That night , the two children didn ’ t sleep . Their minds wandered . What would they look like ? Why did they come to their home ? Questions kept appearing in their minds . Finally , it was eleven o ’ clock , and they crawled out of their beds , tip-toed out of their bedrooms , and climbed up the ladder leading to the attic .
The attic was almost empty , with only a few chairs and a dusty old sofa . Sam looked out the window , and suddenly saw four figures coming out from the dark . One of them started climbing up the palm tree outside their window , and he leapt lightly onto their window , then climbed in .
He appeared to be a monkey . ‘ Hello ! You must be the Monkey King !’ Sam greeted him . ‘ Yes ,’ he answered in a high-pitched voice that clearly belonged to a monkey . The Monkey King threw down a rope ladder , and the rest of them climbed up and went through the window . They introduced themselves and started explaining .
‘ I got shot by the police !’ said the Monkey King . ‘ But luckily , I ’ m tough . But I am still weakened , so my magic powers can ’ t work well , which is a big problem , because the new journey to the west is still not finished .’ ‘ But I ’ ve heard that you have a powerful weapon , why don ’ t you scare the police off ?’ asked Annie . ‘ Because of Tang Monk , of course ,’ said the Monkey King . ’ He told me that I shouldn ’ t use my weapon .’
’ So , here we are , seeking refuge at your home . We will stay here for a few days until I will regain my magic powers . Then we shall leave , to continue the new journey to the west .’ said the Monkey King . ‘ Oh , and also , if someone is about to come up to the attic , please warn us . Good night !’ And the children went back to their beds .
At meal time on the following days , they bought food for them . The Monkey King was regaining his special powers . Soon the travelers would leave . Everything seemed to be fine .
Until the fifth day , a bad thing happened . It started like this . After breakfast , the two children started a game of chess . When suddenly , the doorbell rang . Their mom opened the door . And saw it was a delivery man and he was carrying a huge box . ‘ Can you help me to carry this large box into the attic ?’ said their mom . ‘ All right ,’ said the delivery man .
She turned to the children , ’ Isn ’ t it perfect ? It ’ s a new book shelf I ’ m going to put in the attic .’ But at that moment , the two children didn ’ t feel perfect at all — the delivery man would surely discover the four travelers ! ‘ Go and warn them ! I ’ ll distract the delivery man !’ Annie told Sam urgently , and Sam ran towards the ladder leading to the attic .
He went into the attic , and quickly told the four travelers to hide . Meanwhile , Annie came up with an idea , when the delivery man was just walking past her . She tilted the chessboard , all the chess figures scattered onto the floor around the delivery man . Annie started picking the chess figures , stopping the man . All the travelers needed was that . They threw out the rope ladder , and climbed out one by one , hiding in a bush just under the rope ladder . At that second , the man came into the room and set down the huge box . ‘ That was so close ,’ thought Sam .
The day of departure soon came on the following day at night . The children took the travelers to the place they would depart . It was near a shopping mall . ‘ Goodbye !’ said the children . ‘ Goodbye ! Thanks for taking care of us !’ said the travelers . And they departed .
Just as the children were walking back , a shout came . ‘ Something ’ s wrong !’ shouted Sam . They turned and ran back to the spot , hiding behind a bush and watched . Out in the dark stood four figures and an extra one , his arm seemed to be raised , as if holding a gun . A deep voice threatened the four travelers . Annie recognized the person , it was Dan the policeman ! He must have bumped into them ! Sam looked around and saw a poster hanging on the shopping mall ’ s wall —' Journey to the West Costume Party !’ A wild and crazy idea suddenly popped into his head , and he ran at top speed towards the mall .