Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 255

`Ops, um…, we come here to ask you for the permission to use the magic gate, ’said the Monk.
`Ha! Ha! I know that Of course! Very clever, you guys are the first one to reach my castle. OK! I
have a difficult riddle for you. If you get the correct answer, I will give the key to you. However, if your
answer is wrong, I will turn you into evil foxes and stay here to serve me forever. That’s the deal. Will you
accept this? ’ said the Foxo King.
Here is the riddle. ‘If the answer of the question is no, that actually it means yes, however if my
answer is yes, that means ‘no’. So, what is the question?’
All of them are thinking. Suddenly, the lazy pig think of the time when they first met this man. Friar
Sha asked ‘Would you mind telling us where is the washroom? Then, the man said I don’t mind and told
them the way … ’ I know the answer of the riddle! It is “DO YOU MIND?”
The Foxo King was shocked and he smiled. Bingo! ‘This is the correct answer! Congratulations! Good
job! You can go now! Good luck on your journey!’ said the King
‘Thanks, bye! Come on guys, let’s continue our journey!’ the Master Xuanzang said.