Little ball-Baobao and the Rstriction Line

There is a little ball named Baobao who lives

in a weird house, which lies on a very long line.

He doesn’t know why he lives in this house, but

there are even more bizarre houses in his commu-

nity. Every morning, he has to go to school with

other balls.

He doesn’t like school; all he knows is that

there are too many restrictions there.* Students

have to be in school on time. * Students have to

check in with his or her school card everyday.

Students shouldn’t leave long hair.

Students shouldn’t riding bikes on campus.

Students cannot have sharp objects on campus.

* Students cannot sit other places except the chair.

* Students cannot sit other places except the chair. * Students must always say “Hello Mr./Ms” when

meeting them.

* Students must do the same exercises during break.

* Students must do the same exercises during break. * Students cannot date other students.

* Students must take the same route home everyday.

* Students must take the same route home everyday. * Students must write a request for leaving.

One day, when Baobao finished class and arrived

home, he saw two butterflies.

They flew

jumped

They seemed so happy,

forgetting about the

whole world.

up and

down,

and danced,

leave the restriction of everyday

rule.

Baobao is so eagerto become a

and leave the restriction of the line,

so he can

butterfly,

leave the restriction of schools

Magically, he

found himself

slowly float-

ing in the air

with wings.

He also tries to fly up

and down,jump andjumpjump da

nce.

He

smiles and

makes faces,

he changesce.

H e s e e m s s o h a p p y t o f o r -g e t a b o u t t h e w h o l e w o r l d .

and shapes.

colors

soon there was a ball with wings,

However,

than even more

balls with

wings appeared.

Eventually came really big

balls that also had wings,

along with sharp shapes and

metal objects.

All we

re floating

mov i n g

of them

and

mov i n g

and

mly.

n th

r

an

d

o

e a i r

i

Big balls hit Baobao

Sharp shapes and

metal objects

pierced Baobao.

Small balls pushed

against Baobao.

Where’s the restriction line?

Small balls pushed

against Baobao.

Where’s the security

Where’s the teacher?

rity guard?

Suddenly,

Baobao just

fell down

to the ground again.

He felt bad, and wanted to go back to school.

There everyone has its own route and obeys rules,

there everybody acts politely.

He seems to understand a lot after this experience.

After graduating from school, Baobao became sturdy.

He is able to handle every difficulty that he

encountered.

Now, he can walk

further,

further,

and

further.