Task: Story Composition
Input (English): Fact1: impoverished New York newsboy lives with abusive grandmother, Fact2: Joe sneaks out of tenement home to join excursion, Fact3: adult volunteer reads children After picnic story about young prince, Fact4: young prince is beaten by old witch, Fact5: group returns to city
Output (English): Joe is an impoverished New York newsboy who lives with his abusive grandmother. While selling papers, he is given a ticket for a childrens excursion sponsored by the Fresh Air Fund. The next morning, Joe sneaks out of his tenement home to join the excursion, where he sees the countryside and the ocean for the first time. After a picnic, an adult volunteer reads the children a story about a young prince who is beaten by an old witch. A group of fairies rescue the boy, take him to a boat, and sail off for the Land Beyond the Sunset, where he lived happily ever after. Joe imagines himself as the boy in the story. When the group returns to the city, Joe stays behind because he is afraid of his grandmother. He wanders to the beach, where he finds a rowboat and decides to go to the Land Beyond the Sunset himself. He pushes the boat into the water and climbs in. The film ends with a long shot of Joe drifting out to sea.