Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 3 - 2017 | Page 84

The Deep Sleep
Carmel School Association Primary, Gefen, Ella - 10
Chapter 1
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lip gasped awake from an unsettling dream and, after reminding himself over and over again that he was safe, he
took a glance at his older brother, Greg, laid down and drifted back to sleep.
The two brothers lived together in their underground hole to avoid being devoured by tigers, like all the other
worms on Forestina. Unfortunately, their parents weren't that lucky.
The next day, Greg woke Flip and yelled,
“Flip, we’re moving!”
“YAY!”
“Yeah! Let’s go!”
Flip grabbed his things and put them in a leaf.
“Where are we going?”
“Shanghai, Earth.”
“How are we getting there?”
“Spaceship, we’ll order one online.”
Once they had the spaceship parked outside their house, and Greg had read the piloting manuel, they took off.
Chapter 2
A couple days after they had taken off they found themselves stuck on a horrendous planet captured by aliens. They
had simply landed here because they had needed to refuel but before they finished, a bunch of aliens, who didn’t
speak English, chucked them into jail cells.
All of a sudden there was a high pitched noise that sounded faintly like a trumpet, then they saw what must have
been the queen because all the aliens that were guarding them ran up and bowed.
“Flip, do you still have that key-shaped choker-necklace that mum gave you?”