The Magical Book
Victoria Shanghai Academy , Sze , Kristen - 7
“
Mom , do I need to go to school tomorrow ? It ' s not fair ! I hate school !” Stephanie complained .
“ Honey , let ’ s talk in the morning . Now read your story and go to bed .” Her mother said and gave her a wink .
Seven-year old Stephanie was not good at expressing herself and was always misunderstood by others . She did not have many friends at school . She hated drama class . She was not good at presenting herself . Everything at school was difficult and miserable ! The thought of going to school always dreaded her . She complained to her mother every night . Luckily , she had a very loving mother who always knew how to make Stephanie feel better . Tonight , her mother gave her an old story book . Stephanie blew the dust off and the title in golden letters ‘ Journey to the West ’ became visible . So , this is the book mom mentioned that is passed down from generation to generation in the family . She thought .
She started reading and got up to the chapter about Sun Wukong fighting the bone spirit , but was soon yawning . This is boring , just like everything else . Why would I like this boring old book ? Stephanie wondered . Right when Stephanie had her mouth wide open during her next yawn , a bright beam of white light shot out from the pages , zapping Stephanie and pulled her into the book !
Stephanie was dumbfounded when she saw herself standing in the middle of the Flower and Fruit Mountain witnessing Sun WuKong fighting the bone spirit . “ Wow !” Stephanie exclaimed . “ Hiya !” WuKong made the final blow and defeated the bone spirit . But afterwards , Stephanie saw that XuanZang , Wukong ’ s master , blamed WuKong and sent him away .
She went over to WuKong and asked him what happened . Apparently , WuKong had defeated the bone spirit three times to save XuanZang . However , all his master saw was that WuKong bullied a girl , an old woman and an old man due to the bone spirit ’ s tricky magic .
“ It doesn ' t matter .” WuKong said . “ As long as I did the right thing and my master is safe , I don ’ t need to worry about what he thinks . He will understand eventually .” “ Won ’ t you be sad and unhappy if he misunderstood you ?” Stephanie asked . “ As long as you have a pure heart , people will understand . If you worry too much about how people think , life will be difficult and miserable .” Wukong said . Stephanie was touched .
Suddenly , a lightning bolt shot out from nowhere and struck the ground , cracking the ground open . Stephanie fell through .
“ Ahhhh !!” Stephanie screamed and woke up . It was morning already . “ Are you alright ?” Stephanie ’ s mother barged into her room worriedly . “ Mom , I just had the most amazing dream !” Stephanie exclaimed . Her mother ’ s worried face changed into an understanding one when she saw the family storybook lying next to Stephanie . “ I see .” Her mother said with a loving smile .
“ So , honey , are you ready for school now ?” Her mother asked . “ Yes !” Stephanie jumped off the bed and gave her mother a big hug .