A Great Treasure
Prudy Chung,
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time of the Ming Dynasty, when the Great Wall was reconstructed, lived a family of four,
including the husband John Chan, the wife Isabelle Chan, and a pair of twins named Apollo and Artemis.
They were all treasure hunters.
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Group 2: Fiction, Evangel Primary
One day, while having dinner, Isabelle said," Recently, rumors of a treasure came to my ears. The
sure is named the God-diamond. It's supposed to be a gift from God himself to us. I would like to try
to search for it." " But Mum, how are we going to find the treasure? We don't have any clues." Apollo asked."
Actually, we do have a map. Yesterday, when I was reading my book ' Treasure Hunters', a map fell into my lap. I
examined it and found that it's the map that will help us find the God-diamond." Isabelle replied." Can we find the
treasure tomorrow? Tomorrow's Saturday, so we don't have school. "Artemis asked. " All right, we'll start to find
the treasure at dawn. Don't sleep in!" John replied." Yes! We're going on a treasure hunt , we're going on a treasure
hunt..." The twins sang as they went to bed, but they were too excited, so they barely slept a wink.
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The next morning, when it was dawn, the whole family was ready to go. Before they set off for their treasure
hunt, Isabelle told John, Apollo and Artemis about a mysterious group of treasure hunters who were also looking
for the God-diamond. They would do anything to get the God-diamond. She warned them to be careful. Once they
were set, they set off to the Great Wall, because that was the place shown on the map. When they got there, John
handed out something to everyone. He explained" This is called an earpiece. It allows you to talk to others who
have this earpiece. I bought them in the market." Everyone put them on and started to look for a secret entrance.
After a while, Artemis said into her earpiece" Come quickly to the east wall! I think I may have found the
entrance."
When everyone had gathered around Artemis, she said" Look at this rock. It's got a mark on it. Apollo, do you
know what it is?" Apollo was an expert at symbols and marks. He knew what the mark meant." It's the mark of
God. This must be the entrance! But..." "But what?" Artemis interrupted. " But the mark also means you have to
explain the marks in hieroglyphic writing on the rock. It seems to be ancient numerals, maybe we have to punch in
the password?" Apollo said. Everyone turned to Isabelle, for she was an expert at cracking passwords. She said
"
What are the numerals on the rock?" "One, one, three, eight, maybe this is the password!" Artemis tried, but it
didn't work." Maybe it's one, three, one, eight!" He said. This time, it worked! Just then, a mist came from the
forest. It made them cough and they couldn't see anything. When the mist cleared, they found that their backpacks
were gone! They first searched for their backpacks, but they couldn't find them. Then, when they confirmed that
their backpacks were really stolen, they decided to go inside the secret passage.
In the secret passage, torches were hanging on the walls. They all grabbed a torch and went forward in single
file, with John at the front and Apollo at the back. After a while, they arrived at two archways. Apollo recognized
the mark of God on an archway and told John that he should take the archway with the mark of God. John noticed
that there were many strings lying on the floor. He used his earpiece to tell everyone about the strings that were
actually traps. They cautiously tiptoed to the middle with no accidents. But Artemis, being the most careless of all,
accidentally triggered a trap. A big axe swung and almost hit her! Luckily, Isabelle pulled her back as the axe
swung by." Thanks, Mum. That was close!" Artemis exclaimed. " Come on! We're almost there!" John called. In
front of them, was the God-diamond. Isabelle picked it up and said" The treasure is ours!"
Suddenly, Apollo, Artemis, John were pulled back and three men held a sword to their necks. A man walked
out from the shadows. " I am Kai, leader of the best treasure hunters in China. Now, if you value your family's life,
give us the God-diamond, or your family dies," he threatened. " I have killed many citizens to find the
God-diamond. At last, the treasure is mine!" He gloated. In the blink of an eye, Isabelle took out a small gun and
fired at the three men. After three seconds, Kai's comrades were dead and Isabelle had wounded Kai. John, Apollo
and Artemis cheered for Isabelle. But, John accidentally triggered a trap behind Kai. The whole passage began to
collapse! Everyone frantically searched for an exit. Clever Artemis saw a lever next to her and hurriedly pressed it.
Behind Kai, an exit was revealed. Artemis used her earpiece to alert her family to escape. Apollo and John dragged
Kai out. When they came out from the passage, they found that they were on the Great Wall.
At last, they gave the God-diamond and the wounded Kai to the king of China. He praised them for their
cleverness and courage. Kai was sentenced to jail for the rest of his life. They were awarded a medal and one
million dollars apiece. Also, the story of the adventure was made into a book and published in the world, and they
became famous treasure hunters.
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