Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 12 | Page 558

Time Travelling with Xiao Long Bao
Yew Chung International Scool, Beijing, Chang, Wing Hang – 9
On P1 January, Sam was in Shanghai, he had gone there for vacation. Sam was in a restaurant. He was eating Xiao
Long Bao, a kind of famous dumpling in Shanghai. Sam was about to put a Xiao Long Bao in his mouth when
Sam heard a voice coming from the Xiao Long Bao, 'Did you talk?' asked Sam.
'Yes I did! Do you want to travel back in time?' said the Xiao Long Bao.
'I would like to!' said Sam and the Xiao Long Bao said, 'Here we go!'
Three minutes later, Sam asked the Xiao Long Bao, 'Where are we? Why are the people's clothes so different?' 'In
the past, 1940, Shanghai, in the City God Temple,' said the X iao Long Bao, 'Let's
go for a walk,' whispered the
Xiao Long Bao. Sam and the Xiao Long Bao walked until they came into a garden. 'This
is Yu Garden, it was
built in 1559' said the Xiao Long Bao. They walked past a pond and the Xiao Long Bao said. 'Let's
go back to
the City God Temple!'
When they got to the City God Temple, they saw people running from a room. Sam heard crackling and smelled
smoke. Just then, Sam saw fire. 'Fire!!' yelled Sam to the Xiao Long Bao. 'Let's
call the fire station!' screamed Sam.
'Too slow!' screamed the Xiao Long Baa back. 'Follow me!' said Xiao Long Bao. 'Where are we going?' asked Sam.
'To Yu Garden!' said the Xiao Long Bao.
When they got to Yu Garden, the Xiao Long Baa began sucking water from the pond, he began to grow as big as
a car and then as big as a house. He sucked up all the water from the pond and he was as big
as a castle! 'We'll
go back to the City God Temple.' said the Xiao long Bao.
When they went back to the City God Temple, the Xiao Long Bao asked Sam to squeeze him with all his might
and Sam obeyed. The Xiao Long Bao aimed his mouth at the tire and water gushed out like a furious wave.
Everybody helped.
The fire was out, the Xiao Long Bao was back to his normal size and everybody shouted, 'Hooray!' Everybody
thanked the Xiao Long Bao and Sam. Suddenly the Xiao Long Bao began to change color and he told Sam that it
is time to go back to the restaurant in
Three minutes later the Xiao Long Bao took Sam back and Sam said, 'No time passed! It is still
3:30pm! It's still time for tea.' 'Yeah! Do you want to travel back in time?' asked another voice. 'Oh no!' thought
Sam.