Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 12 | Page 452

“ Quite right , come on , we are almost home . We will talk about it at dinner time ,” replied her mother . While they ate , Mrs . Sung informed Mr . Sung and Bo about the chat . Bo said , “ You should have been crowned Queen , Lin , it would be awesome !” Lin shook her head and said , “ No if I was crowned Queen , what about you , mother and father ?” Her father replied , “ We will be fine .” Lin still shook her head . She didn ’ t like to leave her family .
The next day their neighbor ’ s rooster crowed them awake . Lin ran out and realized lots of bags of money were on the muddy ground . She squealed in delight . Her happy squeal woke her family , “ Wow ! Bags labelled school , work , boat ! Loads of them !” shouted Lin . Her family walked towards the bags of money . They so happy , they shared it as soon as possible . Lin generously gave some to her neighbors . They happily accepted it .
Mrs . Sung sent Bo and Lin to school . Mrs . Sung and Mr . Sung continued their jobs Mrs . Sung mended their little house so the rain wouldn ’ t leak into the house . Lin was smarter and smarter and also tried to find more seeds too . Bo became an expert in games and became pretty popular . Mrs . Sung ’ s cucumbers and Mr . Sung ’ s fish plus Lin ’ s cotton were all exported to other parts of the world and became famous . She grew up and became a botanist . Bo became those people that created games . They sometimes went to their parents ’ house and helped their parents with their jobs . Sometimes , Lin walked over to her great cotton tree and stared at it , and thought of how she had found the seeds .