The Neverending Story

THE NEVERENDING STORY

We learn that a boy named Bastian runs into a book shop to hide from some school bullies, and when he gets in the room, he meets a man named Carl Coreander. This man owns the book store, however he does not take kindly to Bastian’s abrupt intrusion and says that Bastian wouldn’t understand any of the books in the store. When Coreander goes to get the phone Bastian notices a book on the table that says the Neverending Story on the binding and around that are 2 snakes that are holding each others tail in their mouths. We also learn about Bastian Balthazar Bux and his characteristic, like he is a short, fat boy, who does poorly in school, and has no mother. After Bastian notices the book he feels drawn to it and then Bastian grabs it and puts it in his backpack and runs to the school, where he hides in the attic and makes himself comfortable. Then he starts reading the book and that’s where chapter one begins.

The chapter starts with a creature called the will-o-the-wisp