Stellar Stories edition 2

FLORA AND THE
LITTLE EERIES
By Erin Liao
Flora woke up on an intensely sunny day. She stretched
her arms up to the ceiling and got up out of her cozy
bed. She grabbed her toothbrush, squeezed toothpaste
on it, and started brushing her teeth while she danced to
her favourite music. After brushing her teeth, she dressed
up in a grass green shirt and some dirt brown shorts.
Flora went to the kitchen, took a handful of Grainy Flakes
cereal, and poured it into a bowl. Then she opened the
fridge to get the milk, poured it slowly into the bowl, and
dug her spoon in. She gobbled up her cereal and went to
the backyard to practise for her soccer game next
weekend.
When she went into the backyard something caught
Flora’s attention. It was a tree in her backyard that looked
dreadful—branches sticking out, no leaves, and it looked
like it hadn't been watered in a year! Yesterday, when she
checked the backyard, there weren’t any silly trees there,
despite the fact her aunt hated gardening. Flora observed
the dreadful tree, looking it up, down, and around. Nothing
seemed suspicious about the tree, until she noticed a
peephole big enough for her to fit into.
Flora dug her head into the peephole and saw pitch black.
She decided to grab a flashlight and see if there were any
animals hiding in the tree. She went back inside and
grabbed a flashlight and went back to the tree. She turned
on the flashlight and a dim light came out. She slid her
hand through the peephole and stuck her head inside.
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