Tales of the Great Wall
Sophie Shrem, Group 2: Fiction, Carmel School Association Elsa High School
i my name is Rebecca White I am 21 years old. I will tell you a story from my past that has
never been said to anyone before that even my close family doesn’t know. In 6 grade when I
was 12 years old, my class and I went on a trip to go to Beijing, I was really excited but the
thing that bothered me most was that I was room-mates with my bully Victoria Green. It was
so horrible that I was trying to convince my mom not to go even though I really wanted to
go to Beijing. First I tried telling her that a Dinosaur conquered Beijing but obviously it
didn’t work, but after she just gave me the talk to not be worried and that I needed to go because it was
part of my education.
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When My Class and I went to Beijing it was awesome. Every time people started talking
about their roommates I got really scared. When everyone was talking I overheard Victoria gossiping
about me, obviously I knew it wasn’t a good sign but I just tried to forget about it. Later on in that day
we went to a famous Museum in front of the woods, I heard that there has been a myth that the woods
were haunted, since then no one even dared coming in. Just right before we left, Victoria came up to
me and said where is your diary hmm? Then after a few seconds I realized that she took it. I told her to
give it back but then she said to me that she would only do it if I went to the woods. Then she said if I
didn’t go to the woods she would share all my secrets to all the students in the school! Because I was
really scared I wasn’t thinking well so I just said yes. She told me I needed to come back with
something extraordinary if I didn’t she would tell all of my secrets so I went in to the woods when my
other classmates and my teachers weren’t looking. I was so scared that I was running so fast that I
didn’t even stop. So fast that I was very tired so I sat down beside a tree. I looked around, all of the
trees and leaves were rotten. I was such in extreme pain that when I leaned down I have mistakenly
pushed something and a trapped door opened and I fell.
When I woke up I found my self in a beautiful place with green plants and beautiful bright
colored flowers. Suddenly I saw something moving, I was too scared to come forward so I hided
behind big bush. After then I realized it was two people who was walking forward I was so shocked to
see that there were people in this place. When they saw me they introduced themselves, one was named
Laura and the other was named Victor. Later on they invited me to their tree house and showed me
what they called the Great Wall of China. I’ve never seen anything like that before. The person who
made it must have taken many years because it was so big. Then Victor and Laura shared stories of
how they came to this place. Before I could have asked any more questions I realized that my class
must have been looking for me so I quickly took something and told them I needed to go. Just right
before I left they told me not to tell anyone about this place otherwise people would find out and
destroy the woods. After we said our byes they showed me the exit I was very sad to leave. In the End
Victoria was stud up and realized that she has been very mean to people and most importantly she gave
me back my diary and never said anything to anyone.
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