Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 2 - 2 | Page 69

Zach dodged effortlessly and moved swiftly as the amazed pirate tried to stab him. When the pirate
went left, Zach moved right, and when the pirate went right he dodged left…
This went on for quite a while which shocked the ‘spectators’ and caused the pirate to feel very
exhausted. Zach watched sweat trickle off the pirate’s face and laughed. At last, Zach decided to just snatch
the sword from the pirate. He felt bored as what he called the “game” was getting too uninteresting. He
snatched the sword from the pirate’s trembling hands and kicked him, which caused him to fall down. Zach
was about to kick him again but he stopped as he heard a
“STOP!!!!!! Argh!!! I surrender!”
“Okay, I’ll stop,” Zach grinned.
Tom and Ben ran towards the pirate and sat on him to make sure he would not be able to move
while Zach pointed the sword at the shocked pirate crew and shouted, “If anyone dares to step forward, I
will fight you like him!”
He whispered an address into the sailor’s ear, and the pirate ship turned to face the direction of
their village. Halfway through, they spotted an old, small brown boat floating in the middle of the sea, and
Ben recognised it immediately-- it was the boat that they rented! Quickly, he ordered the sailor to sail
towards the boat.
The sailor turned the direction of the ship cautiously towards the small boat, and when the ship was
next to the boat the boys hopped off the ship into the boat, waved a goodbye at the furious pirate who was
still swearing at them, and then continued their journey home.
Later, they returned the boat at where they rented it from, and imagined their parents’ faces when
they told them about their adventure! They gasped and dropped the cups of tea they were having and the
cups shattered into countless ceramic pieces. To Ben and his friends, it was a huge ‘accomplishment’ and this
will definitely not be their first and last adventure!