New Journeys to the West
Dulwich College Beijing , Yang , Ellie - 8
One day while Themus was sticking photos into his photo album , someone knocked on his door which made Themus curious . Themus ’ palms started getting clammy , his body trembled with fear and he gasped . He heard screams outside his door . He quietly and carefully opened the door and saw an old man .
Themus recognised him straight away . He was Grandfather Dan . Grandfather Dan was slim and tall . Whenever Themus saw him , he had to look up and crane his neck .
“ What is going on Grandfather Dan ?” asked Themus , shaking . “ Themus my dear , these people have chosen you to go on this trip to North America . We want you to describe to us what it looks like with your outstanding photography . Choose more than five people to go on this important trip ,” croaked Grandfather Dan .
Themus smiled , he was very proud that he had been chosen . But he didn ’ t know who to choose . Themus said out loud to the crowd , “ I ’ m going to choose two people and they are going to be …,” everyone was crying and begging out loud for Themus to choose them . It was a very hard decision for Themus but he finally decided . “ They are going to be … Cathy and Cathew !” shouted out Themus loudly . Themus heard people groaning and moaning and some people even cried ! He thought quickly and finally said “ I knew that you would all be sad so I have decided to make a book that includes all of you as my friends .” Everyone was cheering and some even had tears rolling down their cheeks .
He took a photo of them cheering for the first part of the book , hardly anyone noticed . After a few days it was time to pack up . Because it was the start of the mysterious journey , Themus was so sleepy that he over slept . Soon it was the afternoon and Themus just woke up but when Themus checked the calendar , he found out he was late . He had packed his luggage yesterday . So Themus just had to get his luggage and run to the harbour deck .
When he got there , the ship hadn ’ t left him and there were workers all around the ship . Cathy and Cathew were already there and Cathy was sharing her beef sandwich with Cathew . “ Hi Cathy , Cathew , sorry that I ’ m late . What are you doing ?” asked Themus curiously . “ OH ! Hi Themus ! I was just sharing my fresh new burger with Cathew ! Why are you late ?” asked Cathy smiling . “ Sorry but I was so tired that I over slept ,” said Themus turning as red as a tomato in embarrassment . “ Of course you did ! You always do that !” replied Cathy smiling again . “ OH ! Sorry I just forgot . Thanks for reminding me ! Can I try your delicious burger ? It does look yummy ,” said Themus with his eyes glued to the burger . Cathy always said yes so she agreed to let him try her new burger .
After a few hours , the ship was ready to go and Themus , Cathy and Cathew ran up to the boat - it was so exiting to have a mysterious adventure with only three people going .
Themus was in such a hurry to prepare his room that he tripped himself and had to go to the medical room . The medical room was smelly and most of the medicines were made of rats which tasted disgusting if you tried it . Themus stayed in the medical room for five hours starving . Finally the nurse had found out a way to make Themus better but it was going to take one and a half hours to get it done . The nurse added sugar with bananas than added eggs with flour then mixed all of them together and added a little bit of water then gave it to Themus carefully . Looking at the nurse ’ s eyes , Themus could see that she was worried about this . Themus was worried that if this didn ’ t work they won ’ t be able to go on the trip to North America ! This was super bad , so bad that Themus was about to shout at the nurse . The nurse gave him the mix and gave him a warning , “ do not drink it fast because then the medicine won ’ t be able to cure your injury and then we will have to ask someone else to go on this trip and you will have to stay here and wait until we solve out how to make your leg better , but if we don ’ t find out how to solve your broken leg then you will die .”