With Ming’s weakness of doing anything to protect his loved ones, it would be a no-brainer to slay the
dragon and risk the life of someone close to him. So, eventually they had to go with the second plan, even
though they had no idea how to build a wall so long and so high, yet within a short period of time. Wu and Mei
Li couldn’t help thinking that they were all doomed.
Pretty soon, they left the sorceress’ home and resumed their journey.
Ming decided to find a way to get out of the forest, so they could start building the wall. Although both
Mei Li and Wu thought Ming was crazy, they still followed his instructions. After all, they couldn’t think of
anything else better to do.
Since none of them had a sense of direction, it took them 1 whole day to find a way out of the woods.
Eventually, they found a wide space to build their wall.
They worked hard for long hours, gathering stone, molding them into bricks and stacking the stone
bricks into walls. By the end of the day, they have only made a small wall half the size of Ming. As Ming stared
at his sword, he thought it was hopeless, they only had 3 days left and they have only made a tiny wall. Still
looking at his sword, Ming said aloud that if only he had help. Then, in that very moment, words started burning
onto the surface of the sword’s blade. It said, when the animals come, help can be found. And once again, he felt
the burning pain, as his birthmark glows. He didn’t understand what it meant, so he kept his sword and decided
to have some rest along with Mei Li and Wu.
The next morning, all three of them woke up when they heard the noise of galloping. Soon enough,
they found out that whatever was galloping, was coming towards them, as the galloping noises got louder and
louder! After a while, as if by magic, millions of animals galloped, flew or slithered towards the three.
Eventually, they realized, that for some reason, all the animals stopped in front of them. Except for sea
animals, all sorts and species of different animals, big or small, could be seen! Elephants, kangaroos, dogs, cats,
dodo birds… you name it! Most of the animals, none of the three had ever seen!
Suddenly, Ming remembered what happened to his sword the night before! And at that very moment,
he understood. Quickly he told everything that had happened to Mei Li and Wu. And at that moment, for the
first time, during his whole journey, he knew exactly what to do.
At once, just as he did with his encounter with the little monkey, he took out his sword and spoke to the
animals. He told them what had to be done and as quick as a flash, everyone started to work.
By the day before their due date, with everyone’s effort and hard work, everyone had finished! And on
the final day, when the dragon saw the wall, the dragon was so impressed and touched by the hard work of the 3
chosen ones that he happily disappeared into the China skies and was never seen again.
This was the reason why the Great Wall of China looks exactly like a dragon. And as long as the Great
Wall of China still stands, the people of China would be safe from the dragon.
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