Orson Scott Card's trip to Jakarta, Indonesia
Stories from students at Jakarta International School
Jin Kim
A long time ago in a town of Sicily, there lived a man named Scard. He was a guy
that knew lots of magic. He could turn the prisoners from the war to a dog or
horse, so that the king and soldiers can use. He was a good guy in one way and
bad in another. He usually turned bad animals into a human being. He liked
helping deformed human beings and animals. He was nice that way. And
something that was not good was that he was suicidal. He was usually in pain. So
he always didn't laugh and was in a bad mood. He was always trying to die!
One day, he was really in a bad mood one day. His boss was really mad at him
and fired him. He got fired because he was not in the meeting. Boy, I would even
get mad if my boss fired me for not coming to the meeting. So, Scard was really
upset with him, so he made him into a frog and became the boss there. One day,
he went to the art contest. And saw Van Gogh with his ears cut off. He died of
pain. But at the bottom said that it was a god. So Scard started offering Van Gogh
as his god. He always prayed to him.
At about 5:00 in the morning, he suddenly felt depression. He opened the window
and tried to jump. But he didn't have enough guts to. So, he decided not to. The
other day, he was really weird. Whatever he said became true. When he said, "I
want him to die!" then the guy will die. He was so mad at his own mouth that he
started praying to Van Gogh for help. He asked, "Dear god! I want to kill myself.
I want to cut my lips, so I wouldn't make anyone else into animals or kill them. I
am too scared of my lips!" Van Gogh answered back, "My dear son, don't kill
your self. I'll tell you how to cut your lips without pain. You ice it for about 20
minutes. Then cut it with a chain saw. It will be quick but you will loose some
blood!"
Scard decided to cut it that way. So he did what he told and he finally succeeded
cutting his lips, but he was in such a pain. He fainted. He thought to himself, "I
shouldn't have believed in Van Gogh! He is not a god but a fool!"
Then he died.
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