The Golden Trumpet

Jia Jung

Jia Jung

Age 0-9 category | Fall into Fiction Contest 2025 | San José Public Library

There once was a trumpet. Not just a trumpet. A fixing trumpet. It made only the forest animals healed. Like if there was an animal that is hurt someone has to blow the trumpet. 
But there needs to be a someone who likes the forest. But if there isn't every animal will be sick. There was a girl that liked the forest. Her name was Lia Hill. Lia Hill liked to play the trumpet and go to the forest. But there was something she didn't like. Going in front of everyone. 
And if they said to here she ran away. There was a friend. Her friend's name was Bella Rosa. Bella was mighty and helpful. But Bella had a secret. She didn't like to play the trumpet. She didn't like going to the forest.  
One day they were going from school and got lost. They realized they were in the forest. But Lia was happy because they were trapped in the forest (do you remember she likes the forest?). But Bella doesn't like the forest. Why? Because there are spiders and snakes. But Lia is okay and holds Bella Rosa's hand. Maybe Lia is mighty, Bella thinks. They go into the forest. They walk and walk, until they see something shining in the woods. On a log beyond. 
It was a trumpet. Lia was confuse, because she never saw a golden trumpet with their names on it. "Bella and Lila." Lia said "Let's play it! You can sing Bella!". "Okay, I will sing, because I am not good at playing trumpet," said Bella. But then Lia actually said "I'm not going to play because I don't like to play in front of everyone. But I will try." Sigh. She never had to go in front of someone that she knew very well. But then Bella shouted out "Help!" Lia turned around and saw a tiger faicing Bella Rosa and Lia Hill! Then, Lia saw the tiger has a scar... 
"What if we make a song so the tiger can go away?" said Lia. "Okay, but hurry. I'll make the song," said Bella. They began the song in three two and one. "Oh tiger, oh the log, go away go away, please don't hurt us please. Go away, yay!" But then the tiger's scar on the face went away and Lia patted the tiger on the head. And the tiger went away. Lia said "What just happened?" Bella said "magic happened." "How?" said Lia. Bella said "This is the trumpet that fixes animals and only someone only someone who likes forest can blow the trumpet."  
But then they heard a tiny rusting sound. It was a squirrel. But Lia noticed the squirrel's leg was hurt so they blew the trumpet and began singing "La La La, get it fixed, La La La, get it fixed."  Then the squirrels leg got healed. So the squirrel waved her hand and went away. 
Next, they saw a humming bird get stuck in a net. They smiled and began the music. "La La La, get free, La La La, get free." Then the bird flew into the sky and waved her wings. 
By the time they did all things it was dark. So they yelled "Help, get us home!" Then the bird dived down and the tiger and the squirrel came and said "pik pik pik". Lia said "Oh, do you want to help us get home?" "Pik pik pik" said the tiger and the squirrel. Lia and Bella rode the tiger to their home and said "thank you very much." They wrote about the adventure and that book is this book. And now Lia went to a talent show and blew the trumpet in front of everyone. Bella ended up loving the woods and liked traveling and now it's the end. 
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