Do you believe in magic? When Malala was a child in Pakistan she wished for a magic pencil. She would draw a lock on the door to keep out nosey brothers, stop time so she could sleep an extra hour, and erase the smell of the trash dump near her home. But as she grew she had another dream: to succeed in school. But she began noticing that in her country some children had to work to feed their families, and dangerous men with guns began discouraging girls from going to school. She knew what she would do with a magic pencil to help make the world a better place. If more people knew about what was happening, she thought, maybe things would change. So Malala took up a real pencil and began writing about what was happening around her. And when people began reading what she wrote and asking her to travel around the world to give speeches, some of Malala's wishes for girls in her country came true.
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