Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 1 | Page 57

The Missing Treasure
St Margarets Co-Educational English Secondary and Primary School, Chan, Casey - 8
A long time ago, there was a courageous merchant who sailed from China to exotic countries. One silent
and dark night, Captain Shi Hong was sailing on the glittering deep blue water beneath the illumination
moon. After sailing for days, he found an exotic island with soft sand which glowed like jewels underneath
the bright sun. There were juicy fruits with a very powerful taste and pine needles with an emerald colour.
When Captain Shi Hong explored the land, he found precious metallic gold. As he was collecting the gold,
he spotted some fearsome looking pirates sailing a worn out and rusty ship with a Jolly Rodger on top. The
pirates were holding pointy daggers. When they got closer, Captain Shi Hong got his razor-sharp sword out
ready to fight the bloodthirsty pirates. The pirates were there to steal tons of gold, emeralds and jewels. At
that time, the captain thought of an idea… “If I could distract the pirates and tell them to go somewhere
with more gold, I could escape!”
So Captain Shi Hong shouted, “Hey pirates! I know a place with tons and tons of gold and riches!” The
surprised pirates replied “tons of booty?” Captain Shi Hong nodded. The pirates quickly sailed away,
meanwhile the captain hurried to his boat to escape the island. He set off to explore a new land. One foggy
night, Captain Shi Hong was on his ship searching a map for new exotic places. Suddenly, he saw an
enormous sea monster. The monster was behind his ship! It was so close he decided to swing his anchor at
the sea monster. When the sea monster was gone, the captain sailed for land as fast as he could. When he
arrived, he noticed six long ships on the beach. Vikings! Captain Shi Hong courageously fought against the
growling Vikings. He remembered he had a wondrous and magical rock. He threw the precious rock into
the water and the Vikings followed it deep to the bottom of the sea. Captain Shi Hong decided to sail back
to China. He planned on building a village for homeless people, but he was also planning where he could
search for more gold!