The Tale of the Magic Great Wall
Xin Min Wan
he Great Wall of China is a beautiful and magnificent wonder of the world. Do you know that the Great
Wall is full of magic? I bet you will think that’s not possible. Do you want to find out about it? I will
tell you all about it. I hope you will believe it is real.
she saw that
g, Group 1: Fiction, Shenzhen Regents Primary School
During the Qin Dynasty, there was a fairy named Kelly. She was very kind and sympathetic. When
the Qin Emperor had ordered so many men to build the Great Wall, she was very angry, and
thought that the Qin Emperor was ruthless and crazy. Then, she decided to help the men build the Great Wall
with magic. Therefore, at mid-night she came out and used her wand to help build the Great Wall.
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The next day, the men woke up and got ready to work when they found out that one part of the Great Wall
was finished! They were so happy! Some men wondered who was so nice to do that for them. But, some men
thought that was just a dream.
During one mid-night, when the Fairy Kelly was doing her magic on the Great Wall, she saw that the Qin
Emperor was walking near the Great Wall under the bright moonlight. The Emperor, who was having a hard
time sleeping, decided to take a walk to view the full moon. She found that the Emperor was not looking at the
moon, instead he wondered why there were magic sparks that surrounded the Great Wall. There, he saw the
beautiful Fairy Kelly. He thought that if he had the magic power, then he could do anything. He planned to catch
the Fairy. The Fairy Kelly whispered to him:’ even the emperor can’t have everything.’ Quickly, she flew away.
As she had flown through the Qin Emperor, he thought that she was a bee, so he called his guards to catch the
bee-like fairy. Just then, Kelly used her magic power and shot it into Qin Emperor’s eyes. Then she quickly flew
away. Afterwards, she was careful not to get caught by the guards.
But during one mid-night, when Kelly was doing her magic spells, the Qin Emperor saw her once again,
and he caught her in his hands.
The Qin Emperor put her into a cage, and said: “I will let you go if you give your magic power to me.’
Kelly said: ’I can’t give you my magic power, but I can grant you three wishes.’ The king said : ‘The first wish
is: I want to be strong, the second wish is: l want to have a lot of wealth. The third wish is: l want to have magic
power.’ Kelly said: ’l will make this happen if you release me.’ The Emperor agreed to release her.
Then, Kelly quickly went home. She asked her mom Mary if she could grant the Qin Emperor those three
wishes. Her mother said “don’t grant them to the Emperor, but grant them to the Great wall”. Back in the royal
Palace, the Qin Emperor waited and waited, nothing happened. After a long time, he thought he was having
those crazy illusions, that he has been ill all the time. However, the Fairy Kelly did grant those wishes to the
Great Wall.
That’s why l think the Great Wall is full of magic!
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