Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 2 -1 2019 | Page 225

Zheng He - The evil man
Peak School (ESF), Keller, Lia - 8
One day as I was walking home I passed Zheng He’s fleet and one of his guards looked me in the eye. I felt
a little scared. I couldn't chose if I should run or go closer and figure out what they are doing. So I thought
for a minute and chose to know what they were up to. So at home I packed my bag and when 12 pm
struck, I snuck up on the deck to find somewhere safe to stay. I found space in the chamber to sleep.
Today, I find myself tied up in the cell and I realize they found me. But luckily I brought an acid stick and
my hands where safe, so I grabbed it and then I was free. There were guards outside so I put one of my
sound switchers outside my cell so a alarm went off and every guard went to look what the problem was. So
sneaking off I went but not knowing when they would come back. I got caught and was taken to the plank
and was thrown into the water. I started to paddle to the closest island. When I was at the island I realised
that my clothes were torn and wet, so I found some vine and took out some clips from my bag. Next I had
to look for a good spot to dry my clothes. While they were drying I tried to make a raft and it was so hard.
When I was done I found some banana leaves, so I climbed on top of a cave. But to my surprise there lay
sushi and some mangos, I felt happy to had food. After I was done I found a place and went to sleep,
wondering why had Zheng He had pushed me off the plank and did bad things. Just then I knew what had
happened: they were great enemies with my parents.
Today I would set sail to find my family. As I got on the boat I realised my bag was lost so I ran to the cave
and it was there. So I snatched it and ran back to the boat and started to go fast and I had a map. After four
days I reached Asia. Then in two days I was home. I ran my top speed home and told everyone in my street
what happened.