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The Friendly Pirates
St Stephen's College Preparatory School, Yiu, Marcu - 8
Not all pirates are hostile! This story happened in the 1400’s. While most pirates stole treasure for their
own benefits, a crew of pirates did the exact opposite! They were called “The Ming Treasure Fleet”. Their
ship carried cargo of gold and silk from the emperor to give away to the poor people.
The Ming Treasure Fleet was sailing across the sea. One night, the ship accidentally hit a rock. Crash! The
captain, Harry, suddenly woke up. ‘What happened?’ Harry asked. The night crew captain, D.J., replied
‘The ship accidentally crashed into a rock and it put a dent on the bottom part of the ship.’ Harry
commanded ‘Repair man come here now, please!’ The repair man, Iggy, was a greasy man. Some of his
body was covered in grease because all of the repairing he had done. He said ‘Repair man at your service.
What do you want me to do?’
Harry replied ‘See the dent at the bottom of the ship. Tell me how big the dent is. If it’s very big we have
to stop at that island to fix it. If it is just a little one, then tell me.’
A moment later, Iggy reported how big the dent was. ‘Captain, the dent was very big. Looks like we need
to stop at the island.’ So, Harry commanded the ship to sail to the island.
When they arrived at the island, there were people. Harry said ‘Great. There are people that can help us
repair this dent.’ So, off the crew went giving gold and silk to the helpful people who helped repair the
dent in the ship.
After a few hours, they were sailing again. Suddenly, a ship sailed by. Harry recognized the ship. In the
past, they had fought this hostile ship. Harry ordered the crew to set fire to the cannons. A moment later,
the cannon balls went shooting like a bullet towards the hostile ship. ‘Bang!’ Went the cannons. ‘Crash!’
Went the cannon balls. The ship sunk into the bottom of the sea. While on Harry’s ship, Harry and his
crew were celebrating. The had a party. While they were celebrating, Harry went to his bedroom and
slept.
The Ming Treasure Fleet kept sailing towards its destination and the exciting experience continued…