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Sarah lived in the jungle with her family.   Her sister Alexis, her mom 

Cynthia, and her dad Eric all lived in a little hut.   Everyone looked 

almost the same.   Everyone wore clothes made out of fur or leaves.  

Everyone had dark, shiny brown hair that glistened in the sun.  

Everyone looked the same.   Mostly everyone was nice.   Except Max, 

of course.   Max was filled with cruelty and evil.   He was very mean to 

Sarah.   But everyone else thought he was brilliant because he invented 

and made new things for their village.   Max lived in a tree house next 

to the water hole.   Whenever Sarah went to the water hole to get water 

for her family, Max would call out mean things to Sarah.

One day Sarah went with Alexis to the water hole to get 

some water.   Suddenly Sarah stopped in her tracks.   Max 

was getting some water.   Alexis kept walking.   “Alexis!”  

Sarah whispered.   “Come back!” “No!” Said Alexis.   “Alexis 

since I’m older, I’m in charge!”   Sarah said louder.   Alexis 

kept walking.   Sarah had to go with her sister.   As they 

approached the water hole Max turned around.   “Well, 

hello.”   He said.   Sarah stayed silent.   “You know,” Max 

said.   “I’m making a new invention.”   Sarah remained silent 

to avoid any arguments in front of her sister.   “You know, I 

bet you’ll never think of anything cool.’   Max said.   “I will 

too!”   Sarah said.   Max chuckled.   “Really.”   Max said.  

“Yes.”   Sarah said.   “In fact, I’m building something at 

home.”   Sarah lied.   “Well, if you are, than I expect to see it 

in the invention fair.”   Max said.   “Fine!”   Sarah said.   What 

had she just gotten herself into?

Sarah started thinking about what she was going to make.   If she 

wanted to do good in the invention fair, it would have to be something 

new, or something not many people knew of.   She started thinking of 

shapes.   Squares…rectangles… Spheres!!   She thought.   She made four 

spheres out of bamboo and they looked beautiful.   They glistened in the 

sun and were perfectly smooth.   She placed them in a pile of leaves and 

looked at her piece.   But, they needed something.   Something that 

would make them POP.   “Alexis!”   Sarah called.   “Alexis, come here!”  

Alexis came in a hurry.   “What?”   She said.   “Did something happen?”  

“No.”   Sarah said.   “I just need your help.”   “Okay.”   Alexis said.   “Well,” 

Sarah said.   “I made these spheres. But I think they need something.  

Something that will make them pop.”   “Hmm.”   Alexis said.   “What 

about c- COLOR!”   “Great idea!”   Sarah said.   Thank you so much!”  

Sarah would make the colors bright, but natural colors.   She got orange 

paint by picking off some of a tiger’s fur.   She got brown from herself, 

because everyone had brown hair.   She got yellow from a bunch of 

bananas, and black from night.   She then had four colors.   Each for one 

sphere. 

Sarah dropped each sphere into a coconut bowl of 

paint.   She left them there for five nights.   Then, 

she took them out.   They looked beautiful!   But the 

spheres were sort of deformed.   She came up with 

an idea.   She would get nuts from a tree and put 

one inside each sphere.   So she went to pick them.  

But as she was picking them an old woman warned 

her.   “This tree is the tree of life.”   She said.  

“Those nuts are not normal.”   “Oh,” Sarah said.  

“That’s okay.”   Sarah picked the nuts and put them 

inside the spheres.   The spheres now looked more 

circular and were gorgeous.

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