Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 1 | Page 59

A Pirate Tale
St Margarets Co-Educational English Secondary and Primary School, Lee, Jayda - 8
The sound of the ship creaking through the large waves made the sailors sleep soundly. The sun was rising
and the crew were waking up. Morning came. “Arr!” said a loud shipmate. “Captain me matey! We
encountered an island!”
“Then we shall make sail for it and find rest!” said the captain. But little did they know that the mysterious
and exotic island was actually a resting sea monster!
The captain was first to step off the ship. When they set food on the land, the island started to move from
beneath them. Their ship was drifting farther and farther from the island. Too far for them to reach. They
had nothing but each other. They were lost in the deep dark seas. When they had nearly lost hope, some
bloodthirsty pirates were encountering the island too. The sailors silently sneaked onto their ship. Night
time came, survival mode was on. It was a dark and stormy night. The thunder roader out loudly as the
sailors and pirates were snoring as the ship rocked them back and forth in the roaring waters. There was
something huge, something dangerous coming from the deep depths of the ocean. When it rose up it shook
the ship violently. The pirates woke up and took their mighty weapons to fight the monster. “Crew, we
must fight harder, said the captain.
“Aye aye” replied the crew. Using their strongest weapons, the creature sank back into the darkness of the
ocean. The captain asked his crew to find materials to cover leaks in the ship to stop it sinking. They saw an
island emerge with a town on it. “My crew, we must take our treasure and bring it to the island or our boat
will sink!” they took off in a raft and set sail for the town. A man came and greeted them kindly. “Bonjour!
How may I help you” he asked. “We want to stay for a few days and buy a new ship” replied the captain.
The kind man led them to his house.
“Where are we? What is this island” the captain asked curiously. “My dear friend, you are in La île
tropicale!” he said gleefully, the days passed slowly until it was time for them to leave the island and say their
last goodbye. As they set sail they wondered about their future adventures and who they would encounter
next.