The HikeA Story That Took Place During World War Two.

Written By: Shawn

Table Of Contents

Page 1- CoverPage 2- Authors NotePage 3- Family Tree

Page 4- Historical NarrativePage 5- Interview

Page 6- Bibliography Page 7- Reflection

Authors NoteIn the early 1940s a lot of things were illegal, though out WWII.The war was deadly. People couldn’t go anywhere. Shen Mao and his friends went to every place they can go but the mountains. Children couldn’t have fun during that deadly time period. Food may be casual these day, but not during the war. Death may be scary but it happens all day. We had to live years of this situation. Anyone could die, at any time.

Family Tree

The Hike

“Mom! Can I go play with my friends?

Please?” I begged.

I looked out the window at the terrific

weather. Birds chirp and the suns heat brighten

through the window shining on my bed.

“Alright, fine you can go out today. But you

will need your gas mask,” Mom replied.

I peeked over at my bed, the dirty, grey and

big gas mask lying on my bed. I was reluctant of

wearing it but just to make Mom happy I had to.

My friends and I gathered at the Village Lake.

We voted on where to go, there wasn’t much

choice though because of the war restriction. But

we still decided.

“How about the soldier camping road? It has

a amazing view.” Qing Huan suggested.

“No, we go to that place too often.” I retorted.

“Hey, Shen Mao how about the mountains? I

think none of us has explored that place yet.”

Long Rei told us.

“Great idea, why don’t we go to the

mountain!” I said. I imagined that this will be a

exciting journey.

“But we couldn’t go pass the restriction

mark. Thats where the soldiers are.” Long Rei

added

Everyone got ready and started hiking. The

hilly mountain slowed our pace down, rocks

dropping but we still managed to pass the

resting place. The sun’s heat warmed my back.

My friends and I kept hiking but the heat was

unstoppable. Our persistence was showed and

got to a shady place. We took a nap. We charged

up the mountain immediately.

“We’re nearly there guys, you can see the

top!” Shen Mao panted loudly.

“Finally!” Qing Huan screamed.

Meanwhile, we reached the top of the

mountain.

“O...O...Oh m..m... my g..od! This view is

staggering! The navy and clean lake is just to ”

Shen Mao shouted. I hope I could come here

more often.

“Our persistence has made this astonishing

view” He Dong said in a very positive tone.

Suddenly, Qing Huan slipped and slid down

the cliff through the spiky branches and rocks,

leaving drops of blood

“What! What are you guys doing! We got to

go save him.” I screamed.

We climbed down lower as then we heard

pain and saw blood dripping on the hill . The

branches on the mountains was wrecked. We

charged down to the bottom and saw Qing Huan

covered with dark red blood and scars. He

couldn’t have looked worse. My sadness was

also boosting through me. Long Rei and I carried

Qing Huan over the mountain as fast as a

cheetah. Our hands were fully covered with

shiny red blood. The blood was blasting out of

his legs. We piggybacked Qing Huan. In speed we

carried him to the shady tree. I hope this didn’t

happened. Long Rei carried Qing Huan from that

place. We finally reached the village then.nobu

I looked after him for days and days, Qing

Huan fortunately healed. Furthermore we never

went out of the village.

InterviewQ: How did the event affect you?A :The event affect me a lot because that time my family was poor so they had to work hard to earn money. So I was very skinny cause we didn’t have that much money. I was lived my life though WW2Q: How old were you? A:12Q: How did you feel? A: Looking back I felt like now days earning money is very easy the foods are very good but back then I felt like we had to work very hard to achieve goals.Q: What country were you in? A: Guang DongQ: What happened after the event? A: We got evacuated to Taiwan.Q: What kind of entertainment did you have? A: We didn’t have anyQ: Did you have any free time? A: We did have free time. Me and my friends go climb the mountain and we play around and theres a lake over there and we play around with the water. We play hide and seek and stuff.Q: What role did you play in this event? A: I was like the boss of my friendsQ: What happened in the area? A: It was a village so it didn’t get bombed.Q: Who was with you during this event? A: My friends, family

Bibliography

"World War II." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 11 July 2012. Web.

06 Nov. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II>.

"Best of History Web Sites." World War II. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Nov.

2012. <http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.php/ww2>.

ReflectionQ:  What  specific  challenges  did  you  face  during  this  project?

A:  My  grandfather  was  speaking  in  Chinese  so  I  have  to  translate.

Q:  What  did  you  learn  about  your  family  member?  (personality,  character…)

A:  He  is  very  generous  to  everyone.  He  doesn’t  coward    out  and  he  choose  to  save  his  friends.  I  also  found  out  that  he  was  really  brave  and  he  s?ll  is.

Q:  What  did  you  learn  about  yourself  (as  a  learner,  as  a  family  member)?

A:  I  should  be  like  my  grandfather  and  don’t  panic  when  theres  a  problem,  you  should  try  solve  the  problem  

Q:  How  have  you  grown?  (as  a  writer…)

A:  Yes,  I  learnt  more  history.

Q:  Why  do  you  think  doing  a  project  like  this  is  important?

A:  It’s  important  because  I  can  also  know  the  history.

Q:  What  part  of  this  process  did  you  enjoy  most?  Why?

A:  Interviewing  because  i  know  alot  of  stuff  about  my  grandfather.

Q:  What  part  of  this  process  did  you  least  enjoy?  Why?

A:  Narra?ve  because  it  was  hard.

Q:  How  do  you  plan  to  share  this  project  with  your  family/  family  member?

A: When I go back to Taiwan this Christmas.