Mount Tapioca Research Paper

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Long long ago the king of Sephoris ordered all of the most talented harp players in the world to come and try to play most beautiful song at his palace. None of them could play a song beautiful enough that could please the king and queen. From that day on the king is still finding a harp player that could play the most beautiful song. Adam is the son of Apollo-God of music and light. Adam was born in a small town called Tapioca. There he would grow into a young healthy man. Adam was always being looked down on because his family was poor. He would get bullied, made fun of, and pushed around in the streets.

When walking around with his mom, she spotted something that caught her eye. It was a poster looking for people that are very talented
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It was the same piece of paper that his mother saw yesterday, but something was different. The reward went from $100,000 to $1,000,000. Adam now knew that he would have to go now because that money could cover the cost of all the stolen items, and give them a new life. After Adam saw the paper he started packing for the journey.

All alone, Adam sets out on the journey with walking down the path to Mount Tapioca. When walking down the path Adam realizes that he didn’t know how to get to the top of Mount Tapioca. So he stopped at a shop that sold medicine and asked the owner.
“Hey, I have a question about Mount Tapioca.”
“Yes young sir,” the owner replied back.
“Do you know how to get to the top of Mount Tapioca?”
“Young sir I do not know about that, but I know that there is a Cyclops who lives at the bottom of Mount Tapioca that knows,” the owner responds back.
“Thanks for helping me”
After Adam gets advice he heads out for the bottom of Mount Tapioca. As he got closer to the Cyclop’s home he entered a dark swampy area.

When Adam arrived at the Cyclop’s home he saw a big giant figure. The Cyclop turned his head around.
“What is a human doing here?”
“Umm… I am here for advice on how to get to the top of Mount Tapioca,” Adam replied back scared.
“If I must give you advice, you must give me something.”
“And what will that be?” Adam responds back.
“Gold! I want

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