HKYWA 2014 Online Anthology (Fiction 1-2) - page 412

When Kantor walks back to the team with the bag of food, the other merchants scream,
‘Where is Graford? Why do you walk here by yourself?’ Kantor pretends to be sad and said,
‘Graford was bitten by a poisonous scorpion and I couldn’t cure him. So...’ The merchants are sad
as they have lost a leader. Henry Marc said, ‘Can we stand in a silent tribute for a minute?’ Kantor
said, ‘Okay, but we have to go soon.’ Kantor doesn’t want to stand in a silent tribute. He just wants
this minute to run as fast as it can. But there are two merchants who do not stand in a silent
tribute. They are Jerry Henson and Sean Quinn. They are on alert against Kantor. When they
set off again, the two merchants walk at the back of the team but they’re actually noticing what
Kantor’s doing.
When they almost arrive at Ulaanbaatar, there is a sandstorm again. So they all set up a tent
and go inside. But Jerry Henson and Sean Quinn do not go into the tent. They stay outside for a
minute. When they are ready to set out, a group of police comes and arrest Kantor. The merchants
are shocked. ‘Why do you arrest him? What did he do?’ said the merchants. The police said, ‘Go to
the police station first!’ When they arrived at the police station, the police said, ‘Mr. Henson and
Mr. Quinn, please say what’s happened to everyone. ‘So Henson and Quinn said what happened in
the desert when Graford and Kantor went away in full detail. Kantor is shocked and depressed so
he gives himself up, and the police put him in jail.
When they walk out of the police station, Jerry Henson says, ‘Never believe a person who is
honey-mouthed and dagger-hearted.’
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