Fiction: Group 2
One Hundred Years Back in the Pearl River Delta
Glenealy School, Glick, David - 8, Fiction: Group 2
ingggg, Hie-Jie's alarm clock was hollering away a new day in 2050. A day of remote
controlling race cars, working at the toy factory and worst of all flying the new wretched jet
pack toys. Hie-Jie tugged on his shoes-that were very uncomfortable since they had to be small
to fit the little holes on the jet packs-and slumped downstairs to a breakfast of toast and jam. He called his
robotic chauffeur to come and pick him up and in a millisecond he was in the speeding car off to work.
As Hie-Jie went to work at the toy factory in Guangzhou he could hear the blaring of the streets, he
could smell the stench of burning metal and see everyone smoking even children. A nasty habit he thought
to himself he was one of the sensible the people who knew smoking could kill you. Then finally after
driving in a luxurious car he arrived at work. He walked and checked in with the registration robot and
went to his station. As the supreme tester he had to come to work every day or else no toys could go out
to all the children's toy shops.
As he tested all the toys and played all the games his job was to think "will this game be successful" and he
always for some reason was right. After a long three hours of playing a new game called "Who's the
Bravest" where you have to tell the scariest movie or story you've read or seen and if the other players
haven't seen or read it in you win, trying an edible version of Monopoly and trying out the jet packs again.
Hie-Jie finally got a lunch break. As he ran outside to go to his favourite Chinese restaurant he noticed a
hidden door he had never noticed before.
Hie-Jie dared himself again and again to go inside the room but he decided to postpone the idea of going
in the room until after lunch. He had a marvelous lunch with scrumptious sea cucumber dumpling but he
couldn't enjoy it his mind was still racing with questions like "What's inside the door" "Has anyone else
been in there" "If I go in will I ever come out" "Is the door new" "Who built it and why" He was so
mind-boggled ten minutes before his lunch break was over Hie-Jie decided to take a risk and go in.
As Hie-Jie touched the door his heart was pounding so hard it felt like it would break a hole in his skin
and just fall out. He was as white as the cleanest white bed sheet you could think of as he turned the knob
slowly "Hey Hie-Jie get back to work yo ur lunch break is over and don't let me catch you lousing
around one more time or else you're fired" screeched Hie-Jie's bossy business manager Heng Lou.
As Hie-Jie worked that afternoon he couldn't wait for work to be finished not only for the fact he could
go home but since he was hoping to go into that mysterious room and find out what the whole thing was
all about. Hie-Jie worked extra hard hoping he could get out early and funny enough it wasn't long
before all the toys for that day had been used and Hie-Jie was allowed to go home. This time however
when Hie-Jie went to the door he wasn't scared so as he opened the door he found a time machine.
"Whoa" marvelled Hie-Jie at the amazing colossal time machine but at the same time he was also thinking
"the time machine has been in use you can tell by its glow." Meanwhile from behind the time machine
Heng Lou was watching and thinking. He was a bad boss and had decided to keep a secret of the time
machine and he didn't want Hie-Jie to stop him. Suddenly Heng Lou charged and screamed "STOP"
With all that surprise Hie-Jie stumbled back hit the wall and fell into the time machine.
As Hie-Jie fell he could feel the strong wind blowing up his back and he could hear the high pitch
whistling noise the machine made. All that made it even more frightening to be in this big purple clump
of light. Suddenly Hie-Jie fell into a deep deep sleep as he got lifted into the clouds and dropped down
into a much more beautiful Pearl River Delta.
Let's make nineteen fifty a great year for farmers read the ginormous banner above Hie-Jie's head. As
Hie-Jie woke up he figured-from the banner-it was nineteen fifty. He thought to himself "I'm in the
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