ERIKA D.

MY WAY AROUND THE WORLD

6

MAGIC FOREST



Collection: My way around the world (9

books)

Original title: Moja pot okoli sveta First electronic edition: Železniki, 2024

Published by Erika Drobnič

Canva illustrations

Published on Amazon.com, Kindle books Kataložni zapis o publikaciji (CIP) pripravili v Narodni in univerzitetni knjižnici v Ljubljani

COBISS.SI-ID 192958723

ISBN 978-961-07-2071-3 (KPF) Without the written permission of Erika Drobnič, reproduction, distribution, public communication, processing or other processing of this author's work or its parts in any scope or process, together with photocopying, printing or saving in electronic form within the framework of the provisions on copyright and related rights, is prohibited.

The path around the world is a path we walk from birth onwards. The countries that the main character visits in the story are different periods of our lives. The experiences in these stories show our perception of life in a humorous way. For example, the land of the giants is the period when we are babies or small children and everything around us is huge and upside down when viewed from the stroller. In each country, we also learn a new Spanish word.

Read all the stories and find out for yourself in which period of your trip each country is. I wish you lots of fun reading and don’t forget to learn all the Spanish words.



ALONG THE WAY, ONE DAY I WENT

THROUGH A MAGICAL FOREST. AT THE

ENTRANCE TO THE FOREST STOOD A BIG, TALKING DAISY. OF COURSE, OF

COURSE, IF STRAWBERRIES AND

PEARS SPEAK, WHY NOT DAISIES?

"GOOD MORNING!" SHE GREETED ME.

"GOOD AFTERNOON!" I GREETED HER.

"WHO ARE YOU?" I ASKED HER. "WHO

ARE YOU? WHO ARE YOU?" SHE

REPEATED. "I'M A TRAVELER, I TRAVEL

AROUND THE WORLD," I ANSWERED

HER PROUDLY.

"I'M A TRAVELER, I'M A TRAVELER,"

SHE REPEATED CHEERFULLY. I GOT

ANGRY: "NOW I'M ANGRY BECAUSE

YOU'RE JUST REPEATING AFTER ME, STOP REPEATING YOURSELF AND TELL

ME WHO YOU ARE." "WHAT IS THIS

ANGER?" SHE ASKED. OH, I THOUGHT, NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE TO EXPLAIN

IT. "IT'S ANGER WHEN I GIVE YOU A NASTY LOOK AND DON'T SAY

ANYTHING KIND," I EXPLAINED TO

HER.

BECAUSE CURIOSITY PROPELLED ME

FORWARD, I QUICKLY SAID GOODBYE

TO DAISY. "GOODBYE, DAISY."

"WHAT'S GOODBYE?" SHE ASKED.

"WHAT, YOU DON'T KNOW THAT

YET? HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN

THE WORLD?" "LET ME THINK ABOUT

IT?" SAID THE DAISY. SHE THOUGHT

BRIEFLY AND THEN ANSWERED: "2

HOURS, 5 MINUTES AND 15 SECONDS, WELL, NOW IT'S ALREADY 16 SECONDS

AND 17 AND 18." "WELL, WELL, THAT'S

FINE, I UNDERSTAND, YOU'RE STILL

YOUNG.

"DAISY, I DON'T HAVE TIME TO

EXPLAIN TO YOU, BECAUSE I'M IN A HURRY, YOUR PARENTS WILL TEACH

YOU." I RUSHED FORWARD, AND I HEARD HER ASKING FOR A WHILE:

"WHAT ARE PARENTS, WHAT IS

THERE TO EXPLAIN AND WHAT AND

WHAT?" "OH, OH, OH," WONDERED

THE FRUITS IN THE BASKET. "BUT

WHEN WILL SHE LEARN ANYTHING?"





I JUST WANTED TO RIDE MY

MOTORBIKE ALONG A BEAUTIFUL

FOREST PATH. THE FRUITS WERE

HOLDING THEIR HEADS AND TELLING

ME: "NO, NOT SO FAST, BECAUSE WE

ARE IN A MAGICAL FOREST AND

MAGICAL THINGS CAN HAPPEN HERE, LIKE HOLES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE

ROAD."





AND IT REALLY HAPPENED. IN THE

MIDDLE OF THE WAY A BIG HOLE

SUDDENLY OPENED, AND WE FELL INTO

IT, ALONG WITH THE MOTORBIKE AND

ALL THE STUFF I HAD WITH ME. WE

KEPT FALLING. I WAS SURE, WE WERE

GOING TO FALL INTO HOT LAVA.





LUCKY FOR US, THERE WERE BIG SOFT, SHINY MUSHROOMS AT THE BOTTOM

BUT THERE WAS NEITHER SMELL NOR

SOUND OF LAVA. IT WAS AS DARK AS

A HORN, AND SINCE IT IS A HORN, I THOUGHT, OR JUST THE ABODE OF

THE DEVIL, WHO KNOWS. "OUCH, COME

ON," GROANED THE FRUITS. "WELL, WELL, CALM DOWN, WE ARE ALL SAFE.

LET'S BETTER START LOOKING FOR A WAY UP!" I ENCOURAGED THEM. "BUT

HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO LOOK FOR

THE WAY IF WE CAN'T SEE ANYTHING,"





COMPLAINED THE FRUITS. IT WAS

DARK, SO I SUGGESTED WE WAIT, AND

WHEN OUR EYES WILL GET USED TO

THE DARKNESS, WE WILL SEE BETTER.

BUT WHAT IF THERE WERE A LOT OF

PATHS, AND THEY WERE LEADING IN

ALL DIRECTIONS. WHICH IS THE

RIGHT ONE, IT WAS NOT WRITTEN

ANYWHERE. I THOUGHT SO LOUDLY

THAT THE STRANGE CREATURES

THAT LIVED DOWN HERE COULD HEAR

ME.





SLOWLY THEY CAME OUT OF THEIR

HIDING SPOTS. I HAVEN'T SEEN SUCH

BEINGS BEFORE. BIG BLUE EYES, LONG

ARMS AND SHORT LEGS, BEAUTIFUL

SHINY RED HAIR SPOTTED WITH

WHITE SPOTS. JUST IN CASE, I BLEW

MY MAGIC WHISTLE, WHICH WAS

INAUDIBLE TO THE GOOD ONES, BUT

THE EVIL ONES JUST DISAPPEARED AT

ITS SOUND.



BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. THEY

JUST STOOD AND LOOKED AT ME IN

AMAZEMENT. NOW WHAT IS THIS, IS

THE WHISTLE BROKEN? I WONDERED.

BEFORE I COULD FIND OUT, THEY

DISPERSED AND HID BACK INTO

THEIR LOCATIONS. HOO, HOO, I SCARED THEM BECAUSE I THOUGHT

THEY WERE AFRAID OF ME. WELL, I WAS

WRONG. WHEN YOU SAW THE SIGHT OF

MY FRUITS, YOU WOULD KNOW THAT

SOMETHING TERRIBLE WAS COMING.





I KNEW IT AS SOON AS I HEARD A LOUD ROAR AND RUMBLE BEHIND

ME. I SLOWLY TURNED AROUND AND

SAW A LITTLE ELF WITH A TAIL AND

FLOWERS. HE OPENED HIS BIG MOUTH

TO EAT ME. SO, I BLEW MY MAGIC

WHISTLE AS HARD AS I COULD.



IF YOU COULD JUST SEE IT. HE

DISAPPEARED AS QUICKLY AS HE

APPEARED. BECAUSE I SAVED THE

CREATURES FROM THE DEVIL, THEY

BROUGHT ME A BASKET FULL OF

SHINING DIAMONDS AS A THANK YOU.

HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY WERE. I CHOSE

TWO AND LEFT THE REST FOR

TRAVELERS WHO WILL STILL VISIT THE

MAGICAL FOREST.

What would you do if you were faced with an

insurmountable obstacle?

Would you like to find the

strength within yourself, like our heroine?

The following story can be

found in book 7, titled:

THE LEARNED HEAD