Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 291

The horse ran really fast. It cantered up the mountain at top speed and they reached the peak in no
time. Down below them was the wonderful city where they live; Up above them was the "sky of flames".
Helen and Amy had to admit that though the sky looked kind of strange, it was rather beautiful as well.
Amy and Helen got to work immediately. There was a huge number of branches on the ground.
The girls collected and linked them end to end with bandages. After all the hard work, Amy climbed up a
tree with the super long stick in her hand. She raised the stick up to the sky and tried to collected the fire.
Helen held her breath as she looked at Amy. To their surprise, the flames faded away little by little! Finally,
the whole sky was normal again.
So Amy and Helen rode the horse and thanks to its speed, the girls were home in no time.
They were greeted by their puzzled parents who were still so confused that they didn't scold or
punish them for leaving home for such a long time.
After Helen got home, she found her father and said, "Dad, I figured it out! The fire in the sky was
just normal weather on Mars! We have never seen it before since we're from Earth!"
"Yes, I think you're right. Silly us! We even thought something was wrong with Mars," Her father
laughed.
So all was peaceful again. Even though it will always be a strange sight to see fire in the sky, Helen
and Amy believed that people would get used to it, sooner or later.