Shortlisted
New Tales of the Great Wall
Bonnie Pang, G
ne day, I was playing happily in the park, I believed I saw the Great Wall of China grow out of the
bushes. I shook my head. Maybe I was dreaming. My mother and father hugged me. I ran to the
entrance of the Great Wall. Suddenly, the Great wall turned into a wall of marshmallows. I saw the
towers were made of blue, green, red and pink lollipops. The wall was decorated with sweet icing of
every colour of the rainbow. Last but not least, there were colourful marshmallows, which were cut into
beautiful jewels like rubies, sapphires, emeralds and topazes.
roup 1: Fiction, Harrow International School Hong Kong
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When I was walking along the soft, colourful path, I saw tiny spots in the clear, blue sky. I thought they
were buzzing bees looking for some honey. Suddenly, I saw huge cracks in the sky. A large, scary monster
named Jack Frost flew down from the sky on a thunderbolt. He was followed by a big group of green goblins.
Jack Frost waved his magic wand and arrows of fire shot down at the Great Wall. I quickly pulled out my warm
water pistol from my pocket and shot a huge squirt of water at him. He gave out a loud scream and his magical
powers were lost immediately. The arrows of fire became twinkling fairy dust. At the same time, the bees
changed into some cute fairies. They whizzed down and said,
“
You are a good girl. You have been very brave in saving the Great Wall. Let us go together to get your
reward.”
I was excited and followed the fairies happily for an adventure.
There was a magical, pink, heart-shaped locket kept at the fairies’ palace. It had special powers to take the
child who was wearing it to Fairyland. The fairies showed me the way out of the Great Wall towards the palace.
On the way, there was a puzzle of a map of the Great Wall. There were two hundred puzzle pieces so I
found it very difficult to put them together. Suddenly, the Great Wall changed into a friendly dragon who flew
to help us. When I fitted the last piece of the puzzle into its correct space, a purple cloud decorated with
glittering jewels floated towards us. I stepped onto the magical cloud and was whizzed to the palace.
After a tour of the gigantic palace, I met the king and queen of Fairyland in the throne room. They gave me
the precious locket for my courage in saving the Great Wall. When I opened the locket, some golden fairy dust
dropped on me. Poof! I was home.
I was curled up in my cosy bed, still holding my shimmering locket in my hand. My parents came into my
room and told me that the Great Wall is the longest man-made structure ever built. I wish there is a resort hotel
at the Great Wall where we can ski down the sloping walls. Then, I fell into a deep sleep.
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