Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 12 | Page 518

“ Okay dad , I ’ m coming ,” replied Zheng Ming . She did a neat jump in the water . At first , Zheng Ming felt like she was drowning but then , she quickly got used to the water and she joined her dad at the bottom and started to help him to dig the half rocky bottom .
Suddenly , she felt a box with her hands . She gestured to her dad to pull it out since he was stronger than her . Her dad pulled an pulled and then he finally managed to pull it out and they swam to the top of the river to give to Khan .
Khan looked impressed , he never saw two villagers able to do it . “ Now that you have found the treasure , you will be able to do the third task . I think it is better if you do it tomorrow at dawn , since it might take you all day .” Suggested Khan .
They shook their heads in agreement to Khan ’ s idea . “ Come on Zheng Ming , I want to get you to bed early since we will wake up early tomorrow .” Said Zheng Ming ’ s dad . “ Okay dad , goodnight Mr . Khan !” said Zheng Ming . “ You may call me Khan .” Said Khan . So Zheng Ming and her dad went to their tents , had a noodle soup and then they went in their tents to sleep . “ Come on dad , wake up ; we need to meet Khan now !” Zheng Ming was gently shaking her dad to wake him up . So she and her dad walked to the back of the cave and they met Khan .
“ Good , you are in time . Your last task is to find and draw the legendary griffin ! A griffin is half lion and half eagle . Your clue is you can find him in the wild not too low not too high , he likes the wet but prefers the dry , come and find him before he finds you .” “ Okay !” Said Zheng Ming ’ s dad . So they went of , clutching the pen and paper that Khan gave them . Suddenly , they spotted a flash of a giant eagle head . They followed it hoping that it wouldn ' t see them and they each drew a version of the griffin .
When they were done , they thought that Zheng Ming ’ s dad had a better drawing so they went back to the cake and gave the drawing to Khan . Khan . He looked in disbelief . “ You completed the tasks . Here is the elixir .” Then they left , elixir in their hands .