Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 1 | Page 42

New Tales of the Ming Treasure Voayages
Regents Primary School of Shenzhen, Kim, Kyung Min Kai - 8
‘Zheng He is planning for a new trip!’ When I heard the news I was trilled. I went to see Zheng and asked
him if I could go along with him.
‘I have many talents. I can help you, Mr. He, I’m a kung fu boy. My secret weapon is my yo yo and the
function of my weapon is awesome. I can climb everywhere and see things that no one can. I can be your
spy.’
‘Can you give me a demonstration?’ Zheng said .
So I showed him my talents.
‘Ok !! You can come with me, I need people like you’ Zheng added.
The next day, we started our voyage. At the beginning, the sea was quiet, calm and tranquil, but suddenly a
storm appeared out of nowhere. The lightening and thunder became very scary. Moreover, it disappeared in
a second. I was very scared. ‘What happened?’ I asked. ‘Don’t worry! It’s just a storm.’ Zheng replied.
Zheng ordered us to set sail to the nearest island.
After a long scary night, I was hungry so I went deep into the forest to find food. I found lots of fruit there.
While I was picking the fruit, I saw something move behind the trees. I swung my yoyo toy towards the
trees and I saw what it was. They were the native people. Many of them were holding swords and slings.
They were wearing clothes which I had never seen before and they looked scary. Some of them were eating
unicorns and there were blood stains on their clothes. I did not understand how could one eat unicorns!
They are so pure and nice creatures!
I remembered the legend that says if you drink their blood you would become immortal. So I went back
and told Zheng what I had seen. Once he heard my story, he said, ‘Hummm!!! I have an idea!’ Let’s save the
unicorns. Let’s divide our army into four groups and surround the native people.’ We have come in peace
but now we need to fight with these people.
When the fight started, I found a place to hide myself. Then we came up with another idea. We decided to
go to the other side. I could hear the natives shouting. I hid in a hole and saw ten of them coming towards
us. So we started to fight back harder. Finally, we won the battle and we saved the unicorns. The unicorns
thanked wholeheartedly and said good-bye to us.
Our journey continued, the new horizons were to be discovered and I was so happy that we could save the
unicorns. It was an unforgettable experience for me. I know we were blessed by the unicorns and I wish
they could be with us in our next battle.