Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Página 8

Journey to the North West
Creative Primary School, Wong, Jasmine - 6
O
ne day, John was reading his favourite magazine Discovery Box in his room. He spotted a feature
about snow disappearing in Alaska. Suddenly, mum’s voice came from the living room.
“Where shall we go for our next skiing trip?” she asked.
Now his pet Sniffy the bug and Creamy the rabbit were moving in agitation. It seemed they could read
John’s mind.
Suddenly, a gust of wind was blown from the window and it flipped the pages of the magazine. John felt
dizzy.
Soon he found himself flitting in the air and finally landing on soft ground. There was an unusual creature
with long wings, grinning at him.
“Where am I?” John said puzzledly.
“Alaska, little boy!” said the creature.
“Why am I here? And who are you?” I replied.
“My name is Flipper. You did travel all the way from Hong Kong to crack the mystery of snow
disappearing in Alaska, right?”
“But how did you get me here?”
“I flipped and folded space! Haha!” replied Flipper as he shrugged his pair of wings.
John feeling amazed realised he was on a big plate of snow, surrounded by icy water. Creamy and Sniffy
were also lying there. They looked sick. John felt Alaska was not as cold as he thought.
“It is global warming.” Flipper said calmly.
John now understood why the glacier was full of rivers.
His eye, however, was attracted by a huge waterfall behind which a muffled sound was heard.
“Slurp! Slurp!”
John walked closer and was shocked to find a giant black lump of smoke which projected the slurping
sound. This thing was licking and melting the snow!
“Stop it!” John shouted.
The smoky monster turned his clumsy head towards John.
“I can’t help it! When l feel lonely, I lick my lolly-snow. It is my comfort food.”
“I see. Where are your parents?”
“I was born here. People called me Toxin. My body is made of carbon dioxide and although I am
growing bigger and bigger it is always only me here...Do you know where my parents are?” as he spoke his
smoky eyes turned misty.
John was speechless, because he knew human gave birth to Toxin.
“Can you help me find my parents?” Toxin begged.
“We...can be your friends.” John muttered.
Due to John’s warm heart, a giant tear dropped from Toxin’s eyes. To everyone’s surprise, the teardrop
expelled some carbon dioxide. Now Toxin was crying like a baby - his body was almost diffused.
“Bye-bye, Toxin!” John waved his hands, feeling sorry to this man-made evil and so many other Toxins
that lived on earth. Creamy and Sniffy gasped for air with tears filling their eyes.
The snow fell and got heavier. Then, a blizzard lifted them from the snow land. In the midst of Flipper’s
laughter, they were back to John’s room. A chilling wind fluttered the curtain. John smiled. That evening,
John licked ice-cream with mum, dad and his beloved pets, thinking of Toxin and his next ski holiday.