The Story of James
American International School, Wai-Cheong Lo, Fiction: Group 1
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nce upon a time, there was a man called James. He was married and had a wife named
Sally. They had a small white yurt on a medium sized farm in the Gobi Desert. The man
had a barn and in the barn there were three sheep, four cows, seven chickens, one pig,
and a horse. When his wife needed to buy food, she would have to ride their horse to a
store in a village that was far, far away. It was very expensive.
So, the man went to a large shop in China. The shop was decorated with lots of red paper with
black writing. Next, the man started to work for the boss. The man wanted to work for the boss
because his wife said, “You need to make more money so we can buy a new farm and have more
animals for food.”
When the boss said, “Go give the Alaska some store goods.” Now the man rode camel to
Alaska. When the Alaskan people saw the man, the Alaskan people were very happy because the
man delivered all of the goods.
When the man came back, the boss gave him $3,000. The man returned home and the wife
said, “Great job! Now we can buy a bigger yurt.” Three years later, his wife and the man are rich.
Now they have a computer, television, and motorbike. And now the couple lived happily ever after.
