Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 3 | Page 95

New Tales of the Ming Treasure Voayages
Harrow International School Shanghai, Li, Lynn - 13
“Someone, Hold on to the sail! Hold on! Lower the topmast! ”
“y…yes sir! But I can’t! The wind is too strong! ” One of the sailors cried back.
“Just pull it down!”The master shouted back.
The wind howled and the waves each time bigger than the one before.
Even though it is still daytime, the dark rain clouds stretched across the whole sky, and it was as dark as
midnight. Nothing could be seen, except when lighting strikes. When the next lighting stroke, all people
can see were sailers torn into the sky along with the sail when they were trying to lower it, the wind
brought them higher and higher, and then disappeared into the sky with screams of fear. All people could
hear were waves, thunder, and all the moaning, crying from the people.
A man stood on the very front of the boat calmly and said soberly: “This is a tough one” and his name is
Zheng He. This is his fourth time out on to the ocean, but it is the first time he has ever seen such a thing.
And there came another monstrous wave.
Zheng He can feel the scorching hotness of the sun on his face. He opened his eyes and saw things that
he has never before seen in his life. Giant palm trees, golden beaches, and rarely a seal cries. While Zheng
He is enjoying the scenery in front of him. Loud shouts of people have destroyed the quiet air.
“Ho, ho,
hee.”
“HEE, he ho, ho, he”
They sound more like monkeys than people. Zheng He has never heard a sound like this ever in his life,
but he thought they were no danger. The sound became louder and louder, closer and closer, in the next
second Zheng He realized they were coming for him! He stood up and wanted to hide, however, it was too
late, two giant hairy people were standing behind him, they have ginormous tattoos on their face, and in
their hands were The first thought that flashed through his mind was “Run!”. He lifted his foot and wanted
to get out of here, immediately the giants both grabbed him by the hands, and now there’s nowhere Zheng
He can go but to follow them.
After a while, they finally stopped, and in front of them was a big stone chair, and several rock poles with
very delicate carven patterns on surrounding it, Zheng He has never seen something like this in his life, but
the patterns on the poles suddenly remind him of something, but he is not exactly sure what. While Zheng
He was trying really hard to remember what the pattern reminded him of, an older man walked up, and
seated on to the chair, in the middle. He is obviously the chief of the tribe. The people started
communicating in a language that Zheng He cannot understand.
“hehe, hoho.”
“he, hohohoho, hehee.”
For a while Zheng He was just standing there in awkwardness, and there they finally stopped. The chief
started talking to Zheng He, and surprisingly, the chief does speak English.
“WHOO ARE YOU?”The chief said in a funny accent, but he is very serious, looking right into Zheng
He’s eyes, he felt like he has been stared through, But from all the experiences that he has gained in the past
three years, he knew that he can not show any fear of what is happening or how he is unconfident about
anything.
“My name is Zheng He, I came from China and I am on a mission to Hormuz.” He didn’t explain too
much, because he didn’t want to waste too much time to him, he just wants him to understand who he is,
and free him.
The chief look confused, he clearly did not understand anything that Zheng He had just said to him, and
then he whispered to the strong man beside him.
“HO!” the strong man shouted.
People all around start to surround Zheng He and pushed him to the ground. This is not what Zheng He
was expecting, it shocked him, And for a while he did not understand what was happening. They lifted him
up and thrown him into a vine and tree bark woven cage. Now he had finally realized what was happening.
In front of the cage stand two guards. He thought that he could try explaining to them, then he
remembered they can not even understand what he will say, but it still worth trying, anything worths a try
now. He doesn’t want to be stuck here forever.
“Hi, I need to see your chief, I need to tell him that I do not want to harm any of you.”He spoke as
slowly as possible, so it is easier for them to catch what he was saying, so they could understand.