The Great Wall Mission
Eugenia Ngai, Group 2: Fiction, Pui Kiu College
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One day in summer vacation, Bourbon and Ben were sitting on their bed in their bedroom playing
he iPhone. Yet they hadn’t done their summer vacation homework.
Time was running very, very quickly. Guess how long they played for? Five hours. Their mom
annoyed and knocked the door of the bedroom.
No one replied.
She knocked the door again.
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No one replied.
Mom simply pushed the door and said, “Boys, come out of the room at once and do your homework!”
They both replied, “OK mom. Just let us finish this round.”
However, this round lasted for another five hours. Dad and mom couldn’t stand it anymore, and started
talking about a deep secret plan for their sons.
After a while, they banged on the door. “How dare you two play on the iPhone for ten hours? The iPhones
should be out of battery. Anyway, come out and we have something to show you two.” They shouted.
“
Wait mom.” Bourbon murmured.
The two slowly put down their iPhones and came out of the bedroom. What they immediately saw was a
monster.
“
Bwahahaha!” The monster laughed loudly.
“
What’s that voice? Isn’t that Bowser Jr.’s laugh?” They whispered.
Bowser Jr. took both Bourbon and Ben’s iPhone away.
He announced, ”If you filthy young guys want to take your iPhones back, you have to finish this mission.”
He took them to The Great Wall of China and then disappeared.
A fairy came out and guided the boys, ”Welcome to The Great Wall of China. You are participating in
Bowser Jr.’s special tour. I am your tour guide.”
Bourbon and Ben burst into laughter, because the fairy was their guide.
They teased the fairy, “Aren’t we supposed to be
your
guides?”
The fairy answered, “For the age, you two are my guides; for the intelligence, I am your guide. Anyway,
let’s start our journey. Let me first tell you a story. Have you heard of the story about why people built The Great
Wall?”
Bourbon answered, “No.”
Ben whispered, “The question is the story. Great. Let’s start our mission.”
The fairy heard him whispering, and explained, “Don’t be so quick of thinking the mission. Let me tell you
a story.
The annoying Mongolians attacked China all the time when it was the Qin Dynasty. The emperor,
Qinshihuang, thought of this, ’Why don’t I order the slaves to build a wall to protect China from the
Mongolians?’
He started ordering slaves to build a wall called ‘Wang Li Chang Cheng’ (The Great Wall of China).
However, the whole construction didn’t last for only the Qin Dynasty. The slaves of Han and Ming Dynasty also
built it.
The wall that you have seen now is NOT the complete wall. Now what I want you to do is to build the
remaining part of The Great Wall. You may use any way to get the bricks and build. But it must be the same
bricks of the original ones. My boss ordered me to tell you that you have to finish building the remaining parts
before you can go home.”
Bourbon and Ben asked nervously, “Who is your boss?”
The fairy answered, “Bowser Jr. I’ll give you two thousand and five hundred dollars. The money is only for
buying food, water and bricks. No other usage is allowed or my boss will take away a hundred dollars at a time.
Bye!”
“
Boom!” And the fairy disappeared.
“
Wait fairy...” Bourbon and Ben begged.
Bourbon suggested,” Since the fairy’s gone, why don’t we escape?”
Ben joyfully shouted, “Oh yeah! We can go home to play on the iPhone again.”
Bowser Jr. came again. He roared, “How could you?!”
He used his fingers to carry the two tiny guys back to The Great Wall.
He yelled at them, “You must do what you have to do or I will give a ‘little’ punishment for you two. Which
one do you choose?”
The brothers answered apologetically, “Do… what we… we have to… to do.”