Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 3 2018 | Page 324

After dinner, a younger brother of Tom took out a piece of string and pulled it apart . Another brother put
his hands into the string and flipped, the string then formed an odd, but beautiful pattern. The six siblings
enjoyed a great time in playing just a piece of string. Xiao Xuan did not understand why they were
contented with playing with just a string. Not until one of the brothers invited him to play did he entirely
change his mind. Xiao Xuan first could not even grab the string, but after the guidance and instruction
provided by the siblings, he finally could make a lot of patterns by using the string and they were all
unique. Without the swimming pool and other facilities in the house, Xiao Xuan still enjoyed and was
satisfied. Xiao Xuan started not to think that the siblings were not noisy “monsters”, but good companions
instead. Xiao Xuan enjoyed the time that they played and dined together afterwards. On the top of the sky
they looked at the flickering stars, allowing him to see such a spectacular landscape in the cities. And from
then on, he treasured every time that he spends with Tom’s family, as he knows this is the last night with
them.
Time flies and it was time for Xiao Xuan to leave Tom’s home. He missed everything and it was really hard
for him to say goodbye as it marked the end of the programme. After he went back to home, the first thing
he did was not watching TV or playing video games, but to sit down and review the whole trip. Although
he thought that the trip was exhausting and tiring, the experiences were precious and valuable. He thanked
the whole family for giving him such a memorable experiences in the western part in China and he loved
this programme so much. And by now, he finally realised why Xuanzang wanted to go for such tiresome
trip, this was because of the invaluable experiences and the precious journey.