Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 596

Journey For Goodness
Yew Chung International School Chongqing, Zheng, Haochen - 11
H
ave you ever been bullied before? Have you ever think about what should you do if you had been
bullied? If you have not been bullied before, let me tell you my story!
Wait, let me introduce myself, my name is Eddie. I am a sane and ordinary 5 grader in Retriever
school until three annoying bullies came to ruin my life, they were Bobby, Useful and Useless (Useful and
Useless are nicknames, their real name are Jack and Jake). Every time, they would steal my lunch money and
every time, they would hit me on the hallway. It hurts!
I have no idea what should I do until I have read about The Journey to The West, their personalities
were something that I was lacking. Maybe I can ask someone who can help me learn all of the personalities,
I thought, I bet no one will bully me anymore! The next day, I found three boys that are loyal, greedy and
smart, so I started my journey for goodness.
Firstly, I asked Tyson, who is loyal, for help, and he told me that he was happy to share his
knowledge. He said a lot of things that I have to record, for example, no telling secrets, do not say bad
things about someone, be nice. It is actually hard to be loyal because it has so many rules. Secondly, I asked
Brain, a smart boy, for help. Although he agreed, he talked about lots of things that I misunderstood, for
example, x+3=10, when x=7, Hard, right? After all day long, he finally told me something that I
understood, he said, “Okay, so the class is over. Remember, do not give up.” Lastly, I asked Shark, a greedy
and fat boy, for help. However, he asked, “Why do you need my help?” “So I can defeat the bullies!” “No,
boy. Get out of my sight!” It turned out to be a bad ending.
“Wait, what? Why?” I asked him, “Please!” “No why, get out of my sight!” He said angrily.
“Well, do you want to have two packs of chips?” I asked with a smile, he shouted, “Oh yes! Let’s start the
lesson now!” So, he taught me how to eat, why to eat, when to eat and how we can eat quickly. Burp! I
was very full.
It was science class now, Mr. White taught us about light and it was awesome! I took ten pages of
note so it can help me on my homework, but Bobby, Useful and Useless were not very keen. They stole
my notes and hit me harder this time. Well, the homework was easy, so I thought I can do it without my
notes, however, I was wrong: It was too easy! I even did the extension and some extra research about it, I
was really happy that the lesson did pay back. After a week, my scores went higher and higher, but the gang
still did not ignore me, they went crazier and would threw my backpack in to the bin so that I cannot give
my homework on time. Is there something wrong? I thought, the lessons had made the gang want to kill
me! I read Journey to The West ten times again to see if there was something I missed. While I was reading
the eleven time, I discovered that I forget about the Monkey Kings personality!
The nest day, at recess, I stood beside the hallway and stared at the mob. James? Not really. Jerel?
Nope. I thought to myself, it is so hard! After recess, I was very hopeless, without the Monkey Kings help,
how can I defeat the bullies? Day after day, I felt like everything is grey, and I could hardly talk, it was like
my heart sank.
Then the next day, something surprisingly happened. It was nearly the end of this semester, Mr.
White said that the tests about lights would be at next week, (which was not that surprising), and he told us
to practice it. At lunch, I sat at the edge of the lunch room, where nobody was sitting (except me), and ate
nicely. Then, three shadows came over, I looked up, it was the gang! However, Bobby said gratefully to me,
“Hi, um…We need your help on practicing the test about light.” “Or do you guys want to snatch my
money? Sorry, already bought lunch.” I said coldly to them. “No, no! We want you to really help us!”