Fiction: Group 3
Her Journey through the Pearl River Delta
West Island School, Kumar, Sarbani - 11, Fiction: Group 3
ai Nai! Tea’s ready!” Meili called out from the kitchen from their wooden house in a village
in the middle of Spain. Meili was a 16 year old girl from Guangdong who moved to Spain
with her Grandmother when she was 13. She had one sister, Meixi, who stayed in
Guangdong because of her job as an artist and her Mom and Dad had been murdered in the middle of the
market in China. Meili had coffee brown hair, Sparkly black eyes and lips as pink as strawberries.
“Thank you, dear. Come sit,” Her grandma said, “I have to talk to you about something important,”
“Yes Nai Nai?” Meili’s features tensed and she became worried.
“Meixi has fallen very sick and she needs help. I want you to try sneaking onto the cargo ship that goes to
Guangdong this week.”
“Oh no! But who’s going to take care of you?” Meili said.
“It’s Okay, I’ll handle it. You just make sure you stay safe and that Meixi is fit and well.”
“Ok Nai Nai. I’ll start packing” Right then, Meili knew what she had to do.
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“Take care! And come back safe!” Meili’s friend called out. It was early morning and the sun was rising up
soon. It was the day meili was leaving
“I will!” Meili’s friend, Alfonso, offered to help her by letting her ride in his carriage. Once she got there
she headed towards the M.V bravery cargo.
Maybe if I try and sneak into the cargo
Meili thought
.
She saw
a man about to lock up a container so she distracted him by throwing a rock at his back and quickly ran into
the container.
“Well Hi there!”
“Ahhhh!” Meili thought she was the only one in the container, “Oh sorry I thought I was the only one in
here, hi I’m Meili and I’m going to Guangdong. Well I’m trying to”
“I’m Inez and I’m going there as well! My mom said to try and sneak in so I could go pick some papers
from my Dad.” Inez had twinkling blue eyes and light brown hair with bubble-gum pink lips and skin as
white as snow.
“I’m going to my sister’s because she has fallen sick and I need to help her. She’s an artist. We’re too poor to
afford a proper ticket”
“Well, I hope she gets better!” Inez and Meili quietly waited until the container stopped moving around.
“I think we’re on the ship!” Meili opened the door ever so slightly so she could peek outside. She saw many
red and green cargo like the one she was in. “All clear” She whispered back “Let’s go!”
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