HKYWA 2015 Online Anthology (Fiction Group 1 & 2) - page 530

Fiction: Group 2
The Amazing Journey Through Time
Western Academy of Beijing, La, Vincent - 9, Fiction: Group 2
ǎi wén lived in a town named Dongguan with his mother and his pet Komodo dragon, named wén
sēn tè. His father had died a few years ago. Kǎi wén was now nine years old and was trying to be
an inventor. His family was from Hong Kong. He was trying to build a time machine. Kǎi wén’s
mom bought the materials, technologies and anything else that would help Kǎi wén make his time machine.
Kǎi wén liked to wonder. If his time machine worked, would he go to the future or the past? He thought
for a minute and decided to go into the past. In a few days Kǎi wén finished his time machine, it worked
but looked old and not professionally made. Kǎi wén said to himself, “If it works that is all that matters.”
One morning Kǎi wén’s mom shouted, “It’s time for Breakfast come down here to eat, I’ve got your
favourite dumplings!”
While Kǎi wén was eating his dumplings, his Komodo dragon, Wén sēn tè had sneaked upstairs and
accidentally pressed a button that opened the door to the time machine. He hid in Kǎi wén’s tool box. A
few minutes later Kǎi wén finished his tasty lunch and went inside his time machine. Kǎi wén looked at all
the buttons in his time machine and pressed one, nothing happened. Five seconds later Kǎi wén started
getting dizzy and dizzier and noticed that it worked. He screamed, “Wahoo it worked!!”
Then Kǎi wén noticed that his time machine was set to go to back in time to Dongguan in a different year.
Kǎi wén was very dizzy and saw a tail sticking out of his tool box. He slowly walked toward his tool box
and slightly touched the tail. It started moving and turned around, “Wén sēn tè!”, Kǎi wén said.
Finally, Kǎi wén was not even a single bit dizzy, They had stopped, but all of the lights in the time machine
were out. Kǎi wén realized that there was no more fuel in the time machine. Then Kǎi wén took one step
at a time, going to the door and opened it. He had saw dusty houses, old bikes, and windows. He was
surprised. He saw people just like him. He went out and carried Wén sēn tè with him, staying only a few
meters away from the time machine so he could see it. He saw people that looked poor, begging, and
wearing ripped clothes. Kǎi wén went up and asked a boy, “Why are you begging?”
Kǎi wén was a bit curious because in the future in Dongguan, no one on the streets begged for money and
food, everybody had some money to spend and food to eat. The boy said, “My village doesn’t have enough
rain or water to plant crops and my village is not getting paid from the Emperor because he is too greedy.”
Kǎi wén asked, “What’s your name?”
The boy said “My name is Biāozhǔn.”
“My name is Kǎi wén!”
Kǎi wén said “Nice to meet you and this is Wén sēn tè! I actually come from the future and now my time
machine doesn’t have any fuel to return home!”
Bi āozh ǔn opened his mouth as big as a bowhead whale. Kǎi wén picked up Wén sēn tè and grabbed
Biāozhǔ n’s hand. Kǎi wén said, “If I help your village to grow your crops and get rain, that means you help
me get fuel, OK Biāozhǔn?”
Biāozhǔ n went up to his friend and asked him to watch the time machine, then
Biāozh ǔn ran back. Biāozhǔn said, “There’s a legend that four dragons can bring rain to this village and we
must go to the Pearl River Delta.” Then they went traveling to the Pearl river Delta.
Two hours later… at the Pearl River Delta, Kǎi wén and Biāozhǔn saw moving objects in the clouds.
“It’s the dragons?” said Biāozhǔ n.
Kǎi wén screamed, “Dragons can you please help Biāozhǔn get rain for his village?”
They heard a deep strong voice that said, “I will ask the emperor, please wait here I will be back.” They
waited five minutes then heard the same voice, “The emperor said no, but I will find a way to get rain for
your village.”
Biāozhǔ n had an idea so he said to the dragon, “How about you get water from the Pearl river Delta, go up
to the clouds and let the clouds suck the water up. Then, down it goes.” Biāozhǔn said.
“Good idea!”, said K ǎi wén.
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