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One fine morning, AumSum opened his eyes and stretched, only to suddenly slide right out of bed. Confused, he landed with a gentle whoosh onto the floor. He tried to stand, but whoosh - he slid straight across the room. Everything - his room, the hallway, the stairs - was slippery like a never-ending slide.

Outside, the whole world had changed. Roads, sidewalks, school corridors, playgrounds - everything had become long, shiny slides. People weren’t walking anymore; they were sliding - some gracefully, some spinning like tops. AumSum, ever curious, grabbed a helmet, jumped onto a slide ramp outside his door, and zipped into the streets.

It was exhilarating. He slid through markets, twirled around buildings, and even looped through a giant roundabout slide that had replaced a traffic circle. At first, everyone was thrilled. Commuting became a game, and nobody needed vehicles anymore. Even grumpy grown-ups were giggling like kids.

Suddenly, a terrible alert spread through the city. A huge, out-of-control slide - stretching down from the hills - was growing longer and faster by the minute. It was swallowing up smaller slides, knocking over buildings, and headed straight for the city’s central power station. If it reached it, the whole city would lose power.

AumSum knew he had to do something. He studied the direction of the mega-slide and quickly crafted a plan. Using some giant rubber mats, sandbags, and inflatable crash cushions from an old amusement park, he began building a massive friction wall right across the path of the mega-slide.

The slide was fast. Very fast. But just before it could slam into the power station, it hit AumSum’s friction wall. The rubber and cushions did their job. The slide slowed, cracked, and finally came to a complete stop with a loud, slushy splat. The city cheered. AumSum had saved the day.