Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 2 - 2 | Page 138

They went back to the ship, and they saw pirates. Without a second thought, Zheng He shouted “Charge!”
The soldiers charged and the pirates who were very bad at protection, lost and got got kicked off their ship.
The Chinese won and continued travelling to Africa.
On the ship they fished for fishes, they even made curry that the king of India had taught. Indeed it was
cool for Layla to go back in time. Being on a ship doing nothing was very boring, but she was very excited
to go to Africa where she had never been there and also listening to Zheng He’s funny stories about
travelling in the seas.
In Africa they saw elephants, different animals and the wildlife they had never seen before, “Cool animals,
they are so cute and special,” said Layla. The African king was the best king of the history in Africa. The
king invited Zheng He, Layla, Doggyboggy and the sailors to join the king in celebrating other countries.
After a while, the king asked nervously “would you like to have a look at the “okapi” (forest giraffe), if you
like them I can give one as a gift or whatever you want here.” Zheng He wanted to bring a new animal to
China, so they all went with the king of Africa to look at the “okapi”.
The “okapi” was very tall and behaved nicely, with brown spots all over its body and it was bright yellow.
“It’s cute and beautiful, also it eats leaves!” Layla exclaimed. Zheng He liked the “okapi” and decided to
take the okapi back to China. Suddenly Doggyboggy told Zheng He and Layla that Layla needs to go home
to have her dinner, they said bye and went home using the time machine.
When they were home, Layla told her mum about going back in time and the amazing adventures they had.
“Isn’t it fun to go back in time and learn about China ruling the seas!”