The revenge of Alexander Ngai
Chan Yat Kwan 2G (4)
Once there was a ghost-catcher, no ordinary ghost-catcher. A man of cunning and
daring who lived under a bridge at the edge of Kowloon City. Mr Alexander Ngai had
his wooden sword and yellow paper ready to catch the notorious vampire, the dreadful
Harrison Ho.
Ngai would never forget last year’s Hungry Ghost Festival when in a battle of
the swords, Ho struck out and sliced off his little finger. ‘Just as I was getting ready to
catch him, he almost killed me,’ thought the ghost-catcher.
This Halloween, Ngai was determined to stab the Shau Kei Wan vampire through
the heart. Either when that horrible vampire was apple bobbing or trick or treating.
Ngai would disguise himself as a skeleton and follow the vampire to Lan Kwai Fong
apple-bobbing competition. The plan for revenge was perfect.
Ho had plans, big plans. This Halloween he would suck seven thousand litres of
blood --- enough to last him up until the Ching Ming Festival. ‘I will suck the blood
of every Hong Kong apple bobber. I will go trick or treating and show them my fangs
for fun. Ha ha ha…’ He laughed wildly.
At 8:00 p.m., the people in Hong Kong started to gather in Lan Kwai Fong.
‘Wow! There are so many people even now! Look at that man dressed in a skeleton
suit, he looks really funny! Looks like I am going to have a big feast tonight. Ha! Ha!’
Ho wickedly sneered under his breath. At 9:30 p.m., Lan Kwai Fong was already
thronging with lots of people. Ngai was desperate to find the cunning vampire. ‘In
half an hour the Apple Bobbing Competition will start, and if I still can’t find him,
lots of people will…’ Ngai sighed.
‘Welcome to Lan Kwai Fong. Tonight is Halloween night, and we are going to
hold an Apple Bobbing Competition. Will those who are interested in it please line up
here and register? Thanks.’ A voice boomed out when Ngai was still finding Ho. ‘Oh
no! It is already 10 and I still cannot find Ho. Come on, where is he? Oh! I can see
him now. He is registering, let me register too, so that I can kill him when he is apple
bobbing.’ Ngai thought.
‘Okay, now. Tonight we have 16 competitors, and each time there will be two
people competing in a small race. The person who wins can upgrade and challenge
the winner in the other small race. Now, the first round, Mary the Witch and Harrison
the Vampire, which they call themselves. Ready, one, two, three, go!’
Mary tried very hard on the smallest apple with her big mouth. Harrison moved
near Mary. Mary didn’t notice and was still trying hard. Harrison moved nearer, one
more step only then he could bite Mary. Suddenly Mary stood up straight again and a
voice said, ‘Right, the winner is Mary. Mary, did you use a spell or what? Harrison,
there is no need to be so upset. We will also give out a prize to the one who
participated in this competition, a wet apple! Thank you for your participation,’
praised the organiser of the event. ‘Next pair please. Alexander the skeleton and Peter
the Wolverine.’ Alexander took a glance at Harrison, he was leaving, what would
Alexander do now? ‘Sorry, I have something very important to do, I must leave now,
very sorry about that.’ And he walked off, secretly following Harrison Ho.
Harrison was very unhappy, he had lost the game and had sucked no blood. It
was certainly a bad day for him. To amuse himself, he went to buy a big bag and went
‘trick or treating’. He hoped that he could collect some candies and snacks, and of
course, blood.
He walked around and found a little boy who was disguised as a cat. Harrison
thought, ‘My mother said that the blood of the kids is always the most delicious,
maybe I will try some.’ Harrison walked towards the kid hopefully and asked him,
‘Trick or treat!’ The boy answered, ‘I have no candies, maybe I will take a trick.’
Harrison shouted, ‘Great!’ and hopped towards the boy and tried to suck some blood
out of the boy’s neck. But something strange had happened, the boy’s neck was so
hard, so hard that when Harrison tried to bite through the skin, his fangs broke into
pieces.
‘What the …’ Harrison was shocked and tried to move his mouth away from the
boy’s neck, but he couldn’t do it. ‘Ha! Ha! Ha! Harrison, do you remember who I
am?’ Harrison looked up by moving only his eyeballs, and saw a man disguised as a
skeleton walking towards him, holding up his hand with only four fingers, the other
hand with a wooden sword and some yellow paper. ‘I am Alexander, the ghost-catcher.
Want to know why you can’t move? Look closer at the boy’s neck.’ Harrison looked
at it and found yellow paper wrapped around his neck. ‘The yellow paper has broken
your teeth and made you stand still. This technique is always useful when hunting. I
knew that you would find some young person to suck his or her blood, so I found this
boy to help me. Look at what you did to my hand.’ Harrison averted his gaze,
choosing not to look at the severed finger. ‘Look at my hand!’ Ngai screamed. Ngai
was furious and stabbed the wooden sword into Ho’s leg, Ho knelt down and looked
at Ngai’s hand while some green liquid was bursting out from his leg.
‘You took my finger and now I will take your life, that’s revenge. Any last words?
No? Then good bye.’ And Ngai forced his wooden sword into the vampire’s heart. The
vampire looked at the sword and then at Ngai, then he exploded into pieces of bloody
flesh. After the explosion, there was plenty of sticky, green liquid and some bloody,
flesh on the ground, steaming. Ngai was very happy and said, ‘I often thought that
vampires should not exist in this world. They are too cunning to live on earth. Right
will always triumph over wrong.’
Then Ngai walked back to his home, the bridge.