Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 12 | Page 198

New Tales of Old Shanghai
Green Oasis School , Bu , Lilien – 11

Iwent to Shanghai with my mum and a tourist groups , and then some unbelievable thing happened …

It was the second day we go to Shanghai , today we are going to Expo Park , when it was the time we need to go , I just stay at the Expo Park . Nobody knows that there is someone disappeared ! Even thaw my mum didn ’ t knows about it ! And then a purple vortex appeared , it getting closer and closer , it looks like goanna phagocytosis me ! But I like comics so that I know that it is a time tunnel , maybe I will be a time traveler to the future or the past ! With a strange light I ’ m disappear from the earth ... I don ’ t know where am I , but it looks like the past of the Shanghai , a lot of building which stele for now is a little bit to old , many people walking and talking and no one thought that there is something strange with me . Maybe they are to busy to work , a lot of kids playing and giggling and didn ’ t know that today is Monday , which was the time for school , because the reason that I can go to shanghai is now is Christmas holiday ! But it looks like it was summer now , I look at my watch it says that it was Sunday , 16 th November 1996 ! What a ‘ kind ’ time tunnel it was , make Let my mum and I separated , bring me back to the past , changing the time on my watch . Which can let me know what time is now in the world I used to be , if I didn ’ t know what is the time , I will get lost with my mum , maybe I also can ’ t go back to the world I used to be . And then I heard a sound came from my mind , it says : you are the only person who travel to back , now I will teach you something about the old Shanghai , if you learn everything I teach you , you can go back to the world you used to be . But what if the voice didn ’ t do the thing it said ? I thought to myself , what if the voice didn ’ t let me go ? I know what are you thinking about , I am the denominate of this world , there is nothing you can do without I know , I know everything in this world I can tell you all the information about this world . Now is time to learn ! the voice said . A old man who in the residential area walk to me and says : A new people , great . Now let me tell you the only thing you need to remember . Why we like to live in this type of house . First , it ’ s a easy way to make friends if the door is opened , we can go to other ’ s house and play , we can help others , there is no thief , no one will steal our things . We are happy in here . Did you remember all of the things ? Yes , I said . Seconde , inside your world , the environment isn ’ t very good right ? But we can have a lot of old trees in here , even thaw you bought a new house , put more rare trees , the age of the trees isn ’ t very old , but we have old trees , we are healthy in here ! He said . He wait for five minutes to let me remember it . Third , is the systematic advantage . whatever the future of the city , the main thing is always around the old house . Education of the city is also near the old house , why ? Because of the old house always near the old house , for a long time , school can be old because it is a old house . The main road of the city always near the old house , because it is a old road ! The bid shopping malls always near the old house because they are already build . And that also means old house has the best education , traffic , and it was also convenience . We live in here because it