Fiction: Group 3
As the village chief had predicted, the monster arrived just as Siu Ming returned. Gigantic waves
smashed ferociously onto the shore, sending sea water to flood the railways and roads. Thick clouds invaded
the sky to bury the awakening sun like a great grey carpet, the sky changed from a beautiful blue to a
monstrous black. Rain hammered down like a hail of bullets that overwhelmed the whole city. The monster
roared, showing its teeth as sharp as daggers, and all the citizens quaked with fear. Siu Ming knew that it was
his duty to save Hong Kong, he, holding the flower, dragged himself to the harbour.
The trek was difficult in the flooded city, Siu Ming became exhausted, but no one was there to
help him. He tripped, ‘No!’ he thought, ‘if the bauhinia falls, its magic shall disappear, I must catch it… but
I can’t!’ At this moment, a long orange beak picked up the bauhinia, it was a bird. Siu Ming looked at its
familiar eyes and suddenly remembered, ‘You must be the bird that I saved yesterday.’ Tears of happiness
rolled down Siu Ming’s raw cheeks.. Siu Ming patted the bird and asked, ‘If you want to thank me for
saving you last time, fly me to the harbor, please?’ The bird put Siu Ming on its back and flew to the
harbour.
As Siu Ming placed the bauhinia into the ocean, the flower changed from bright red to a gleaming
shade of gold, the middle of the bauhinia shone with sparkling silver light, ‘This must be the magic,’ Siu
Ming thought, he was stunned by the powerful magic. In a flash, the flower grew from palm size to forty-
storeys high, Siu Ming was awe-struck, the scene was magnificent, he hadn’t seen such a big flower before.
The bauhinia was twice the size of the monster, the monster was shocked like Siu Ming. It contracted itself
into a huge ball of blackness. The bauhinia then worked like an extremely vigorous vacuum cleaner,
inhaling deeply, sending dirt, shingles, and rubbish inside its mouth. The bauhinia’s inhalation lifted the
enormous monster into midair, it struggled with all its might, roaring uncontrollably but it wasn’t able to
escape the bauhinia’s powerful clutches. The monster disappeared into the centre of the bauhinia.
Just as the monster was consumed, the bauhinia shrank into a golden statue. A silvery daylight
shone through the thick clouds, then scattered away, revealing the bright azure skies. The sun shone brightly
in the brilliance of the day, burnishing the shimmering water which reflected like crystals. The sunlight filled
the harbour with warm sensations, it shone into every window in the town, and the citizens gradually
opened up their doors to see what was happening. The citizens were amazed when they saw the fascinating
wonder, an arc of colours hung from the sky, and they cheered over the marvelous sight. A voice cut
through the crowd, ‘Chan Siu Ming, we all thank you for your bravery; we shall give anything you want.
What would you like?’ Siu Ming humbly replied ‘Actually, it wasn’t only just my bravery, thanks to the
bauhinia, it vanquished the monster, bringing us peace! I wish to put the bauhinia statue into the village
square, so that everyone can always remember it. Moreover, we must cooperate to clean the oceans, or else
the monster might attack us again.’ The village chief patted Siu Ming’s back.
After that day, peace roamed the land. People in the Pearl River Delta collaborated to stop water
pollution. As for the golden bauhinia stature, it stood mightily in the village square, which was afterwards
named ‘Golden Bauhinia Square’. To glorify the importance of the bauhinia, the flower became Hong
Kong’s city flower. The Pearl River Delta became one of the leading economic regions and the main
manufacturing areas in the world, and Hong Kong was the glory of China.
