Thursday, September 11, 2008

My composition

Devious Andrew
“Ring…”Andrew stirred as the alarm clock rang shrilly. He woke up immediately and started to get ready for his usual morning jog. The outline of the rising sun blurred as the bright yellow blended with the white clouds. As Andrew stepped out of his parent’s apartment, his was locked on a catapult beside his potted plants. He flew down the flight of steps and picked it up and finally decided to take it with him.
Andrew jogged to the park with a sudden surge of enthusiasm and reached there in no time. He glanced around the park and sighed when he saw that there already two children giggling with obvious delight as they played on the seesaw. The grey cobblestones paved a narrow, meandering path trough the lush greenery, there was also a pond filled with glittering water and life. Suddenly, Andrew caught a glimpse of some birds in their nest and heard them chirping melodiously.
“I could use my catapult to shoot down the bird’s nest and catch some and bring them home.” He thought. He then tried to execute this devious plan. Andrew picked up a blunt stone from the ground. A young boy licking a lollipop with sheer bliss decided to stand behind Andrew to watch. When his father saw that, he raced over, at the hive and bellowed, “STAY AWAY FROM THAT HIVE!”
Andrew ignored him and released the stone with his catapult. Instead of hitting his target, the bird’s nest the stone landed smack on the beehive and it fell on the soil. The black and yellow insects that zoomed out were too big to be bees and were wasps. Andrew’s face blanched and his heart was slamming against his ribs. He shrieked with sheer terror, tore off and jumped into the pond. Everyone within the park followed suit and hoped to escape the infuriated wasps buzzing above the water.
Andrew was unable to hold his breath any longer and he leaped out of the pond. To the delight of the wasps, they stung him incessantly. He could not withstand the sharp, stinging pain as it was too excruciating and eventually fainted for to much blood loss. When he woke up, he found his parents sitting beside him in the hospital ward. They were so relieved that they could not stop sobbing. They explained that a helpful sanitarian had called the ambulance and he was brought to the hospital.
From this traumatic incident, Andrew learnt to think of the consequences before attempting to do something. The park was closed all because of his mischievousness. Andrew learnt his lesson the hard way and will never forget it as his injuries will always remind him.
Done by: Low Yan Lin

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