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“That was fun!” one shouted.                                                                                          

“Hurry up, we’ll be late!” the other beckoned Storky.

Storky slowly turned his head back to his side of the battlefield. Expecting a group of exhausted but joyful kids he was left disappointed or rather confused. Six children, around his age, lie in front of him. Wide smiles, stretching from ear to ear, cover all their pink faces. Each of their positions was more amusing than the last.

“But wait…” Storky thought to himself. “Why does this boy’s arm look like a used-up tube of toothpaste? And why is there a fleshy looking snake crawling out of that girl’s belly?”

“The teacher will mark you as being late!” a distant voice shouted.

Without looking back again, Storky followed the remaining group of his friends.

The kids' Storky was walking with were discussing the latest episode of a hit TV show that aired last night. Storky, being