Fiction: Group 3
his hand, kissed his face and then ran away. Later on, Emperor Heaven came with his guards and surprised
to find that the little animals had been released.” Don’t you know that the skin of this deer is the most
beautiful one that I have ever seen before,” said the Emperor, irritably.
Pearl did not enjoy the life of being the Prince. There were too many restrictions set by his father and he
could not relate to the desires of the people. As he grew older and older, the gap between them was torn
wider and wider. One day, as the Emperor Heaven showed Pearl his future domain from the top of a
mountain and offered the throne to him, Pearl confessed “Father, I don’t want to be the King. I long to be
an ordinary man, and have a simple and peaceful life. In fact, I have decided to leave the country.” Emperor
Heaven could hardly believe his ears and bellowed at his son with explosive anger.
All of a sudden, colourful clouds, red, yellow, green, purple…appeared, surrounding around the Prince, his
slim figure vanished gradually. After a stunning flash, a black dragon broke through the clouds and flew up
to the sky. It turned back and looked at the stunned Emperor. After a roar, it headed towards the south with
a thunderous swoosh.
The black dragon snaked his way between the mountains in south China, which was a desert at that time
without trace of water. Land was dry and cracked on the surface and nobody lived there. However, he did
not want to return to his father’s home because his true treasure was his freedom. Finally, he stopped on the
highest mountain, which originated from the Plateau. The boundary of the old Empire was so grand that the
dragon, exhausted all energy on his journey and laid down with the head rested at the east coast. After
drinking the last sip of water from the sea, the poor dragon laid down his head and slowly died. Its body
started melting and blood dripped from the heart gradually, following the along deep valley, from the west
to south. Its blood cultivated the lands that it passed through. The head of the dragon turned into
Guangdong, the heart of the Pearl River Delta. Its sparkling eyes are now the two famous cities, Hong
Kong and Macau.
Maybe due to the blessing from the black dragon, the Pearl River has been more modest and more seldom
flooded than the Yellow River. For more than a thousand of years, lives in Pearl River Delta have been
simple and peaceful, and with little conflicts. Most of the residents were farmers or fishermen, generation
after generation. Local residents are hardworking, innovative and friendly. Nowadays the Pearl River Delta
zone has developed into one of China’s leading economic regions and a major manufacturing center. Since
the start of operation of the Shenzhen Metro in December 2004, Hong Kong and other cities in the Pearl
River Delta Area are now even interconnected by subway and rails! The Pearl River Delta has been the
most important agricultural area of China. The region had gone from strength to strength, signifying the re-
birth of the young black dragon as its eyes glow once more.
