HKYWA 2014 Online Anthology (Fiction 1-2) - page 583

was exploring some loosened grass uprooted by the storm. He walked past a mine and urinated
into it.
“What’s that?” asked Mr. Greed after he was awakened by some liquid.
He tasted the liquid as he was terribly thirsty.
“Horrible!” screamed Mr. Greed in annoyance.
He looked up to the opening and saw somebody looking down at him. He couldn’t see clearly.
He heard a “burp” sound. Then, a familiar smell filled the mine. He remembered the camel that
had bad breath. His heart sank. He understood well nobody would offer a hand to his enemy.
He felt regretted and was angry with himself. He picked up a stone nearby and wished to throw.
Suddenly, he found some peculiar patterns on the stone. He was fascinated by it.
“Hey! Grip the rope! Quick!” somebody shouted from above. Mr. Greed climbed up the rope,
holding the special stone.
The radiant sun attacked Mr. Greed’s sleepy eyes. He rubbed his eyes and forced them open.
Standing before him were Mr. Zaya, Mrs. Zaya and Woody. Mr. Greed held their hands tightly and
patted Woody.
“Thank you! Thank you…” sobbed Mr. Greed with tears running down his face.
From that day onwards, the miners did not work on the mine anymore. Instead, they helped
Mr. and Mrs. Zaya to plant trees. Within a month’s time, they built a forest barrier!
Mr. Greed brought the special stone for his experts’ investigation. To his surprise, it was a
dinosaur fossil! They went back to the mine and found more fossils there. He made a fortune with
the fossils and set up a fund for the continual planting and maintenance of the forest barrier.
Surely, Mr. and Mrs. Zaya were his helpers.
From then on, the Zaya’s family had enough food to eat, including Woody!
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