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Magic Dreamers-from Magic Dreamer’s school

Setting: Magic Dreamers’ school in 2013 ~

Characters: Three Students from Magic Dreamers’ High School (MDHS) and Confucius, the Statue on MDHS campus.

Joe, a boy who is eager for a romantic love likes to selfie on his smartphone listening to music all the time.

Church, a boy who is indecisive and insecure always takes an English pocket book with him.

Jasmine, a girl who is outgoing and boyish likes to fancy and does everything by intuition.

Confucius, the Magic Statue standing inside the inner gate, likes to help dreamers.

Teacher Fall Swallow, a serious English teacher who teach class 520.

Ran Geng, one of the students of Confucius.

Joe, Church, and Jasmine are studying in class 520, Magic Dreamers’ school.  They have become good friends after working together on a geography report.  During the ten-minute breaks, they always get together.  Sometimes they chat in the classroom or on the hallway; sometimes they walk around the campus, go to the tuck shop, or even to the toilet.

One day, after English class, Jasmine shouted loudly at Joe and Church, “Let’s go!”  “Where?” Joe asked without moving his eyes away from his phone.  “Let’s walk around, shooting the breeze, since there are no more quizzes today.”  “O. K. Let’s go, Church.”  Church took his English pocket book, walking behind them.

They passed through the inner gate to walk around the sports field.  While walking, Jasmine looked up at the sky, fancying that she was walking in the sky.  “Wow, look at that cloud, looking like a castle.  How I wish I could live in a castle as a princess does!”  Both Joe and Church raised their heads, looking up and wondering where the castle is!  “Did you watch too many cartoons, or too many Korean TV programs?” Church replied to her while Joe was shaking his head.  “It’s so cold.  I’m a little hungry.  “I would like to buy some snacks in the tuck shop,” Joe said.  Jasmine said she would like to take a longer walk.  Church hesitated whether he should go with Joe or Jasmine.  Jasmine said, “You two go first.  I’m coming soon.”

After a while, Jasmine walked through the inner gate, going toward the classroom.  Suddenly, she felt like there was somebody behind, gazing at her.  She turned back quickly.  But there was none.  “Am I dizzy today? I don’t have any fever today,” she said, feeling her forehead by her right hand.  She walked on.  However, she still felt somebody monitoring her from behind.  “What’s wrong with me today?  It is almost time for Chinese Class.  I have to hurry up.”   She couldn't wait to tell her friends such feelings but she had to wait until the Chinese Class ended.

Finally the bell rang.  She ran to Joe and Church to tell what had happened to her.  At first, they didn’t think there was anybody that got interested in her.  “Don’t worry.  Our school is safe.  We will protect you.”   Jasmine was still wondering why she got that feeling, so she decided to walk again on the same path they walked during last break time.  Church and Joe had no choice but to go with her.  Once again, as soon as they went through the inner gate, going toward the classroom, Jasmine got that feeling again.  All of them turned around, but nobody looked at her.  They walked on again.  After a moment, Jasmine felt piercing eyes gazing at her back again.  However, Joe and Church felt nothing at all.  “Maybe you are too tired.  You stayed up so late last night.” the boys said.  “But I stayed up almost every day from Monday to Friday.  I didn't have such a feeling before,” Jasmine answered.  While they were talking, Jasmine faced the statue Confucius.   All of a sudden, she motioned the two boys to turn back.  There was a sparkle the Confucius’s eyes.  “Let’s go take a look at it.” When they got closer to it, the sparkle in the eyes disappeared.  All of them rubbed their eyes.  The Confucius was still the same –standing straight, looking forward, making a bow with clasped hands held at breast level, with a sword clasped by his waist band.  “Illusions!” Church said.  “No,” Jasmine said, “I want to see what on earth happened to the statue.”  “Let’s walk around the statue to explore it.”  “萬世師表” “學不厭” “教不倦”, these words inscribed respectively on the front, right, and left sides of the base are still the same.  The dormitory behind Confucius Statue has nothing different.”      Church repeated the words again, and Joe did so, too.  

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Suddenly, the Confucius started to turn around, and a sparkle appeared.  They even couldn’t open their eyes.  When they opened their eyes, everything changed. They were in a classroom which was made of woods and grass.

“Oh my God! What’s happened?  Is there a princess going to come out?” Joe held Church’s hands tightly.

They no longer wore uniform.  Instead, they had on baggy pants, loose shirts, straw shoes and round hats. Jasmine noticed every student was looking at them.  

“Please be quiet and sit down.”

The person who called them to sit down and listened to the class was same as Confucius statue.

 “I think……maybe…… we are in The Spring and Autumn Period.  Maybe he really is Confucius” Church said.

“Are you kidding?!   What’s the hell?!” Jasmine tried to clear her brain.

    “Oh no! My princess!” Joe cried.

“Be quiet! Listen to the class first” said Church. 

Confucius said” 事父母幾諫，見志不從，又敬不違，勞而不怨” It means when we along with our parents that their thinking or behavior was wrong, we have to bring to remonstrate. If they still do not listen, not violated when the child's parents to be equally respected.  Work for parents, do not complain and make effort.

Then he said” 三年無改於父之道，可謂孝矣”.  It’s about when predecessors still bit, we learn next to him, we need to observe his ideas and ideals, and to learn about the meaning; When they currently absent themselves change over time, they have to think about the past acts of their predecessors, and follow established rules to simulate the use, after such a period of time, have learned a conscious Samadhi, we can "excel, but more than blue" further flourish.

“身體髮膚，受之父母，不敢毀傷，孝之始”. It talked about a wide range of filial piety, but when the line is very simple, you have to know the love of parents, first love is starting from our own body.  Where a person's body or a very small one little hair and skin, are the legacy of their parents.  Body and hair, since exposure to the parents, We should love their children to read the body's heart, the preservation of his own body, without a little damage.  And it is the beginning of filial piety

All of his words were full of philosophy and intelligent.  All of them started to think about their life and tried to understand the truly means in Confucius’s words.

After the class, they thought Confucius’ words were full of philosophy.  So they decided to be his students.  Who wanted to be his students had to send meat to him. But they didn’t have meat.  The most valuable things with them were the English pocket book.  After class, they sent the book to Confucius for school fee.

“What’s this?” Confucius said.

 “This was a book from West.” Church said.

“It’s amazing!  What’s a precious present! Thank you so much, welcome to my class!” Confucius said happily.

“Church, where can we live and what can we eat?” Jasmine looked around worriedly.

“Will we dead in this strange place?!” Joe started to shake.

“Don’t worry. We have to make the money first.  Take out all the things you have.” said Church calmly.

There were a cell phone, a ring and a headband.  So they went to find a pawn shop and pawned their things.  And they got much money, because the people there thought the thing were so special and beautiful, especially the ring.

Everything they saw on the street was same as the pictures in their history books of ancient The Spring and Autumn Period.  Rows of small houses were bunched together on either side of the street. They were made of mud with straw roofs.  People cooked over outdoor fires.  They washed their clothes in wooden tubs.  The houses all had curved roofs. The curved roofs were used to keep away the bad spirits.  They went by some open tea shops. Then it passed a large market square filled with stalls and shoppers.  People were buying and selling fish, chickens, firewood, wagon wheels, silk clothes, furs, and jade jewelry.

Some people were linked up at a stall filled with tiny cages.

Then they went to Confucius’s house and gave him some money to let them to live in his house.

“Somebody at home?” Someone knocked the door.

“Oh! It’s you Ran Geng!” “He is my student, guys.” Said Confucius.

“Nice to meet you!” Said Joe, Church and Jasmine.

They introduced themselves.  Ran Geng is a serious hard-working student. He had strong stamina, just like somebody they knew.

They became good friend, they shared anything they had.  And went to school together every day.

The next day after class, when Church, Joe and Jasmine were going to leave, Confucius called them.

”I can’t understand the book, can you teach me?”He said respect.

 So every time when the class over, they would teach Confucius English.  

“This is an English vocabulary book.” Church pushed his glasses. 

“If you understand all this all these word’s meanings, you can flirt an American girl! Ha-ha.” Joe laughed loudly.  

“What are you talking about?! Go away!” Jasmine pushed him away.

Joe felt sad and walked to the corner. 

Church had already started to teach Confucius English. 

“Let’s sing a song.  Alphabets song!” Church clapped his hand. 

“ABCDEFG……WXY and Z” They sang it again and again, until they couldn’t forget it.

A day after a day, more and more people came to listen to their English class, and they became more and more popular, and even earned lots of money.

But the more money they had the more empty they became.  They missed their high school life.  Suddenly, Joe figured out something.

“Can you remind how we got here?  If we can find the way we got here, maybe we can go back to Magic Dreamer’s High School!” said Joe.

“Mmm……”Church tried to recall everything.

“Ah! I thought that we seemed to read萬世師表.學不倦.教不厭” for three times, and the next second we were here.” Jasmine said.

“Let’s try it! Maybe it is the way we can go back.”Joe said.

“萬世師表.學不倦.教不厭” They read it for three times.

At the moment everything started to change.  A sparkle went through the sky. Suddenly, they all felt dizzy and fell asleep.  When they opened their eyes.  They were in Magic Dreamer’s High School, standing in front of the Confucius statue. Everything was unbelievable to them.

“Yeah! We are back!” all of them cried.

“Look!” Church stunned his eyes.”The sword clasped by his waist band disappeared! Where it is?” Church yelled.

“Something changed.” Jasmine said dubiously.

“Oh my god! Church!  There is a book in Confucius’s left hand.  And it is your English pocket book!”Joe yelled loudly.

“We change the history.” Jasmine said.

“Maybe we should go back to our class to check out the history about Confucius.

“What are you three doing right now? Huh?” Their English teacher Fall Swallow Standing behind them. “Its class time, isn’t it?  Go back to your classroom Now!” teacher Fall Swallow said angrily.

“Let’s go! Hurry!”Said Jasmine.