Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 1 | Page 21

Ming Treasure Voyages
Dulwich College Beijing, Xiong, Alan - 8
On a sunny day, I looked out of the window and saw the blue sea. It looked like the waves were slapping
against the boat swiftly. Every time it slapped the Bottom half, A satisfying splash! Sound would ring into
my ears. Then me I was a gunner on board. Oh, no. The worst gunner on board.
Suddenly, I heard a shout: “land! LAND!” I moaned: “Oh, not again.” In the last few weeks, we had went
to more than a dozen islands but they all seem to be uninhabited. “We were trying to give out gold.” The
emperor said but we thought we were trying to waste food. When we went out, the captain’s first mate,
Yum li, who was a big gruff, muscular guy who was said to have his toe cut off in a battle and no one dares
to ask unless you want to have a sword in your head. Said: “Hey lazy snail, you better get out or you will be
eating maggots for every day.” I grumbled. He uses disgusting threats against us every day.
As I climbed in one of the rowboats, my cabin mate eagle beard said: “Hey, Rotten maggot, you taking that
big o’l hand book of sea monsters again? Awhh! Why are you bringing that old book? Awhh!” “ Just in
case, you know.” I replied. Then the person shouted again: “this is blue!” What is blue? Questions filled my
head. As we rowed towards the island, I giant monster appeared. It was a monster! Not an island! : “Who
dares to wake the Yemocha from its sleep! This monster was just a squid with wings. I looked in the
handbook I saw the Yemocha and began to search for the category weakness. Weakness… Oh! Here! It says
that the Yemocha was afraid of eagle sounds. Where do we get an eagle? OH, I think I know where? A
cabin mate does an annoying noise, and it’s like awhh! “I said: “Hey! Eagle beard! Get here right now！”
“Coming! Awhh!” He replied. As soon as the monster heard “awhh！“He hid under the waves and never
appeared again.
Ahhh. That was quick. I know you’re asking: “Hey! What happened to the handsome guy ever since?
Okay, guys, thanks for the compliment. Well I learnt something, which is when you do something, always
get as much information as you could about that thing first. In other words, always be cautious. After sailing
ten peaceful years, we arrived at a land. But that piece of land was not blue. It was normal, well except
people who came out of nowhere and said: “I am going to kill you.” Well, that is another story to talk
about.