Taro the sloth was so proud. “Look at my volcano!” he said. “It goes FIZZ and BOOM!” He showed his friends. The volcano bubbled with pretend lava. Everyone clapped!
But Tang the Orange Possum wanted a BIGGER boom. “More fizz!” he shouted. Before anyone could stop him, Tang dumped a whole jar of fizzy powder inside. DUMP!
The volcano did not go boom. It went BLURP… GURGLE… FLOOMP! A foamy, gooey, yucky mess covered everything. The volcano was ruined. “Oh no!” cried Taro. “My project is due tomorrow!”
Taro felt very sad. But Kiwi wasn’t worried. He had a big, bright idea! “Don’t worry, Taro,” Kiwi said with a smile. “We won’t just rebuild it. We’ll make a new volcano… a better volcano!”
So they got to work. They found a cool, twisty-turny log for the outside. Kiwi added special shiny rocks that looked like real volcano rocks. Then, he did something super clever. He mixed in some red berry juice with the fizzy powder. “Now the lava will be red!” he cheered.
The next day, Taro showed everyone his new volcano. “Ready… Set… FIZZ! WHOOSH! BUBBLE-BUBBLE-POP!” Bright red lava flowed everywhere! It looked just like a real volcano!
Everyone cheered. Taro got a big A+ with a smiley star. Taro’s project was saved, all thanks to a big mess, good friends, and one super-duper bright idea from Kiwi!