Explorer

Author’s note:  This is a made up scene from my speech.  I am doing this piece to get a 10 on prediction.    

"Congratulations you all are now adults and will be getting your very first jobs, I would like to start off with Loon" said the mayor.

Loon came up to the mayor's bag and picked out a little piece of paper that said explorer.  This was a new job in the City of Ember so no one knew what it was. 

Loon looked up at the mayor and asked "What does explorer mean?" 

The mayor just shook his head and said "You have got to be joking how to you expect me to know all the definitions of all the jobs in this city I am just one person, find it out on your first day which is tomorrow so don’t be late."

Loon sat down and was very discouraged he thought perhaps he would like a job like this because he is a very courageous person.  But how is he suppose to know if the mayor won't tell him anything. 

"This mayor is not a good mayor he does not help the people of Ember all he does is sit and eat" said Loon.    

A few other students went and discovered what their jobs would be.  Next up was Dina one of Loons best friends.  Dina took her time picking and before she could pull the slip of paper out of the bag the mayor screamed "just pick a stupid card"

Dina looked up at him is fright and quickly pick a card out of the bag and ran to her seat.  She look at the card and she read to herself "explorer".  Dina thought "this is the same job Loon got this will be great we will explore together".

After class the two friends got together and thought of all the possibilities explorer could be.  They thought of "explorer bugs, what is in the river, survey people".  The next day Loon and Dina went to work together.  They got to where they were supposed to be but saw no one.  Finally they saw someone coming in the distance.  Their leader, before she could get one word out of her mouth Loon and Dina asked "what is an explorer what do we do?"   

The instructor said to them “it doesn’t matter.  The mayor and I have been think and talking about it and decided that it is way too frightening for anyone to go out there.  So we have decided to not have this job.  You both will be reassigned tomorrow.”

She then walked away before any of them could say a word.  “Oh I guess we will never know what is out there”

They were so discouraged as they walked home together.