2011年1月17日星期一

Story in the Box

1. A Chinese stamp with a name of “罗伦".

2. Wooden ruler with 12 centimeters.

3. Three chestnuts - it looks round and brown.

4. A traditional clay jar - a cork on the top of the jar,

5. A bark canoe - the material of the canoe is softwood. It looks a little old.

6. Wallet - it made of leather; there are designs of monkey and elephant. I guess it is from South Africa.

7. A cloth is in dark colors.

8. A small clay plate - it was a traditional style.

9. Statue of man playing a drum - he looks like an African. His clothes are multicolored.

10. A white house with a large yard - it maybe from Europe.

11. A wooden head with no hair

12. A statue of African woman. - This woman is skinny and tall. She has large pierced ears.

       I never think about I could be a remarkable person to save my kingdom although I had dreams like this. I am going to forget that period of time in my mind. That makes me feel frightened every moment, when I wake up from a nightmare in the midnight, and think back the memories of the first adventure. A summer break before two years ago, I came back from school, and I was ready to enjoy a wonderful break to nearby city by canoe. The canoe is made by my grandpa; he always warned me do not approach to the canoe. I felt curious about the mystery of canoe because it was always covered by a dark colored cloth, and I thought that there must be a secret in my life. So, I didn’t tell him that I borrowed it. While I was sailing, I found a wallet which was made by leather. I guessed that the wallet was from Africa or some countries near Africa because there were some designs implied me. To my surprise, I found a stamp with some special printed words—“罗伦”. Although I didn’t know what’s meaning of the words, I could recognize and read that. I guessed that it might be someone’s name. If I didn’t find the strange wallet, I will be fine during my journey. Everything got start with the wallet. Suddenly, the weather changed frequently, and a rainstorm would come soon. I consumed all my strength to control the canoe, but the canoe still unbalanced and it filled with majority of water. I gave up controlling the canoe because everything I did was vain. I started looking for a vessel which I could use for pouring water. Finally, when I got a jar in my baggage, I was stroked down in the sea by a high wave. I mightily predicted that I would not escape this disaster because I felt my temperature decreased so fast, and I couldn’t hear my breath clearly. I never felt so disappointed and unhopeful than before though I was a brave girl. With hearing my heart beat, I knew I was going to see Azrael.

       Fortunately, when I opened my eyes again, I was lying on a beach. I felt someone was looking at me in my back. Then, I turned around found a head was put on a clay plate. Is it real? I screamed and asked myself cautiously. No, it’s a fake wood head with blue eyes and red lips. It was certainly scared me. I kept crossing the forest because I was so hungry and I hoped to find some food. Suddenly, a raven stood in front me; it stared at me and crowed to me. The sounds liked a sarcastic laughing. I heard a tale about raven in China before. If someone saw a raven, it must brought wickedness by and by. After few minutes, it must be unbelievable for me that I found a white house with a beautiful yard which had cobblestoned lawn. In front of the door, there was statue located there. It was an African woman who had large pierced ears. At that moment, I was scared that the woman could talk as human being.

  “Welcome! Did you remember the stamp with words—“罗伦”? You found it, so you were the person who I was always looking for. 罗伦 is my lord's Chinese name, he had been to China when he was nineteen year old. He had a child with a woman; the child is your grandpa. Before 罗伦's death, he gave your grandpa three chestnuts and a purse to keep. However, your grandpa ate the chestnuts and released the soul of evil. Later, I became a statue from the moment and I lost all the magic to protect the life of my kingdom. Now, you are the heir of our lost kingdom. Please enter the house and find another friend of us.” The woman said.When I entered the house, there was a large statue which was a man with a drum in my sight. He started talking to me “Oh! you come here! Welcome my new lord! Right now I will give you a ruler for measuring the size of chestnuts as before. Also you need let the evil eat the three chestnuts. I know it is difficult to find three centimeters chestnuts in the amount of chestnuts, and I just give you ten minutes because the evil will come back each ten minutes. If you want to save us, you need be quick to finish this task."

       I started using the ruler to measure the size of chestnuts. Five minutes left, I still didn't find any results. I was so nervous that I didn't know what would occur to me. Two minutes left... one minutes left... Finally, I got three chestnuts at the last thirty seconds. Few seconds later, I found a cake in the kitchen, and I put the three chestnuts into a cake. I hoped that the evil would eat it. However, there was no time for me to escape. The evil showed up outside the house because I heard some footsteps. I hide behind a bookshelf quickly. I saw the evil that had nine inches tall with a fierce face. I noticed that he didn't eat the cake which was on the table. Suddenly, the man started talk to him “Do you remember what date is today? Obviously, you must forget about the date of last year; it was your first day to be my lord of kingdom. To celebrate the anniversary, we prepared a cake for you." The evil was so excited to hear that, and he gobbled the cake immediately. Suddenly, he felt uncontrolled about his body and lost all the magic.

       The two statues became real and alive person, and they recovered all the magic. “Thanks, you did perfectly, and we are back to reality. Please do not leave here, my lord." The woman said. “I am sorry that I must go home because I don't want to lose my family. I have known the secrets of canoe, purse, stamp and chestnuts; I knew my grandpa must be self-abused to his father. So I should back home and release his worries of past years. This is my secret kingdom that I will keep in my memory."

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