There once was a girl named Coco. Her family was very poor, and her father suffered from lung cancer. They struggled with poverty because caring for her father was very expensive. Coco was always sad because the kids at her school constantly bullied her for her appearance. Her clothes were old and out of style. Going home wasn’t much better, because when she got off the bus, she could see the trash-covered streets of her neighborhood and hear people fighting. One day, when she got off the bus and started walking home, she saw something very colorful on the side of the road. She went closer to see what it was and discovered it was a stuffed animal, a figure she had never seen before. Coco took it home to show her family. The first person she showed was her mom. When Coco showed her the stuffed animal, her mom asked where she had gotten it. Coco said she found it on the side of the street. After showing it to her whole family, she went to her room. Her room didn’t have much, just a mattress on the floor and a lamp, but it was enough for her. “Time for bed,” said Coco’s mom. “Sweet dreams.” “You too, Mom. I love you,” said Coco. After kissing her parents goodnight, Coco lay down with her stuffed animal and slowly fell asleep. It was midnight when Coco began to cry. Then she heard something say, “What’s wrong?” Coco turned and saw that her stuffed animal was talking. “Hi, my name is Oscar the Axolotl.” Coco was silent for a moment and asked, “How are you talking?” “Because you saved me from that street corner when no one else did.” Coco sighed and closed her eyes. Oscar asked again, “What’s wrong?” Coco replied, “It’s just that the world has so many problems, and I wish I could solve them all, but I can’t.” “Who said you can’t?” asked Oscar. “I heard there are eight elements scattered across the planets of the solar system.” “And what do they do?” asked Coco. “Each element has a power to solve one problem on Earth, but together they can fix all the problems,” said Oscar. So they set off together in a spaceship to find the elements on different planets.

The first planet they visited was Mercury. They got out carefully since it’s the closest planet to the sun. They explored until they saw some strange-looking beings, the inhabitants of Mercury. Coco and Oscar noticed that some were teasing others, but they stopped when they saw the visitors. “Hello, how are you?” said Oscar. One of the Mercurians explained that the others were bullying them. Coco had an idea. She approached the bullies and told them to stop, saying she didn’t think they would like to be treated that way. They replied that they did it because others had made fun of them before, so they thought it was okay. After that, they stopped bullying. Coco then asked, “Do you know where the magical element of this planet is?” Luckily, they did. The leader said, “Because you solved our problem, you may take a piece of our magic rock.” Coco and Oscar took the rock and left for the next planet. When they arrived on Venus, it was beautiful. Soon a creature came and said, “Hello, I’m the king of the Venusians. You don’t look like Venusians.” “That’s because we’re not,” said Coco. “We’re from Earth, and we’re looking for the planetary elements. Do you know where yours is?” asked Oscar. The king nodded and led them to his palace, where he showed them a barrel containing a liquid. Carefully, he lifted the lid. “Why are you holding it like that?” asked Coco. “Because the liquid is toxic to us,” said the king. “When we touch it, we become angry and start fighting.” “Well, we’d like to take a little of it, it helps us not to fight,” said Oscar. “Of course, please take it all, I’ve wanted to get rid of it so I won’t get angry anymore,” said the king. They took the barrel, thanked him, and left for the next planet. When they arrived on Mars, it looked awful, trash everywhere, just like Coco’s neighborhood. She saw something red on the ground and ran toward it. It turned out to be a dirty Martian. “Why are you so dirty?” asked Coco. “Because we’re too lazy to throw our trash away,” he said. Coco told all the Martians, “You shouldn’t be lazy, it’s bad for your planet. If you keep doing this, your world will become so filthy you won’t be able to live here. Let’s clean it up, we’ll help you.” After a while, all the trash was gone. The Martians thanked them and gave them some of their red magic dust for helping make their planet beautiful again. On Jupiter, everything looked clean and healthy. Coco asked a creature if they had a leader, and Oscar asked to be taken to him. They were led to a big castle. Inside, the king was watering plants. “Hello, Your Majesty,” said Oscar. “We came to ask if you could give us some of your healing gas.” “NOT UNTIL YOU PROVE YOU DESERVE IT!” yelled the king. Coco had an idea. She took out some doctor’s cards from her pocket and showed them to him as proof they were healthy. “Very well,” said the king, handing them a balloon filled with helium. When they reached Saturn, they saw plants and trees on its rings. All the creatures there

were either planting or eating fresh food. Oscar asked a Saturnian if he knew where the magical element was. “I don’t, but I know someone who might,” he said. They followed him to a yellow plant. “Here it is,” said the creature. “Could we have a little of it?” asked Coco. “Of course, we have plenty,” said the Saturnian. As they prepared to leave, a tree began dying. Coco said, “My mom taught me that when a plant is dying, you should remove the dead parts so it can live.” The creatures followed her advice, and the tree survived. When they arrived at Uranus, there wasn’t much around. But Coco saw a creature sitting in a field of flowers. “We’re looking for an important element,” she said. “It’s in that cabin over there,” said the Uranian. As they walked, they heard a cry. Coco turned and saw a cat-like creature stuck in a tree. She climbed up, rescued it, and entered the cabin, where someone was waiting. “Is this your animal?” she asked. “Yes,” he said gratefully. “And since you saved it, I’ll give you our element.” He handed them a silver intergalactic coin. On Neptune, many creatures were outside their homes. A boy approached and asked where they were from. “We’re from Earth,” said Oscar, “looking for the elements to solve human problems.” “I know where it is,” said the boy, “but it’s in the king’s castle. He never lets anyone touch or see it.” They went to the castle. “You can see the Book of Knowledge,” said the king, “if you pass my intelligence test.” “What kind of test?” asked Oscar. “A riddle,” said the king. “How do you know Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, and Neptune are getting married?” Oscar thought hard, then answered, “Because they all have rings!” “Very good,” said the king, handing them the Book of Knowledge. Back on the spaceship, they realized they still needed one more element, a moon. They were frustrated because they had already explored every planet. Coco decided to use the Book of Knowledge. Reading it, they learned that the last element wasn’t on a planet but on a dwarf planet. Coco thought of Pluto. When they reached Pluto, it looked like a mix of all the planets. There were many plants and peaceful Plutonians. They asked a gardener if he knew where the special moon was. “Yes,” he said. “Follow me.” He led them to a heart-shaped place. “Just take a little of the dust here, make sure it’s shiny, or it won’t be magical,” he said. Coco and Oscar collected the shiny dust. “Here, take this container so it doesn’t disappear,” said the gardener. They thanked him and returned to their spaceship to go back to Earth. When they arrived, they combined all the elements and placed them on a platform outside, and BOOM! Coco spoke to someone in the park, and they didn’t ignore her like before. When she got home, her father was healthy again and ready to hug her. The world was finally perfect. “Now that the world is perfect,” said Oscar, “you know what we should do?” “What?” asked Coco. “We should go back to Pluto and have a party to celebrate!” “That’s a great idea,” said Coco. But as they flew toward Pluto, their spaceship crashed in the middle of the Milky Way. When they got out, they had no idea where they were. Suddenly... Coco woke up.