Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 242

New Journeys to the West
Dulwich College Beijing , Yang , Carrie - 8

Where the sun was shining brightly in Thailand , there were two small kids named Lilly and William who were sister and brother . They were both eleven years old . They were both clever and intelligent . However , Lilly was smarter . One fine morning , there was an announcement from the King ’ s messenger ; whoever passes the three challenging tests shall win the chance to find the missing diamond for the emperor ’ s 100th birthday .

Finally , the day had come . It was the day of the test ! William and Lilly had lots of butterflies in their stomachs , would they pass or fail ? It took two hours to get to the Emperor ’ s kingdom . Luckily , Lilly had practiced since she knew what they would test , but William did not . Good luck to William she thought .
Soon the test was announced . The three tasks were to sail a ship and succeed quickly . The second task was to make a real catapult . The last task was to create the best treasure chest ( that had to be made out of wood ). The journey from Thailand to India was to get a diamond so that the Emperor ’ s collection was complete . The collection was a collection of jewels . Lilly knew exactly what to do , she had researched on the computer and read all the books about ‘ famous inventions for kids ’ and she completed the whole tasks in minutes ! William however , completed his tasks too , but had a few problems like creating a catapult that did not launch , but went super high .
At last , they announced the winners the winners were Lily and William ! They never believed that they had achieved their dream . At home , they both packed up all their stuff until ten o ’ clock . It was a very busy week thought William . everything seemed to be a dream , but no one knew it might not be a dream ………
The next morning was the day to leave . William and Lilly hugged all their friends and set off upon their journey . First they rode on a boat across the southern seas . Suddenly a huge wave swept away their map ! Now how would they find the map ? But still the two children didn ’ t give up so easily .
Soon they arrived upon the shore , the view was amazing . Soon the sky fell dark , Lilly and William found a cave and huddled together , they were cold and hungry but managed to fell asleep .
The next morning the sun was rising and seagulls squawked loudly . It was a beautiful sight . First Lilly went up to make breakfast . Breakfast was berries , bananas and coconut . After the meal they set off upon their journey to India . Although they did not have the map they were still able to continue their journey . Just then a crumpled piece of paper was lying in the depths of the sea . “ What is that ” asked William . “ Hmmm … I think it ’ s kind of like a map .” She replied . “ Oooooooh , that means it may be our map !” William shouted . “ I don ’ t believe you at all ” Lilly replied back . Then William picked up the paper floating slowly on the water . “ Wow ” it really is our map !” They both said amazed . Soon they set off on their journey to India again . Soon it was night again but they had no food left , how would they ever survive ?! At least William had Lilly next to him , so when any problem came , she could solve it .
She wished her mom was here . Their mother passed away after they were born . She was called Phyllis . She had a terrible cancer . She got better once but then she got worse . It was a terrible stroke , she fell off a bed and hurt her back . Then she died . On that day Phyllis was thirty years old . However Lilly and William did not really remember her clearly because they were just babies .
After she made a wish , Lilly managed to make an arrow with a thick branch stuck to a sharp , pointy shell . Then she found a thick , strong rope in her bag . Soon they tied the rope to the arrow and aimed at a fish . Suddenly SWISH ! William shot into a big , fat fish . It was a salmon ! Luckily William had bought three packs of matches . He opened one pack and started blowing up a blazing fire in the boat kitchen . Soon they could smell the salmon being grilled in the fire . The salmon was so delicious that their mouth was watering into a puddle .