The story of Commetoon Ring
& the Gobi
Pui Kiu College, Jacky Yuen Ka Him, Fiction: Group 2
L
ong, long time ago, the place known as the Gobi desert now was not called “the Gobi
desert.” The place was called “the Gobi.” It was also not a desert then. It was a very busy
city, just like Hong Kong. So, what turned it from a busy city to a desert?
It was the year 1955. Bob was in the shopping mall with his friend, Timothy. They
had entered a fast food restaurant and had ordered two double burgers. They had a happy lunch
and were about to leave. Then, they heard a banging sound. It was very loud and it came from the
middle of the restaurant. It sounded like many guns shooting. Suddenly, the floor split into half--
-a neat half that looked like it was being sliced by a knife. A man who had green hair, blue teeth
and a red moustache flew out from the gap and stopped, hovering in the air.
“Good mocking, lammies and genlemen,” said the person in a funny accent. “I am a person
from brron 2174. I have travm here by the Franconis machine. I have been watching you all
from the Franconis machine’s wakking tomer. I have come to give you all a prewesent. It is the
commetoon ring. It can commetoon and make it come true.”
Then, looking at the people’s puzzled faces, he said, “Oops! I forgot to push the translation button!”
He took out a thing that looked like a mini remote control with many buttons and started
pushing them. After about half a minute, he looked up and started to speak. This time, when he
opened his mouth, he spoke in a robot’s voice.
The speech went like this: “Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I am a person from year
2174. I have travelled here by what you call “the time machine.” I have been watching you all
from the time machine’s screen. I have come to give you all a present. It is the commetoon ring, or
what you call “the wishing ring.” It can make your wishes come true.”
He took out a little ring and handed it to the closest person, Bob. Then, he told Bob to wear the
ring and say a wish.
Bob said, “I wish to have ten thousand dollars ---- all in coins!” Immediately, many stacks of
coins appeared in front of him.
Then, the man said, “Sorry, I have to go, see you later!” This caused many people to invite him
to take a taxi or to ride in their cars in order to get a commetoon ring too. But it turned out that
he did not need any taxis or cars to get back to his time.
He just said, “No thanks, bye!” Then he lowered himself back into the gap in the floor. When
his whole body was in the gap, the gap immediately resealed itself as though it had never been
sliced open before.
Back home, Bob was examining his new ring. He had already asked for many wishes, for
example, finishing all his homework, getting a brand new car, getting the toy he had always
wanted, a super-duper Lego superman. He also wished for a lot of money, something like a trillion
dollars. He had become very wealthy and he had quit school.
“What’s the purpose of learning when you have money?” he said. Many people were jealous of
his money and hated him for his wealth. He was very proud of his wealth and was starting to make
enemies everywhere. But he didn’t care. He was too wealthy. He was no longer afraid of anything.
