Fiction: Group 3
“One day in heaven equals to ten years in your world.”
“Wait… heaven? Oh! So I was dead right now?” I asked agitatedly. I can’t imagine dying so young.
“How did you come here?” Pearl asked.
“I found a black box in the garden and I opened the box,” I tried to remember what had happened just
now.
“Then the box pulled you in, am I correct? You are the rescuer!” Pearl exclaimed.
“Rescuer?”
I am a rescuer? IMPOSSIBLE.
“There is a legend in my family. When there is a problem which we cannot solve, a human will be sent
here by a black box and help us. You are the one,” Pearl said.
“What?” I shouted.
I am in a legend? I am so super!
“Let me continue. When I came back from my vacation, a lot of years have passed in human world. I
found that my brother has changed Pearl River Delta into a place that was full of factories. I was so angry. I
tried a lot of ways to turn it back like before, but none of the ways can worked. Now, your life must be
awful,” Pearl started crying again.
“Don’t cry, Pearl. Well, have you tried to talk to your brother?” I asked, trying to be helpful.
“Yes, but he said people living nowadays are happier than in the past,” Pearl said.
Well indeed, mum said that people who lived in Pearl River Delta before was suffering through hard times.
They were poor and sad. However, people now were happier and richer than before after Pearl River
became modern. I wanted to tell Pearl, but I was scared she would cry again.
“I have a plan, but can you ask your brother to come too?” I asked.
“Of course!” Pearl said. She clapped her hands and a dove came. She whispered to the dove and it flew
away. After several minutes, the dove came back with a young man behind.
“This is my brother,” Pearl said.
“Sister, don’t be angry with me. I was just trying to help. And this is…” The man looked at me.
“She is Jessie, the girl in the legend. Jessie, this is Sky,” Pearl introduced. “She has a plan to solve the
problem.”
“Are you really the girl in the legend, Jessie?” Sky asked.
“I’m not sure, but I came from a black box,” I replied. “Actually, I think both of you have your point. I
understand that Pearl wants people in Pearl River Delta to have a good environment to live in and Sky
wants them to live a rich and happy life. If there is no way to change Pearl River Delta back to normal,
why don’t we combine both of your ideas together?”
“How can we do that together? It’s two totally different ideas,” Sky said.
“Well, why don’t we let people in Pearl River Delta continue their modern life while we instill the idea of
being environmental friendly to them? For example, we can educate them to turn off the lights when they
don’t need them and teach them not to waste things?” I offered.
