ERIKA D. MY WAY AROUND THE WORLD 1 BEGINNING Collection: My way around the world (9 books) Original title: Moja pot okoli sveta First electronic edition: Železniki, 2024 Published by Erika Drobnič Canva illustrations Published on Amazon.com, Kindle books Kataložni zapis o publikaciji (CIP) pripravili v Narodni in univerzitetni knjižnici v Ljubljani COBISS.SI-ID 192951299 ISBN 978-961-07-2066-9 (KPF) Without the written permission of Erika Drobnič, reproduction, distribution, public communication, processing or other processing of this author's work or its parts in any scope or process, together with photocopying, printing or saving in electronic form within the framework of the provisions on copyright and related rights, is prohibited. The path around the world is a path we walk from birth onwards. The countries that the main character visits in the story are different periods of our lives. The experiences in these stories show our perception of life in a humorous way. For example, the land of the giants is the period when we are babies or small children and everything around us is huge and upside down when viewed from the stroller. In each country, we also learn a new Spanish word. Read all the stories and find out for yourself in which period of your trip each country is. I wish you lots of fun reading and don’t forget to learn all the Spanish words. IT'S GETTING LATE TODAY AND I AM THINKING HOW WONDERFUL IT WOULD BE TO TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD. THIS IS A GOOD IDEA, AND THAT'S WHY I'VE DECIDED: "TOMORROW I'M GOING ON A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD." SO THAT YOU DON'T ACCIDENTALLY THINK THAT I HAVEN'T THOUGHT THIS THROUGH VERY WELL. YES, FIRST I THOUGHT, THEN I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, I THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR FIVE LONG MINUTES UNTIL I FINALLY CAME UP WITH AN IDEA. AFTER THIS THOROUGH CONSIDERATION, I BECAME TIRED AND HUNGRY. BUT I CAN'T GO AROUND THE WORLD LIKE THAT. FIRST, I ATE WELL, THEN I SLEPT WELL, AND WHEN I HAD DONE ALL THAT, I FINALLY SET OUT ON MY JOURNEY. BUT I DIDN'T GO ON THE TRIP JUST LIKE THAT, WITHOUT EVERYTHING. I TOOK MY GREEN BACKPACK, WHICH IS HUGE, FILLED IT WITH ALL THE NECESSITIES, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU NEED TO GO AROUND THE WORLD, AND THEN I SET OFF ON MY FEET FOR THE LONG JOURNEY. I WAS VERY CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT WAS WAITING FOR ME ON THIS JOURNEY, ESPECIALLY WHICH COUNTRIES I WOULD VISIT. I WANTED TO VISIT ALL THE COUNTRIES OF THIS WORLD. AND MAYBE SPACE? FIRST, I CAME TO A LAND WHERE EVERYTHING WAS SOOO BIG. I IMMEDIATELY HEARD A LOUD DRUMMING. IT'S LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE, IF YOU'VE EVER EXPERIENCED ONE, YOU'LL ALREADY KNOW. BOOM, BOOM, THE RUMBLE CONTINUED, CLOSER AND CLOSER. I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED, WHAT COULD IT BE? BUT THEN I SAW THEM, A WHOLE GROUP OF GIANTS. THEY WERE AS BIG AS A HIGH-RISE BUILDING, AND THEIR CHILDREN WERE HUGE, HUGE. THEY LOOKED AT ME IN AMAZEMENT, AND I LOOKED AT THEM EVEN MORE. WELL, YES, I MAY HAVE LOOKED AT THEM A LITTLE SCARED. BUT THEY WERE VERY KIND, THE BIGGEST ONE PUT ME ON HIS SHOULDER, SO THAT I FELT DIZZY FROM THE HEIGHT, AND CARRIED ME HOME. THERE, HIS WIFE COOKED ME A WARM DINNER AND PUT IT IN A PLATE AS BIG AS A LAKE. HAVE YOU EVER SWUM IN SOUP? WELL, THAT'S WHAT I DID WITH THE GIANTS, I SWAM IN THE SOUP. BUT IT WASN'T THAT TASTY, I ATE IT ALL, THOUGH, BECAUSE YOU DON'T LOOK IN THE TEETH OF A GIFT HORSE. I BELCHED, MAKING THE GIANTS ROAR OUT LOUD, AND WENT TO SLEEP IN THE MATCHBOX. I SAID GOOD NIGHT AND SNORED DEEPLY. IN THE MORNING, I ATE BREAKFAST, MADE MY BED, BRUSHED MY TEETH AND WENT ON MY WAY. I WALKED FOR QUITE SOME TIME THROUGH THE LAND OF GIANTS, IN WHICH I SAW MANY STRANGE THINGS. FOR EXAMPLE, THEIR HOUSES WERE TURNED UP SIDE DOWN, AS WELL THE TREES AND THE CARS. ALTHOUGH IT WAS VERY INTERESTING, I HAD TO MOVE ON. THE GIANTS WROTE ME THEIR GOOD WISHES ON GOLD COMMEMORATIVE PAPER AND WAVED ME GOODBYE FOR A LONG TIME. Good will How did you rest when you were a baby? Did everything seem huge to you, like to our heroines? The following story can be found in book 2, titled: THE LAND OF THE HANDLEGS