tabula Rasa

 Tabula Rasa

In the beginning there was a robot, he was walking slowly and stumbling because he was very tired. The robot had been walking through the desert for many days, his head was aching and his body was made out of metal so it was burning hot from the sun. All around him was hot and sandy. The robot seemed to be lost, there were no signposts in the desert, just a few rocks and a lot of dusty brown sand. The robot was called Rob. He came from out of space with a giant space ship that traveled as fat as a rocket.

When he was wandering around the desert, he saw amongst the rocks and petrified tree trunks a small plant. He picked up the plant and looked around to see where he could take it. The plant was dry and needed water. Suddenly he saw the mountain. It was a giant of a mountain. He climbed up to the top but he fell because he ran out of energy. He tried again and made it. When Rob arrived at the top of the mountain, he had no more strength and died. As he hit the ground, his robot hand dropped the plant next to him.

It was a miracle but the plant grew into a tree. It grew because of the sun and the rain. There was a leaf dancing through the sky and settling on Rob’s chest, which meant the weather had changed. There was hope for the planet.

• By Epi Delai