Ollo

Ollo loved bridges he often dreamt about them, high bridges, long bridges even broken ones but that was the problem whenever he tried to cross this certain bridge he dreamt about it would break and he would fall then he would wake up look out his window and see the only real bridge in his life leading directly to the scary old fisherman, they would fish together, Ollo didn't like going near him but the stories he would tell were wonderful until one day after a particularly scary story Ollo decided to run home and once he reached the bridge he discovered that it was truly broken and he would have to spend the night in the old fishermans house.
The old fisherman told Ollo another story that night and he didn't get much sleep, the following day had the bridge repaired Ollo vowed to never enter the old fishermans house again, days later Ollo was told that the old fisherman was seen leaving his house in a boat and hasn't been seen since Ollo was glad that he was gone.
Ollo couldn't help himself he had to cross the bridge just one more time and what he found was the ghost of the fisherman the boat was gone but the fishermans spirit remained he had another story to tell the boy before he vanished.
Ollo would never forget what he felt that day and was never going to be the same Ollo returned to the bridge and found the fishermans spirit blocking the path he was fishing.
He offered Ollo a fishing rod and told him another story this one was about a magical bridge Ollo loved this story so much that he decided that he would go with the fisherman wherever he would take him.
The fishermans spirit remained with Ollo and guided him Ollo followed him into his house and the fisherman revealed a secret to Ollo it was a book it contained all the stories Ollo had been told and the fisherman wanted Ollo to write one of his own.
The book was enchanted and the fisherman wanted Ollo to keep it with him the fisherman led Ollo down a hidden staircase it descended for hours until they reached what the fisherman called the book case he asked Ollo to place the book upon it.
They were now in the boat but as they were sailing they saw some thing in the water so the fisherman cast his line, he wrestled with it until they realised that they had caught a wonderful fish.
The fisherman wanted Ollo to eat the fish but instead he threw it back into the water which made the fisherman furious so then he threw Ollo into the water and started laughing at him he told Ollo that if he ever does that again he would drown him Ollo swam after the boat.
The fisherman had caught another fish which meant that Ollo had to eat a raw fish it tasted like fish mixed with acid and he spat half out into the water Ollo soon found himself swimming after the boat again.
Ollo asked for some real food so the fisherman offered him another fish so then Ollo dived back into the water and refused to continue.
The fisherman told Ollo that if he didn't get back into the boat he would be eaten by a larger fish and there would be food once they reached land.
Ollo starved for days and all he got was laughter the fisherman had no problem eating raw fish and seemed content with Ollo staying on the boat he offered to throw him off a number of times if he wanted but Ollo would just tell him he was hungry and he didn't like boats or fish anymore.
Ollo dreamt of a bridge laden with food but the bridge was swaying from side to side and the food was falling off he woke up to find that the fisherman was waking him up, he was pointing towards the sky and there was written the name Ollo and the clouds looked like fish.
The fisherman asked Ollo if he would like to fly someday Ollo didn't respond he just laughed telling the fisherman that old man stories can't make people fly and that he just wanted to get off the boat.
Sooner then he knew it he was back in the water this time he was too hungry to swim and started drowning the fisherman wasn't heartless though so he pulled Ollo back into the boat and gave him one last chance days later they stopped and the fisherman told Ollo that they were close to their destination and asked him if he would like to swim the rest of the distance.
So the fisherman told Ollo another story as they finally reached their destination he gave Ollo a pouch of gold and told him he would return when the time was right the fisherman dissapeared after that, and all that left Ollo with was a pouch full of riches and an oasis in front of him.
Ollo found the market you couldn't miss it they sold everything here so Ollo bought a carpet and a lamp this cost him all of the gold he had one minute he was in the market place the next he was in a desert.
The old fisherman was sitting in a rusty old boat he wanted to see what Ollo had bought Ollo told him that he spent all of the gold on a carpet and a lamp the old fisherman asked Ollo if he could sit on the carpet and rub the lamp he sat there rubbing for hours finally the fisherman burst out in laughter telling Ollo that he had wasted his gold and told him the only magic he would find in this desert would be mirages and that he had better start walking if he wanted to get out of here the fisherman kept the carpet and the lamp and vanished again.
Ollo left thousands of footprints and all he could see on the horizon was as he got closer what seemed to be a ship he never turned around though if he had done so he would have noticed that there was a giant turtle following him but this one was gigantic and if Ollo had of looked he would have seen the old fisherman riding upon it he was laughing to himself but then again the ship was approaching.
The old fisherman jumped off the ship and Ollo saw that he had a patch over one eye he asked Ollo if he liked pirates, Ollo told him that he was glad he could only see with one eye, so the old fisherman condemned Ollo to scrubbing the deck whilst his parrot looked on.
The only word the parrot would say was float sometimes Ollo would mistake it for the word boat but this was no boat it was a ship and scrubbing it was an extremely huge task to undertake.
The old fisherman emerged from his cabin and asked Ollo if the ship was ready yet Ollo told him that yes your majesty the ship is ready now though where shall we sail in the middle of a desert your majesty the old fisherman asked him to climb up to the crows nest so he did and once he got up there he found the parrot it said the word float again.
The ship was hovering just above the sand now and from up here he could see what they were heading towards Ollo called out to the fisherman and he told Ollo that he would have to come down now.
He let Ollo guide the ship and would say no more what Ollo had seen from up high was no longer visible and navigating a desert like this was nearly impossible then he reached the hazardous area.
The desert cracked open in front of him into a chasm the ship never dropped as such but he couldn't navigate away from this the ship followed this chasm for days and the old fisherman would not allow Ollo to leave his post, when they got to the really bad part the old fisherman took the wheel he steered away from the crack and Ollo got some sleep.
Ollo dreamt of flying ships and terrible volcanoes.
They were sailing swiftly now so swiftly that the wind picked up making it more difficult for Ollo to guide the ship so Ollo just let the wind guide the ship the wind was so strong  at that point Ollo had to ask the old fisherman what to do next he told Ollo that if he doesn't want to crash he better do something quick then the wheel broke and Ollo was in some serious danger.
They were headed directly towards the most dangerous thing in the whole desert a wall of sand and the ship was destroyed upon impact.
Only humans could pass through the wall which meant that the parrot could not so the old fisherman said good bye and he flew of into the sky they never saw each other again.
The old fisherman wanted Ollo to step through the wall 'backwards' and told him to do it before he has to push him so Ollo backed up away from the old fisherman and was eventually through the wall the old fisherman threw him a key and told him that he was out of the desert now the key was enormous.
Ollo had to drag the key along behind him and would often find himself lost but the key was like a compass it would often hover into the air and guide Ollo past the most dangerous areas until it shot forward and unlocked a gate.
Ollo found the old fisherman again and he needed the key it hovered again but this time it turned in mid air and unlocked an invisible door.