The Magical Bird

One ordinary evening during the week, Brock yawned. He was tired. The babysitter, Jenna from next door, put him to sleep. Mommy and daddy were both at work. They're a pilot and stewardess at a major airline. Before going to bed, Jenna read a story about bears and space travel. Right now Brock's eyes were tangled with sleep. So Jenna turned off the lights and went into the living room to watch TV.

After a while, Jenna heard strange noises coming from Brock's bedroom. She was startled as she opened the door. Brock was sitting on his bed wearing an astronaut's uniform on and all his stuffed animals looked like figures from Star Trek. What the hell happened here?

Without realizing it she became part of the story as they flew towards the stars.

Commander Brock passed on the instructions and they landed on Mars. Upon arrival, they were welcomed there by the Chief Martian Bollo. They had to meet urgently because only Bollo could help save the Earth. It would be destroyed within three days if Brock didn't return home with a miracle cure containing dust that can only be found on Mars.

Bollo, however, asked Brock for a huge sacrifice. He had to go back to earth without Jenna and his crew and had to take this large spacecraft with him on his own. He had to do this. The stakes were too high.

The next morning, Brock left for home armed with his Martian dust. Upon arrival, however, some opponents were waiting for him, armed and warlike. They reclaimed the dust so Brock would no longer be able to save the earth.

However, Bollo had also taught him a spell that he had to keep in mind when the dust got into the hands of someone who would abuse it or destroy it. Therefore only Brock could active the dust.

A huge battle emerged and Brock, as expected, lost the dust. He quickly casted the spell so it didn't work anymore. He returned home feeling very sad. Now he had nothing left, his crew gone, Jenna gone and the earth could no longer be saved either.

Upon arriving home, he sat down at the table and thought about what he could do now, when suddenly he heard a rumbling noise at the door. He went to have a look and saw a big bird lying there, all drowsy. Apparently he had flown into the door. He took the bird inside and tried to patch it up. He gave him a drink, tried to feed him and most of all to reassure him. The bird was lying on the table while Brock caressed him very softly. And yes, he came back to life, very slowly, and he became more beautiful, with beautiful colours surrounded by bright rays of light.

What was it? A magical bird? It looked like the bird on the bottle that contained the dust Bollo gave him. Could it be? Would he be able to save the earth through this beautiful bird? Brock addressed the bird. "Dear bird, could you help me like I helped you?"

The bird looked at Brock and all of a sudden it started to sing a beautiful song. The room was bathed in a brilliant colorful light and then... Brock woke up.

He looked around dazedly and noticed his stuffed animals on the shelves were no longer wearing Star Trek-suits. He was only wearing his pajamas and Jenna was standing in the doorway to see if this sleepy head had finally woken up as it was time to go to school. Was this all just a dream? Shouldn't the earth be saved? He was going to tell the teacher all about what he had been through this night.

Upon arriving at school, Brock quickly walked up to the teacher and told him his story. The teacher laughed and said: " Your dream was a bit exaggerated, but there is actually a message in it. The world must be saved, but not right now. Gradually we all have to take a little better care of ourselves and our surroundings, so that the earth will remain healthy".

Brock felt it was all a little weird. Soon mom and dad would be home, they'd know. After all, they were always flying around up in the air.

In a way ... Brock was glad that this was all just a dream.