GREAT EXPLORER By:Dickson Hon
Monday, 6 January, 14
There was a boy named Leo who was 8 years old. He loved to explore and to solve puzzles quickly with great ease. One day Leo went downstairs to the living room, he saw his older brother named Bob playing video games. Leo asked Bob, ”Hey, what are you doing?” “I’m playing video games duh” replied the Bob. “Tell mom that I’m going to play in the backyard” said Leo “Why don’t you do it yourself ?” Bob retorted. “Not a chance. I’ve got some exploring to do”replied Leo “You will never be an explorer if you don’t find anything,NOW GO AWAY!” Leo’s body crumpled and the smile on his face disappeared. He sprinted into the warm kitchen where his mom was busy slicing vegetables. ”Mommmmm! Bob is teasing me, again! He says that I couldn't be an explorer!” “I will speak to him but just believe in your dreams, ok?” Leo’s mom reassured him.
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Leo went outside,suddenly he saw something fall into the middle of his backyard. He went closer to it and saw that it was just a plain red mushroom,it was a size as his foot and it had white polka dots on it. Then suddenly, the mushroom moved by itself and rolled around to face Leo. In a squeaky voice it said ”I need your help!” Leo jumped back in shock and he said ”How... how,are you talking?” As Leo was talking, he was very frightened of the Mushroom and was thinking how to get rid of it. But the Mushroom talked without fear, hoping Leo could help “I came to get something special and unique from your planet ” ”You are not from around here are you? Where do you come from?”Leo questioned. “I come from a distant, different galaxy from your people” replied Glon
“Do you have a name?” questioned Leo “I am Glon”said the mushroom. “Then tell me Glon, what are you looking for and maybe I won’t attack you”replied Leo. “Ok,What I’m looking for is a treasure chest in a temple , it has been lost for hundreds of years and it once belonged to my people,maybe you can help me find it” said Glon “So what does this treasure look like, and how am I supposed to know where it is?” replied Leo not yet comprehending that he was talking to a red mushroom in his backyard. He wondered if this was some sort of joke or prank by Bob. “The treasure chest is big,brown and gold and has lots of lines on it . It will be found in an underground area under the City Central Park” returned Glon. Monday, 6 January, 14
Leo could not believe this was happening, this was his chance to finally live his dream of being an explorer. No one would probably believe him but he was about to go on a quest to find some treasure with a talking mushroom from another galaxy. Suddenly Glon said “but you will need a weapon to take with you for protection,do you have any materials to make a weapon?” “I think I do!” replied Leo,he ran back to the house making sure to avoid his brother and mother because they would never believe him. He ran upstairs, grabbed some duct tape,a bat,a shovel and some scissors. Leo then began to tape the bat,the shovel and the scissors together to make a weapon and then he went to meet Glon in the backyard. As Glon did not know the way and would take a long time to walk, they decided that Leo would carry Glon in his front pocket. As they were walking to the City park, Leo asked Glon”Why do you need the treasure?” “Because my homeland is ruled by the planet next to us, and they said that they want a lot of money,gems,diamonds and gold to give us freedom, so that why I came to get the treasure from here”applied Glon “when will we be there?”question Leo “ “oh just a few minutes”applied Glon,so they just keep walking down to the city park.After a few minutes,they had arrived at the city park,Leo doesn't know where to dig but Glon said “it somewhere near the city park entrance” but as they tried to dig,the sunsets and the park closed, but Leo and Glon hid in the bush until the guards finished checking everywhere.
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After a while the guards finished checking for people hiding,Leo tried to dig to the temple,he was getting tired of digging deep down to the temple,but Glon whispered to the “Just keep going,you are getting there”. A few minutes later,they had dug a hole down to the underground temple. Leo was exhausted but happy that he dug down to the temple. The temple had green vines,made out of stone and it had some old skulls in the entrance, Leo questioned Glon ”are there any traps in this temple?” “just a few” replied Glon, but he was anxious to go in but he couldn't let Leo go alone,so they went together inside the temple.
As they went inside there were lots of dusty,old and moldy skeletons on the hard ground,but as they walked slowly down the epath,somehow the skeletons rattled and came alive. “None shall pass!”Leo and Glon jumped in fright they didn't want to be sliced into pieces. They tried to escape back they way they had come but the path was blocked by the skeletons. Leo suddenly picked up Glon and placed him in his pocket, he then armed himself with his weapon ready to fight.
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After all of the rock finished pouring on them,Leo opened his eyes and he saw a big rock on his left arm, the rock was big,gray and dry. Leo screamed”HELP!”but nobody answered,Leo tried again and then Glon woke up as Leo shouted at him. Glon got up slowly and then questioned”Are you ok?” “I can’t move the rock and my arm is stuck. Help me push the rock off me”Leo replied. Glon tried to push the rock off Leo ,but he was too weak to push the rock, Glon said”Help me push the rocks off you I can’t do it myself!” “Ok”replied Leo,they both tried to push the rock off,when they were pushing the rock, Leo painfully said ”I will need to find my weapon to move it!” Glon found the weapon and brought it to Leo. He used it to wedge the rock of of his arm, but as they finally got the rock of his arm the weapon suddenly snapped. Leo sadly said ”aw,that was the only weapon I had!” Glon had an idea and saw the skeletons swords on the floor, the sword had a yellow end, dirt on it and it was made out of steal. He replied “well,we could use the swords that the skeletons had?” “Well it might be heavy?”question Leo. “Not a chance”answered Glon, but as Leo picked up the sword, Leo felt scared because he might slice Glon,but Glon said calm down,but when Leo calmed down,the sword felt lighter and Leo questioning said”Wow, i did it this is actually light” “I told you it was light!”replied Glon,and then they moved on further into the temple. They walked down the stairs to find the treasure.
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As they walked down they found holes on the walls,the holes were a brown colour and there were statues behind the holes, Leo questioned Glon ”Hey are those traps?” “I think so?”replied Glon,Leo decided to test them so he found a rock on the ground and threw it onto the pressure plates. All of a sudden two arrows flew at the rock. Leo tried looking around and he saw some old wood planks near the traps,Leo was thinking of putting wood on the holes,then Leo sprinted back up and then Glon was wondering why Leo was sprinting up,Glon questioned ”Where are you going?”“I’m getting the duct tape from my broken weapon wait here”he replied. Leo went to his broken weapon and grabbed the duct tape and tried to tape the wood on the holes together,he was very careful about the traps because he didn't want to get shot at.
After a while when Leo finished putting wood on the holes,Glon said ”alright lets go!” They creeped past the traps and they had successfully stopped the arrows from shooting. As they went deeper into the temple,they saw darkness everywhere. Leo and Glon were scared to walk on, so they walked slowly down the path staying close to the walls. They walked down the path and they stepped on something that made the temple light up suddenly. Leo questioned Glon ”Are there anymore traps?”“Hmmmm,I think there are more traps because the treasure is heavily protected” replied Glon. In the light they could now see the treasure box at the end of the hallway. They looked around the hallway before they charged towards the treasure box and they saw nothing ,then Leo bravely mentioned ”Glon ,I see no traps here”
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“Ok then lets charge to the chest and open it ”.They sprinted happily to the treasure box,but as they grabbed the treasure chest, the temple started to shake,Leo questioned ”Glon whats happening?” “I don’t know,maybe the temple is falling apart!”. Leo and Glon sprinted quickly leaving through the temple and leaving the the treasure behind,over the traps and suddenly, they entered the room where they had first met the skeletons. The skeletons had started to come back to life. ”Move out of the way!”Leo screamed but the skeletons shook their heads and in a ghastly voice replied “No”. Leo had come so far and didn’t want to die. So he decided to just charge at the skeletons and run through them. As they climbed out of the hole that they came down in the shaking had increased and was difficult to walk. When they had ran out of the temple,the city park behind them had become a giant hole. They had made it alive,and were happy that they had gotten out of the temple. They started to slowly make their way back to Leo’s before anyone else could see them.
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Even though Leo had been through a scary adventure he had a large smile on his face. Leo and Glon wished that they could go back to the temple but the temple was destroyed and Leo questioned Glon ”What are you going to do now?” “Well, we tried our best. I will go back to my planet and pay the price to save my planet”answered Glon. “I’m sorry that we failed , I know it was very important for you and your people” “ We tried our best and you were very brave Leo” Glon said. After a while,they had reached back to Leo’s home,Glon sadly said “Well see you later, I must go back” “ok, I hope to see you again someday”replied Leo “Seeya later ” replied Glon, Leo was crying of joy because he had a great adventure in the temple but he was upset that he had failed Glon. Leo entered his house and was ready to tell his Dad,Mom and his older brother Bob all about his adventure. As he saw them at the kitchen table ready for dinner they were all happily eating and were a little bit shocked at the dust and dirt all over Leo. He began to tell the story of his adventure. As he was halfway through his family began to smile and then burst out laughing. His dad commented on what a great imagination he had. Leo would have to keep his adventure to himself as he knew what had really happened.
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