Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 427

The Story of the Williams Family
Shanghai Community International School, Eriksson, Elsa - 9
I
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was all wet from the storm. I guess the magic boat was mad. The magic boat is my boat that I got on
my 15th birthday. This is how I found out it was magic, the first time I put the boat in the water it
started vibrating. Just like that. My dad thought I should try to sail a little, but I was scared. But look
now I am sitting in the magic boat all wet. Well back to how I found out it was magic. I tried to sail like my
dad told me. I only sailed a little but it went really far and fast and when I let go it sailed by itself.
It was just in the beginning of my trip and I was sure the boat was magic. You might not
understand how I knew it was magic but it was. So anyway, I tried to start sailing but it would not move. I
kicked the boat on the side, not too hard but if it would be a real person it would have hurt. After a while it
got dark and a lot of waves came. I thought it would be something little, but I was really wrong. It kept
getting darker and darker and after a few minutes it started to rain.
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This is why I went through all this trouble, I want to find my ancestors’ treasure. They say it is a
treasure with gold and diamonds. I know this because my mom used to tell me this story when I was little.
She started like this, “When there were no phones or any GPSs your father’s, mother’s, grandfather’s, dad
was 27, and he decided to discover a journey. He went back to Brazil from Canada and built the family
church.” And she could never stop talking about it. I would say I would do the same. I am half Brazilian and
half Canadian. They immigrated 1796 to Canada because there was war in Brazil. Then they went back and
build the church.
The storm was over and I was really tired and hungry. “If this boat is magic then give me some
food,” I shouted. But no-one heard. It was only me and the boat. I took up some food from my bag and
ate some. “Do boats eat?” I asked the boat. Of course, I knew that boats can't eat but maybe MAGIC boats
eat.
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After about 2 weeks it got boring. Sometimes I saw whales but it was not epic anymore. My mom
told me that it would take about 3 weeks to go to Brazil. I was really close now. Any day now I would see
land. It would be Brazil. “When we arrive, I will use my iPad’s map to find the church. It’s good that I have
the key because otherwise I would have to find the key also!” I told the boat.
“We are here!!!!!!!!, YES we are finally here, I sailed for this long..., now I know why!!!” I was so
excited that I thought I would fall in the boat. “Onde posso sair do meu barco?” That means where can I
leave my boat. I can speak Portuguese, which is good. I was in the port where also the markets are, and it
was much better than the boring Canada markets. Here we could buy everything, it was so beautiful and
nice.
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I had to find every church and try to open them. You might think that there can't be so many
churches that are locked but there are many. Luckily, there is one thing that I know, the church is in the
city called Manaus.” I must be right!” I said to myself, looking at the sign that said “Manaus.” “Where is the
closest church?” I asked my iPad. A long list showed up on my iPad. The first church was in another village.
The next one was in the right village. When I finally found it, I tried the key. And to my disappointment it
did not work. I tried the next one, and the next one. But after five churches I was really tired, but I read the
next one on the list.
This time it sounded familiar. And more interesting than the others. I decided to find this one, and
then take a break. It took longer than the others to find it and when I finally found it I walked up slowly
and when I was about to put the key in the hole I saw that it said, “Para a familia Williams” I was shocked.
“My name is Charlotte Williams,” I said quietly. It means “For the William family.” There was no time to
lose so I tried to unlock the door and it worked, I opened the door and in I went.