The White Bone Devil
Quarry Bay School , Teng , Evelyn - 9
E veryone must have heard about The Journey to the West , right ? I am extremely famous , but not because I am nice , but because I am evil ! Well , that is not true . The Monkey King was spreading rumours about how he had defeated me and all that rubbish .
Oh , I ’ m so sorry . I forgot to introduce myself ! I am the White Bone Spirit . The gods have called me The White Bone Devil and they sent me down to the mortal world , just because I was caught hurting one of the generals that guarded the Heavenly Castle ! Well , alright . That was wrong of me , but the general was eating the sweet peaches from the Heavenly Garden that were intended to be used for the great feast next week . How could I not get angry ?
But carrying on with the story . I met the Monkey King and his group . I knew it was him because when he was born , I was still living with all of the gods . I was starving and had nothing to eat for months . That was why I was nothing but bone . I knew the master would be disgusted if I had turned up , begging for food in my hideous state . So I summoned my last few droplets of energy and managed to turn into a young girl . I found some leaves and managed to weave it into a basket . I took a deep breath ...
CRACK !
Unfortunately , the Monkey King and his master were awoken by the noise of me appearing a few meters in front of them . The master and the Monkey King were wide awake . While the others just slept on . I rendered myself invisible so I can hide behind a tree . I found some mud and smeared it on my face to make myself look like I have been wandering around for days . I silently appeared and started walking towards them , hoping that by limping , they would take pity on me .
The Monkey King noticed me first and saw immediately through my disguise . If I hadn ’ t been so weak and tired , my disguise would have been easier to fool people . The master saw how thin I was and took pity on me . He started digging in a bag and managed to find some scraps of bread and berries . I almost took them , but the Monkey King said “ Stop , Master . This is the White Bone Devil !” He raised his mighty pole and swung it down on me . It missed me and just in time , I managed to float away . Unharmed , but tired . The body of the little girl that I had turned into lay motionless on the ground , with a pool of blood around it .
“ Sun Wukong ,” the master exclaimed in shock and fury “ do you realize you have just killed an innocent little girl begging for food ? How dare you !”
The Monkey King tried to protest , but it didn ’ t work . I waited for them to finish their foolish argument . Finally , they sat down . Each breathing heavily . I appeared once more , but not in the shape of the little girl , but an old woman carrying a knobbly long stick .
“ Oh , where has my poor little girl went to ,” I said , pretending to sob . I then pretended to notice them , then I clutched the master ’ s arm and said : “ Oh please , kind man , help me find my precious girl !”
The master hesitated and before he could open his mouth the Monkey King shouted
“ No , Master , that ’ s the White Bone Devil !” Again , he raised his enormous golden pole and brought it down on me . It grazed my arm slightly , but again , I floated away unharmed . This time , the master lost his cool and started shouting at the Monkey King again . But this time , the Monkey King didn ’ t try to protest . I could feel a sense of hatred and fury building up in him . The master finally shook his head wearily as he saw that Sun Wukong wasn ’ t even paying attention and said : “ Oh , what will I ever do with you ?”
I appeared again , but this time much farther from them . I had used up my final few droplets of energy and turned into an old man in ragged clothes . I hobbled towards them and looked around , pretending to be finding something . The master turned to me .