There once was a boy called The Digger-Kid.
His dream was to dig all the way to China so that he could eat Chinese food––it was just the right of sweet and not too spicy. It was his favourite!
He looked at his purple toy box and thought, Hmm? how can I dig all the way to China?
The stuffed animals would miss their stuffed animal friends.
The pencils would need a sharpener.
And then he saw his Beyblade. This won’t miss the other Beyblades, he thought. And it wouldn’t need any sharpeners. Perfect!
So he started digging. He dug out of his room into the backyard, beneath his favorite park and the schoolyard. He dug past the library, the swimming pool, and the big airport with all its loud noises until––am I there?
No, it was a mole, standing right in The Digger-Kid’s way.
“Move,” said The Digger-Kid.
But the mole refused.
“Pretty please,” The Digger-Kid tried again.
But even that didn’t work.
The mole wouldn’t move unless the boy battled him.
Lucky, thought the boy. Stuffed animals don’t like to fight, and pencils break all the time, but a Beyblade was always ready for battle. So The Digger-Kid and the mole went into a heated battle, yelling, “Three, Two, One, Let it Rip!”
The Beyblades spun up and then down, colors everywhere, but when they stopped, The Digger-Kid defeated the mole, The Digger-Kid had won!
The mole made a big fuss. It stomped its feet and whined, but fair was fair, and it had to move.
The Digger-Kid dug under the oceans, waved at some whales, went under some train tracks, and dug through the Great Wall ALL the way to China, just like he wanted. There, he ate all the Chinese food he could have––his spring rolls were crunchy, and the noodles were just like Mum’s. The Digger-Kid ate all the sweet food and the not-too-spicy food, his favorite!
Bilo is a fourth grader. He lives in Minnesota with his family. He loves lions and acting!
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