Magician’s Code – A Race Against Time | Hrian Khem, 8, Kolkata

The magician had a ferocious pet and three traps in the maze.

When I went near the maze, it looked suspicious and suddenly the extinct sabre – toothed tiger jumped out of the bush, his eyes beaming red and his face full of arrow marks.

Luckily, I saw a spear near the stems of a rosebush and I picked it up. Seeing that, the sabre-toothed cat ran away in fear.

It was a bit chilly and right at that moment I noticed a canon shooting deadly weapons. Even though nobody was using it, the weapons were launching out. I dodged them carefully and found a button on the control panel. I decided to press it. When I pressed the button, the canon shut down.

I went forward and saw a giant boulder hanging on a rope swinging from side to side. I ducked to the ground and carefully pulled myself to the end of the trap and ran out of there. Then I saw bombs blasting from all sides. I covered myself and did a few cart wheels and passed through the explosion.

An hour later, a giant robot came and attacked me as if I was a puny little insect. I ran, climbed on his back and mangled up all the wires. The robot broke into pieces!

Having taken on all the challenges, I reached the centre of the maze and saw that the evil magician had disappeared! My brother was safe! The maze was now mine and I began to wonder if I had been lead to this place on purpose. But why?