Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 117

Book Trouble
Bradbury School , Wong , Brigette - 10

Ok class , reading time !”

Natalie Watton groaned . Reading was her worst subject . She hated reading ! However , her teacher Ms . Lockwood loved reading . That ' s why Natalie hated being in her class , because of “ library time ” and “ reading time ” every day .
“ Natalie , come with me to the library !” Ms . Lockwood said .
Natalie sighed , this wasn ' t the first time . Ms . Lockwood would take out many books for her to read . But she will NEVER EVER read a book . Natalie had no choice . “ Fine ” she replied .
When they arrived , Ms Lockwood took a old book called “ The Journey To The West ”. “ Wu Cheng ' en ?, What kind of name is that !”
“ It ' s a Chinese novel ”, answered Ms . Lockwood . “ You can read this here , I ’ ll tell you when reading time is over ”, Ms . Lockwood said .
In a flash she was gone . It was just Natalie in the library . When she was about to go out of the library , a monkey jumped out of nowhere .
“ Where did you come from ?” She asked , trembling with fear .
“ Well , your book . I need you to help me . I am the monkey king . My friends are trapped in a weird thing called a building .”
“ You can talk ? ” She asked surprised . “ Of course I can talk . Let ' s go .” He replied early . “ But which building ?”, she asked . “ Well , I don ’ t know , but its very tall , and I counted the floors and they are 100 .”, he answered “ Must be ICC . Come let ' s go take a taxi .” When they got on the taxi , Monkey king asked : “ What is this ? Why does it have circle things instead of horse legs ?” “ Silly Monkey King . This is a taxi . Those are wheels .” Soon they arrived , but Natalie didn ' t know where the entrance was . “ Ok , let ' s use Google maps !”, she said while taking her phone out of her bag . “ What ' s Google maps ?” Monkey king asked . “ An App on my phone .” She replied . “ And what ' s a phone ?” He asked again .