Fiction: Group 4
Molly and I cooperated with other citizens as well. Before midnight, when my parents returned, all the roofs
appeared differently with a square-patterned blue broad board on it. The installation was done! I thought to
myself, ‘Tomorrow must be a sunny day! I believe a whole day is enough to store tones of solar energy.’
Every one of us was looking forward to the coming of another day. One of the housewives, Mrs. Hung, said
excitedly, ‘let’s wait for the morning and see what the rewards of our efforts will be!’
It was about at around noon on the next day. There were hardly any kids to be found in the park because
the sun shone intensively brightly. For me, it was not uncomfortable at all. Instead, I totally felt that the
sunlight was warm. I was waiting, for the solar panels to be fully ‘charged’. My phone suddenly rang.
‘Hello,’ I said.
‘Hello, Daisy. I’m Ella. I want to tell you that the indicator shown has exceeded half of the requirement!
That is, the solar power can supply domestic electricity required to sustain fifty families.’ said Ella.
‘But we still need the remaining half!’ I replied.
‘Alright! The weather is very fine today. Storing energy for 100 families is not a problem.’ Ella seemed
confident.
Unfortunately, weather is fickle. While I was enjoying my afternoon tea and watching TV program, the sky
turned grey and rain fell down continuously. The sunlight is not shiny as today’s morning. It did not seem
to stop raining. We did not expect rainfall to occur either so we brought no umbrella. The outcome was
that most of our citizens got drenched.
However, we did not prefer deferring the day of meeting Mr. Peak because the case was urgent. We could
not tolerate the act of cutting down thousands of trees to extract wood for building fences. It is of course
unfriendly to our environment. Thus, we should tell Mr. Peak that building fences around the Pearl River
Delta is not reasonable. ‘We are going to reject it as early as possible! How can it rain? We must get enough
energy!’ I said firmly.
The sky changed once more. We saw the sun again. Consequently, Ella, Molly, other citizens and I set off
to the office to check the indicator. We were glad to see it touch the peak at sunset. As the same time, the
door of the office opened automatically. We ran into the office at once and searched for Mr. Peak.
‘Daisy, what’s the matter why do you come to me?’ I heard a deep voice calling me.
I turned around and saw a sharp-headed man. He was Mr. Peak, who we had been exactly looking for. I
replied, ‘I wonder why you suggested building fences around the Pearl River Delta.’
‘I don’t know why too. Building fences will disturb the transportation.’ Molly added.
Ella wanted to say something too. ‘It will also affect foreign trade. It will make us disconnect with other
cities, provinces and countries.’
I bravely spoke, ‘Mr. Peak, let me ask you. What are the fences made of?’
‘Wood,’ he answered quickly.
‘That means you are going to cut down lots of trees?’ I continued to ask.
‘Yes,’ he said.
