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On ordinary days Jonathan gets dressed unwillingly and drags himself to school CHAPTER 4

only after his mother urges him ten times – "Jonathan, you forgot your math
book! Jonathan, stop playing and put on your shoes! Jonathan, your homework…" THE BRAVE ENCOUNTER WITH THE VOLCANO
Then when he arrives in class and sits by his desk next to Billy who, instead of
saying good morning, would say "Stay on your side, you're hogging all the space Once the children got rid of their I Want It Now Imps and called upon their magical

scatterbrain!" And when Ms. Beasley starts explaining about medieval times, powers for help, the birthday party ended calmly and with a great atmosphere,
Jonathan’s imagination wanders off to a different world where Gizmo was king and Jonathan went home happy. He thought he had managed to drive the imps
of the wolves in the Alaskan wilderness and the fly sitting on his notebook was away for good!
a mighty eagle carrying Jonathan all across the land… Then, when Ms. Beasley But the imps didn’t disappear completely… they hid in

would ask him a question, he would realize he hadn’t been paying attention the special tunnels they dug in advance in the land of imps;
whole time, and would start to falter and all his classmates would have a great there they called everybody for a big imp gathering.
laugh… at his expense. The "Ace of Imps" – their leader, who knew how to turn

a magical power into an imp – looked deeply concerned.
He started the meeting by saying "I am ashamed of you!

How could you let a bunch of lousy kids beat you? A

crushing defeat! We will not be overcome by the magical
powers! If you keep this up, they will get control over the
Land of the Soul Creatures! They might even get rid of us
for good!"

"Now," the ace of imps continued, "the children are

calm and won't expect us. We must prepare tricks
and go back at the least expected moment! Who is
the strongest imp who can take control over the kids
again? Who is ready to go and get us the respect we
deserve?"

I recommend pausing the story here and letting the children state which they think is their
strongest imp. For this purpose, I recommend using the imp cards from the "Soul Creatures'
Land" set or posters and asking each child to point out the strongest imp in their opinion, explain
why and give examples from their own experience.

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