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The Adventures of Blue the Dragon and friends

Introduction

Written by 4C Graduates

(2023-2024)

Once upon a time, there was a dragon named Blue who lived in a castle in Lesotho, Africa.

The dragon was very big, he had brown eyes and spikes on his tail. He was blue like the sea, and he had fire on his tail.

He was a very kind dragon and he loved to eat melted ice cream. 

He had a very good friend, a cat named Moon. She was fluffy and orange and she had blue eyes. She was obsessed with chocolate! Her favourite was milk chocolate.

Another good friend was Snowy. Snowy was white like the snow, she was very big and tall and had one purple eye and another one red. She loved to play football. She lived in a very small house in the middle of the mountain. The three friends liked to play around there all the time!

In the summer they had gone together to a beach in Lesotho and it was super fun! They played volleyball, they had a picnic, they built sandcastles, they swam…It was an amazing day. Right then and there, that’s when they decided they wanted to visit the world and have new fun and interesting experiences together. 

One night, around midnight, Blue and Moon decided it was time to go on their adventure.

They packed a bag with some food, like sandwiches, pizza, burgers, crisps, water, and sweets; two pairs of gloves, two torches, some mountain boots, a mobile phone, and walkie-talkies. They took their jackets and jumpers because it was a very cold winter night! It was even snowing so the mountains were all covered in white.

They began their walk to get Snowy to join them. 

After they all got together, it was time to leave for their adventure! 

So, their adventure starts now…

Chapter 1

The Adventure in Africa

This chapter was written by:

Afonso Monteiro

Frederico Calado

Lourenço Almeida

Raphael Sirot

Sebastião Santos

For their first adventure the friends decided to go to Zimbabwe. And then, around the world!  

First, they went to the Devil’s Pool, Snowy and Moon were scared but Blue wanted to jump in! He was about to jump in, but Moon and Snowy persuaded him not to. After that they went to see the Victoria Falls, it was really cool, they took a bath in the river.

Later they went to Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park and it was really cool. After that, they went to see a football match (The Warriors VS FC Porto) it ended 3-1 for The Warriors. 

The next day, they went to Greater Zimbabwe, it's hot in Zimbabwe so Snowy hid in the rucksack. 

After a lot of walking they went to the elephant camp to spend the night and before going to sleep they went to see the elephants. 

In the morning, they went to see the statue of Dr Livingston. They were hungry so Blue went to look in her backpack but there was no more food so they went to the Mozambique Honeybear Greystone Park restaurant. They had a delicious meal. 

The next day, they went to Tanzania. There they saw elephants, rhinos, hippos, monkeys, buffalos, lions, leopards and lots of different kinds of birds. It was awsome!

Sometime later they went to Dar Es Salaam, and five hours after,  they went to Zambar Island where they swam with dolphins and saw Monkey forest.

Next stop: Kilimanjaro National Park!  They went to Mount

Kilimanjaro which is the highest point in Africa and after they decided to go to the Sahara Desert but not before collected a lot of water before they left. Once there, they went to Abu Simel, Blue thought it was boring while Moon thought it was very fun and entertaining. 

Next, they went to Karnak. They all thought it was very boring but they loved sand-boarding. After five hours of sand-boarding they made a friend, a snake of the desert called Bob. Bob was a good friend, he was kind and very helpful, he taught them how to hunt and then helped them hunt.

Later they went on a camel ride that would take them to the airport to Asia, so they said goodbye to Bob and set off on their new adventure!

Chapter 2

The Adventure in Asia

This chapter was written by:

Carlota Vasco

Elisa Zhuo

Inês Pereira

Maria Mata

Sofia Costa

Blue and his friends decide to explore Asia together. They start by going to China!

It took them 13 hours and 49 minutes to travel to China. Then they went to a restaurant to eat Peking duck and bean dumplings. 

After that, they went to their hotel and left their things in their room. 

When they left their things, they decided to use the computer to find places to go. 

They saw the Great Wall of China and immediately decided to go there because people say it is the best place to visit in China. 

They rode their green bike with three seats and a big bag behind it.

They had to bring things like: food, water, cameras, phones, money and umbrellas because it was raining.

When they got there, they saw a restaurant called King's Joy and they had fried rice with Coca Cola, which is another typical Chinese food! 

After visiting the Great Wall of China, they went back to the hotel to get their things and go to the airport. There they took the plane and took 9 hours and 52 minutes to get to Maldives. 

In Maldives they went to a hotel called Hilton Maldives Amingiri and went to the most famous beach.

Then they went into the sea on the beach, it was very cold. They thought it was very strange because in the Maldives the water is very hot. They thought it was nothing, but then they saw a very strange fish and left the sea.

Then they went to the computer to look up the animal.

Then they saw its appearance and colours.

It was very strange! It looked like a rock and it was purple, orange and dark blue. 

Then Moon went back into the water, thinking there was no danger. She went for a swim and then the stone fish bit her and she started crying and screaming for help! The lifeguards went to save her and soon everything was fine.

The next day they went to the airport to fly to Saudi Arabia and it took them 9 hours and 55 minutes by plane to get there.

When they arrived, they left the airport and took their things to the Riade Hotel.

They went to the fair to buy things and then they saw a man with balloons and they wanted a balloon with their faces on it but the man said it was very difficult so they left a bit sad.

They went to a restaurant to eat before they went to a football match to watch Al Nassr and Al Hilal and Al Nassr won with 2 goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Otávio and Neymar scored a goal for Al Hihal.

 The next day they went to a very big city called Medin and there was a big castle where they stayed and then they had dinner in a restaurant called Riyadh. They had babaganoush and then went to the hotel to sleep.

The next day, after breakfast, they went to the airport to fly to Qatar.

When they got there, they called an Uber to take them to a hotel called the Waldorf Astoria Lusail in Doha. The hotel was super amazing. At the hotel they went to the spa, but not before they went to Sephora and Zara to buy some things to use in the spa.

After an hour they finished the spa session and they were very relaxed and decided to go for lunch at a restaurant called "Q Lounge & Restaurant".

They ordered 3 chicken burgers with tomato relish, avocado, grilled chicken breast, fried egg, cheese and chips and they drank orange juice with 4 cubes of ice. 

After they finished their lunch they went to the Museum of Islamic Art, they saw Mona Lisa, Van Gogh's Sunflowers and Starry Night, they thought that art was beautiful and that's why they bought a copy of Mona Lisa. 

Then they went to buy things for Taylor Swift because they love her and were going to her concert later. 

At the end of the concert, Taylor signed their shirt and they were very happy and super excited.

They then had dinner, a delicious spaghetti bolognese. Then they went to their room to sleep because they were very very very tired from the show.

When they woke up the next day they decided to have breakfast at McDonald's and they asked for 3 McDonald's menus.

After they had eaten they went to the cinema and asked for a bucket of popcorn, M&M's and Pepsi. They watched Jurassic Park and loved it!

Then they went to KFC and asked for 3 big buckets of spicy chicken legs. After eating they were very full!

So they went to a gym called the Factory because they needed to get in shape after eating so much fast food.

When they got back to the hotel, they just relaxed and watched TV because they were very tired. But then they suddenly had a lot of energy, so they decided to skate to the park. 

In the park they saw a man selling hot dogs, so they bought 3 hot dogs and 3 Coca Colas because that is their favourite drink. When they had finished eating they saw a woman selling ice-cream, so Moon asked for a chocolate ice-cream, Blue asked for a strawberry ice-cream and Snowy asked for a vanilla ice-cream. So much for their visit to the gym, they thought.

Before they went back to the hotel, they saw a man and a

woman putting on a mini show with puppets. What a wonderful afternoon!

After the show, they called an UBER to go back to the hotel to pack their things, because they were going on another adventure!

Time to go to America!

Chapter 3

The Adventure in America

This chapter was written by:

António Beja 

Dinis Vale

Francisco Vilar

Jonathan Ramos 

Paul Godel

After a wonderful time in Asia, they decided to travel to Canada. When they arrived they were hungry, so they had some burgers and pancakes, then went to a hotel to rest and plan their day. 

They decided to go climbing and saw a bear. They thought it would be fun to throw snowballs at the bear, which was definitely not a good idea as the bear got very angry and started chasing them. Then they remembered that Blue could spit fire, so he did and scared the bear, and after a tumultuous experience in Canada, they continued their adventure and went to Mexico.

Once in Mexico, they ate burgers and tacos. After that they got on the back of the dragon and started to fly to

the United States. They were so thirsty that they had to stop for fresh iced tea and water. 

On their journey they found a very dark cave. They found some wood and lit a fire to make a torch, and then they saw bats.  The bats started to attack them, so Blue spat fire at them and they started to run away, then Blue and his friends started to explore the cave a bit more. 

They saw a bright light and went closer to see what it was. It was a treasure! They couldn't believe the amount of gold and diamonds in front of them. They put the treasure in their bags and now they are richer than Elon Musk! 

After an exciting day, they were very hungry so they decided to have dinner at the hotel where they were staying.