The Finder's Tales

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>What if I told you aliens and dragons are real?</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I was named Marco after the famous explorer Marco Polo. But I was one of those kids who liked the quiet life such as fishing and wood carving; I never wanted to be adventurous. Now here I am eleven years old and living as a pet to aliens on the planet Oonala.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>You know I never asked to be a pet. But then again I guess most dogs and cats on Earth didn't ask to be pets either. I still remember my very first day at the underwater marketplace when an alien started yelling 'No pets allowed' and grabbed me trying to drag me out of there. Wow I didn't know what I was in for on this planet.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Most of Oonala is underwater with giant domes covering the marketplace and homes. And guess what? There's a humongous blue sea dragon that swims near me! The Mari aliens are afraid of him but I think he's awesome. They call him Shamo Loonolo which means 'The Ancient One.' I wonder how old he really is. I think the dragon and I have a connection because we are each the only ones of our species on this planet.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>So this is my life now: a new planet aliens and a sea dragon. Isn't it funny how life can turn out so differently from what you expected? I bet Marco Polo didn't have adventures like this.</span></p>