After reading The Last Cuentista in Language Arts, our class decided to do a fun project with a local artist, Peg Gignoux. We used akua inks to print plant patterns onto paper. Then, we let the ink dry and made booklets out of the printed papers. We wrote about our ideal worlds and pasted the description on the back.

My ideal world story is pasted below:

Planet Nil

Premise: The reason my world is called Planet Nil is because that is how many humans live on the planet. Planet Earth is 3 million light years away.

In my ideal world, everyone is a tiger, a bunny, or a bunger (a bunny-tiger hybrid) instead of being humans. The laws are the same for everyone. The government system is a representative democracy similar to that of the United Kingdom. Although it is a representative democracy, it is also a theocracy, worshipping the gods Rabith, Tigrin, and Bungren. Laws are based on the Godly Principles, a scroll created by the gods themselves at the beginning of Planet Nil.

The landscape of Planet Nil is quite peculiar compared to Earth. The terrain is a desolate, black wasteland. Although there appears to be nothing, there are some plants, like Folionigro and Cruentamacul. Underground, however, is as colorful as a rainbow dipped in neon paint. Underground is where animals live, and the surface is where they work. There are many underwater cities, and since all three types of animals have adapted to breathing above and below water, they can even live underwater.

Since Planet Nil is not large, only 13 schools exist (triskaidekaphobia doesn’t exist). School only lasts four days a week, but there are only six days in a week. The schools mainly focus on math. Three languages exist, one based on each god. Animals are expected to learn all three languages so they can converse with each other.

There are restrictions on how long animals can be inside to be active. Everyone has to go outside for at least 15 minutes each day unless the weather is extreme. For example, when the temperature is below 30 degrees Fahrenheit or above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, that can be called extreme. Animals are always allowed to listen to music (except when doing schoolwork or work from their job) and are even encouraged. Everyone can look at a screen outside of work for two and a half hours each day unless they are sick.

Tigers, bunnies, and bungers are believed to be superior to all the other animals living on their planet. The tigers and bungers eat the other animals while the bunnies and bungers cultivate their gardens. Responsibility plays an essential role on Planet Nil because every bunny and every bunger needs to grow their food, and the system would be messed up if some of them forgot. The tigers and bungers also need to obey the limit of meat they can eat. They can’t just freely hunt other animals. Lastly, tigers and bungers don’t eat bunnies because that is regarded as cannibalism, and bunnies are poisonous for them to eat.

Although you have to watch out for the occasional lava bugs, Planet Nil is a great place to have fun safely. Of course, you can go into the dangerous regions and attempt stunts. It has a variety, the exact reason it is my ideal world.