Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 339

New Journey to the West
Korean International School, Min, Ji You Sophia - 9
B
oom! The rock opened the mouth and there was a monkey inside!
All the monkeys saw what had happened.
They invited the monkey to party and asked him if it was okay to be their king.
“Why do you want me to be your king?” the monkey asked.
“Because you are stronger, cleverer and naughtier than all of us!” said the other monkeys
“Okay, I will be,” said the monkey.
Under the king’s rule, the monkey land was peaceful but year after year the monkey king was worried. One
monkey asked, “What’s wrong, your majesty?”
“I want to live forever,” said the monkey king. “I don’t want to die!”
“Well, there is an old monk who lived in a temple high up in the mountains, he knows how to live
forever.”
“Is that true? I need to go see him right now!” The monkey king said as he jumped up from his seat.
After climbing the tall mountain and crossing many rivers, he finally arrived at the old monk’s temple.
“I want to see the old monk!” said the monkey king, “I need to live forever!”
The big gate slowly opened and the old monk waked out, and said “I have been expecting you. I saw you
on my CCTV.”
The monkey king looked puzzled.
“You should have just called!” “CCTV? Call? How?” asked the monkey king.
The medicine you are looking for is not with me. It’s at a location only I know.
You cannot even find it on google.”
“I will do whatever it takes to learn where it is.” Said the monkey king.
The old monk promised that if the monkey king became his student for three years, he would teach him
where to find the medicine.
“Meet your friends Pigsy and Sandy. There are also learning how to use a cell phone,” said the old monk.