what was on the back.
“You have just learnt your second quest, you have one more to learn”
-G
The night lasted long. The hardest part was sleeping on the cold sand.
“You still have more one quest…” He felt the words echo in his head.
Edward watched the sun rise and thought, “Okay, it’s morning. It’s my second day here. If you
want to get out soon, you have to find out what your last ‘quest’ is.”
His stomach rumbled in hunger. If he was at his mansion, he’d be having a five star meal with
breakfast delicacies from all around the world. Instead, all he had was some stale cactus stems.
They were rather sweet. In fact too sweet for his taste, but it was all he had. He got up and started
walking once again in search for his last ‘quest’. He searched endlessly but there was nothing in
sight. Not a rock. Not a camel. Nothing.
He cried for a clue, some help, anything at this point. There was no reply.
‘What is my last quest? Please tell me!’ I’ll do anything! I’ve learnt to be nicer; I’ve learnt that
many people don’t have basic necessities such as food, water or shelter.’ There was still no reply.
He started weeping bitterly and made a vow to himself that if he made it out alive, he would be
nicer to people and do more charity work. Falling asleep was no trouble for him that night as he
was exhausted from walking and searching that day.
The next morning, he woke up in his bed in his mansion, next to his wife.
“It must have all just been a bad dream!” He thought to himself.
He got up from his bed and saw a stone covered in a bit of sand. He gave a perplexed look.
‘What could a stone be doing here?’ Edward said. He picked it up about to throw it back into his
garden when, once again, he saw something written on the back
“I see you’ve completed your last quest. Don’t forget your vow.”
-G
‘I guess it just wasn’t a dream!’ Edward said.
He quickly called Unicef and donated one million dollars to charity. Edward looked back at the
stone and thought aloud to himself, “I wonder who G is? I guess that’ll remain a mystery.”
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