Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 512

The Monkey Prince ’ s New Journey to the West
The Independent Schools Foundation Academy , Wu , Yat Fei - 8

One evening , while The Monkey Prince The ( son of The Monkey King ), was looking at his dad , engaged . His dad was telling him the most exciting part of his journey to the west , The Monkey King muttered to his very own son : “ Time for sleep !” But , The Monkey Prince wants dad to just finish that part . “ Did all the demons & devils die ? Can ’ t you just tell me the ending ?” begged The Monkey Prince . His dad is very annoyed . But , he thought of a great idea . “ If you want to the ending ,” he turned around and whispered to his son , “ then you can find out yourself .” Later , dad walked away , saying : “ Good night !”, and shut the door .

On the very next day , The Monkey Prince told his dad : “ I wished I had a journey of my own .” So , he decided to explore the world , just like how his dad did . He needed to find the son of Zhu Bajie , Tang Seng & Sha Seng . Finding Zhu Xiaojie was easy , because Zhu Xiaojie lived really near him . Actually , they two are best friends . The Monkey Prince told him his thoughts , and Zhu Xiaojie agreed with him , so these two best friends went to find Zhu Bajie , Zhu Xiaojie ’ s dad . He agreed too , but he still had one rule : Make sure my son is safe . They promised that he is going to be safe , so they went to find Sha Xiaoseng , riding on a cloud . Sha Seng lived really far away , so it took them half an hour to reach his house . After they approached his house , they were exhausted . As they knocked on the door , Sha Xiao Seng opened the door . He knew those two friends too , so when he saw them standing in front of their door , his jaw dropped to the floor . They haven ’ t seen each other for two and a half years ! Sha Xiaoseng quickly invited the visitors in their house , bringing up three cups of tea . Then , Sha Xiaoseng ’ s dad walked in . He called out : “ Hey there , you two ! What are you here for ?” Oops ! They just realized that they all have forgotten their purpose to come to his house : to ask him if he can join the new journeys to the west ! They quickly asked his dad and himself . They both agreed . So , they went to find Tang Seng . Just then , The Monkey Prince stopped and shouted : “ Tang Seng is a monk ! He never married in his life !” And so , they went home and got their weapons ready , The Monkey Prince with the golden hoops , Zhu Xiao Jie with the nine teeth rake , and Sha Xiao Seng with the demon treasure stick . And , they started at the place The Monkey Prince ’ s dad had stopped the story . Because all the demons were killed by their fathers . Everything was smooth along the way until they reached the beach . They can ’ t swim , so they chose to ride a cloud . But riding a cloud is too slow . So , The Monkey Prince transformed ( just like his dad ) into a fish so that his friends can hold on to him . Now everything was smooth again , until they saw a tower . A really high tower , which is the Lincoln Memorial . So , they landed near Washington , where the white house is . The people on the road had never saw people like them , and so , they keep on pointing them , chatting . They finally reached the White House . Like those people , they have never seen real people , so they thought the guards were demons . They fought for the entrance . The Monkey Prince and Sha Xiaoseng took two , while Zhu Xiaojie whacking a guard with the nine teeth rake . These three friends crashed through the door and saw the president of U . S . sitting in an oval office . They thought he was a demon too , so they started to attack the president . Fortunately , the president knew the story of the Journey to the West . He immediately got aware who they are . The president quickly fetched his royal translator . The royal translator explained everything to them . Then , they said sorry to the president and became friends with the president . The president declared : “ Welcome to the U . S . A ! There are lots of spectacular places to visit !” The first place they went was the famous Statue of Liberty . They waited and waited for their turn to come in , but then the president called them to come with him into the fast lane with the special pass . The four friends stepped in , and saw the inside . The three friends said in unison : “ This place is really the most spectacular place of all !” After that happened , they climbed up the statue and reached the top . But then , everybody heard a voice coming from their back ! It was all the demons their dads had met in their journey to the west with more powerful weapons and capabilities ! They and the demons fought for 45 rounds , but no one had won . The president seeing such scene , called the Air Force to come . With the Air Force here , they were stronger now . They only fought for half a round then they had victory . After fighting , they were extra hungry . U . S . president brought them to a nice restaurant . These friends had tasted the real western style . Time went by really fast . Soon , it was time for them to go home . At last , the president said : “ You guys are the bravest children I have ever seen ! I would like to invite you to be free educated here . I ’ m sure the kids here will be excited to listen to your stories .”
So , they told their parents and then lived in America now . They got educated , they graduated , then they married . And one day , after they had their own sons , they said : “ I wish I had a journey of my own .” Their dads , looking surprised , stammered : “ Then , do it !”