Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 2 - 2 | Page 6

Friendship Knows No Bounds
Regents Primary School of Shenzhen, Chan, Ka Ying Cherry - 11
Zheng He’s voyage to the west in a historical event in Ming Dynasty. This is also a very famous story.
One day, when Zheng He arrived at the East Indian Ocean, there was a very powerful storm at sea. This
was a storm that Zheng He and his friends had never seen before. Whirlpools on the surface of the sea like
gates. The sea breeze howled, the wind howled. Suddenly, the ship was turned onto its side without
control.
Zheng He was knocked unconscious for seven days and nights. When he awoke, he found the new place
was quite different from the place he used to live in. He found that all his companions were missing. He
decided to cheer himself up and found his friends. He went out and walked around. He learnt that this was
the fishermen village. He saw his companions on the beach and brought them back. Zheng He learned that
originally, it was the year one thousand three hundreds and nine, and he had travelled for one hundred years
ago!
Zheng He found it very hard to sleep. The next day, he went to the fishermen and thanked them for taking
him in. Then Zheng He left the village. He was determined to find his way back.
Zheng He came to the seaside with his compass. He saw a ship at the seaside. They seemed to be prepared
to go to the sea. Zheng He talked to the caption and asked for his permission to work on his ship. The
captain approved and soon he showed him around the ship. ‘Hello! I was the captain of this ship. My name
is Tommy. There are four people on board, including me. They are Joe, Tim and Tom. Tim and Tom are
twins.’ ‘Look, this will be your room. Next to Joe’s, Tom’s and Tim’s rooms .’
‘Wow! That’s good!’
‘This is the deck, stern and this is where we eat.’
‘Ok, I think your ship is really cool.’
‘Next step, let’s go!’
‘Ok!’ Everyone said.
Zheng He fell asleep in his room. Tok tok tok…Tim tapped on the door of Zheng He’s room, in a hurry.
Zheng He was awakened by a knock at the door. ‘What has happened? he asked when he was opening the
door. ‘The captain is looking for you, it’s urgent, you’d better hurry.’ Zheng He found Tommy. His face
was filled with confusion and fear. He called Zheng He into a small room. He said, ‘Zheng He, when I
looked into the sea, I saw something terrible. It’s so terrifying and scary but I am unsure of what it is
exactly.’ Tommy explained that he asked Zheng He to his room because he had experienced sailing and
maybe, hopefully, he had come across these creatures before. Tommy took him to the deck and instructed
him to look carefully into the deep blue sea. ‘That is a sea monster!’ Zheng He said in shock.
‘Sea monster?’ Tommy asked.
‘Yes, they’re sea monster. They’re very ferocious. Keep your voice down or they would feel annoying.
They hate it when the people interrupted them during their sleep.’ Zheng He whispered.
‘Wow, you know so much,’ Tommy said.
‘What are you doing?’ Joe came out and asked.
‘Hush!’ Zheng He and Tommy said.
But it was too late. The sea monster woke up. It roared in anger. The noise made Tim and Tom come out
of their room. They were startled.
‘What’s happened?’ Tim and Tom asked.
‘There seems to be a sea monster in this part of the ocean,’ Joe said.
‘That’s terrible, how are we going to escape from being hurt?’ asked Tom in a trembling voice.
‘There’s no way,’ Zheng He replied.
The sea monster rushed to the ship in a crazed frenzy. Zheng He took out his knife and stabbed the sea
monster’s abdomen.
‘Whined!’ The sea monster gave a terrible cry and fell down…