Sankofa
He looked down at the atmosphere and thought it looked lonely.
Omari crafted small planets on yellow construction paper and dropped them into the sky, filling the galaxies with new life. He thought never would there be any disagreements among them. But he was wrong…
Over millions of years, things on planet Trinet went awry.
A spaceship from a far off civilization landed and released Company Trog™, which took over. They created cut-throat trade, weapons, leadership and pollution. In the beginning, Trog™ made life easier for most of the citizens, which gave the company opportunity to grow, but after a while, everything changed. The old citizens of Trinet worried that it could never be fixed.
Kali was an ordinary girl who had a blue face and black eyes. She lived in a big house with her mom, dad, brother and sister..
Nora was worried. She really wanted to get away from this horrible planet Trinet. All these mad Trogs™ were overtaking and they would kill if anyone disobeyed.
Some years ago, Nora was exploring with her best friends, Quinn, Clara and Alice, when they discovered an underground passage-way leading to many different rooms. But just as they were going to explore the rooms, Clara’s mom had called them into dinner. They had never been in their since.
Nora went to fetch her friends. They happily agreed, so as soon as all of them were free, they met up at the hideout.
All four friends had just finished building a great space ship so that they could escape. Nora already felt home sick but just held in the tears. All of the citizens of planet Trinet were waving and cheering, hoping that these brave children could save their lives. Suddenly, over the loudspeaker, erupted a familiar booming voice. “All citizens of planet Trinet, please report to the Trog™ building immediately.” Everyone then shouted “ Go before you get caught!” and the spaceship launched into the big, polluted sky.
When they arrived at the new planet, they were amazed. All around them were huge holes with yellow dust floating above them. The place looked magical. Suddenly, three people climbed out of the biggest hole. The children assumed that these people were very important as they had the same yellow dust floating on top of their heads. Then the tallest of the three spoke, “You may only stay if you respect our planet.”
After living on planet Ushi for just five days, the native people were already teaching the children how to play soccer. Alice just couldn’t get the hang of it but the rest ware naturals.
10 years had already gone by when Quinn suggested that they go back to planet Trinet to see what it had turned into.
“But what if the troggs are still there?” Alice said in a worried tone.
“Everything will be fine if we stay in our ship. The Troggs™ won’t get to us.”
Later on, after saying goodbye to their friends, they took off into the big black sky …
Nora was the first to step out of the spaceship. All she saw were little shrubs of grass growing in random places. As far as she could see, there was no sign of life anywhere. She called her friends and told them that it was safe to come out. Quinn was the last to come out, but when she did, her entire facial expression changed. She started to cry.
When everyone stopped crying, Clara said, “ Guys, why not start a new civilization down here?”
“OMG! Thats a great idea!” Exclaimed Quinn.
So that’s what they did.
3 years went by and the civilisation was becoming successful. They had taken their spaceship to many different planets and picked up any aliens who wanted to come.
And they lived happily ever after
Fact: Sankofa is a word in the Twi language of Ghana that translates as “Go back and get it”