This story was written by my son, without any help just in one sitting when he was 12 years old and a student of class 7. It was published without editing in his school magazine in the month of April 2000.

The Lost Paradise

A boy named John Robertson was a very naughty boy. He would throw dirty things on the ground. He would never throw them in a garbage can.
One day he went to the city dump. That's because he was bored. He saw a shiny piece of metal, which was bright. So he went closer. It was a red car; it looked kind of old. So he sat inside to try out this car. Inside the car it smelled terrible. He took out his pocket knife and said to himself ''Let's see if this car works.''
He put the knife in the ignition key and turned it. The car started to vibrate.
''Cool, now I can have this car''. He said to himself. It started to move slowly. But by surprise the car moved so fast that everything turned out to a blur.
Slowly the colour came back again. But things were different. The air smelled really bad. There were lot's of bad smoke in the air. John saw a few trees. He looked around and just saw broken houses and garbage.
''Where am I?''
Then he heard footsteps. He turned around and screamed. There was a huge monster. It was all green with huge drops of salivia coming out from its mouth. It was five foot taller than him.
Then John saw a man holding a gun. He thought the man was going to shoot him. Then he heard a shot. For a second John thought he was the one who was shot.
''Come on'' the man said. He grabbed John's hand and then started to run. Suddenly the man stopped. He shook a branch and door slid open. They stepped inside and John saw a room.
''Who is this kid?'' a man said with blond hair. ''Shut up!'' another man said who had brown hair. ''What is your name kid?'' said the third one.
''M.M...My name is John Robertson.'' ''Hi, my name is Tony'' said the man holding John's hand.
''And this is Josh'' the guy with blond hair. ''This one who has brown hair is Max and the last one is Steve.'' ''We havc have another one who has gone somewhere else to get supplies.''
''What is this place?'' John said
''CAN'T YOU SEE THAT THIS PLACE IS THE LOST PARADISE! ITS ALL BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE FROM THE PAST!''
''Keep your jets off, Josh'' said Tony. ''I am from the past'' said John. ''What!'' Josh screamed.
''Hey keep cool'' Max said. ''Did you use the car?'' Tony said. ''Okay kid here's what happened'' Tony said.
''This is the 48 century''.''Scientists discovered a new atomic bomb.'' They used it for wars.''
''Accidentally it felt on a factory, and soon there were gases that created monsters and everyone died except us because we had proper shelter.''
''Hey! There is an asteroid!'' Max Said. ''What!'' Tony said. ''That means it's the end of us'' Josh said. ''No it's not!'' John said. ''We need to build a rocket'' ''Yeah maybe he is right'' Tony said. So they began to build a rocket. Soon it was completed. They blasted it. The Asteroid exploded into pieces. ''YES'' Tony said. John found the car. And they went back to the past to get the stuff to make the future a paradise again.
NOTE: MAKE THE WORLD A PARADISE AGAIN