The Adventures of Bibole, Rivol and Michelle: Journey to the Forbidden City

By BRIAN FUJIKAWA and GIL BALBUENA JR.

Each book in this series was written to teach children the importance of sharing and good values. Let children know and understand the reason why we do and dont do certain things. These books give children a fun look at being responsible and about choosing the right thing to do. It also teaches children to be responsible for their actions.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Jan 4, 2013
• ISBN: 9781466969384

BRIAN FUJIKAWA

Brian Fujikawa was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. As a young man, he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada where he joined the Carpenter’s Union and helped build 23 of the most beautiful casinos in the world. When his daughter was born, Brian Fujikawa started creating stories for his daughter. As she grew, his daughter Daisy K, convinced her father to share these wonderful stories with others. With a large collection of stories, we hope you enjoy them as much as we do. As Brian Fujikawa writes these stories, his hope is to bring fun and a little adventure into every family’s life.

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All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written prior permission of the author.

Illustrations by Gil Balbuena Jr.

ISBN:   978-1-4669-6939-1(sc)

ISBN:   978-1-4669-6938-4(e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2012924265

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The Adventures of

BIBOLE, RIVOL & MICHELLE

Journey

to the

Forbidden City

Story by

Brian Fujikawa

Illustrations by

Gil Balbuena Jr.

O nce upon a time, across many oceans, across many mountains and many lands, was a great city. A city known for magic and mystery. A city surrounded by a wall. A wall that stretched five thousand miles long. In this city were great numbers of humans. People ranged in the millions, and they all had different jobs to do, and they did them very well.

What the people in this city were known for were the incredibly delicious foods that they would create. In fact, their foods were so delicious that they had vast armies to protect them.

One night, one of the emperor’s generals, Black Dragon, said, All this should be mine! I deserve to rule this great city! I should rule all the armies! I should have everything!

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The spies of the city took this information back to the emperor, and when he heard of this betrayal, he was very sad. In order to protect himself, he cast out Black Dragon from the great city. But before Black Dragon left, he convinced three-fourths of all his warriors, hundreds of thousands, to come with him. When they were all cast out, the emperor sat in his throne room alone. He thought, "What am I going to do? What happens if Black Dragon decides to attack one day? He’ll take all our food and all our precious things, and we will be