Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 44

A Journey to the Western World
St Margaret's Co-educational English Secondary & Primary School, Chu, Ethan - 8
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ne day in Hong Kong, Xuanzang the monk told his three companions, Pigsy, the Monkey King
and the Sand Priest, that they would gather recipes for a big feast to celebrate the anniversary of
completing the journey to bring back the Buddhist books from the west. The Sand Priest said
England has good recipes for their big feast. Pigsy, who likes eating, told e veryone that he wanted to go to
England to try the original fish ‘n’ chips. The monk pondered for a while. He agreed to the Sand Priest’s
suggestion so the Monkey King jumped in one somersault and transported the group to England in the blink
of an eye.
After arriving near Big Ben in London, the lazy Pigsy told the Sand Priest to get some fish ‘n’ chips right
away. The Sand Priest arrived at a fish ‘n’ chips shop and saw a boy crying outside. The Sand Priest asked
for his name and why he was crying. The boy said, “I am Ethan. I am sad because the owner of this shop
said there is no more fish to serve customers so they must close down.”
The Sand Priest comforted Ethan and brought him to the group. They told Pigsy the bad news. Pigsy
waved his rake angrily and shouted, “I shall go get some fish myself!” The monk tried to calm Pigsy down
but he was too angry to listen. Pigsy stomped off towards the River Thames.
The group followed Pigsy and saw a sea monster rise to the surface of the river. Ethan explained that this sea
monster might have eaten up all the fish, therefore there are no fish for fish ‘n’ chips in the city. The
Monkey King immediately rushed to fight the monster. He jumped around the monster quickly and hopped
onto the monster’s back hitting it very hard with his weapon. The Sand Priest made good use of his
swimming ability to distract the monster while Pigsy, raging with anger, used his rake to hit the sea monster
over and over again. However, the sea monster was too strong. The Monkey King plucked a few hairs from
his head and quickly blew them into ten copies of himself. All eleven of the Monkey Kings ran around the
sea monster at the same time like a hurricane. The Monkey King tied it up with a rope. He parted the river
so that Xuanzang could talk to the monster. He asked the monster to leave the river and eat less fish. He also
told everyone to look after marine animals and not overfish. Otherwise, we won’t have enough fish for
everyone to eat. The sea monster nodded its head. It slowly returned to the water and swam to the ocean.
The group said, “Hurray! No more monster!”
Pigsy complained, “I’m starving!”
Ethan invited Xuanzang and his companions to his home for dinner. Before leaving England. Xuanzang
invited Ethan to Hong Kong to join them at the big feast. Ethan said, “Yippee! I will bring fish ‘n’ chips!”