The+Liar

The Liar By Marisol I. Long ago in a land far away, there was one large group of people living happily in a valley. Everybody was friends. They all loved math. There was an a very old and wise man that lived in the valley. He made sure everybody know an equal amount of math so than no one knew less than the rest, and no one knew more either. Everyone learned more about math 3 times a week. They all learned the same amount. One day a guy named Jeff went for a walk in a near by forest. When he was in the hart of the forest he saw a cave. Jeff was carious of what was in the cave. As he entered the cave he kept seeing things that had something to do with math. He stayed in the cave for a few hours and when he came out he was a math genies. When he went back to the valley he started to tell everyone that he want to be the leader of all in the land.

When an old man heard about Jeff's decision he was very angry. "Stop this nonsense right now Jeff!" Yelled the old man. "Why do you want to be the leader of all when you know we had no leader and lived as equals for many generations." "I have found out all there is to know about math." Jeff yelled back. "That is impossible!" Yelled the old man, "There will always be something about math to learn about!" Jeff know that what the old man was saying is true there will always be something new about math to learn about, but Jeff didn't care he wanted to leader of everyone in the land and make them super smart like he was. Jeff thought fast and said, "Who ever wants to be super smart like I am will fallow me and who ever wants to have average smarts follows the old man." When that was said everyone thought for a while. When every one was done deciding one half of the people went with Jeff and the other half went with the old man. That day everything chained. "Would anything be the same ever again?" Thought the old man.

Now the large happy group was divided into two. Jeff named his people the “Super Smart People” also known as the "SSP" and had the old man's group be named as the “Average Smart People” also known as the "ASP". A few weeks later a Jeff had built a wall to keep the "SSP”" and the "ASP" separated. The old man was very angry when he saw the wall. A month went by and the old man kept on thinking of ways to end the separation of the people and wanted everyone to become one big group of happy people living together in peace once again, but he couldn't think of anything. Soon he began to lose hope. Two months have past since the old man lost hope when he saw a young boy, named Bobby, he was about 8 or 9 years old he was playing outside with his friends the old man thought, "Maybe that young boy can help the two group to come back together as one, but we have to wait until the time is right." While Bobby and his friends were playing they ended up in front of the wall. Bobby had an idea to go see the other side of the wall, but his friend knew it was a bad idea and told him not to do it because he'll get into a lot of trouble, but he didn't care. Bobby was standing there arguing with his friends in front of the for a couple hours.

Bobby was tired of arguing with his friends so he just ignored them and stared looking for a way around the wall. 10 minutes have past and Bobby's friends were about to leave when Bobby yelled out, “I fond it! I found it!” His friend were eager to see what he found. “What did you find?” One of his friend asked. “I found a door the other side, but there are bushes in front of it.” Said Bobby, "Can you help me move them?" Bobby asked. "Sure." One of his friends said. Once the bushes were out of the way Bobby saw a handle on the door and turned the knob and went to stepped throw it. Bobby friends didn't want to get into any trouble so they all went home. When Bobby was on the other side of the wall he saw more than just super smart people. He saw regular people living their everyday lives the same way his people (the average smart people) did. Bobby was curious of what the people on that side of the wall learned, so he went into one of the math schools that he saw. "Wow they learn some hard stuff here." Bobby thought. He was amazed at what he learned. He leaned that some math problems have letters and numbers in them. (That is known as algebra.)

When Bobby final returned he saw his friends waiting for him in front of the wall. "Why were you gone so long? Did you go learn something more interesting than what we learn on this side of the wall? Did you make new friends in there?" his friends asked. "No. I didn't make new friends and I didn't learn anything the only thing I learned is that they are boring and they don't do much." Bobby lied (the not making any new friends part was true). The next day Bobby realized he had grown a few inches. After he went to his math school he went to the other side of the wall again and went into another one of their school again. When he came out he sat in front of the wall and thought about what he learned that day and the day before. An hour past and Bobby's friends were looking for him. They saw him sitting in front of the wall so they ran to him. "Did you go to the other side again Bobby?" One of his friends asked. "No I didn't I just came here and sat in front of the wall to do some thinking." Bobby lied. Bobby and his friends sat there for awhile. "Fine, we'll sit here with you and we can all do some thinking together." Another one of his friends said. "Go ahead I don't mined." Bobby said back. When they saw the sun saw starting to go down they all started to go home. When Bobby was in his house and he increased in size. He grow 8 feet.

The next day when Bobby's friends saw him they were wondering what happened to him. "What happened to you Bobby?" One of his friends asked. "I don't... I don't know." Bobby answered. "How did you grow this much over night?" His friends wondered. "Lets go to the old man maybe he knows what happened to you and might know how to get you to your regular size." One of his friends suggested. When the arrived at the old mans home the knocked on his door, but the old man wasn't there. "If the old man isn't in his house then maybe he's in the forest getting some fruits and vegetables." Bobby said. When they were in the middle of the forest they saw the old man pulling some fruits from a tree. One of Bobby's friends went ahead to talk to the old man. "Do you need any help?" He asked. "That's not why you and your friends are here, now is it?" The old man said without looking up. "How did you know?" Bobby asked walking to the old man. "I may be very old, but I am very wise." The old said to Bobby. The rest of his friends came out from behind the bushes and walked to the old man. When the old man saw Bobby he knew right away what happened, but he didn't tell them he know. All of Bobby's friends and the old man took a good long look at Bobby.

"I think I might have a book in my home that could be useful to your problem." said the old man. When they arrived at the old man's house they went to the old man's room of studies (a room with a lot of book). They spent a while looking for the book the old man wanted, but they didn't know what book really looked like the old man only told them it was the only one that had a blue cover and blue pages. They looked throw multiple shelves but couldn't find the blue book. Finally one of Bobby's friends yelled out, "I found it! I found it!" His friend gave the old man the blue book. The old man opened the book and kept on turning the pages until he got to the one page he was looking for. The old man gave the book to Bobby and said, "This is the page you need. The first time you read this page you will not understand it. You must read it multiple times until you do. Trust me, this page will help you solve your problem." When the old man stopped talking he disappeared. Bobby didn't understand what the old man said, but he knew the old man was wise. Bobby went to the forest to read the page the old man told him about. Bobby was really confused. "Why did the old man want me to read this one page? How would it help me solve my problem?" Bobby repeated these questions in his head. Bobby read the page once and didn't understand it. The old man was right. Bobby read the page a few more time and finally realized what the message on the page meant.

The fallowing day Bobby had an idea, but he needed his friends help. After his math class he met up with his friends and said, "I need your help." "What wrong?" One of his friends asked. "Nothing is wrong I just have an idea." "What is your idea this time?" "Nothing bad I promise." His friends thought for a while and said, "Fine. What do you want us to do this time?" Bobby told his friends the plan and at first they looked at him as if he was crazy, but they thought again and said, "It might be fun, but it was getting late so we'll do it tomorrow." The next day early in the morning before the sun was up Bobby and his friends went to the wall once again. They looked its weak spot. When they found it they hit it very hard with a big stone. When the wall fell down it made a loud sound. The sound of it was so loud it everybody in both the people in the "SSP" and the "ASP" woke up, even the old man that disappeared came to see what made that sound. When everyone surrounded them, Bobby had his friends stand behind him. Bobby went to the middle of the crowd and said, "I am a person from the ASP, but I went to the SSP's side to see how they are different then us, and I saw hardly any differences. The only thing different is the SSP knows more math than the ASP. I also saw regular people living their everyday lives." By the time Bobby was done telling the truth he was back to his original size. Jeff came out of the crowd and said, "Young man you are in big trouble for going to the other side, but I think I see what you are saying. You are right." Jeff turned away from Bobby and looked at the people around him and said, "There is not much differences between the two groups so from now on we'll no longer live separated we will live as equals like the way we used to be." The old man came out of the crowd and gave Jeff and Bobby a hug because he knew that Jeff and Bobby had learn something that day. Jeff learned that is it better for people to live as equals than it to live with a leader or separated. Bobby learned that telling the truth is better than lying to others. After that day everyone was 100% hoisted and nobody wanted to be the leader of others.