The Next Life
Peak School , Donovan , Iris - 9
I am Xuanzang . You might remember me from my book and movies but now I am different . I am in my next life and I am pretty confused . Well , I don ’ t know what I am . I am soft and my ears are up and I am small . I am in a house with lots of clones of me but slightly different . There ’ s a big clone of me lying down with lots of tiny clones drinking milk from her belly . I am very confused .
I now realize that I am a dog . The humans constantly call to me “ come on puppy ” and my name is Alfred . I know it ’ s a weird name for a puppy . I have found a friend Meow Meow the cat . She ’ s really fluffy and lives next door . I have a mission . Before I came into this life my doctor said “ In your next life , you will go to the west side and complete your mission to find the Emperor ’ s Stick and stop Rock ”. Rock is Sha Wujing ’ s Dog who has been hunting for magic stick ever since his master died .
So , I planned a Sneak Out with Meow Meow of course . I snuck out of the doggy door and found Meow Meow waiting outside . We were on our journey to the west ( side of the neighborhood ). I discovered that the mail truck comes at 10:00 exactly every Tuesday . So I found a box in the garage and put it outside near the road . I saw the truck and got ready . I jumped on the box with Meow Meow so we were ready . I counted “ 5 .. 4 .. 3 ... 2 .. and …” and then I shouted “ JUMP ”. We jumped and it was so exciting ! It took months to plan that .
Now that we were on the mail truck I started to explain to Meow Meow the next steps of the plan . “ Ok , so now from my sightings , this mail truck should be stopping at the station to drop off the mail and he will check the top of the truck , so we will have to run . We should end up near the park . I will explain the rest later .” WE were almost there . As soon as the truck stopped , we slowly made our way down . We stayed hidden and saw our first obstacle … a fox .
I have been scared of foxes ever since I saw one at night two weeks ago . This fox was peering around and we ducked down so he wouldn ' t see us . All of a sudden he turned his head and spotted us . We froze in silence , not knowing what to do . My brain switched back on and I started to run and run and run . In my head I was repeating the same thing “ I ’ m dead , I ’ m dead .” I knew I was . Meow Meow was behind me . She looked at me as if to say “ where are we going ?” I looked at her as if to reply “ I don ’ t know !” I looked behind me and saw a pack of foxes now . I was amazed I could run this fast , but even more worried .
I looked back . Next to me I saw no Meow Meow . I was worried sick . My heart was beating . I looked ahead of me and saw a tiny hole . I saw a little Meow Meow tail going in . I looked back and then jumped straight in . “ Phew !” I said hugging Meow Meow while looking at those sharp paws reaching in trying to catch us .