Fiction: Group 4
in a glass cage, with the words “Timetwister” printed on its side. Tom figured that it must be the name of
the time machine Jerry mentioned, so he signaled his right hand man to get in it with him. They typed in
the setting and pressed a button. With a blinding flash it evaporated.
Master Jiang was inviting
guests to an amazing feast of his when the Timetwister landed right in front of his doorstep. Surprised, he
crept to the side of the weird machine. Just when he got to the side of the door, it popped up and almost
smacked him in the face. Confused, Master Jiang tried to look inside the alien vehicle, but then Tom and
Jerry crawled out of Timetwister, desperately gasping for air after being cramped inside the time machine for
so long.
Master Jiang helped them up and with a puzzled expression he asked, “Are you all right? How did
you fall out of the sky? What is that thing?”
Tom wasn’t in the mood to answer questions, but in order to get food; he managed in a weak
voice, “We’re not really okay. My friend and I---um---were just walking on the street next to the
English base camp in Hong Kong when a soldier suddenly jumped behind us and tied us up. The next thing
I knew our, um, basket was thrown into the air and it sailed around the orbit for four days until it crashed
down here. Am I right Je---er, Jing?”
Jerry answered, “Err, yes, we did. Now Tom---um, I mean, Tang, and I are awfully hungry after
being without food for four days! Hey, are you Master Jiang? The awesome man who hosts fantastic feasts?
If you have one today, could you please invite us to it? We are starving to death right here!”
Master Jiang could never stand seeing anyone starving. Ignoring all the strangeness around him, he
said, “Come in quick! Dinner is served in five minutes! You are just in time!”
They walked inside the mess hall. Platters of food lined the table. Tom started to drool. This was
exactly everything he had dreamed of for his whole life.
Master Jiang Snake Soup made of snake, chicken,
herbs and crisps, Master Jiang Chicken, Master Jiang Tofu....
Tom couldn’t believe his eyes. With every bite
of the chicken he said, “Delicious!” The tofu was creamy, and the soup was amazing, with so many different
flavors mixed up together. The two friends carried a dreamlike expression on their faces. It was an
experience that was both unsettling and beautiful.
Just as they were enjoying the feast, Master Jiang said, “All right everybody, now that you have
stuffed yourselves; it’s time for dessert! But, before that, please line up and pay the bill. This place is guarded,
so escape isn’t an option. Now go go go!”
Poor Tom and Jerry, in 3015, money wasn’t the currency as there were no trees to make paper. An
idea came into Tom’s mind this time. He took out his Xiaomi 10000, the latest smartphone in the future
and gave it to Master Jiang.
Master
Jiang asked, “What does that do?! It’s…” he paused and pressed the circle in the bottom of the phone. The
screen lit up and he swiped it, but it didn’t turn into a silver tael or anything. He continued madly, “A piece
of junk!!!! It doesn’t do anything but let you move its—eh—picture thing! And the picture doesn’t even
change! You’d better give me something better, or else…”
He was interrupted by an American businessman with a suit labeled “Jobs”. Mr. Jobs eyed the
product thoughtfully, then recognised this tiny box as something of great potential and worth. Trying to
keep his excitement in check, he said, “Um, actually, I would pay one hundred silver taels to buy that so
called “piece of junk”. Will you sell it to me for that amount of taels?”
“Of course I will. This stupid metal rectangular object won’t do me any good! I can’t believe
someone is dumb enough to pay so much for that idiotic piece of rolling rubber-like thing. Here, take it
and just give me the coins.”
While Master Jiang was busy talking to Mr. Jobs, Tom and Jerry snuck some food into their bags
and left. They went back to the future and used the 4D Scan-and-Make-Like-Real Bot to make life sized
real taste prototypes of the food they had stolen.
Back in the past, Master Jiang was so happy to receive such a large amount of silver taels that he
forgot that Tom and Jerry hadn’t paid yet. Mr. Jobs didn’t know what to do with the device he had bought
yet, as the technology then didn’t enable him to replicate the wondrous block, so he recounted the day’s
events in a letter enclosed with the smartphone for his descendants. In the year 2007, his grandson Steve
Jobs used the Xiaomi’s pieces to create the second smartphone in the word – the iPhone.
Finally, the president of China is no longer angry...or hungry.
