Three Girls and the Purple Cave

By Evelyn Yu

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Content

Author ------------------------------------------------4 About the Story --------------------------------------------5 Chapter 1: Molly -------------------------------------------6 Chapter 2: Cathy ------------------------------------------9 Chapter 3: Nancy ----------------------------------------13 Chapter 4: Found the Purple Cave ------------------16 Chapter 5: Molly’s adventure in the Cave ---------19 Chapter 6: Cathy’s adventure in the Cave --------23 Chapter 7: Nancy’s adventure in the Cave --------29 Chapter 8: Back to the reality -------------------------32 Chapter 9: Huge transformations of three girls ---35

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Author

Evelyn Yu was a 18-year-old student in

Wenzao when she wrote this novel. This is her

first novel, and this novel is also an assignment

for her writing class. She created this story

because she thought that most people don’t

understand every experience they had is very

important, and we can learn something from any

experience. As a result, Evelyn wrote this story

to remind readers that experiencing something

in person is important.

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About the story

In a forest there was a cave with purple

diamonds. It is called the Purple Cave.

The story is about three girls who learned

love, trust, and courage from their unforgettable

adventures. One day, they walk to a forest for

the picnic, and they saw the Purple Cave.

Because of the cave, Molly, Cathy and Nancy

were taken to an unreal world. After returning to

reality, they were changed and their lives were

full of hope and happiness.

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Chapter 1

Molly

“I am sorry that I have to break up with you

because I will not marry anybody including you.”

Again, Molly broke up with a man. She had

already done it many times. She thought that

she would never marry anyone forever. Molly

never received love from her parents. When she

was a child, her father abandoned her mother

and her, and left with another woman. After that,

Molly’s mother was too heartbroken to care

about her, so Molly was ignored. As a result,

Molly never knew what true love was, and she

became afraid of marriage. When she was

asked for marring someone, she always

escaped from that.

Molly is now making coffee in her own coffee

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shop that she owns with her friend, Nancy. She

was also talking to Neel, a friend of her. They

had known each other since they were children.

Neel looked at Molly carefully, “Are you okay?

You don’t look good,” Neel said. “I am fine. I just

broke up with my boyfriend this morning…”

Molly said moodily. “Again! How many

boyfriends have you already abandoned? You

can not keep doing this, that it is not good for

you,” Neel said anxiously. “I know, but…You

know me Neel, I will not get married,” Molly

responded. “OK, but I really do not want to see

you sad again.” Neel felt a little shy and his face

got red when he said these words. They both

felt embarrassed and then kept quiet.After a

while their good friends, Cathy and Nancy came

in and broke the silence. “Hi, Molly, Neel, I am

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just coming from my performance of clothing

design.” Cathy said cheerfully. “She is amazing,

and the show was excellent.” said Nancy

excitedly. “Congratulations, Cathy, I am happy

for you. You always make your job perfect.” said

Molly, with a smile. Neel tried to forget about

what he had said to Molly a few minutes ago

and said to Cathy, “I am proud of you, my

friend.” The four good friends all sat together

and they were talking about Cathy’s

performance.

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Chapter 2

Cathy

Cathy was a successful costume designer.

People around her thought she was lively and

cheery, and she behaved like an outgoing

person. In fact, nobody really understood her

because she never talked about herself with her

colleagues. Although she seemed to get along

well with her colleagues, she actually worked

alone. She was suspicious and did not trust

people. She thought people were kind to her

just out of spite.

One day, Cathy was working on her design

when an assistant came in and started talking to

her, “Hi, Cathy. I am your assistant. Is there

anything I can help?” “No thanks, I can handle it.

You may leave. I must concentrate on the

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design,” said Cathy politely not looking at the

assistant. Cathy did not believe a person would

truly help her without any benefit. She always

refused people’s kindness. Besides, she

suspected that if someone saw her pattern of

design, it would be embezzled, so she never let

people know about her creations until the day of

her performance.

Wednesday, there was another success show

for Cathy. At night, she would celebrate with her

boyfriend, Mike. “Honey, you did a good job

again. You are wonderful,” said Mike, raising up

his glass. “Thank you,” said Cathy, kissed her

boyfriend happily. “Designing is just like a piece

of cake for you, right? It is easy” said Mike

incidentally. “You have no idea every time how

hard I tried to make it perfect. Do not say that It

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is easy,” Cathy replied to Mike a little unhappily.

She thought her boyfriend depreciated her job

and even her ability. “I am sorry, honey, I didn’t

mean that. I meant you are intelligent and

brilliant.” Mike tried to ease the tension, but

Cathy could not accept that. During dinner, she

said very few words to Mike. Actually, Mike

loved Cathy very much, and he was planning

that one day he would ask Cathy to marry him.

However, Cathy was too suspicious to trust him.

She always thought their relationship was going

to be over. She loved Mike, and she loved him

so that she was afraid of losing him. No matter

what Mike said or did, she just did not believe

that he loved her.

Cathy kept all the feelings in her heart and

never told anyone, including her best friends,

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Molly, Nancy and Neel.

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Chapter 3

Nancy

At the coffee shop, Molly was talking to Nancy,

“Are you going to see the art exhibition this

weekend?” Molly asked while Nancy was

making a cake. “I really want to go, but I have to

go to a medical seminar,” Nancy said sadly.

Molly was a little surprised. She knew that

Nancy loved painting so much, even having

dreamt on being a painter. “But you love

painting, don’t you?” Molly asked unbelievably.

“Yes I do, but my mother has already signed me

up for the seminar. And she was very excited

about that...” Nancy couldn’t continue because

she knew she had no choice. She felt helpless.

Nancy always listened to her mother carefully,

and never disobeyed her mother’s decisions.

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She loved painting and dreamed to be a painter,

but her mother wanted her to be a doctor. Her

mother thought that being a painter would be

poor forever. Nancy’s father died when she was

three years old, so her mother raised her alone.

She loved her mother. She did not want her

mother disappointed with her. Therefore, she

had no courage to pursue her dream. However,

this time she was so suffering because she had

to sacrifice being a painter.

Molly tried to encourage Nancy by saying.

“You must do something for yourself, Nancy.

This is your own future. You have to make your

own decision otherwise you will not be happy in

the future, and someday you will regret when

you have become unhappy.” Nancy responded

with a smile but did not say any words. She

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understood what Molly had said, but she

thought that would make her mother

heartbroken.

On Saturday, Nancy was attending the

medical seminar. She was listening to the

professor. She did not pay attention to the report,

but was thinking about the art exhibition. She

kept checking her watch. “I might be able to

make it in time to go to the exhibition” Nancy

said anxiously to herself.

Nancy really wanted to go but she knew she

couldn’t. In the end, she missed the exhibition.

She was disappointed and went to meet her

good friends at the coffee shop.

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Chapter 4

Finding the Purple Cave

Molly, Cathy and Nancy, all were in such a

bad mood these days. Actually, they had had

their own problems for many years, and they

tried to ignore their problems, but these days,

they felt much more terrible than before.

Therefore, Molly decided to take a short

vacation for a week. They would go downtown

to relax.

On Sunday morning, the three girls were

ready to go. Cathy was the driver. They drove to

a forest to have a picnic. “Finally we can have

some fun” Cathy said freely. “You are right. I

really need some fresh air” Molly said drawing a

deep breath. “We got too many things to worry

about, so this is the time to have fun” said

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Nancy.

In the forest, they were preparing for their

picnic. Molly was putting a mat on the ground,

and Nancy was laying the food on the mat.

Cathy was going to find some wood.

Cathy was walking around the forest and was

making some signs to avoid getting lost.

Suddenly, she saw a shining light in front of her.

It was a strange but attractive light. Cathy was

curious and got closer to see what it was. She

saw a beautiful cave with amethysts. When

Cathy saw it, she felt like she was in fairyland.

“It’s beautiful. I have never seen this before”

Cathy said to herself and quickly went back to

tell Molly and Nancy.

“Hey, my friends, I found a purple cave nearby.

It’s amazing. You must come with me and see”

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Cathy said to her friends gesturing to them to

come with her. “Cathy, are you sure that we

won’t get lost later?” Nancy said a little worried.

They arrived at the cave, and stopped at once.

They looked at each other for a while because

they hesitated, and then, they went into the

cave.

Molly led the way, which Cathy and Nancy

followed her carefully. The three had no idea

what was going to happen. At the same time,

Molly disappeared unexpectedly; then Cathy

tried to tell Nancy that Molly was gone, but she

could not see Nancy, either. The three were

taken to different places at the same time.

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Chapter5

olly’s Adventure in the Cave

Molly did not know where she was. She could

not see anything because of the heavy mist.

She felt dizzy but kept going; and soon, she lost

consciousness.

After a while, she woke up weakly, and

realized she was in a log cabin. She felt strange

and walked around the house. In the corridor,

she saw a man about fifty years old who was

holding a towel and had moved quickly to a

room. Molly followed him and tried to call him,

but the old man didn’t answer her. It seemed

that she was un-exist to the man. Then she

turned back and saw a woman mopping the

floor. She stood in front of the woman and

waved her hands very hard, but strangely the

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woman didn’t see her at all. Molly felt just like a

ghost, no one could see and hear her. “Why

can’t anybody see me or hear me? What

happened and where am I?” Molly was

confused.

There was a little light from the room which

the man just went in. Molly walked to the door

and she saw a surprising circumstance. She

walked in and saw a woman lying on the bed;

her face was as pale as paper and looked very

weak. Molly looked at the woman closely, and

she felt that the woman was so familiar. “Neel,

how is she today?” Suddenly two women were

coming and said to the old man “She’s fine, still

sleeping” the old man answered peacefully.

Finally, Molly understood everything. She

recognized the old man and the two women;

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they were her best friends, Neel, Cathy and

Nancy. “If so, then the woman on the bed…was

me!” said Molly with completely astonishment.

“Poor Molly, had a cancer and we hope she’ll

convalesce soon” said Nancy. “No matter what

happened to her, I won’t leave her. I’ll take care

of her” Neel said and was looking at the woman

on the bed with deep feeling. Molly was touched

at that moment. “I’ll go to get some water” said

Neel, feeling miserable, but pretending that he

was strong enough to accept the fact. “Neel is

too pitiable; he hasn’t got married because he

loved Molly so much” Cathy breathed a sigh.

“Yes, he always stays with Molly, no matter what

he does is all about Molly” said Nancy. Molly

was standing next to the bed, she heard all, and

tears welled up in her eyes. Actually, she knew

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that Neel loved her, but she wouldn’t marry

anyone because she thought there was no true

love. However, she saw Neel had devoted his

love to her. Although she was already old and

sick, he still took care of her and stayed with her

every day and nigh never taking any break.

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Chapter 6

athy’s adventure in the Cave

“Where am I?” Cathy was confused and had

no idea what was going on. There was a small

village, and people there were very honest, and

their dressings were elegant and beautiful.

There was no host in stores, and on the tables

which were outside each store, there was a box

with some coins. Cathy saw a man taking a

magazine and putting some coins in the box,

and then went away. Cathy felt incredible.

“Aren’t you afraid that someone will just take

something without paying for it?” she wondered

approaching to the store asking the woman

inside the store. The woman replied kindly, “Girl,

you must come from another village, right? We

never worry about that.” Cathy replied anxiously,

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“How come you never worry, it’s ridiculous!” the

owner was smiling and said, “Because we trust

everyone in this village. People in the village are

all like family who trust and help each other.”

This village was surrounded by mountains,

and there was a narrow path at the north of the

village. It led into the mountain. All the houses in

this village formed a large circle, and at the

center there was a fountain. Cathy walked

around and saw the villagers talking to each

other happily. She stopped in front of a clothing

shop which looked exquisite. The costumes

there were so beautiful. “What a perfect creation!

I’ve never seen that kind of design before. How

did the designer make it so perfect?” Cathy was

surprised and admired the designer. Then she

decided to go in and take a look. She saw there

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were three girls in the shop and they were the

same age as Cathy. The three girls surrounded

a table with a pile of costumes and they were

discussing something. Cathy approached them

and said, “Excuse me, May I see the designer of

these costumes?” The three girls turned their

eyes to Cathy and smiled. “We are the

designers!” The three girls said together. “But I

mean the main designer…” Cathy said

confused. One of the girls said kindly, “We are

all the main designers. We three all work

together” Cathy couldn’t accept what she heard

and asked them, “How can you do this? I

thought designing must be done alone, then no

one would copy your idea.” The girl near Cathy

said, “Oh, dear, we never think about that. We

always trust each other and help each other

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anytime, and remember that the more mistrust

we feel, the less confidence we have.” Cathy

finally understood that if designing could be

done by a good team, it would be much better

than by oneself. She also understood that there

was no need to worry about whether someone

would steal her idea because the partner she

worked with would be the one she trusted the

most.

Cathy walked out from the shop and saw her

boyfriend, Mike. He was going to a church.

Cathy quickly followed him silently in order to

see what he was going to do. In the church Mike

was alone. He was in front of the cross, and he

kneeled down and prayed, “My dear god, I love

Cathy so much. Truly, I love her so that I’ll give

the world to be with her forever, so please, let

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her know how much I love her.” Cathy heard this

and was a little shocked. She thought that Mike

didn’t really love her, and thought that he didn’t

break up with her only because he didn’t want to

have the sense of guilt. However, she totally

misunderstood, and wept silently. In the

meanwhile, Here came a pastor that Mike was

talking to. Cathy got closer in order to hear what

they were talking about. “Pastor, I want to bring

my girlfriend here and ask her to marry me, and

we would have our wedding here. Will you be

our witness?” Mike said to the pastor. “Of course

I will, my child. Everyday you come to pray for

your girlfriend. I can understand how much you

love her. I believe that god heard you and

someday your girlfriend will know how you feel.”

the pastor answered mercifully. Cathy was

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hiding behind the bench which was right near

Mike.

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Chapter7

ancy’s Adventure in the Cave

Nancy went out from the purple cave, and the

landscape she saw was impressive. She turned

right, and she saw the place was full of art.

Everybody in the city loved painting and each

building was colorful. Nancy was excited. This

place reminded her that she loved painting. A

woman with a box walked towards her, and said

to her kindly, “Girl, I know you love painting.

Welcome to our world. We all love art” she said

passing the box to Nancy. Inside the box, there

were some painting tools. Nancy picked up a

pen and started to look for a good view. She

realized that there were so many things she

could paint. “Don’t you worry about your future if

you just keep painting?” Nancy asked the

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woman unsurely. The woman was a little

astonished “Why should we worry about that?

The only thing we care about is if your job is

your favorite or not.” Nancy still couldn’t

understand “But you must make money for life.”

The woman giggled, “Dear, in our world, we can

make money by selling our creations of art don’t

forget. Everybody here loved art.” She loved this

world because she could make her dream come

true. She couldn’t believe that she could freely

paint as flying in the sky.

After a while, the woman took Nancy to a

house that was filled with beautiful pictures.

Nancy was holding her own picture tightly and

looked around at other pictures on the wall. She

felt so happy and relaxed as if she were in the

heaven. Suddenly interrupted, “Dear, come over

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here, you can put your picture on the wall here.”

Nancy was excited but shy saying “But no, I

don’t deserve it…” The woman put her hands on

Nancy’s picture and said, “Everyone who paints

seriously deserves it. This is your own creation.

It’s unique, so it’s worth it.” Nancy couldn’t say

any words to express her appreciation for the

woman’s kindness. The only thing she could do

was to say Thank You. “Remember, the most

important thing is to do what you love and

dream. Don’t feel regret in the future” The

woman emphasized again.

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Chapter 8

Back to Reality

These days, Molly was staying with Neel. She

knew Neel couldn’t see her, so she followed him

to observe what he did. She realized that

everyday the only thing Neel did was to take

care of her. She never really loved someone

before, but now, she knew that she really loved

Neel, and Neel loved her truly and deeply.

In the room, there was a bright light through

the window, Molly couldn’t open her eyes, and

suddenly she felt a strong power was pulling her

into the light. She felt uncomfortable.

Immediately, she was back to the purple cave.

“What’s wrong with me? Where are Cathy and

Nancy?” Molly was flustered, and she kept

walking in order to find the exit.

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Cathy was in the church, she saw Mike

walking to a door which was dark inside, and

she quickly followed his steps. When she came

to the door, she couldn’t see anything, and Mike

had disappeared. Cathy was scared and ran

fast, when she saw a door in front of her and

hurried to the door. She opened the door and it

was miraculous. She was back at the purple

cave, too. She tried to find Molly and Nancy, but

there were three ways in the front and she had

no idea where she should go. Finally, she chose

the right hand side.

Nancy finished hanging her picture on the

wall. It seemed she had already had her own

exhibition, and she felt satisfied and happy. She

went back to the purple cave, but she didn’t

want to go back to reality. She stood under the

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cave. “I hope I can stay here forever, but I can’t

leave my mother alone…” Finally, she went into

the cave to somewhat regrettably return to

reality. She also tried to find her friends.

The three girls were looking for the exit from

purple cave. After a while, they met each other

at the exit, and they hugged and cried tears of

joy at seeing each other. They quickly left from

this cave. Suddenly, there was an earthquake,

and it blocked the entrance of the cave, so

people could no longer see this purple cave.

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Chapter 9

Huge Transformations to Three Girls

The three girls went back to reality, but they

all changed. They seemed to had grown up and

became more mature. They were much happier

than before. People around them had the same

feeling about the three girls.

Molly was very kind to Neel, and she decided

to tell Neel how much she loved him. “Neel, I

know that you are so kind to me, and there is

one thing I want you to know, I love you.” Neel

was do glad to hear that but he couldn’t believe

it when he heard at once. “Why do you

unexpectedly say so? I’m very surprised, but I’m

so glad.” Molly didn’t say anything and just

smiled at him with deep love. Molly understood

that true blessings flow from our ability to love

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and be loved by others. She finally found her

true love, Neel. She also learned that only pure,

unconditional love will last forever, and Neel’s

love to her was the best prove.

Cathy’s life now was changed, too. She was

still cheery and lively, but she was no longer

suspicious any more. She started to work with

her colleagues and let her assistant help her,

her work was more successful than before. She

knew that she can not trust when filled with

doubts. So she started to try to believe. Also, as

for her boyfriend, Mike, she never doubted his

love to her, and she told herself, “We cannot

love when filled with doubts.” Mike was going to

asked her to marry him tonight, and she would

say yes. She didn’t want to live with regret the

rest of her life.

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On the other one, Nancy was uncertain about

her future. She seemed she was surer that she

loved painting and her desire to be a painter

was stronger. She knew that she couldn’t be a

doctor anymore because all she wanted to do

was being a painter. She decided to talk to her

mother. “Mom, I have something to tell you”

Nancy said to her mother “OK, what is it,

honey?” her mother said sitting down with

Nancy in her room. “Mom, you know I have

always wanted to be a painter, but you think that

won’t be good to my future. Actually you have

no idea how much I love to paint, and I don’t

want to be a doctor. That’s not my dream.” Her

mother was shocked and said, “Honey, I

understand, but you have to make money to

maintain your life. You have to know that if you

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are poor you will get nothing. Painting is great

but it can’t be your job.” Nancy held her

mother’s hands and said patiently, “Mom I know

you love me and want my life to be happy, but

money doesn’t mean everything. Think about

that, if I become a doctor and get rich, but I don’t

enjoy my job, then I won’t be happy even though

I am rich. Mom, I know what I am going to do

and I want to pursue my dream. Please, I really

don’t want to live with regret the rest of my life.”

Her mother didn’t get angry and unexpectedly

smiled at Nancy and nodded her head with

gratification. “Honey, you have really grown up. I

don’t have to worry about you. You can make

your own decision. I am proud of you.” Her

mother breathed deeply and said “Now, my girl,

go and do whatever you like. I will always

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support you.”

At the end of the story, Molly, Cathy and

Nancy lived a better life. Molly finally learned

there was true love in the world and also found

her own love. Cathy learned trust is very

important, and her career was more successful.

She married her boyfriend, Mike. Nancy finally

became a successful painter, and her mother

was proud of her, not only because she made

her dream come true, but also because she

became a rich painter. However, no one would

ever know why they really changed. The purple

cave had disappeared forever just as if it never

existed.

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About the story

In a forest there was a cave with purple

diamonds. It is called the Purple Cave.

The story is about three girls who learned

love, trust, and courage from their unforgettable

adventures. One day, they walk to a forest for

the picnic, and they saw the Purple Cave.

Because of the cave, Molly, Cathy and Nancy

were taken to an unreal world. After returning to

reality, they were changed and their lives were

full of hope and happiness.