By Lorena VillegasCid

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Tom and the Magic Helmet

• By Lorena Villegas-Cid
• Thomas Trelford

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• Tom was a very normal little boy. He used to
  play in the garden very much. One day he saw his
  helmet glowing. He did not understand why, so he
  took a closer look. The helmet was glowing like a
  little star.

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• Tom put his magic helmet on and closed his
  eyes. All of a sudden he was in outer space! He
  was between Planet Earth and Mars.
• He felt so light he flew like a feather.
  His magic helmet helped him to breathe normally
  as there is no air in space. Now he could go
  anywhere he wanted.

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• Tom was amazed! He could see the most
  incredible things.
• Not only could he see the star Sol, he could
  also see the whole Solar system. There, in front
  of him all the little planets going around the
  sun in an endless loop.
• He saw Mercury, Venus, Earth (where Tom
  lives), Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune,
  Pluto, and other little planets recently
  discovered. It was fantastic!

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• Very easily he saw the biggest planet. It
  looked very funny because it had a big ring
  around it. That planet was Saturn. When he got
  closer to Saturn, he realised that the big ring
  were actually many, many rocks, big and small,
  all orbiting around it.
• How amazing! From a distance it looked like
  you might even land on Saturn. In fact, it is
  made of heavy gases and liquid chemicals. All
  together, the sea and the sky are only one thing.

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• Tom travelled even further away. He saw our
  own galaxy, the Milky Way. In which our solar
  system is only a small part.
• The Milky Way has a spiral form which shines
  from the distance. There are many galaxies around
  it, but they are millions of light years away.

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• While watching the Milky Way, Tom entered a
  meteor storm. The meteorites came from all
  direction. Meteorites are rocks flying through
  space. They may the debris of an old planet or a
  moon. The meteorites are made of rock or metal,
  and sometimes both.

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• Tom decided to go back to our Planet Earth.
  It is made up of one quarter land and 3 quarters
  water. It has the right elements to support life
  and the only one in our solar system. It is close
  enough to the sun to for us to be warm but far
  enough that we do not burn. Oh! He could see
  South America!
• ... And then the magic helmet started to
  glow again. Its time to go back...

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• Tom landed back at home. He had been on a
  fantastic adventure. He had seen the galaxy
  thanks to his magic helmet