“Yeahhh ! I am going to the beach” I exclaimed in delight as I packed my swimming clothes. It was the start of the school holiday. My father had promised us a fun filled day at the beach. As it was a sunny and bright day, I packed my sunscreen to protect myself from exposure to the harmful UV rays. I wanted to dive underwater and search for different types of seashells. I also wanted to stay far away from my younger brother who was irritating me the whole week.
When we reached the sandy shores, we set up a picnic umbrella for our shelter. We immediately rushed to the inviting sea. After I found my share of seashells , I went back to our picnic umbrella . All of us except my brother was under the umbrella. My brother was playing at the shore of the beach. We were having our lunch, not realising that the tide was coming in. When we looked at the shore, my brother was no where to be found. We frantically ran to the waters in search for my younger brother. We saw him floating helplessly like a rag doll.
My father immediately swam out into the water and dragged my unconscious brother to the shore. The lifeguards who were stationed at the beach rushed to the aid of my brother. They performed CPR on my brother. after a while, my brother regained consciousness. This ordeal will forever be etched in my mind.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
3.behaviour of neighbours
“Ahh…….it’s Sunday, the best day of the week” I said as I was watching television.My sister was listening to the radio and my brother was singing with his karaoke machine . I was having a great day when my neighbour rudely interrupted me by knocking loudly on the door .When I opened the door he told me to keep the noise level down.” Why should I keep the noise level down? Mind your own business, I said, as I purposely slammed the door shut.
I was irritated by his rude and obnoxious request. After I regained my composure, I resumed my favourite Sunday afternoon activity which was watching television. Again I heard a loud knock on my door. When I opened my door, I saw my neighbour standing there with an angry look on his face. He said “I am going to call the police if you don’t keep the noise level down.”
I now realised that he is doing this tit for tat. We had a similar incident where I had called the police . Instead of succumbing to his request, I challenged him to call the police thinking that he would back down.
To my surprise, he took out his mobile phone and dialled for the police. Soon after, the police arrived . They took down both our versions of the incident. after that, the policeman scolded us for being bad neighbours.
*This composition is parallel to my original story “bad neighbour”. For each composition I changed the lead character and a bit of changes in the story line as well.
I was irritated by his rude and obnoxious request. After I regained my composure, I resumed my favourite Sunday afternoon activity which was watching television. Again I heard a loud knock on my door. When I opened my door, I saw my neighbour standing there with an angry look on his face. He said “I am going to call the police if you don’t keep the noise level down.”
I now realised that he is doing this tit for tat. We had a similar incident where I had called the police . Instead of succumbing to his request, I challenged him to call the police thinking that he would back down.
To my surprise, he took out his mobile phone and dialled for the police. Soon after, the police arrived . They took down both our versions of the incident. after that, the policeman scolded us for being bad neighbours.
*This composition is parallel to my original story “bad neighbour”. For each composition I changed the lead character and a bit of changes in the story line as well.
Monday, September 15, 2008
2.Fire
“Vinith, go do your choirs”, my mother exclaimed as she went to work. I decided to iron my clothes first. I shuffled my way to the ironing board. There was a basket full of clothes for me to iron. I switched on the iron and waited for it to get heated. My task was to iron all my t-shirts.
While waiting for it to get heated, the phone started to ring. It was my friend, Akbar. He wanted to discuss about Ms Tan`s lesson today. Akbar was going on and on and on, and I completely forgot about my ironing. Suddenly, I smelt something burning followed by the sight of smoke bellowing out of the window which I ironed next to.
I raced back up to find a fire on my room curtain, the fire was spreading rapidly throughout my room. I ran down to get a bucket of water from my kitchen. By the time I came it had spread throughout the second storey of my house. I twist and turned to find a way between the fire where I can put it out. Soon I was trapped, surrounded by menacing flames.
The flames circled around me as if having a victory dance for their successful capture. I was falling in and out of consciousness, soon after I was in oblivion. When I woke up I was in a hospital. I was surrounded by my friends and family. The fire was due to my carelessness. I will never forget this horrible ordeal.
While waiting for it to get heated, the phone started to ring. It was my friend, Akbar. He wanted to discuss about Ms Tan`s lesson today. Akbar was going on and on and on, and I completely forgot about my ironing. Suddenly, I smelt something burning followed by the sight of smoke bellowing out of the window which I ironed next to.
I raced back up to find a fire on my room curtain, the fire was spreading rapidly throughout my room. I ran down to get a bucket of water from my kitchen. By the time I came it had spread throughout the second storey of my house. I twist and turned to find a way between the fire where I can put it out. Soon I was trapped, surrounded by menacing flames.
The flames circled around me as if having a victory dance for their successful capture. I was falling in and out of consciousness, soon after I was in oblivion. When I woke up I was in a hospital. I was surrounded by my friends and family. The fire was due to my carelessness. I will never forget this horrible ordeal.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
1.illegal immigrant
“Bye Mum!” , Betty said as she went out of her house to go to the supermarket. She went there to buy vegetables for her mother to cook. Betty knew it was a hot day, as endless drips of perspiration ran down her cheeks. Upon arriving at the supermarket, she saw a suspicious looking man across the vegetable cart.
He was wearing a cap, sweat pants and a thick coat. “Why would anyone in their right mind want to wear that type of clothing in this type of blisteringly hot weather?” Betty wondered. She knew something fishy was going on. Before Betty could blink an eye the suspicious looking man tucked something under his jacket. Betty immediately noticed that action. Betty turned around and immediately went looking for help. Thankfully lady luck was shining on her, there was a policeman on patrol near by. She raced across the supermarket and alerted the policeman.
“You thief!” Betty shouted, as she ran up to the man. With no thought the man took to his feet. Betty chased after him.” You are going to get yourself hurt!” as he followed behind her. Betty and the policeman was in hot pursuit of the man. They were hot on his heels . Suddenly the man whirled around and grabbed Betty by her throat. Immediately pulled out a knife from his pocket and told the policeman who was giving chase to stop or he would slit Betty`s throat.The policeman stopped in his tracks. He was frightened that the man was going to carry out his threat.
Betty was engulfed with fear. A frightful chill ran down her spine as she perspired cold sweat. The policeman signalled to a passerby to call back up. The thief could not take the emmense pressure and he committed suicide.
Betty returned home from that ordeal, frightened and shaken up. The police deduced that the theif was an illegal immigrant with no money to buy food. Betty will never forget this incident for her whole life.
He was wearing a cap, sweat pants and a thick coat. “Why would anyone in their right mind want to wear that type of clothing in this type of blisteringly hot weather?” Betty wondered. She knew something fishy was going on. Before Betty could blink an eye the suspicious looking man tucked something under his jacket. Betty immediately noticed that action. Betty turned around and immediately went looking for help. Thankfully lady luck was shining on her, there was a policeman on patrol near by. She raced across the supermarket and alerted the policeman.
“You thief!” Betty shouted, as she ran up to the man. With no thought the man took to his feet. Betty chased after him.” You are going to get yourself hurt!” as he followed behind her. Betty and the policeman was in hot pursuit of the man. They were hot on his heels . Suddenly the man whirled around and grabbed Betty by her throat. Immediately pulled out a knife from his pocket and told the policeman who was giving chase to stop or he would slit Betty`s throat.The policeman stopped in his tracks. He was frightened that the man was going to carry out his threat.
Betty was engulfed with fear. A frightful chill ran down her spine as she perspired cold sweat. The policeman signalled to a passerby to call back up. The thief could not take the emmense pressure and he committed suicide.
Betty returned home from that ordeal, frightened and shaken up. The police deduced that the theif was an illegal immigrant with no money to buy food. Betty will never forget this incident for her whole life.
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