Mira always dreamt of doing something extraordinary. Her dream was to discover something that nobody else knew about.

One day, while she was sitting with nothing to do, she looked around and thought, “The world is so big. There must be something that no one has ever seen before.”

As soon as she had this thought, she started doing research. She began collecting maps of places all over the world. While studying them, she noticed an island in the middle of the ocean.

When Mira researched the island, she found no information about it. This made her even more excited. She decided to travel there and check it out herself. Mira knew how to sail because her family lived by the sea and owned a boat. They often went on long sailing trips. So, early the next morning, she took some provisions and sailed off to the island.

After a difficult two-day voyage, Mira finally reached the island. When she stepped off the boat, she saw many lost objects scattered across the island — things that had once belonged to people but had been lost or carried away by the sea.

The island was extremely strange, and Mira was surprised by what she saw. The trees were enormous and frightening, but Mira gathered her courage and decided to explore it.

As Mira ventured further into the island, she discovered that it was also incredibly beautiful. She moved carefully, recording what she saw and taking pictures.

The most astonishing thing about the island was that nothing on it was ordinary. The plants were enormous, and their fruits looked completely different from anything she had ever seen before.

While Mira was documenting her discoveries through photographs, she suddenly realised that the island was sinking. She quickly gathered her belongings and ran back towards her boat.

Mira hurriedly sailed away. As she looked back towards the island, it disappeared beneath the sea before her eyes, as if it had never existed at all! For a moment, Mira wondered if everything had been a dream. But when she checked her camera, she found that all the pictures and videos she had taken were still there.

She realised that she was the only person with proof that the mysterious island had ever existed.

When Mira returned home, she wrote an article about her incredible discovery. She named it “The Lost Island” and included all the information, pictures and videos she had collected during her journey.

The article became very famous, and people from all over the world became fascinated by Mira’s story. Although many people were still unsure whether the island had really existed, Mira knew the truth — she had been there and seen it with her own eyes.

Published in Dawn, Young World, September 26th, 2026