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Professor Wagner was working on the experiment of his lifetime. His basement was full of half finished jobs: for example, the toaster that was supposed to butter the toast itself and serve it on a plate, or his walk-in closet, designed to dress you and comb your hair as you stand there. Unfortunately the toaster toasted the plates and spread butter on the faces of those waiting to be served, and the walk-in closet had to be scraped due to a near disaster while tying a tie around one of his potential investor’s neck! However, for the past five years, he had been building the world’s very first Time Machine. In the basement of 16 rue de Longchamps in Paris, his two favourite grandchildren, Jeanne and Denis spent countless hours watching their grandfather work on building this Machine. They liked helping him out and took care of their grandfather’s household choirs so that he could concentrate on getting the job done. On a Sunday afternoon, their grandfather invited them over to celebrate their 13 birthdays, as to Jeanne and Denis are twins. As a surprise he had worked for three weeks straight, without much sleep so that the Time Machine was finished for this very special occasion. When seeing the Machine, Jeanne and Denis’s excitement was at such a point that Professor Wagner could not control his own feeling, and ended up proposing a little time travel adventure for the three of them. As they all sat in the little cramped compartment of the Time Machine, he punched in the date August 15 1945 and entered in Paris as the destination. With a flick of a switch the
compartment began to spin like a top. Suddenly, the door flew
open and Professor Wagner was thrown from his seat and out of
the Time Machine. Before Denis or Jeanne could stop it, there
was a bright flash of light and a loud bang! After the dust had
settled and Denis and Jeanne’s head stopped spinning, they
looked out the window: they were definitely not in Paris and it
was definitely not 1945! Something had gone wrong and they were
all alone… Chapter
1 (By Jean Joseph Rabearivelo High School, Antananarivo, Madagascar) They got out of the compartment
and realized that they were in a place they did not know. They
looked around them and wondered what had happened, and were surprised
as if they were waking up from an incredible dream. Indeed, Jeanne
and Denis’s age had not changed and they were not older.
Afterwards, they tried to look for their grand-pa, but it was
useless, he was not to be found. Therefore, they knew that they
would have to repair the Machine. The dusk forced them to go back
inside the compartment to sleep. They slept deeply but without
forgetting that a heavy task was waiting for them the next morning.
The next morning, Jeanne and Denis woke up early and worked immediately
on repairing the Machine. Their goal was to put it back in working
order. They thought and thought again in order to remember the
few skills they had learnt during the time they spent with their
grand-pa in Paris. Jeanne and Denis noticed that a short circuit
might have been the origin of the flash of light and the explosion.
And this had damaged a few parts. Jeanne picked up a few spare
parts in the trunk of the Machine while Denis got rid of the ones
that were damaged. The repair eventually was over, but when Denis
turned on the Machine, the engine staled. They knew that their
knowledge was not enough to do something else. That was the first
time that Jeanne and Denis had found themselves in such a catastrophic
situation, as before, they were always travelling with their grand-pa
and they knew that he was always entirely sure that the Machine
was going to work properly. Chapter 2 (By Jacques Rabemananjara High School, Tamatave, Madagascar) Jeanne and Denis realised intantly
that they did not make it back to Paris, and that the Time Machine
was still not working right. At that moment, seeing a sign, they
knew that they were still in Madagascar, and this time they landed
in the East region of the island, in Moramanga. They wanted to
know what the date was and asked someone who was passing in the
street and told them it was March 29’th 1947. They wondered
whether they looked younger or older. They knew that they were
younger by asking each other. They figured out that they were
probably around the age of 8, as they had a physical and psychological
shape of children of that age. They worried for their grandpa
because the accident that happened to him must have been serious
and they were scared that he might have died.
Chapter 3 (By Lenana High School, Nairobi, Kenya)
Some distance away from an unknown city, Jeanne and Denis found themselves stranded on a highway; little known to them was their whereabouts. All they could see were strange black faces which stared at them in a peculiar manner. Jeanne asked one passer-by where they were, when and what time it was. The response left their mouths agape, as they heard that it was the 6th of August, 1998. They gathered the little hope and decided to seek refuge from any willing person. Having walked for more than 22 kilometres they had reached the city centre exhausted and hungry. Their feeble legs could not bare their weight and they decided to shelter under a tree near a hotel. As they laid down on the ever green grass, a tall black man approached near and hallowed them. After a moment of inquisition, it happened that the man was a plain-clothe police officer. He agreed to accommodate them that night and the next morning he would take them to the French Embassy to organize for their departure. Early in the morning before the cock crowed, as a routine the police man was awake and preparing to go for work. He woke Jeanne and Denis up and after taking a shower and having breakfast they were all set to go to the embassy. For Jeanne and Denis it seemed like a brighter morning than any other they had seen. As they drove past Uhuru highway and joined Haille Sellasie Avenue nothing seemed strange, but no sooner had they negotiated the first corner to the American Embassy than they heard a peculiar loud blast. Everyone took their heels as though Lucifer was after them. The car they were in came to a halt. They sat there motionless and silent not knowing anything to do. Then suddenly another blast was heard that propelled doors windows. Its magnitude was felt over 50 square kilometres, sending several cars up into the air including theirs and crushing down with a loud thud. The American Embassy was in ruins. Jeanne and Denis were trapped in the wreckage having lost conscious. The battle was over for the policeman as his lifeless body laid on the front driver’s seat with all his hopes of helping them to go back to their country being shattered. Jeanne and Denis heard sirens from ambulances and police vehicles. They thought that they were hallucinating all that time. The next moment they woke up they were in a hospital. Denis had only suffered a concussion and was due to be discharged. A few days later they were both discharged. As they were preparing to leave the hospital they received a phone call from an anonymous caller who told them that their time machine had been found and repaired and was at the central police station. They boarded a taxi that took them straight to the station. On arriving at the police station they were flabbergasted to see the time machine was in good shape and waiting for their return trip …
Jeanne
and Denis ran towards their machine and they embraced the machine.
They wanted to go to their grandpa. So they took their seat and
pressed the switch number 6 and they came into a very beautiful
country. Suddenly a light came upon them and they changed into
19 year old very beautiful girl and boy. They saw many
people with different clothes, with beautiful and large trees
and fresh and clean air. Suddenly a heavy voice broke their imagination
and a soldier took them to a place where all the people sat in
a line and a man sat in the centre. He wore a long dress with
lots of jewellery and all the people showed respect towards him.
The centre man with lots of jewellery asked them : “Who
are you ? And where do you come from ?”. “We are twin
sister and brother. We are from Paris”, both of them replied
very brilliantly. “What is this ?”, asked the centre
man in surprise. “This is Professor Wagner’s machine
and he is our grandpa”, they replied in a very proud way.
Then the centre man asked about their life. They told him about
their grandpa, their travelling in Madagascar (an island of Africa)
on 2002 and Kenya on 6th August 1998, their difficult days, the
policeman who helped them, Rija (an unemployed mechanic who repaired
their machine) and many more. And the king replied to them in
a proud way : “This is the 17’th century of the king
and his kingdom and you are in Bharat, in the East of India. You
can live here and enjoy your life till you want and remember this
is Bharat and we don’t refuse to help anyone”. And
he ordered his man to guide the twins and give them the entire
comfortable things that they wanted. They saw the beauty of the
palace, the kingdom and the queen of the king. In the evening,
they met the prince and he fell in love with Jeanne. The prince
told them more about the historical places and Indian festivals.
Now Jeanne and Denis decided to visit the historical place of
Taj Mahal. Next day, they went to the Taj Mahal with the prince.
Jeanne asked the prince : “Who built it and why ?”.
The prince took interest in her question and told her respectively
: “The Moghul Emperor Shah Jehan built it in the memory
of his queen Mumtaz Mahal. It was built in twenty years and twelve
thousand people worked. It was built of white marble. So it attracted
us very much. Like you”. “What ?”, asked Jeanne
in a surprised way. “Nothing”, replied the prince.
Then they came back to the palace and Jeanne and Denis were happy
to know about the Taj Mahal.
Jeanne and Denis entered into
the Time Machine to go to Paris, although they were not willing.
However for the betterment of the Indians, they switched on to
move to Paris. But still some faults in the machine arose and
they reached to a strange place full of people, houses, etc. Being
quite amazed and confused, they tried to ask a near by person
who was dressed in a strange outfit with cap, waist coat, long
top and strange pyjama. But the person could not understand their
language. So they kept on wandering among the crowd of people.
Luckily, they found a person who could help them. Jeanne asked
him : “Could you please help us ? We have lost our way.
Would you mind telling us which place is this and what date is
it ?”. Being helpful, the person replied kindly : “It’s
my pleasure to help you all. You’ve reached Nepal, a country
in Asia and it is April 14, 1972. By the way, my name is Bir Bahadur.
Could you say how have you reached here ?”. Denis explained
everything they had experienced. Co-incidentally, it was the time
of Bisket Jatra (a festival celebrated during New Year according
to Nepalese calendar, in Bhaktapur). So the person took them to
show the procession going on. Jeanne and Denis found it quite
interesting. Suddenly, they happened to meet a tall humanoid structured
pillar. Rija asked curiously : “Hey, what is that ? Its
upper part seems like human”. “Oh ! It’s a form
of god called “Lesindyo”.
Jeanne and Denis said :
“Where we are ? How did we get here ? I can not imagine”.
A Muslim said to them, that you are in Uzbekistan. Jeanne : “Wow
Uzbekistan, I have dreamt of visiting Uzbekistan all my life.
I don’t believe my eyes”. And Denis said to Jeanne
: “Uzbekistan is a country which I dreamed of”. “What
is your name?”, Jeanne asked. “I’m Alisher Navoiy,
the famous writer”. Denis asked : “You are a famous
writer ? Oh I’m glad to meet you, what books have you written
?”. “What does the word “Khamsa” mean
to you ? I wrote my master piece, Khamsa, in the 15th century.
Khamsa is collection of 5 novels”. Denis replied “What’s
it about and how long did it take you to write ?”. “It’s
a romantic story, within 2 years I completed this titanic work
which included the philosophical – detective subjects and
I finished it in 1483”. Jeanne asked him to talk about it.
Alisher answered : “My story consists of 5 parts, there
are : “Khayratul Abror”, “Layli and Majnun”,
“Sabbai Sayyor”, “Sadi Iskandariy” and
last “Farhod and Shirin”. Denis : “Oh …
it’s a very long story”. So Alisher invited them to
eat pilaff. They were also joined by another talented writer from
Uzbekistan. Alisher Navoiy introduced him to his guests. Together
they ate as to honour their guests. Bobur was one of the famous
people in the world. To be polite, Bobur said : “I’m
not a professional poet, but I like to write poems when I have
time. Most of my poems are in Russian, however, I write in Uzbek
and English as well. My poems are about life, my feelings, and
everything that seems to be interesting. Now read and enjoy. It
will be nice to hear your opinion about my poetry”. Bobur
was a king in his childhood. And he governed his government very
well. Also he wrote big novel. And Jeanne asked Bobur : “Bobur,
you became king during your childhood, right ?
Chapter 8 (By Taweethapisek School, Bangkok, Thailand)
Denis and Jeanne wanted to go
back to France but they pressed the wrong button again just like
before. Then they disappeared from Uzbekistan and appeared in
a strange city. They heard noise from the jungle. Then they saw
people cutting down trees without wearing shirts. They also ate
magic jelly to understand any languages in this place. They took
off from the machine and went into the town to ask the people
where they were. They saw a big market in the town and it was
rush and crowded. They saw a man sitting under a tree and they
both ran to him. The man said : “You are in Ayutthaya in
A.C. 1675”. After some conservations passed, they knew that
they were in Thailand. They also asked him for a place to rest
and he told them : “You can rest in nearby my hut”.
They were very pleased and thankful with that. “Tomorrow
could you tour us to the tourist place of Ayutthaya ?”,
that is what they said to that man. The man accepted their words
by saying : “I won’t take any credit from you because
tomorrow I am free too”.
After the time machine system has been jammed, Jeanne and Denis have stopped. After they have appeared in Madagascar, Kenya, India, Nepal and Uzbekistan and the last surprise, they have appeared in the Ayutthaya period. Now they have discovered that they were in the unknown place called Bangkok, Thailand. But this city was in the past. In Bangkok 1804, the fellowship of the Thai people had the good time when the king of scientist, H.M. King Mongkut (Rama IV) was born. He was born on the October 18th. He had his coronation on the May 15th, 1856 when he was 46 years old. Then, Jeanne and Denis have discovered that the time machine is activate, so they want to go back, “Poof!” but the time machine was damaged, so they have discovered that they weren’t in Paris, their grandpa’s house, but they were in the Wha Kor District in Prachuab Kirikhan in 1879. And they saw that the H.M. King Mongkut has predicted that it will have the solar eclipse in Thailand. In that time that the great king has already predicted, Jeanne and Denis must go but they found that the time machine wasn’t activated because the engine was broken. The H.M. King Mongkut has noticed the two French children sitting in the dark. So, the king talked with them, and they talked about time machine but the king was not understanding about the time machine. So, the computer in the time machine was instantly activated. Professor Wagner said that they (Thai people) don’t know about this machine, so he sent some of repairing goods. Jeanne and Denis repaired the time machine and then, they’ve finished it. Jeanne and Denis were so excited that the great king predicted that it will have the solar eclipse. They asked that what was the solar eclipse, and the great king answered : “The solar eclipse is the event that the Moon revolves around the Earth and they stop in the order, the Sun, the Moon and the blue planet, the Earth”. They could see that the Moon had covered the Sun’s ray by leaving corona. Jeanne and Denis now understood what solar eclipse was. They gave two French buns to the great king as the gift. Jeanne and Denis wanted to see their grandpa so they went back to the time machine that was already activated and pushed the button “go”, then, “Poof!” they disappeared from the great king’s sight. Chapter 10 (By Saipanya School, Bangkok, Thailand) “May
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They
then decided to leave the Machine and find some help somewhere
else. They walked during half an hour without direction. It seemed
to Denis that he had already seen this place in a book, but he
doubted it. They kept on walking even if they were tired, thirsty
and hungry. Fortunately, they had the leftovers of the buttered
toasts that they had kept in the freezer of the Machine and that
they had taken with them in their bags. However, Jeanne and Denis
did not know that they were in February 2002 and that they were
in Madagascar a few meters from the Avenue of the Independence
Analakely where there was a popular demonstration due to the presidential
elections opposing the outsider president Didier RATSIRAKA to
Marc RAVALOMANANA, the current president. Jeanne and Denis heard
a loud noises and tried to figure out where it was coming from.
Indeed, thousands of strikers were demonstrating on the Avenue
with their signs asking for more transparencyin the government.
Curious, Jeanne and Denis got closer to the demonstrators, but
suddenly a policeman launched a gas bomb. Luckily, they were not
injured but only pushed by the strikers. The strikers fled away
and dispersed themselves. Suddenly, Jeanne and Denis were pushed
by Rija, one of the strikers who became their friend. They had
a long talk about the demonstration and Denis and Jeanne’s
situation. Rija was an unemployed mechanic : he thought that he
could help them and see what he could do. They took him to where
the Machine was and explained to him what had happened. First,
he was very surprised as it was the first time he had seen such
a Machine. He was proud and very clever, and he thought that by
repairing the Machine, he could become a famous mechanic. He had
the idea to use the rests of the gas bombs and a few spare parts
to start the Machine again. This took a lot of time as the Machine
was in bad state. He had to find an engine. For this, Rija bought
one, as Jeanne and Denis had no money. Two weeks later, the Machine
was repaired and working properly. Jeanne and Denis were very
happy but they were worrying about their grand-pa disappearing.
Eventually, they decided to leave the place and come back to Paris.
François
Lefety
Patrick
Gakuru 
Jackson
Gwayi 
Ashima
Sayeed Udayan 
Subash
Nepal
Bisket
Jatra is celebrated in honour of him as well as god “Bhairab”.
The Jatra was introduced by a king of the Malla period, Bhupatindra
Malla and is celebrated for eight days. In the ancient days, it
was built in the middle of Bhaktapur valley kingdom. It is built
every year and destroyed every year after some days”. They
understood most of the things about the Jatra. Bir Bahadur, as
a helpful person took them to his house. They were amazed by its
fascinating architecture. Whatever it is, they enjoyed a nice
feast in his house. They stayed there for two days and could learn
much more about other things as well. After two days, they prepared
to leave from the place. They expressed their great thanks to
Bir Bahadur for all the help and information provided. He even
helped them to solve some problems that arose in their Time Machine.
Jeanne and Denis began to miss their grandpa. So they thought
of moving from there and entered in the Time Machine to go to
Paris.
Ulukbek
Yuldashev
What
master piece have you written ?”. Bobur answered for her
question : “Yes, I was king from childhood and yes, I wrote
a big novel and it is called Boburnoma”. “Who determines
that you are a king ?”, Denis asked, “and what kind
of novel is Boburnoma ?”. Bobur answered : “It’s
about historical and geographical movement of Uzbek people in
history. There is information about our regions, fruits, historical
places and the climate of Uzbekistan. I think it’s very
interesting novel. It’s very popular among people all over
the world. If you are interested in my novel I will present it
to you. I hope you will enjoy reading it”. Jeanne said to
Bobur that she would be very grateful to receive his present.
She was sure that French people also would be interested in reading
“Boburnoma”. Bobur and Alisher Navoiy gifted her with
their books and she thanked them. It was a very fruitful meeting
and enjoyable friendship between the two countries. Before going,
Jeanne gave gift to Alisher Navoiy and Bobur. Then Denis and Jeanne
got into their Time Machine and flew away. 
Krissada
Tandulyaseri 
Kritsada
Reungchaiviriya