New Tales of the Great Wall
Man Tik Chan,
lot of people have listened to the tale of the Great Wall. At Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang was very
cruel because he forced the plebs to build the Great Wall. This made the plebs’ lives very tragic. But I
was having a dream while I was sleeping last night. I saw a new tale of the Great Wall.
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In this dream, I was Qin Shi Huang’s son. I knew that he wanted the plebs to build the Great Wall
n he was meeting a vice-chairman who was in the ‘Qin Company’ in the courtroom. I was angry
so I went in to prevent him but he knocked my head so I went to my room and got mad. I threw my things but
something surprising happened. When I was throwing my things, my things floated in air! Why! What happened?
I used some time to think. ‘Oh! Can it be said that if some people knock my head, something magic will happen?
I have a good idea which can make the plebs build the Great Wall easily’
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Ah! Ah! Ah!’ I was knocking my head. ‘I am a “Qin magician”! I am going to help the plebs!’
Qin Shi Huang always tyrannized the plebs. When the plebs were starting to build the Great Wall, he said, ‘If
the Great Wall is finished but it’s weak, I’ll kill you all!’
When they were building the Great Wall, I was knocking my head in my room. ‘Nine hundred and
ninety-seven, nine hundred and ninety-eight, nine hundred and ninety-nine, one thousand! I knocked my head
one thousand times! Let me go to help the plebs!’
I was at the place where the plebs were building the Great Wall. How could I give them some magic power?
To build the Great Wall was a very hard work. It needed 1000 people to use their magic power at the same time
to finish it. I had knocked my head one thousand times at home. This meant I could use magic one thousand
times. The first time I used magic, I made a wish to come here. I wanted all plebs who were building the Great
Wall to have the magic power. So, I could give power to 999 people who were building the Great Wall exactly.
I saw Qin Shi Huang. He was overseeing the plebs’ achieved percentage of the Great Wall’s building. I
thought, ‘My father is here. How can I help them? If my father sees I help the plebs, he will… if I think of that, I
will be aghast. I need to think a good idea.’
So I used a magic power to make Qin Shi Huang to leave here. I could help the plebs now! But one magic
power had bee used up. I used one magic power again and I said, ‘I need two more magic powers!’ So now I had
nine hundred and ninety-nine magic powers again. I could help the plebs exactly.
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One, two, three, four… nine hundred and ninety-nine!’ I finished making all the plebs who built The Great
Wall have a magic power. They said together, ‘We need to build the Great Wall!’ The plebs were relaxed and the
Great Wall was finished.
But…the Great Wall was gold! The material Qin Shi Huang gave them was stone! If Qin Shi Huang knew
we used magic, he would kill us! How could we do? Ah! Knock my head! ‘Ah! Ah!’ I was knocking my head but
I couldn’t make the power. Qin Shi Huang was coming. How could I do? Oh… we saw him! How could I
explain to him?
When he saw the ‘Gold Great Wall’, he wondered and said, ‘It’s beautiful! So shiny! I want to walk on this
Great Wall now!’ I thought the ‘Gold Great Wall’ attracted him and he forgot he gave us the stone to build the
Great Wall. He did not doubt us. From this moment, all the plebs lived happily.
At a night, Qin Shi Huang went to watch the ‘Gold Great Wall’. He was careless so he collided with a tree.
This time, something amazing happened…
He was angry so he said, ‘If there are a lot of trees, a beautiful “Gold Great Wall” there is useless. They
don’t match! I would rather have the Great Wall made of stone!’
I didn’t know whether my father could use magic too.
In the morning, I went to see the Great Wall. When I saw the Great Wall, I was aghast. I yelled, ‘Why has
the “Gold Great Wall” turned into the “Stone Great Wall”?
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Oh… Qin Shi Huang?’ He listened what I said.
He asked me something about the Great Wall. But when he asked more, I was scared more and he doubted
me more. So when I couldn’t think of an idea to solve the problem, I jumped into the river from the high
mountain! When I almost reach the river, I thought I would die. Finally… I woke up! I sweated a lot in bed
because I was scared in the dream.
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