New Journeys to the West
Shanghai Singapore International School , Tarika , Vani Gunjan - 11
Once there was a man named Long . He wanted to find treasure . This is because a monk had told him , “ If you find treasure , you will become the God of China .” That made Long eager to find it . So he told his family that he was going to look for the treasure . His mom said , “ You cannot go , you are only 15 years old .” His dad told his mom , “ Our Long will be fine , just let him go !” So mom said , “ Fine ! But if Long does not come back , it will be your fault !”
After a few days , when Long was ready to leave , his brother Ming felt jealous and decided to stop him from finding the treasure . So when Long jumped onto the boat , Ming also secretly jumped onto the boat with him . After many days , Ming became hungry because he handout eaten anything . He decided to push Long off the boat . But Long actually knew that somebody was on the boat with him and it was Ming . He also knew that Ming was going to do something to him so he anchored on an island , took some fruits , and put them inside his pocket . After a few minutes , Ming stood up , pushed Long into the freezing cold water and paddled the boat away . But Ming did not realise that the map was with his brother , so he paddled the boat back home . Luckily , Long could swim and he swam to and rested on the island nearby .
When Ming reached home , mom and dad were very upset and they taught him a lesson . The next day , Long decided not to give up and continued his journey . He was bored and wanted to do something so he went to the first island he saw . On the island , he ate some fruits and went fishing for dinner . He finally caught a fish that he cooked and ate . When he was full , he lied down and looked at the stars . He soon fell asleep .
The next day when he woke up , he saw that his boat was not there so he started to worry . He looked up and saw a creature with a head like an eagle and a body like a normal man . Guess what ? The strange creature had Long ’ s boat ! Long shouted , “ Hey give me back my boat !” The creature smacked Long with his wings and he went flying into the water and got soaking wet . Long became angry and cried , “ Come here you creature !” The creature came flying down and Long jumped on to its back and started to strangle the creature . The boat dropped from the creature ’ s wing-shaped hands and broke into pieces .
Long was so upset that he started crying . The creature had also dropped on the floor and Long shouted at it , “ You broke my boat ! How will I find the treasure now ?” Suddenly the creature turned into a young girl and said , “ I am very sorry that I broke your boat !” Long was so surprised and asked her how she had turned into such a big monster . She told him her story : a witch had come into her house and put a spell on her . Every Thursday afternoon , she would turn into a monster . Then the girl told him that she knew where the treasure was . She took him to a secret island where only high flying creatures could reach .
When they reached the place , Long started digging the earth . After a few days of hard work , they found the treasure ! It was time for Long to go back home so the girl used her powers and made a little boat for him . Long jumped onto the boat with the treasure and after a few days journey , he reached home . He then went to the Monk and gave the treasure to him . The monk chanted and transferred the magical powers of the treasure into Long ’ s body . Now Long had to learn how to use those powers . But for this , he ’ ll have to take another journey to the west !