The Tales of Rock Dragon
Ellis Tin Long Chan, Group 2: Fiction, Bonham Road Government Primary School
nce upon a time, there were lots of people who lived in a northern city which was called Xiang. The
people there worked hard and they could save much food and money. They all lived and worked in
peace and contentment.
However, the tranquility was illusory. A bad news came. The northern country, Xiongnu was
going to invade Xiang. When the people heard this news, there was a panic. Some of the people
yawned and shouted, ‘Oh! Xiongnu army will come in the coming future! Maybe we should fight
against them, ‘No, we need to go to another city,’ some of the people thought they could win the army of
Xiongnu so they stayed and prepared with their arms. But many people started to pick up their necessities and
valuables they all had and wanted to leave Xiang.
Unfortunately, they were too late to receive the news. A large and strong army of Xiongnu came. ‘The people
are so proud. They want to fight with us? Let see how we win them!’ The army laughed and started to fight with
them. The Xiang’s people did not have a lot of weapon but Xiongnu had. The army of Xiongnu killed lots of
people in a short time.
The Xiongnu army continued to attack Xiang. They killed people every day. The people became poor and
their wealth dwindled to nothingness because the army snatched their money. Their houses had been destroyed
and the fields had been plundered. The food was both bad and insufficient. The people lived in nervous and
worry. After few months, Xiongnu stopped their attack for a while because of the flood in their country. The
people in Xiang became fewer and fewer.
The people who survived after the tragedy started to think about their next countermeasure. They thought
they will not win if they continued to fight with Xiongnu. They could not think what they can do. Therefore they
prayed to God. They hope that God could help them to overcome the difficulties in life and could lead them to a
peaceful and stable live.
Maybe their sincerity touched God deeply. After a while, they heard a sound from God, ‘I will help you. Do
not be worried,’ the people could not believe what they heard. They were over the moon! They thanked God that
he had heard their prayers.
They waited and waited for such a long time but their city did not change. Xiongnu army came and attacked
them sometimes. Each time they plundered the money and destroyed the houses. The people in Xiang all
thought God had forgotten and they felt disappointed.
In fact, God decided to send one of his most powerful animals to help them, a living dragon. The dragon was
giant and strong. He had a golden skin with scales. He was about twenty thousand kilometers long! His body
could cover many mountains. Moreover, he could
breathe fire and used its claw to attack
enemy
.
It is a miracle the sky shone out with great brilliancy. The dragon came down from the heaven. The people
were happy that God remembered their prayers and he had saved them. On the other hand, the dragon breathed
fire to Xiongnu army. The army was seared of the dragon because of his giant size and his fire. ‘Oh, bother and
darnation! This terror monster is so huge! It can breathe fire too!’ They fled Xiang quickly and dared not to
come back for a long time.
The Xiang people were joyful. They begged God, ‘If the dragon could stay and protect us from any further
attack from Xiongnu army in the future, we will be secure forever. Please let the dragon stay with us.’ God
heard and thought for a while. He agreed, ‘Okay, the dragon will stay with you.’ Suddenly, the sky turned dark
and a thunder struck on the dragon. The dragon was turned into a rock dragon, lying between the city of Xiang
and Xiongnu.
The ‘marvel ’of the dragon news had
disseminated in old China
.
Lots of people from other city came to see
this
extraordinary affair. Some of them heard that the people there were poor so that they donated money to help
with their life.
After the rock dragon came, the Xiang people did not need to worry about the attack. They
continued their life. The people received some money to help them also so that they could now live with
happiness and harmony forever.
As time went by, the story of the dragon saving people’s lives has been eulogized everywhere. In order to
commemorate the dragon, the people gave a name to the rock dragon, the Great Wall. The people also called
themselves as ‘the posterity of dragon’.
Nowadays, the Great Wall is very famous and precious.
Each year, the Great Wall attracted many tourists
come by its reputation.
It was listed as a World Heritage by UNESCO in 1987.
It is also
one of the greatest
wonders of the world
.
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