Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 12 | Page 323

One day , the father on the wheelchair went up to me . He said , ’ Oh , good old tree , I am so deadly bored , my wife passed away , my daughter was caught when she was washing the dishes . I have nothing ! Everything was lost , I only have myself ! My life is useless ! No one can help me ! You are the only one who can understand me !’ Wait ! Why does he know I can think ? I thought , ’ Why can you understand and know what I think ? ’ He answered ! He said , ‘ Because I am a scientist and I put a sensor of the thoughts of a buttonwood tree . This is my secret invention , so don ’ t reveal it .’ I didn ’ t say anything … I just hoped that there is a way of helping him . I said ,’ Tell me about the girl .’ He said ,’ my daughter ’ s name is Rem . Our surname is maid . So that means her full name is Rem maid . She is adorable , hard-working and considerate . She is an obedient girl .’ So I told him what to do but none of them worked .
Suddenly , a weird sound came , ‘ ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ !’ We were surrounded by smoke . The voice said ,’ you guys wanted to find Rem , right ? Go to Zhoushan , Putaoshan island and find me .’ Then disappeared . I gave him a device for him , it is a future electronic map for finding the place .
I said farewell to him and off he went . Then , I waited for three whole years . On the twenty-first of December , the man was back , but the girl wasn ’ t beside him , nor riding a bike . He walked towards me , and said , ‘ My daughter … she … turned in a half human half fish … it is a new thing … that was a …’ he thought for a while or two , then he managed a smile and said ,’ Guess what , she turned into a mermaid .’
… to be continued