Kaimi goes on an adventure to find Mingki. She calls up her friends and together they search the house in hopes to find Kaimi’s precious friend.

1. The Search for Mingki
Elaine Concepcion

2. Kaimi and Mingki had been with each other for eight
years and she has plans to make their bond last forever.
Once upon a time, a child named Kaimi had a stuffed
toy that she loved so much. His name was Mingki.

3. Monday came so Kaimi had to go for a
while because of school. She waved
goodbye at Mingki, already excited to
come back home to spend more time with
him.

4. Mingki was no longer on
her bed!
However, when she came back from school…

5. Kaimi immediately opened her closet and
stuff came tumbling down in front of her.
She searched and searched but there was no
Mingki.

6. In a state of panic, she
called her best friend,
Hanna June.
Don’t fret, Kaimi. We’ll find
him. I’ll bring Sandra,
Hwaseong, and Yuyu, too!
Hanna! Help!
Mingki’s missing!

7. To Kaimi’s delight, the whole group arrived
as fast as lightning. Soon enough, they were
thinking of places where Mingki could have
gone to.

8. They searched the refrigerator first…
Mingki was not here.

9. Their next stop was the pantry…
But then again, there was no sign of Mingki.

10. As much as Kaimi didn’t want to go, she and
her friends also went down to check the
basement…

11. Wow, Kaimi.
Your family has
so much stuff…
Yeah…
Silence filled the whole group. After a
couple of seconds, Sandra spoke up.

12. Wasting no time, the group dispersed to search the
large room full of things. Kaimi stumbled upon a
yucky-looking drain.
She was about to turn back when drain
suddenly widened in size and swallowed
Kaimi in!

13. AAAAAAAAAAA
AAAHHHHH!!!
AAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAHHH
HHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Hearing Kaimi’s scream, the rest of the group
athered where the sound came from and jumped
into the gaping hole with no hesitation.
WOOF
WOOWOO
WOOF
WOOF

14. The world the hole led them to was… too much.
Too much stuff.
Too much trash.
Too much smoke.
Too hot.
Too much.
But then, they all heard an
engine-like sound.
This place
is creepy.
Am I the only one
who can’t seem to
breathe properly?
Hot… It’s so
hot in here.
Woof...

15. Uhh… what
is that?!
WOOF!

16. MINGKI!
This was not the reunion Kaimi had
hoped for.

17. The children helped Kaimi pull Mingki out of the
wretched machinery.
Everyone, pull with
all your might!

18. Mingki had been
set free…
RRRIIIIIP!
...but with a huge cost.

19. Kaimi… we can
still fix him.
Is that...
an egg?
Before another word was
spoken, the ground started to
shake violently.
Woof...

21. The group raced back to Kaimi’s room.

22. However, when they
reached her room…

23. Woof?

24. ...
The egg inside Mingki
contained mysterious seeds.

25. Guys, bring
pots, soil, and
water.
We’re going
back there.
Kaimi picked them up and marched out
of her room.
Yuyu and Sandra, the
pots and soil are in
the garage.
Hwaseong and I will
get water.
Aye aye,
captain!

26. The bunch makes another trip
back to the world of excess.

27. What the-
*COUGH!
COUGH!*
Wake up!
Kaimi confronted the people in
that strange world and ripped
their gas masks off.

28. She then threw the masks
on the sticky machine.

29. That was not Kaimi’s
ultimate purpose.

30. The people watched her with
curious eyes as she planted one
of the strange seeds.

31. Just after watering the
soil, a tree sprung up
immediately. After a few
seconds, it bore more
seeds.
Everyone was amazed by
what they had just
witnessed.

32. Everyone helped one
another to plant the
rest of the magic seeds.

33. Just like the first tree, the seeds instantly
turned into trees. The smoke had vanished,
and the heat was not excruciating anymore.

34. The friends still had two pots of
soil left so they showed the people
how to plant the new seeds.

35. Everyone was excited to grow
more trees to help the world of
excess get rid of their problems.

36. However, the seeds did not sprout
immediately after they were watered.
Confusion painted everyone’s faces. They
realized that there were more things that
needed to be done besides planting magical
seeds to fix the world of excess.

37. The group bade farewell to the
grateful people. They hoped that
the people had woken up and will
continue to improve their world.

38. ...
...
...
...
...
They arrived back in Kaimi’s
basement floor, the strange
hole closing this time around.

39. After a minute of silence, Kaimi got up
and started to sort things in her
family’s basement.

40. Not soon after, her friends joined her.
They shared giggles and memories,
present and past, as they cleaned up.

41. Kaimi’s parents heard the racket
downstairs and saw what the kids were
doing. They felt bad that they had let
themselves buy and hoard too much
stuff that led to their basement’s
current state. We got to do
something
about this.
You’re always
right, honey.

42. THE END
Kaimi, Hanna June, Hwaseong, Sandra, and Yuyu spent
the next weeks sorting through all her family’s stuff.

43. Acknowledgement
I would like to thank the endless resources from
the basement, the recycle bin, and the amount
of tape that I used more than I would like.