Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 531

Berry the Travel Cat
Western Academy of Beijing, Jung, Joy - 9
A
long time ago, a cat named Berry watched the horizon. Everyday she waited by the bay for ships
returning from a journey. Berry was a brilliant cat and very unique. Also she loved her owner, but
her owner left the house. Berry felt sorrow because she thought she was abandoned. But because
she loved her owner so much, she thought she had to go a voyage for looking for her owner.
While she was packing, she found a picture of her owner’s house and found a map. She knew that she to go
to the West! So she started her voyage.
In her voyage she tasted many different kinds of fish. Then she saw a starfish on the sand. Berry wanted to
help it. But she couldn’t. She felt very sorry for all the starfish on the sand. She left the ocean and climbed
up to a mountain.
On there, the air was fresh and cold. Berry’s foot sank in the snow. When she looked at side of the top of
the mountaintop from that angle, she saw the border of the clouds touch the rocks below. She also saw that
she was almost at the west.
When she went down from the mountain, she saw a village. She saw a cat who looked very sad. Berry got
close to her and asked “why are you sad?” “I got abandoned a few weeks ago because my owner liked a
puppy better than a cat, but he only had a cat which me, he made money and bought a dog, that was how I
was abandoned.” The cat said.
“I’m abandoned too. But I love my owner, so I’m on a voyage how. I have to go to the west to find my
owner. I think you play with the dog and don’t hurt him or her, I think the owner might like you again.”
Berry said.
“Thank you for that. I’ll try to away. And you said you want to go to the west? If you go and turn left, then
you might see lots of houses. You would not miss it. I don’t know your owner’s house. Sorry. And also
thank you for cheering me up.” The cat said. After that she ran to her owner’s house to try out from Berry.
At the same time, Berry reached the west! Then she took out the picture of her owner’s house and found a
same one. She knocked on the door. Then her owner saw Berry. Her owner was so proud and happy to see
her. Also the owner realized how much trouble she had caused Berry to find her there.
Then she said “Thank you for coming and sorry. It was my fault to leave you alone. Sorry and Thank you.”
Berry was proud of herself too. But then she said to her owner “I was having lots of fun and found of
interesting things, so I’m going on a new voyage to the whole world. Bye my owner! Thank you for loving
me.”
The owner had nothing to say bye...
TO BE CONTINUED...