The Great Wall Race
Bridget Fung,
nce upon a time, there was a little boy named Xiao Zhang. Zhang was 5 years old and he went to a
school called the Chinese Local School (CLS for short) where he made a whole lot of friends. Among
Zhang’s best friends were Xiao Ming and Xiao You. Xiao Ming was brave and friendly while Xiao
You was lively and helpful.
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Xiao Zhang didn’t at all like his homework, so whenever he had a whole load of homework to
finish, he just sat down and started daydreaming. He once daydreamed of following a rainbow and landing into
a big, black pot of gold coins below.
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One day, he went out of his home for an evening stroll, and something strange happened… He found a wish
coin! He took it home, and then he wished that his teacher, Mr. Li, would arrange a race at the great wall
tomorrow. He could barely sleep because he was so excited about the big race tomorrow. What a day!
The next day, the big race came. Mr. Li came wearing his sports clothes. He said, “Let’s have a warm up, to
keep us going for the race at the great wall. We will have 3 winners of the race which are bronze, silver and
gold. Good luck! But Oh! I forgot to tell you all about your warm up! We’ll start with 10 push ups and count so
that I can hear! After that, you may start with 10 star jumps. After you all have finished everything, I will blow
my whistle and then you all may begin. Your warm up begins now!” Five minutes later, we all have finished our
warm up and Mr. Li blew his whistle and we ran as fast as we could like a comet shooting through the sky.
The race was very fun but a bit difficult because there were loads of cracks on the great wall and there were
loads of ruins, too. One time Xiao Zhang even almost fell into a huge crack on the great wall. Luckily, with the
help of Xiao You, he caught up with the rest of the group. He was the nearest to the finishing line, and he was so
eager to win the race!
Just before Xiao Zhang zoomed past the finishing line, there was a deconstructing earthquake rolling past
the great wall! Xiao Ming yelled, “Come over here! I’ve found a secret hideout here on the great wall when I
visited it 2 years ago! Let’s all get in!” Then all of a sudden, everyone crowded together and ran into the secret
hideout. Xiao Zhang opened the door a little bit. Then Xiao You screeched at the top of his voice, “What are
you doing? It’s so dangerous! Have you gone nuts? You’ll be killed afterwards! Do you want that to happen?”
Then Xiao Zhang said, “No, but take a closer look. What’s happening out there?” Xiao Ming stepped forward to
look outside. His eyes were as wide as saucers. “It’s a dragon! It’s coming towards us!” Then Xiao Zhang
opened the door wide. Surprisingly, the dragon was expected to growl and look fierce, it looked sad and wailed.
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Please help me! My paw got a thorn stuck on it and I can tell you the whole story about the whole thing.” Then
Xiao Ming asked, “How can we help you?” The dragon replied, “I need you to help me pull the thorn out by
hand, well, that’s the only way I could think of, though most of all, I need it to be pulled out.” “As for how it
happened, first of all, I came here from the West. I flew off to a nearby garden. There were lots of beautiful
flowers growing there such as roses and cherry blossoms. I tried to pick a rose in that garden but one of those
horrible thorns caught my sore paw and I started jumping around the garden and that’s what caused the
earthquake.”
Xiao Zhang asked Mr. Li for a pair of tweezers, a big band-aid and some wet tissues. Xiao Zhang used the
tweezers to pick out the thorn, then he threw away the thorn, he used the wet tissues to clean up the wound, and
then he stuck the big band-aid right on the wound. “There.” He said, “That’s how my mother makes wounds feel
better.” The dragon said, “Thank you so very much! In exchange, would you like a ride on my back?” Xiao
Zhang said, “What do you say, everyone? Do you think we should?” Everyone nodded. Mr. Li said, “Well,
since I knew all of you are enthusiastic about riding this dragon, why don’t we give it a go? But first we need to
award the prizes.” “The winner is Xiao Zhang, who was the nearest to the finishing line. The first runner up is
Xiao Ming, who was just behind Xiao Zhang. The second runner up is Xiao You, who was just behind Xiao
Ming.” Then he handed the boys their trophies. Xiao Zhang got a gold trophy, Xiao Ming got a silver trophy and
Xiao You got a bronze trophy.
Everyone clapped and congratulated the three boys. Then they eagerly climbed on the dragon’s back and off
they flew. Riding on a flying dragon was something that no one can forget. The dragon was flying towards their
school. All of them suggested the dragon to stay in the school barn and he can have a job as the school guard
and live happily ever after in his barn. However, tragedy struck when Xiao Zhang woke up and realized it was
only a dream!
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