Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 206

New Journey to the West
Discovery Mind Primary School, Dubey, Diti - 10
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nce upon a time, 1400 years ago, there was a monk named Xuan Zang. For his safety, the god
sent three companions ,the monkey king,the friar and the talking pig.Once it was freezing in
China so they decided to move from China to India, and for that they needed to pass the
Himalayas so that they can reach India so from that day they started their journey to India.They faced many
problems as on their way and as they faced them they got more difficult.
As he was walking with his three friends they heard someone singing it was a beautiful lady collecting fruits .
The talking pig got distracted from the beauty “Where are you going” shouted the monk, but the pig was
to distracted that he did not listen too. As the monk moved forward the ground suddenly broke and Xuan
Zang fall into ground.The monkey king and the faier
tried to save the monk but it was too late.
The pig went there were the lady went after a moment the pig touched her arm,in a blink the lady became
a scary,
greeny demon. The pig got scared and ran as fast he could.The Friar and the monkey king did not know
that so walked the other way.The pig kept on running until he reached to a den.The den was covered with
hay and rocks.After some time the pig heard a human shouting,
“Save me”, the monk shouted ,so the pig tried to save him and when he reached at the room where
someone was shouting he saw that the
Xuan Zang tied up to an old cupboard.He untied monk and then Xuan Zang told what had happen.
As they passed the Himalayas they reached India they had difficulties but one day as they were at a mountain
trip after sometime they saw someone flying.At first they thought that it was a bird but, when they moved a
bit closer it was not a bird it was a human. After the human came down it was a monkey he had gold on his
body and a long mustache.They went and asked what was his name and why is he here.
After some years the friends moved to China and the journey back took 2 years and the China was cold
again and b’cause of it Xuan Zang died.
If you were Xuan Zang would you have ever encountered the will to complete the tricky journey?