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The others rushed over and began to listen; they

 

couldn’t believe that the walls were talking, but they

 

were. Ben got in closer and removed a cookie display from

 

the wall, and then peeled back the candy wallpaper. What he

 

saw was unbelievable; there were tiny little people living

 

in the walls!

 

They were going about their daily lives as if

 

everything was normal. The other children jumped over to

 

see the tiny people. Then Mr. Smorge came by, but the

 

children were so intrigued with their new finding that they

 

didn’t notice him behind them.

 

“They are called Toonies,” he said.

 

The children jumped away from the hole, and went back

 

to their seats; blaming everything on Ben. But, Mr. Smorge

 

just chuckled and walked off.

 

“What are the Toonies?” asked Jamyra.

 

Mr. Smorge shouted back, “They are the oil that keeps

 

this train moving to the Wacky Fun Factory.” The children loved this adventure, and all the

 

experiences they were having. Servers dressed in candy

 

costumes began to bring them treats and snacks. Peter and

 

his friends gobbled down the desserts and fruit snacks, but

 

he couldn’t help looking out the window. He noticed that

 

the train was flying through the air!

 

“This is impossible,” he said.

 

“What?” asked the others.

 

Peter pointed out that the train was flying.

 

"Oh! How cool is that?" said Clara.

 

Off into the sky the train went like a big red rope

 

winding through the air; while the children's faces were

 

pushed up against the glass, looking out to see the skies.

 

The red train flew through a burst of cotton candy clouds,

 

all in different colors; there were blue, pink, red, black,

 

purple and many more. The smell of candy filled the train;

 

the children could almost taste the candy.

 

The train went down tunnels made of candy canes, and

 

flew through waterfalls made of milk; the entire land

 

seemed to be made of candy. This was truly a wacky fun

 

ride. Down on the ground, the children noticed Ferris

 

wheels, rides galore, and an “all you can eat” candy sign.

 

The children began to jump up and clap.

 

Then a voice came on the train, "Quiet down, you brats!" it was Mr. Smorge.

 

But Peter and his friends did not care; they just

 

wanted to have the time of their lives, they could hardly

 

keep still until the ride stop. As they were coming in for

 

a landing, golden belts came out of the seats and strapped

 

the children in.

 

"Welcome to the Wacky Fun Factory," said a voice on

 

the speaker.

 

The children once again shouted and clapped, but this

 

time they were not told to keep quiet. As soon as the

 

golden belts release the children, they were up in the air

 

and out of their seats waiting to un-board the train. Then

 

little elves came on board with candy balloons and large

 

lollipops. The elves were two feet tall and cuddly; they

 

had on the golden Wacky Fun Factory cast member badge, and

 

colorful uniforms. They began to sing the Wacky Fun Factory

 

song.

 

"Oh! Welcome to our world of joy, a world of toys for

 

girls and boys; we welcome you to our land of dreams, and

 

milky streams; with candy lands and little ant

 

farms,"(singing).

 

When the song was over, everyone began to clap and

 

couldn’t wait to un-board. Peter was the most excited of

 

all his friends. The world of Baja was new to him, and he wanted to experience every minute of it.

 

Then one of the elves came and announced, "Everyone

 

with a golden pass step this way."

 

Peter and his friends quickly stepped right on up. The

 

short, stout little elf looked up at Peter and his friends,

 

and scanned their golden passes over and over with the

 

magical glasses that popped out of his head. On the inside

 

of his glasses the word "authentic" floated off the ticket

 

and onto his eyes.

 

"These are authentic, let them go in," said the elf.

 

But Jamyra, Michael, Steve, and Sam had to stay back;

 

they only had a regular pass. Once again, Jamyra got upset

 

and turned the elf into a block of ice. For this

 

disruption, she was quickly handed over to the Wacky Fun

 

Factory security guards, and sent back to Waldorf Academy.

 

The guards were the most splendid thing Peter has ever

 

seen. They walked around with golden shields that had

 

different card symbols on them. One group was the ace of

 

hearts, and another came by that read the king of spades.

 

These guards never smiled or let their guard down. Their

 

big helmets covered their faces and all one could see were

 

their lips moving. Jamyra went kicking and screaming, as

 

usual.

 

"What an embarrassment," said Clara. The children then got a lecture on how to behave in

 

public, by the senior elf. The speech went on and on, until

 

the children were nodding off asleep, and then the elf

 

stopped talking.

 

"Okay, kids, this way," the elf pointed the children

 

into the special magical cart that was only for people with

 

the golden pass.

 

Peter and his friends were excited, and then they got

 

into a bubble gum pink cart that was driven by a large pink

 

fluffy monkey. He had on a chauffeur’s hat and a tight

 

jacket. Peter was amazed to see the size of such a

 

creature. The monkey chauffer greeted his passengers, and

 

opened the door for them. The bubble gum cart was amazing

 

inside. First, on the outside it was a shinny pink, and

 

that carried into the inside. The interior smelled like

 

bubble gum, and the seats were soft and cushiony plush. The

 

mats on the floor were also made from the same type of gum.

 

The children piled into the cart, and watched as it took

 

off.

 

"Hold onto your golden tickets, you will need them,"

 

said the driver.

 

The children held their tickets tightly, put them into

 

their pockets, and latched them with their buttons. Now it

 

was time for them to enjoy themselves. First stop was the Blue Mountain. The children jumped out, and off they went

 

running. Blue Mountain was the place everyone wanted to be,

 

it was made up of different levels of surfing, an easy,

 

medium, hard, and very hard.

 

Peter and his friends were first in line because they

 

had the golden tickets; so they got special treatment

 

throughout the day at Wacky Fun Factory. In line, Peter and

 

his friends chose the medium surfing level. They put away

 

their bags and changed after meeting up on the slope. They

 

ran to the first wave.

 

Blue Mountain was spectacular; there were large

 

surfing waves, water so blue and crystal clear, and the

 

medium level was so big that it could hold ten thousand

 

surfers at one time. Peter and his friends were given

 

special boards, each fit one of the children’s

 

personalities. Millie got a board that was all white with a

 

big green bear engraved on the front, and it talked to her.

 

"Cool," said Millie.

 

Peter got an orange board with a fiery red outline. It

 

was engraved with a lizard that also talked. Clara got a

 

blue board that had little white elves that all talked.

 

Robert got a black board that shot out different color

 

stars, and Zack got a purple board that turned into a

 

little submarine. Nicholas got a surfboard that was grey and it shot water up into the air like a water hose. And

 

lastly, Ben got a yellow board that made big giant bubbles

 

in the water. The first water bubble that he made was so

 

huge that it caused a big tidal wave, but no one seemed to

 

mind.

 

Everyone was there to have fun, and since very few

 

people get a golden pass, the children were more

 

celebrities in their own rights. Peter was amazed to see

 

all the different kinds of people and ghosts in the Wacky

 

Fun Factory. There were people with fur, there were monkey

 

people, there were small elves, there were reptile people,

 

people that were half man half animal, there were visitors

 

who looked like real ghosts, and so forth. Peter's mouth

 

dropped open as he saw all the different groups of people

 

living in harmony together and having a great time.

 

"Close your mouth or you’ll get flies," said Zack.

 

Peter and his friends began to chuckle and then they

 

took off to Blue Mountain. Peter could not get over the

 

beauty of the mountain; the large palm trees, the giant

 

birds that flew overhead, and the real lava volcano that

 

oozed out green slime gum. It was great to be a kid in the

 

land of the Wacky Fun Factory.

 

There were thousands of people in the water, swimming

 

and surfing, and just having a jolly old good time. Peter and his friends jumped into the water; they were all ready

 

to surf. Pigeons came on a board surfing by. Clara’s board

 

began to talk and tell her how to surf. She was excited to

 

hear her board talking, and put it up closer to her ear.

 

The image talking was like a 3-D hologram. It told Clara

 

and her friends to hit the waves, and so they did all.

 

The children began to surface. Robert’s black

 

surfboard shot out stars, and the children in the water

 

began to try and catch them. Zack turned his surfboard into

 

a submarine and went under water where he saw large sea

 

snakes with golden crowns on their heads, large plants that

 

flourished on the bottom and blinked in many different

 

colors and then shot the colors into the air causing great

 

fireworks. Every time this happened, the crowd would cheer

 

and jump up to catch the falling colors.

 

Millie’s board had a green bear, and when she touched

 

it, the hologram awoke and took her by the hands; and began

 

to surf with her. Peter’s lizard hologram also came off of

 

his board, and began to teach him how to surface; the two

 

went flying through the air and riding the big waves.

 

"Weeeeeeeee," said Peter.

 

Meanwhile, Clara was followed by her army of hologram

 

elves that came off of the surfboard to surf with her, and

 

Nicholas programmed his surfboard to shoot water ten to twenty feet in the air. The crowd went crazy, the children

 

had the entire park having more fun than normal, and Ben

 

had his surfboard making giant water bubbles that burst in

 

the air and water splashed all over the park. They created

 

giant surfing waves.

 

The children were having the time of their lives, but

 

a few of their classmates were extremely jealous and felt

 

that Peter, Clara, Millie, Robert, Ben, Zack, and Nicholas

 

were having a much better time than they were. So Sam and

 

Steve decided that they would steal two of the golden

 

passes from their classmates and go through the park

 

enjoying all the free things that they were getting.

 

While Peter and the rest of his classmates were having

 

fun, Steve and Sam went into the boys’ restroom and took

 

Peter and Robert’s golden passes. Sam was the first to

 

break into Peter's locker, and then he helped Steve to

 

break into Robert's and not be seen. Steve let his foot

 

grow large, and then give off an odor that was out of this

 

world. The stench knocked out anyone who was at the door

 

for a minute. This made them almost invisible, because when

 

Steve’s foot let off an odor, it was always followed by a

 

green misty foam cloud, and the two could hide in the stink

 

cloud. The two boys were happy that they had pulled off

 

this heist, and began to give each other their secret handshake. Everywhere the two boys went, the stench was

 

knocking out people for a minute.

 

"Sam, I am so glad you are immune to my toe jam," said

 

Steve.

 

"No, I am not immune; I am holding my breath," said

 

Steve as the two boys went laughing down the sidewalk of

 

the park.

 

The first place they stopped to use their golden

 

passes was Blackberry's Ice Cream Shop, one of the largest

 

shops in Baja. This was where tiny dwarfs made ice cream

 

for the park attendees; and the two boys ordered ten scoops

 

of blackberry ice cream, a yummy ice cream that was coated

 

with black chocolate and red strawberries. The ice creams

 

were over a foot tall, and Sam and Steve ate and ate until

 

the ice cream began to melt all over their arms in the hot

 

sun. The two boys had ice cream in their hair and all over

 

their faces; with the golden passes, they were treated like

 

royalty.

 

Their next stop was the Browler Hole, which was a

 

prehistoric town lost in a time warp that had been invaded

 

by the human species. The town consisted of large holes,

 

and in those large holes were different types of

 

entertainment. There were plenty for the visitors to do;

 

the town was untouched by time, it was perfect in every way. Fresh breezes, tall trees that ascended into the

 

heavens, rocks that had different gods and spiritual

 

leaders carved into them, and tall statues made of wood and

 

stone. Everyone in the Browler Hole lived in harmony, with

 

cobblestone streets and flowers that sang and sprayed

 

fragrances into the air.

 

Browler Hole was built by small pezzers, which were

 

small two foot high red dwarfs. Their skin glowed with the

 

Baja symbols and was covered in mud because they were

 

diggers; they dug holes for a living. The pezzers were very

 

kind to mankind, and in return for their protection and

 

kindness, mankind was allowed to stay and live with the

 

pezzers. This land was immaculate; there was no trash on

 

the streets, the entire surroundings were clean and tidy.

 

There were millions of tiny houses made of straw and

 

mud; there were also life-sized shops and entertainment

 

made for the visitors. This side of the park was very

 

exclusive, and only members with a golden pass could enter.

 

The two boys showed their golden passes and were

 

immediately allowed into Browler Hole. The place itself was

 

another park within a park. It was huge and had acre upon

 

acre of land; Sam and Steve couldn’t believe that they got

 

into this exclusive park. The two boys began to make fun of

 

Peter and his friends; laughing about how they would find out that their golden passes were missing.

 

Browler Hole had a large watering hole; this was where

 

the prehistoric fish and animals were seen. For the first

 

time, the boys could see a bushel cat. It was being held

 

down by ten hunters; it must have been at least two

 

thousand pounds with a fluffy brown and white coat, paws

 

the size of moving carts, and long tusks that curled up in

 

the air. This animal was a cross between a cat, an

 

elephant, and a pig.

 

Sam and Steve ran up to see the creature; this was

 

their first time laying eyes on such a magnificent beast.

 

The lines were long, and Sam and Steve could not see too

 

well; it was too bad that in here everyone had a golden

 

pass. So, there was no special treatment. Nevertheless, Sam

 

and Steve waited their turns to touch the creature. It was

 

soft and fluffy, its fur blew in the wind, and the creature

 

was very docile. The boys were allowed to hug and take

 

pictures of themselves with the animal.

 

But, the really fun part of Browler Hole was riding

 

the "Goo Ride". It was a long slippery tar mud slide that

 

slid the visitors for miles, up and down, through hoops and

 

turns. The only thing need