he would say to himself
every morning as he ran with the determination of an athlete. He wanted
to be the fastest kid in the 5th grade. That was just about the most exciting
reason to go to school, and the big day was here.
The boys were getting impatient with
all the waiting, the rules and the entire elimination process, but the
races were beginning. During all the confusion a girl showed up on the
boys lower field and quietly said, "I want to run". She was the new girl,
Leslie Burke, whose family had just moved into the Perkin’s old place.
It wasn’t a rule that girls couldn’t run, they just didn’t. But they let
her run, what could it hurt. Leslie became the fastest kid in the 5th grade.
Running just wasn’t the same anymore.
But soon , nothing was the same for Jess. His new friendship with Leslie
let him see part of himself that he liked, and it was exciting. Leslie
introduced him to Terabithia, the world of ceremony and magic.
One swing on the enchanted rope that
hung from the old crab apple tree whisked them into this mysterious land.
Terabithia was not an ordinary place, it was a mystical place where everything
seemed possible and imagination was supreme. Stories came alive, hostile
savages could be conquered and time did not exist. They were the Rulers
of Terabithia.
Their journey, into the worlds beyond
and the sacred pine forests of great sorrow and great joy, had changed
their lives forever. |