Once there was a girl no older than 10 who lived with her mother in a town that was filled with cobble stone streets and houses that were straight out of fairy tales. The girl one day was asked to go to town to buy some sugar for her mother. The trees were colored with bright red, orange and yellow and there was a slight fog that morning. As the little girl in her blue dress and her black hair that fell to her shoulders, was walking to town, a man appeared in front of her. The man was tall and dressed in a black suit and wore a top hat. His skin pale and his appearance skinny. He took off his hat and bowed before saying in a calming voice "Sorry if I frighten you. But may I be of some assistance?"

"No. You didn't frighten me. I am only going to the store for some sugar." She said, a little unsure of the man before her. The man chuckled and said "I see. Well, you don't any assistance, may I give you a gift instead?"

"A gift?" The girl asked confused.

"Here. Close your eyes and hold out your hand." The man said.

The girl did as he said and waited for him to place the gift in her hand. Then a few seconds later, she felt a round yet smooth object in the palm of her hand and opened her eyes to see a small blue-green globe in her hand. It was in a little hand made pouch so she could wear it around her neck or dress.

"A globe? But why?" She asked.

"Cause just as the world holds so many possibilities so do you." He said.

She looks at the globe, then goes to ask what he meant but he was already gone. As quickly as he had appeared, he was gone. Vanished into the fog like a ghost never to be seen again.