Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 611

The Problem of the Jade Emperor
Ying Wa Primary School, Young, Ambrose Whai Hin - 11
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ntil then, the heaven had been peaceful for a long time. But then everything changed, and the
problem came.
The Jade Emperor was listening to his favorite song on his MP3 player, when a guard came
in and whispered something to him. He was so frightened by the news that he jumped up a few feet into the
air!
“The prophecy mentioned that the Monkey King will be born on a beach, jumping out from a
rock. THAT HAPPENED TODAY!” The guard had said. “He broke into the Dragon King’s underwater
palace and stole a weapon – a super heavy cudgel from him! We must stop him!”
“You’re right. Get ten thousand troops and capture him. I want him alive!” The Jade Emperor
shouted.
The troops quickly grabbed rifles from the gun rack and filed into the Chinooks. They were just a
hundred feet from their destination when a single anti-aircraft gun started firing, and along with a huge
explosion a chopper got one of it’s props blown away. Then soon shells filled the sky, and helicopters
swerved to avoid colliding. A few brave pilots tried to land, but only two made it safely to the ground while
three were hit by a large cudgel – it’s the Monkey King! Tanks and soldiers swarmed out of the landed
copters and wounded men crawled out of crashed ones. The men set up machine guns and mortar guns
while tanks advanced quickly. But then, they realized that the Monkey King had an army under his
command! Guns behind a hill began firing. Enemy soldiers rushed out and hurled grenades. The tanks fired
back furiously. A battle had begun.
Meanwhile, battles raged on the sea and in the air. A few hours later, the air force NCOs reported
bad news.
“Sir, we lost our air fleet over the Western Heaven! Air support is impossible, sir!” A lance corporal
remarked.
Soon the Jade Emperor got the news. He was so furious that he nearly machine gunned the
messenger. He got the Buddha on the phone and the Buddha promised to help him.
Swiftly, the Buddha defeated the Monkey King and locked him up. His army was captured and
their weapons were surrendered to the heaven army. Then a monk, Tripitaka came by and told the Buddha
that he wanted to go to the Western Heaven to get the Buddhist Sutra. The Buddha agreed to let the
Monkey King go and follow Tripitaka, and signed a truce with him. Monkey King was not allowed to beat
up anyone he wanted like before. He also had to obey any orders from the Jade Emperor.
When the Jade Emperor found out that Buddha had let him go, he angrily shouted over the phone.
He nearly screamed insults at the Buddha! The Buddha then showed the truce between him and the
Monkey King. The Jade Emperor was relieved when he saw the last point.
“One huge problem gone. What a great idea! I could get the Sutra by turning a criminal into an
assistant of a monk. That’s a win-win!” The Jade Emperor murmured to himself.