Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 2 -1 2019 | Page 121

Zheng is teaching the trainees how to do their jobs. Our job is to control the position of the sail. Zheng
seems to notice that we are not as strong as the other boys so he tells us to hoist the sail together. That is
quite a tiring job because you know you have to climb the rigging to set the sail. Normally this job is
exchanged through the day but we have to work together. No-one sees this as strange, except for Zheng.
It is such a busy day that we don’t even realise that it is lunch time already. Just when the day was going
perfectly… Suddenly… “Boom!"
Our boat bumped into an island and it began to sink. Uh-oh, there was no time to launch the safety boats!
Luckily, we had not travel far yet. And we learned how to swim before so we won't drown. We saw Zheng
Paddling around the water almost drowning but other sailors were too busy saving their own lives that they
didn't see him. Zheng doesn't know how to swim! What about him? We can't just leave our hero behind to
let him just die. We only had one thought in our mind, “We have to save him!" I said as we pulled Zheng
onto a piece of driftwood that was moving in our direction and we took turns to push him.
Finally, we reached land. And when we got up, we were shocked! It was Shanghai! And people were
cheering for us. Why? Because we saved Zheng! I wish I can see my family now. They would be so proud
of me.