Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 1 | Page 60

Treasure Voyage
St Margarets Co-Educational English Secondary and Primary School, Wong, Kaitlyn - 8
A long time ago, courageous voyagers sailed across the deep, dark sea. They were on a hunt for treasure.
Unluckily they had already been sailing for days and days without reaching land. One day, big waves made
the ship rock furiously. A sailor on deck called George saw an island! He felt ecstatic, and screamed excitedly
“there’s an island!”
Everybody woke up and rushed out so fast and crowded on the deck. Everyone was thrilled. The captain
immediately steered the boat to their island. When they got closer they saw that the island was gorgeous! It
had a forest full of tall pine trees with bristly pine needles, and the sand was sweet and glided beneath their
feet. The captain set the anchor, then one by one the voyagers jumped off. George was over the moon that
they had found an island, but they didn’t know if this land had treasure. Suddenly he heard a joyous cry “I
found it!” George turned around to see a young sailor raising up a map and waving it rapidly. “It’s
a…treasure…map!
George saw that they had to go through a tropical forest, arrive at the dark and gloomy cave and find a tree
marked with an X. He gathered everyone and they set off between the trees. Suddenly they heard some
scary and mean voices coming from the beach. They heard “hmm, it seems like someone is here already!”
another gruff voice said “then we will be faster than them”.
The captain whispered frantically “oh no! I think it’s the Vikings!” They decided to go and find the treasure,
whilst some of the crew fought the Vikings. George reminded them “we have each other, so we don’t have
to be afraid”. They kept on going and not long after they arrived at the cave. Inside the dark cave, the light
was getting dimmer and dimmer. A few minutes later no one could see anything. The voyagers didn’t know
what to do, so they huddled together for warmth. They thought the crew was caught by the terrible
Vikings! Not long after, the crew got to the cave! They all screamed with excitement and joy. Together
they found the exit, and they saw a quicksand road. One by one they stepped on rocks to cross the
quicksand. Suddenly, a sailor called Samuel slipped and fell into the quicksand! George told everyone to stay
calm. A sailor took a vine from a tree, they swung it to Samuel. Luckily he caught the vine! The voyagers
pulled and Samuel flew into the air, right into a tree marked with an X. Samuel had landed on the treasure!
They all began to dig and dig and dig. At last they felt something hard, so they carefully pulled out a chest.
They opened the chest and saw tons of sparkling gold! There were crowns and coins, diamonds and rubies!
Everyone felt ecstatic. The voyagers brought the jewels back to their ship, and happily they sailed for home.