Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 266

New Journeys To The West
Good Hope Primary School cum Kindergarten, Leung, Hei Yu Hilary - 11
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uanzang was on a secret mission and he was puzzled. He kept thinking while walking down the
hill and when he turned the bend…CRASH! He fell down with a bump onto the road and then
bumped into three people. They were the mischievous Monkey King, the kind-hearted friar
who had made a vow to never speak, and the fat and silly talking pig.
Xuanzang felt curious and asked, “Excuse me, who are you and where are you all going?” The monkey
answered, “I am the awesome, amazing, powerful, brave, and fearless….did I mention awesome …oh yes!
And handsome Monkey King. This is the frair and the talking pig. We don’t have anywhere to go. By the
way, where are you heading to? Can we come with you?”
Xuanzang thought for a while. “Ok, you can come with me but promise not to tell anyone this. I am on a
mission- to find something that is long and short, soft but hot. I have to go to the real world-- Hong
Kong, to find it for my boss.” The Monkey King said, “That sounds interesting and we will help you!”
They chatted to one another and when they turned the corner, they saw a purple hole which hissed and
swirled. Xuanzang stopped and said in a serious tone, “This is the portal to the human world. After we
walk through the portal, we will land in Hong Kong and…….in the present.”
“OOH! O0H!’The talking pig exclaimed. “Present! That means Hong Kong is in a present box! YAY! WE
CAN GET PRESENTS! Is Hong Kong made of presents by the way?” The Monkey King bonked the
pig’s head with his magical weird stick and yelled “Of course not, you silly pig!” The two started bickering
at once.
The crew ventured through the portal. “Oof!” Xuanzang cried as he opened his eyes, dazed. He sat up and
his crew pulled him up to his feet. The Monkey King clutched his arm and yelled. “Hurry up! We have to
find that …whatever that …stuff is called. We have to get out of this place quickly! It’s so freaky!” The
crew were startled when a car suddenly honked loudly as though it was a goose. Xuanzang said calmly,
“My boss said that we can find it in some houses or somewhere which is filled with noisy yelling people. I
suggest we should go into this… ummm…place to find the legendary stuff.”
Xuanzang led his team through the metal door. When they got inside, they exclaimed with astonishment.
Behind a counter, there was a man sitting on a worn old chair. They turned and saw a box that opened and
people poured out. They went inside and peered at the multi-coloured buttons. They were curious and the
Monkey King pressed on all the buttons at the same time. The lift (they soon found out the name of the
funny little box when the man on the ground floor scolded them) jumped up and down at a surprising speed
as they screamed in fright and in delight. The lift stopped with a bang and started to smoke when the crew
came out, grinning. The man scolded them as they ruined the lift by pressing all the buttons at once. They
apologized half-heartedly and walked up the stairs to find the legendary stuff.
The crew walked up the stairs to find tons of doors. They didn’t know which door to open first. Suddenly,
the Monkey King said, “Eeny meanie teeny mo, choose which way we should all go first!” pointing at all
the doors in turns, “we should go thought this one first!” After the frair pressed the golden little doorbell,
rattled and jiggled the doorknob for eternity, the Monkey King whacking the door with his magical stick,
the pig squealing and running around, a woman FINALLY opened the door. When the crew saw the
woman, they stared at her blankly and screamed. The woman was wearing a fuzzy pink bathrobe, and had
put cucumbers on her eyes and white cream on her face and her hair in rollers. All the doors in the corridor
opened as the commotion of the screaming made everyone as curious as a cat. The neighbours peered out
and the freaky woman finally had the sense to peel off the cucumber slices and see what all the commotion
was about.