The builder said sadly, “Your husband has died a month ago”. Mengjiangnu was really upset and she cried
loudly.
The King went through the Great Wall and saw her. The beauty of Mengjiangnu attracted him. The King
wanted to bring her to the castle and married her, however, she was unwilling to do so.
The King said angrily, “Catch her and her helper!” Alpha played the ghost trick in order to bring
Mengjiangnu out of there.
The King said loudly, “Catch them, army”. When Alpha was nearly out of the castle, the army came in.
Indeed, Alpha played the ghost trick well but he was unable to fight with the army. Soon, the army caught him
and Mengjiangnu.
The King said “Kill them all”. Suddenly, a wind blew them away. Alpha saw the emperor of the Ghosts
again.
He said “Sorry, I didn’t succeed in the first adventure”. The emperor said “Never mind, you have done
well”. Mengjiangnu looked at the emperor of the Ghosts and said “Oh! My lovely husband”. Then they kissed
each other.
The emperor of the ghost turned back to Alpha and said “Alpha, practice the windy ghost tricks from this
book. Come here next Sunday again”. After that, the emperor of the Ghost threw a book to Alpha and went
away with Mengjiangnu.
Second adventure
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Needfire
After a few days, Alpha could play the windy ghost tricks very well. He could blow something away. Next
Sunday, he went back to the door of the Great Wall again. The emperor of the Ghosts had waited him for a
while.
The emperor of the Ghost said “Hello, Alpha. Did you get ready for the next adventure?” Alpha replied
confidently, “I am ready now!”
Then the emperor of the Ghost brought him to the second door. “You are the builder of the Great Wall now.
Your mission this time is to teach the workers how to use the needfire,” said the emperor of the Ghost.
Alpha said, “Ok! I see”. Alpha said goodbye to the emperor before entering the door. Alpha sat down and
chatted with the workers.
Suddenly, a worker said loudly, “The Hun is coming”. All the workers were very frightened. The head of
the workers said, “Don’t be afraid! Let’s use the needfire to seek help. But … but I don’t know how to use it”.
Alpha said, “I know how to use it. You need to burn up a fire on the headfire station and create a lot of
smoke. When the surrounding stronghold see the smoke, they will know that the Hun is coming”.
The workers set up the fire and Alpha played the windy ghost trick to blow the smoke up into the sky. The
surrounding stronghold got the message within a short time and then the army was advancing towards the Hun.
Finally, the army won the battle and annihilated the Hun. The head of the workers felt very happy and
thanked Alpha for offering to help.
Alpha said, “It’s my pleasure”. Afterwards, Alpha blew himself back to the door of the Great Wall. The
emperor smiled at Alpha and said, “You did a great job. Now it’s time to let you know the secret”.
The Secret
The emperor of the Ghost gave a book to Alpha and said, “It’s a book of many ghost tricks. You need to
practise more of the ghost tricks”.
The emperor continued, “I need to tell you that the Great Wall is going to turn into a fire dragon in the next
full moon. Other ghosts and I will soon disappear. To save us, you need to kill the dragon”. Alpha replied, “How
can I fight a fire dragon? I am just a little boy”. The emperor said, “You are a brave young man, we have faith in
you”. After then the emperor and other ghosts disappeared.
Alpha opened up the book of ghost tricks, there was a picture of the Great Wall under a full moon. Suddenly,
the Great Wall in the picture turned into a fire dragon and the book was burning up. Alpha was very frightened
and he quickly threw the book into a bucket of water nearby. The fire disappeared and the emperor of Ghost
appeared and said thanks to Alpha.
“
That’s it”. Alpha said unbelievably.
The emperor replied with a smiley face “That’s it”.
Now Alpha understood that it was a joke. Alpha laughed happily.
THE END