Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 2 -1 2019 | Page 18

Zheng He’s Command
Chinese International School, Keswick, May - 8
It was 1414. Captain Zheng He and his crew went to the emperor to ask about their next mission
and were totally surprised by his command.
“Take my gold and give it to the pirates. Please don’t harm anyone! No people should get hurt.
And remember... you all have courage and kindness. Even if they fight, you can fight back - but in a kind
way. Never give up!”
This was the first time the emperor had made such a request. The crew loaded as much gold as
they could onto the boat. Zheng He was with the crew as they put the gold away inside a treasure chest.
After careful planning of the route, the crew put up the sails and set off to sea.
Zheng He shouted, “Ahoy crew! First, we will be setting off to the Indian ocean and will be going
across to the Bermuda Triangle.” The crew were a little worried by this as they knew it was a dangerous
place.
As they entered the Bermuda Triangle, they saw so many unusual things. Enormous sharks, crashed
boats and airplanes surrounded them. A huge tornado circled around them.. When suddenly, out of
nowhere appeared a massive ship. It was owned by their old enemy Cheng Tang. Straight away, the crew
ran to get their weapons but then remembered they could not fight.
Zheng He murmured, “Cheng Tang. We come in peace. Please can we just give you some gold
and then we will go away?”
After a long time of giving away gold, they realized they had very little left. The crew started to
panic. They had no gold and they weren’t allowed to fight. They had to come up with a plan and make sure
no one could hear them.
“What do we do?!” Zheng He asked, feeling very stressed. All the crew felt panicked.
“What do we do, what do we do?!” Zheng He suggested that they should trade ships.
“But we can't. Our ship cost so much more than their ship!.” the crew yelled,
Zheng He cried, “We just have to get on with it.”
The crew jumped off the ship. ”We surrender….. but we will give you something. There is some
gold on our ship but it is not much. So we decided to give you our ship but you have to give us your ship
because we can never go back.”
All of the pirates on the other ship shouted, “We don't trust you trying to trick us.”
They raised their guns and shot two of the crew. The bodies sank to the bottom of the sea and the
fight began. Zheng He and his crew could not fight back. Their emperor had given them the order and they
had to obey. Instead, they swam to the pirates boat. They took them by surprise and tied all the pirates
together.
”Now, do you trust us or not!” they asked the pirates.‘’Do you want our ship and gold or not? We
are just trying to help you!”
The pirates captain replied “Okay we trust you!.”