Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 1 | Page 13

Ming Treasure Voyage
Dulwich College Beijing, Alwadi, Daniel - 6
As the Ming treasure ship ‘Bahadad’ floated on the rocking oceans filled with bucks of shiney gold and
jewals .There was a sudden shout of” land ahoy “!All the sailors rushed to the deck and jumped on some
little boats and started rowing with excitement.In the of the excitement there was a little cabin boy who
spends his time peeling potatoes and washing sailors smelly socks. His name was Leo. The captain called
captain Smollet rode on a great horse with a map in his hands.When they were passing by they even saw
some crazy villagers which wanted to fight them.Luckily they brought weapons with them.It was a savarige
battle until the last crazy person was killed
Smollet took a look at the map it said that there was a treasure box about 2 miles long hidden deep inside
the ground!Smollet was desperate to get the treasure.He thought he would get the treasure himself but he
was wrong !Everyone wanted the treasure so they set off......When they rounded up the treasure
spot ......they just saw a big black hole with bugs!Smollet was full of furi he threw the map on the floor and
stabbed It with a sword and screamed useless there must be someone stealing our treasure someone
called.We will never sleep until we find it said the captain.After they looked for a while they suddenly heard
some Laughing all around them.what "should we do " asked a sailor "what do you think we should do " said
another sailor "RUN" he shouted everyone started to sprint as fast as he could they stopped at the shore
and was panting very very hard.the captain said to load the ship.
After they finished loading the ship they set off to sea.They we're going up and down up and down until
disaster struck!The ship bumped on a big rock and started sinking!Everyone was running around like crazy.
Luckily they had a smaller boat but it couldn't fit all the people. Everyone said there would be someone that
would sacrifice himself. All of the sailors looked at a big fat sailor he said he didn't want to but the crew
lifted him up and threw him down to the rocking ocean.There was a few bubbles there was a huge big last
bubble until there was silence silence silence our junk gigantic splash of water up roads are in Normas huge
green slimy and smelly the sea serpent. It crashed open the boat and split it into half! Everyone drown
except for Leo and captain Smollet. They had nothing left all of their treasure has drowned. But thank God
they were holding a wooden plank and they were not dead. After a while kaboom thunder and lightning
danced around the sky Leo and Smollet held tight as they could to the wooden plank. It was like it was
raining cats and dogs are they lucky enough to survive?
When The thunder stopped they were soaked it was such a relief and they drifted safely back home .