Saturday, 4 February 2012

Essay--- I never saw him again after that...


Write a story ending with “ I never saw him again after that’’.

     It was a deathly silence night,both of my parents have already turned themselves into sleepy pigs,laying their exhausted body on their warm and comfortable bed. While my younger sister and I were sitting by the couch,our eyes glued at the television screen that depicted a scene from a horror movie.
     Sneaking glances behind our fingers,we saw the main heroin edging closer to a black bloody door and gently pushed it open so a slither of the dark room was exposed. Suddenly,a loud clang sounded from outside the house making us jump up from the couch. I,the braver of us two tip toe to peek behind the curtain. I noticed a lone silhouette rummaging through our trash can. The shadow of the man drifted into the glare of a streetlight. From his profile,I recognised him as the beggar that frequently wanders our neighbourhood. I ignored my sister’s questionings and sank back on to the couch,and became submerged in memories.
     The beggar moved here three years ago,we don’t  know his past but the whole neighbourhood often sees his going ons whenever he appears. We nicknamed him Mr.Scar,for on his left cheek lies on e long gash that extends from his temple to his jaw. Wearing a ragged and torn faded brown waistcloth,and large tattoo at his left hand. We thought he was a gangster before he become a beggar and we never heard him said anything. Sometimes,there are some generous people will spare him some money and old clothes to help out his daily life. Once,we saw him sleeping under the bridge of the park near the neighbourhood. That is all we knew about him.
     The second night,our parents warned my sister and I hit the hay as early as we cloud. Thus,my sister and I have to say goodbye to our lovely television and compelled to sleep even though my eyelids were not ready to close yet. I laid on my warm single bed,glanced up the dark ceiling and thought back to the plot of the horror movie that I watched yesterday night.Out of the blue I heard our puppy,Billy barking at the doenstairs ,thinking that maybe it was hungry. I went out from the bedroom and made my way downstairs with a frighten mood. As I walked downstair, the creaking sound of the stairs mingled with Billy constant barking that increases the volume . My steps quicken as I heard the sound of something falling to the floor.
     Suddenly,a shadow zoomed infront of me and escaped from the windows . It was a thief,I screamed loudly. In stantly,my parents woke up and rushed sownstairs to find out what was happening. Overcoming my shocks, I darted outside with my parents. By the time we arrived,my dad has already called the police. As we rushed out through the main gate ,we heard the noisy sound came from outside , we saw there were two guys were fighting . We walked gradually and nearly to them,Mr.Scar was over there,he was fighting with a teenager. Mr.Scar was holding a knife in his hand,bleeding. Meanwhile ,the teenager shouted ‘he was a thief’,but Mr.Scar remains in silence as he shook his head. From that,we realised that he was unable to speak. The teenager recognized himself as passerby and he had seen Mr.Scar climbed panicky over the fence,out from the house with a knife in his hand.
      When the police arrived,policeman separated the two that was still fighting. The teenager claims that Mr.Scar had broken into the house. As we stay confusedly at the scene before us ,my dog, Billy abruptly rushed towards the teenager,barking loudly,and attempting to bite his leg. The teenager took a few hasty steps back to avoid being bitten by Billy. As he retreated,some pieces of jewellery fall off from his jacket pockets. Immediately,we realised that real thief was him. And so the thief was cuaght and Mr.Scar was given treatment at the hospital for his minor injuries.
     Our thoughts wondered off to his whereabout as he didn’t appear for a week. We can’t find him neither anywhere in the neighbourhood nor under the bridge where he resides. I never saw him again after that.





Kathlyn


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