Milkman's Story
By Amber Liu
6th grade, Los Angeles County
Hale Middle School - Richard Herrera, Teacher
Narrated by Rio Americano High School

DING! The lunch bell rang. A flood of people ran to the cafeteria. After I bought lunch, I sat down and opened a carton of milk. As someone walked by, he accidentally pushed me, which made me spill my milk. As I stared at the puddle a white figure popped up. It said, "Milkman's the name, Healthy bones is my game," I froze in amazement. "Who are you?" I asked. "Weren't you listening silly head?" "Sorry". He then asked me "Why do you drink milk?" "My mom told me to," I replied. "Did your mom ever tell you what a delight it is to drink milk?" "What?" I asked. He suddenly said, "Follow me and I will tell you everything from the beginning," and jumped in the puddle. I was then sucked into a portal, which led me to a dairy farm.

This time I appeared in a factory. Milkman stood on a pipe with milk flowing inside of it. He looked liked if he had been waiting for thirty minutes. "Finally" he said once he saw me. "Where are we?" I asked. "We're in a milk factory. This is the place where the milk is transferred to be cleaned. The particular word for cleaning the milk is called pasteurization. Pasteurization is when milk is heated to a boiling one hundred forty-five degrees Fahrenheit, which kills the germs. Then they are put into a refrigerator to be cooled down. Once again the place changed and my vision blurred.

This time I found myself in a chair in front of nutrition fact table. Milkman, holding a long stick said, "Pay attention, have you ever heard the saying milk does a body good?" "No," I said. "Well calcium is what makes your body bone and teeth strong and Vitamin D promotes normal growth. So now you know why you need milk." As he finished I found myself back at school. From that point on I drank milk because it's good for me.

这东西粗来很久了，应该有人发过了