Inside the Sphinx

- a story in the ancient Egypt -

It was break time at school. I ran quickly to the football pitch and I tripped on a golden bug with diamonds instead of eyes. It was a scarab beetle. I put it in a pocket hoping I could look at it more carefully when I’ll got home.

After school, when I went home, the scarab beetle fell in a small pond. Suddenly the pond turned purple and I could see an unclear image. I jumped into the water and found myself in a place that looks like the ancient Egypt. I was in a scorching and lonely desert but with majestic pyramids made out of sandstone and a magnificent sphinx dominating the area. There was one problem … I couldn’t find any way to get back home.

I tried to climb the sphinx. It was outrageously hard but when I finally climbed on the top I looked through the nostrils: in one was a bottle with a brown liquid. The bottle had a strange image on it. In the other nostril was a hole. Without thinking twice I jumped in the hole.

I landed in a cool dungeon made out of priceless diamonds and gold. Out of nowhere a pharaoh appeared and said: “Please help me… an evil genie wants to rule Egypt”. I stopped moving and said “but I don’t know how I could help you …” He looked at me and said: “I know you can help me. The legend says that a child will come and save us from the cruel wicked genie. Please, I could give you anything you want. You can have as many gold and diamonds as you can carry on.” I said “Fiiine”, but I still didn’t know what he wanted me to do. I followed the pharaoh through an emerald corridor full of sarcophagus. Suddenly a sarcophagus opened, then another one and another one and out of each sarcophagus slowly stepped old rotted mummies. I desperately run for my life until I reached a door. I open the door and inside was the genie. He laughed and said: “I was waiting for you …ha ha ha “. I took the bottle I found on the Sphinx’s nostril and throw it on the spirit’s face. Suddenly, the spirit began to melt and cried “Noooo !!!”

When I rested a second I saw an interesting chest nearby. I curiously opened it and found magnificent objects: golden statues covered in diamonds, bracelets and necklaces and lots more beautiful objects. I took the chest with me. It was so heavy.

When I finally left the room I saw a puddle and a scarab beetle. A smile appeared on my face as I throw the scarab beetle in the water. I could see my home in the water .