Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 12 | Page 81

It read , “To stop and end the war you all will have to find a dove, which is located near one of the Chinese,
Buddhist temples.(Long Hua) Without your parents, all by yourselves. Then let the dove free in the middle of Yu
Garden.”
“Long...Hua?” said Emma
“ Wait...I remembered!” There is a temple called Longhua!” said Gabrielle in excitement.
“But…. I don’t know where it is, I have never been there,” mumbled Gabrielle, her voice suddenly down.
“ Really?” said Jacob annoyed
“I’ve got a map of old shanghai,” said Leo
“ We could use that,” said Amelia.
“Wait… I think it is in somewhere near Xuhui Qu” said Gabrielle.
“ Ok, so it seems we have to turn left then l right then straight for 5.6 kilometres then…?” said Leo as he was telling
the others the route.
Before they went in they had to explore a dark cave and of course Amelia was first. On the front it showed;
17354+ 28654=?
Before anyone calculated the answer Jacob shouted out “46008!”
The doors opened and everyone cheered, then another door came out and it said, “fortunate!”
“ Lucky in Italian !” said Emma before anyone else. The doors opened.
“I believe this is it!” said Amelia as 100% of her excitement boiled up.
“ Finally!” screamed Emma
“How are we going to find the dove?” asked Leo
“ The dove must be special,” said Gabrielle
“ Look there’s a dove right there around the corner but I think it hurt it’s wing,” said Amelia as she held it in her soft
hands.
The dove looked up and seemed to smile at them, there was something special about the dove which makes the dove
different.
“ This has to be it,” said Emma
“Let’s go to the Yu Garden,” said Gabrielle.
The children arrived at the Yu Garden.
“We are almost there,” said Jacob.
" Ready?" said Amelia.
“ 3,2,1” counted Emma as she let go of the dove.
Everything instantly stopped and their parents came back magically. They talked and talked about the journey as
the two families walked back home.
What a great adventure!