Potion   Confusion

By Zhong Wanting

 Vicki was caught by the evil wizard, Colby. Colby bound her up and led her into a small, circular room lit by hundreds of torches.

‘Sit down, Princess, sit down, and enjoy your last meal.’ He drawled, watching the quivering girl swallow down her last bit of bread.

‘There are three kinds of concoctions here, each containing only two different kinds of potions.’ He flicked his wand and brought it swishing down. He gave it a slight wave and three jugs of bizarre shapes appeared in a flicker.

‘In this jug,’ Colby pointed at the first yellow jug with a crooked finger, ‘there’s the Venom Poison and the Draught of Agony, with a ratio of 3:5.’ He relished the look of horror on Vicki’s face.

‘In this jug,’ Colby picked up the second green jug, ‘I’ve put a mixture of the Draught of Agony and the Dose of Painful Death, with a proportion of 1:2.’ Vicki let out a terrified squeal and backed away in fright. Colby sneered nastily.

‘This last jug,’ he caught up the last blue one, ‘contains the Venom Poison and the Dose of Painful Death, with a ratio of 2:3.’ A wicked grin flashed across his evil face and he edged closer to shaking Vicki, roughly grabbing her arms.

‘Your task is to tell me how to select these concoctions to produce a new mixture consisting of the Venom Poison, the Draught of Agony and the Dose of Painful Death so that the ratio is 3:5:2. You have 10 minutes.’

‘What if I … I don’t mange it?’

Colby looked very ugly. ‘Then you’ll enjoy taking these yourself!’ He slammed the door. 

        Zhong Wanting, Class 1, Junior 1

  Guangdong Experimental Middle School

    广东实验中学  初一（1）班  钟琬婷