Drew in 1997
I believe that many of you have read Enid Blyton’s The Famous Five series and Astrid Lindgren’s Mästerdetektiven Blomkvist series when you were a kid. The series remains one of my all time favorite novels. I even made up stories mimicking Blyton’s style.
I wrote a story about 3 kids’ adventure after school. It was kind of hard to think of anything adventurous that could happen in Hong Kong.
Drew on Nov27, 1997
“I really want to play basketball,” he whispered.
“Shush! We’re in the middle of the class,” she was not very sympathetic. “And stop reading comics. Miss Lee might see you.”
“This is no ordinary comics, this is ‘Slam Dunk’!” He said in a dreamy voice. “Epic!”
“You are impossible.”
“Then explain why you can’t take your eyes off me when I am in a match?”
“I…I just enjoy the sport,” blushing, she tried to hide her embarrassment by reading the textbook. “Focus!”
“I am focus,” he drew closer, “on you.”
“And I am focus on your two,” the teacher’s eyes narrowed and the rest of the class laughed out loud.
“QUIET class!” Miss Lee continued writing on the blackboard, she couldn’t help smiling. “Basketball and puppy love. Youth!”
About the boys.
Angel
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Name: ?
Nickname: Angel (Given by Litzy)
Age: 22
Height: 182cm
Occupation: Law student (senior year), Captain of the volleyball team
Family: Parents, one older sister (lived with his grandparents when he was small)
Hobbies: Playing online games, web surfing, all ball games except baseball
Remarks on his personality: He only speaks when he needs to. Reliable, highly respected by his fellow schoolmates. Very popular among girls, but he takes no interest in any of his “fans”, that’s why some suspect he’s gay (but he’s actually straight). He’s a cat person.
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Fox
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Name: ?
Nickname: Fox
Age: 22
Occupation: Engineer student, Angel’s roommate
Height: 178cm
Favorite pastime: Barring
Remarks on his personality: He’s a very talkative person, so sometimes people think he’s frivolous, but he’s actually a very caring person.
About the girl.
Litzy
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Name: Litzy Lin
Nationality: Chinese
Age: 20
Occupation: College student majoring in architecture, Head of the 426 Dormitory
Skill: Taekwondo (Third-degree Black Belt), kickboxing
Award: Taekwondo National Champion (Junior level)
Family: Mother (Father died when she was small)
Hobbies: Eating, sleeping, reading, watching Taekwondo competitions on TV
Love interest: N/A (yet)
Remarks on her personality: Litzy is a happy girl with a free spirit. She can adapt in any environment and make people and herself happy. She’s good at sports and study so she’s well liked by the teachers. Her close relationship with her dormitory sisters makes her school life a lot busier, and yet fruitful.
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Cat
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Name: Cat
True identity: Litzy (her spirit accidently entered a cat’s body when she fell)
Breed: unknown half-breed
age: ?
Hobbies: Eating, sleeping, reading, watching Taekwondo competitions on TV
Love interest: Angel =^_^=
I just read a lovely story online (link) about a girl’s spirit accidentally trapped inside a cat. No, it is not some great classic, and yes it is a story for teenagers and I think it is written by some teenage girl. Anyways, I think this story is really cute, and I’d like to translate the story into English so the non-Chinese speakers can enjoy it with me. Sadly I cannot find the real writer of this story because people who posted the story didn’t give a proper citation!
The 2 leading characters of the story:
cat
Angel
The cat is not really a cat but an university girl whose spirit is trapped in a cat.
The angel is not really an angel but an university boy who is as noble as an angel.
Santa has a new hobby
“Stand still, my men…”
“We are trying, sir,” replied the snowmen. “but we are melting!”
“It’s a beautiful song.”
“Yes, it is, Princess Priya.” Luka felt his cheeks flush red, but he tried very hard not to show his embarrassment. He was suffering from low self-esteem recently especially after he started to develop a slight affection for the princess.
“Would you please just call me Priya?” The princess smiled. “Friends do not need formalities. Besides, I’m in my pyjamas, so I don’t look exactly like a princess now.”
“Thank you, Pri…Priya.” He still felt a bit surreal to be friends with a princess, a true royalty. Yaira and Anzelm were heiress and heir of the richest families in the world, of course they made friends with royalties, or the royalties tried their best to please them. He was very fond of Yaira and Anzelm, however, deep down in his heart, he wanted to be more like Nad, who was always happy and willing to express his true feelings.
“Are you OK, Luka? You seem a little bit distracted.” Priya asked with concern.
“I am alright, Pri…Priya,” desperately trying to have a conversation with the princess and not being awkward, Luka said, “I am very happy to be here. Thank you for inviting me.”
“You should thank Yaira instead. She’s a very generous hostess.”
“I mean, I love being with you…guys.” Luka was totally shock by himself but he managed to “mend” his sentence at the last moment.
“Me too! I am glad to be here!” Without noticing Luka’s embarrassment, Priya was immersing herself in happiness. “This is the first time I have quality time with my best friends. I really enjoy my freedom on this island.”
For the first time, Luka looked at the girl he adored in her eyes, “I wish you happy everyday.” He said sincerely. Suddenly he realized nothing was more important than her well being, although he might not be able to tell her his feelings at all.
“Do you know you have beautiful eyes?” Priya somehow felt the weight in his words, but she figured it was not the right time, yet.
Little does the two inside the room knew that they were overheard by the others.
“Who’s singing in the middle of the night?”
“It’s our young hostess I suppose?”
“She’s too young to have a sad voice like this.”
“She’s not the eight-year-old anymore. She’s a lot mature after she went to college.”
“True, but she’ll always be our little sister.”
“It seems her song makes you sentimental, Nad.”
“She’s been through a lot lately, April!” Nad was a bit tetchy. “I can’t believe she didn’t tell us about the kidnap.”
“I am upset too, but you can’t seriously blame her. The kidnap has traumatized her enough.” April held Nad’s hand gently. “She’s a headstrong 16-year-old genius. Besides, you can’t expect a young teenage girl to open her heart with you.”
“Why not?”
“A. You are absentminded. B. You are a boy.” April burst into giggles.
“Very funny.” Nad stared at his childhood friend, his classmate and girlfriend. “Do you think I am absentminded?”
“Yes,” April smiled at him, “but in a sweet way.”
“I don’t like to hear such sad song from her. Yaira should be carefree, constantly showing off her wealth and intelligence,” Nad insisted. “And constantly making troubles for her friends.”
“Let it go, Nad,” April turned Nad’s face to her with her hands. “Don’t be overprotective.”
“Stop smirking at me.”
He’s a world famous R&B singer. She is a 16 year-old PhD student.
He came to see her during her vacation with her friends.
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“O My princess.”
“I’m your princess, but you’re everyone’s prince.” She laughed.
“I’m solely yours, as always.”
“Liar,” said she. “Why are you really here?”
A long pause. “Why am I always being left in sorrow?”
“You just haven’t met the right one yet.”
“Can you sing for me please?”
“I think you are the famous singer here.”
“I need your voice now.”
“What am I to sing?”
“Anything sad.”
“This is self-torture.”
“Please~~~”
“You are such a baby.”
“To you only.”
Contrasting to her youthful look, she owned a deep, low voice, just like Joni Mitchell’s.
Both Sides Now (oroginal sang by Joni Mitchell)
Bows and flows of angel hair and ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere, i’ve looked at cloud that way.
But now they only block the sun, they rain and snow on everyone.
So many things i would have done but clouds got in my way.
I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now,
From up and down, and still somehow
It’s cloud illusions i recall.
I really don’t know clouds at all.
Moons and junes and ferris wheels, the dizzy dancing way you feel
As every fairy tale comes real; i’ve looked at love that way.
But now it’s just another show. you leave ‘em laughing when you go
And if you care, don’t let them know, don’t give yourself away.
I’ve looked at love from both sides now,
From give and take, and still somehow
It’s love’s illusions i recall.
I really don’t know love at all.
Tears and fears and feeling proud to say “i love you” right out loud,
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds, i’ve looked at life that way.
But now old friends are acting strange, they shake their heads, they say
I’ve changed.
Something’s lost but something’s gained in living every day.
I’ve looked at life from both sides now,
From win and lose, and still somehow
It’s life’s illusions i recall.
I really don’t know life at all.
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“Do you feel better now?” She asked after taking a breath.
“Not at all.”
