Lost
in Time
By Lazaros Kalonis
It all happened
when I found a strange box under my bed. It had only two buttons, one red and
one green. I pressed the red one and I was immediately transferred to a place with
lots of snow. And then, I realized…. The box was a time machine!
It
was snowing heavily and I was surrounded by trees that seemed to be ancient. I
started walking around so I could get warmer, since I only had my pyjamas on
and I was freezing. After hours of walking, I finally spotted a tiny village
far away. As soon as I noticed there was civilization, I started running
towards it, and in less than ten minutes I was there! The women in the village
told me I was in Scandinavia and that they were Vikings! I was terrified! I had
heard that the Vikings were cruel pirates that killed without mercy, like
primitives.
Despite all
my concerns the villagers treated me like one of their own. The woman that took
care of me, named Emma, was very sweet. She explained to me every single detail
about their civilization, informing me that only males killed, only when they
had to, especially when they were defending their kingdom.
After
lunch,-which was mouth-watering by the way-, she showed me her house. It was
made of wood and the roof was covered with straw. It was quite plain indeed,
but there were some decorations, such as a bull’s head, something very common
in that area!
After
I had learnt all that, I realized that the rest of the world had a wrong image
about this great civilization of the mighty Vikings, so I decided to stay there
a bit longer and get to know them better.
