Lily-Mai and the Magic Aeroplane
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Author: Emily Smith
Bio: Emily is an author with a focus on children's stories. She has been writing stories for many years and this is her first series of children's stories that follow the adventures of Horatio Hotbottom and Lily-Mai. Emily is 36 years old and is married with two children. She was motivated to write her stories after being asked by her children to make up stories at bedtime that were more inspiring and adventurous than other popular stories. Emily has a creative mind and the stories are relatable to a younger audience, and she brings her imagination to excite the reader.
Synopsis:
Lily-Mai is an adventurous little girl. She is eight years old and spends many happy hours playing in her garden with her toys. She especially likes her toy aeroplanes. One day something magical happens, and she has a new adventure that makes for a very special day.
Pages: 9
Minutes: 11.09
Age Range: 5 - 14 years old
The Flight
Lily-Mai is an eight-year-old girl. She loved to play with her toy aeroplanes and always had a dream to one day fly high in the big blue sky. It was always her wish to be up with the fluffy clouds, and to fly like a bird. She loved the natural world and seeing the stars at night gave her a thrill that one day she might fly to the stars too.
One night Lily-Mai went to bed thinking about her toy aeroplanes, and then seeing the stars outside of her bedroom as she looked out into the dark sky through her window. The stars twinkled so brightly that night and each time she looked upwards she felt like the stars were keeping watch over her and before long she was fast asleep.
The next day Lily-Mai was walking amongst the flowers and found something surprising in her garden. It was a small, brightly coloured aeroplane standing on her lawn. The aeroplane was shiny and red with silver wings, and there were blocks under the wheels to stop it moving in the breeze that made the flowers sway backwards and forwards. It looked like a very neat and tidy aeroplane, and not unlike the aeroplanes she played with at her home. Lily-Mai felt very excited and curious as the little aeroplane glistened in the sunshine.
Lily-Mai couldn’t resist taking a closer look and walked over to inspect the new arrival in her garden. As she walked towards the aeroplane she heard a voice which made her jump as the aeroplane door opened unexpectedly. A friendly voice called out from the inside the aeroplane and kindly asked if she would like to see more inside, and invited her into the aeroplane. “Climb up the yellow ladder on the outside of the aeroplane,” the voice said. Lily-Mai was a little scared at first, and wondered what she should do. She was a very brave little girl and as the aeroplane was in her garden she thought it must be safe. She climbed up the ladder on the aeroplane and climbed through the door and went inside.