Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 13

New Journeys to the West
Dulwich College Beijing, Young, Aaron - 7
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nce upon a time, there lived a young monk called Xuan Zang. One day a god called Jade told
Xuan Zang there were many magic monks in Egypt but Jade warned Xuan Zang there were many
monsters on the way so Xuan Zang first needed to find his three gods.
First, Xuan Zang got to a river. There was a sign and it said: IF YOUR NAME IS XUAN ZANG,
PLEASE THROW A STONE TO TELL ME! When Xuan Zang saw this, he gasped.
“What will happen when I throw a stone?” Xuan Zang thought. “Will the mysterious people catch me?
Xuan Zang threw a stone in. Suddenly, a tiger jumped into the sky and landed in front of Xuan Zang and
bended his knees. The tiger said, “your majesty, I am the tiger king. God Jade has told me to help you. He
said you were going to Egypt, is that right?”
“Y…y…yes” Xuan Zang said frightenedly. “The next place we are going to is the Afghan cave.”
“Jade said there is a monster inside the cave that is your apprentice.”
“What!” Xuan Zang gasped. “A monster that is my apprentice?”
“Yes!” replied the tiger king. They went to the Afghan cave but the monster hit Xuan Zang!
“Are you ok? Your majesty.”
“Ye…e…es.” replied Xuan Zang.
“Don’t worry I’ll fight with the monster.”
The monster heard it. He didn’t want to fight with the tiger king so he hid in his cave and closed the door.
The tiger king kicked the door open and fought with him again. At last, the monster surrendered, and the
tiger king took him to Xuan Zang. When the monster saw Xuan Zang, he quickly bended his knees and said,
“your majesty, I am the monster God. God Jade said you need three gods to help you to go to Egypt. I’m the
second one. Did you find the first one?”
“I’m here!” snapped the tiger king.
“Oh so you found the tiger king. Right?”
“Y…y…e…e…s!” Said Xuan Zang.
They saw a small village and they went in. “I heard someone crying,” said the tiger king. They went in one
house and saw people crying.
When the people saw Xuan Zang, they said “thanks to God! You did come!”
“What?” asked Xuan Zang.
“I’ll tell you this horrible story” a man said. “We always celebrate our gods and goddesses tonight but last
year, a monster come out of the sea and destroyed one part of our village!”
“Don’t worry. We will stop this.”
In the night the tiger king and the invisible god killed all the monsters and they were never seen again.
Xuan Zang went to Egypt and he learned how to do magic. The tiger king is called the first god. The
monster god is called the second god and the invisible god is called the third god.