Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 4 - 7 2018 | Page 142

“You can choose to fight with me but I can tell you that you won’t defeat me.” the elephant said with an
evil smile. The elephant walked towards them and compelled them to walk to the edge of the cliff. The
monkey was highly concentrated as he wanted to find out his superpower. Some aura things flew
thoroughly in h
is body. Numerous identical monkeys formed a circle surrounding the elephant. One of the monkeys
hopped and kicked the elephant. The elephant was irritated and struck back by his trunk. When his trunk
touched the monkey, the monkey disappeared. The other monkeys kept running around and distracted the
elephant. The real monkey acknowledged that his power was shadow clone technique. He could also see
that there was a sword far away behind him. But if he ran to pick up the sword, the elephant must notice
that he was the real one. He wanted to make some noise and let his teammates know so he shouted. At the
beginning, he thought that the voice he made was just some noise. However, when
Anthony, Benson and John heard the voice, they rushed to the sword. “I am…… able to speak human
language?” A question popped up in the monkey’s mind. He tried to speak more and express the idea that
he was thinking. “Monkeys are responsible for distracting the elephant and you guys find the best timing to
attack him!” The monkey yelled. In fact, the elephant heard what the monkey said and he could discover
the real monkey. Nevertheless, he could not chase the real monkey as the other monkeys kept attacking
him. At the time two monkeys covered the elephant’s eyes, John attacked the elephant with the sword. The
elephant turned into some blue ashes and rose up to the sky. All the fake monkeys disappeared.
It seemed that the sword was also unusual. Therefore, they decided to keep the sword as well. John told the
monkey, “You are so fantastic! Originally I thought that you can only understand human language but you
can speak it!” The monkey smiled joyfully as someone praised him. Another reason why he became
delighted was that he discovered that he didn’t fear humans anymore. He stayed with 3 people from the
beginning of the adventure.
The map was taken out again. The point marked with “Lugu Lake” was shining brightly.
Chapter 5
The “Dream Team” explored couldn’t find anything special in the Lugu Lake. The adventure had already
started for three days. They were all exhausted and leaned on the tree for a rest.
When John’s back touched the tree bark, he felt something soft. He turned around and saw a pair of big
eyes. The hissing of the serpent scared John and he fell back.
A voice came from the serpent, saying, “Who are you guys? It’s so bold and rude of you to lean on me.”
John was terrified and said, “Sorry……I couldn’t see you”
“Are you ignoring my existence? No matter humans or animals, everyone ignores and hates my existence. I
hate the world!” the serpent said in a very agitated state.
The serpent kept moving forwards and approaching John. He opened his mouth and the sharp fangs were
clearly seen. If John was bitten by the serpent, he could hardly stay alive. He held the serpent's body tightly
and suddenly the skin of the serpent turned black. Some white vapour was liberated from the skin.
The serpent said entreatingly, “Please don’t burn my skin! Sorry! Forgive me please!” John felt weird as the
serpent surrendered so easily. He loosened his grip. “It’s my fault to have the idea to hurt you. Sorry. My
skin is the only worthy part of my life. It is a treasure for me,” The serpent said.
John asked, “Why did you say your skin is the ONLY worthy part?”
“A few years ago, I lived in a zoo with my family members. When tourists visited the zoo, they only
ignored me and walked past. No one would like to stop for a minute and take a picture of me. Even my
family members hated me a lot because of my physical appearance. I prayed day and night, begging Lord to
help me escape. One day, I could change my skin colour corresponding to the environment just like what
chameleons can. I can also understand and speak the human language. I left the zoo and my family. Without
this ability, I couldn’t escape from the horrible family and protect myself in this ruthless world, ” the serpent
said.
John said with sympathy, “Oh poor you!” He gently stroked the serpent’s skin. The black part turned back
the original colour.
Knowing there was something mysterious in his hands, John found Anthony to do a test. He put his hands
over Anthony's bruise. The bruise disappeared! John understood that he had a pair of “Magic hands”. He
could do whatever he wanted by his hands corresponding to his mind.