Once upon a time there was a little girl named Lily who lived on a plateau. One day she decided to go on an adventure to explore the different landforms. She took her backpack and set off.

As she walked along the isthmus, she noticed that the ground beneath her feet was shaking. Suddenly, she saw a huge crack open up in the earth and out popped a talking tectonic plate!

The plate told her that he and his friends were responsible for creating all the different landforms on the planet, like deltas, peninsulas, gorges, and more. He then asked Lily if she wanted to join him on a tour to see how they did it.

Lily eagerly agreed and soon she was traveling beneath the earth’s surface with the tectonic plates as they showed her how they created mountains, valleys, and even oceans.

In the end, the main tectonic plate thanked Lily for joining them on their tour and said that she was now the only human who knew their secret. And from that day on, every time Lily saw a beautiful landscape, she smiled and remembered her adventure beneath the earth’s surface with the tectonic plates.

Reflections

1. What did Lily discover on her adventure with the tectonic plates?
2. How did the tectonic plates create different landforms?
3. What was the main tectonic plate's message to Lily at the end of the story?
4. How did Lily feel about her adventure beneath the earth's surface?
5. Can you think of any other landforms that the tectonic plates may have created?