Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 2 -1 2019 | Page 222

Ming Dynasty
Peak School (ESF), Chan, Jason - 8
Hi I am Zheng He, here is my story. I am a Chinese explorer but not any type of Chinese explorer: I don’t
take over land, instead I give gifts to others that need them. I am the captain of my ship. My ship is called
the ship of the golden voyages.
Today I set off on my first journey, I was sailing to India to give gifts. I was there to donate gifts to the poor.
Suddenly, I ran out of oil I had to get oil quickly. I was waiting for someone to come. All of a sudden my
friend came. He brought me some coal and I burnt the coal he had given me, he had brought me the coal
because I had given him gold in the past. So after that we became friends, that’s why he came to help me
when I had no oil and coal to burn. After I got my coal I continued my journey to India. I was currently in
Thailand, I was almost in India. I had another problem for my friend to help me solve: I had no more gifts!
Luckily, he came back and gave me some of his gold so that I could buy gifts for the people that live in
India. My friend had loads of gold to spare he also had too many gifts to hand out. He needed my help to
give out the gifts that’s why he gave me some of his gold. I was giving out the gifts I had in India, my first
destination. I had already given out 50 gifts and I still had some more. I had finally finished giving out the
gifts that I needed to in India.
My next destination was Thailand that I had passed earlier on on my way to India. I was sailing in the Indian
ocean to Thailand from India. I was ready to give out more presents because I had left some of the gold my
friend gave me in the ship, so I could use that gold that I had stored in the ship of the golden voyage which
is my ship. I was on my way to Thailand and almost there. I had finally arrived in Thailand to give some
more gifts out in Thailand, everyone was excited that I was coming to donate gifts to them because they
knew I was a good explorer and I didn’t take over land. Instead I gave out gifts that were stored in my ship,
the ship of the golden voyages. I just started to give out gifts to the citizens of Thailand, they were very
excited indeed.I had given about 10 of my gifts so far, I was going to give many more. I thought that would
be enough for the citizens of Thailand. They all thanked me as I boarded my ship, the ship of the golden
voyages.
I decided that I was going to Taiwan, I only wanted to go to countries in Asia because I was a Chinese
explorer. I was on my way to Taiwan, I was almost there. I was just a few meters away. I had finally arrived
in Taiwan, everyone was excited and they were all greeted me. It was similar to when I was in India. I was
giving out gifts because they were all so nice to me, I had given each of them 2 gifts.I had given out about
20 gifts now I gave gifts to 10 people so far but I was going to give more out. I had finally finished giving
out my gifts in Taiwan, in total I given out 50 in Taiwan. The total of all my journeys I had given out 130
gifts if I remembered correctly because I had loads of stuff floating around my mind about where my next
journey would be and other random stuff that I just randomly think of in my mind. I was done with Taiwan
and I was ready for another adventure. I was once again thinking and thinking about where I was going to
go. I made up my mind and I decided to go to Hong Kong.
My journey to Hong Kong was probably going to be my last journey in this story. I might have one more
journey in this story, but you will just have to find out. Now my trip to Hong Kong was the best one out of
all my trips I had been on. I was about to arrive in Hong Kong when I was finally there everyone greeted
me just like in Taiwan and Thailand. I was about to start giving out my gifts in Hong Kong when all of a
sudden I thought to myself about how to make Hong Kong the best and most interesting journey in this
book.I had finally given out 10 gifts but I decided in Hong Kong I was going to give a total of 250 gifts I
was going to give each person 5 gifts which meant that I gave out gifts to 50 people because 250 divided by
5 = 50 that is why I gave 50 people 5 gifts.