Unexpected Incidents

• Alex Li, Grade 5
• Short Story
• 2012

I couldn’t really recall what happened today but all I know was that I felt someone cause a plague by crashing into me with an enormous momentum while I was playing handball with my friends at school. We were making comments such as, “You are serving the ball too low” or “You are serving the ball too high” and I got knocked off my feet in a few seconds without knowing it.

I landed on a banana peel and it made me slip a few metres away and I smashed on the ground headfirst. I kind of blacked out for a few seconds and when I opened my eyes, I looked at my right hand. “Oh My Gosh!”I gasped. I had actually maimed my right elbow and my palm.

I try not to panic and suddenly Robinson Crusoe knocked inside my head.

I quickly ran to the boy’s toilet to wash the blood and dirt away while my friends tried to console me by asking if I was alright. I turned on the cold water taps and when the water rinsed my palm, I howled in pain.

“Ouch!”I yelled at the top of my lungs since it hurt too much.

I washed the last of the blood and dirt away and I heard the teacher on duty exclaimed, “Do you need an elastoplasts spray bandaid?” “Thank you but no because I know how to take care of myself” I replied and I hurried back home after school.

I applied a few drops of antiseptic solution and I suddenly felt a painful numbness. My brain felt blank and I didn’t feel anything for a few seconds. My brain started to work again and I applied a few drops of herbal medicated oil on my injuries. The antiseptic solution smelt nice and fresh but the herbal medicated oil smelt worse than rotten cheese.“That is disgusting.” I relaxed my right hand and I thought it felt much better.

I laid down on my cosy warm bed since I was overwrought about today and I felt my blood gushing through my veins and my anguishing injuries leaving my body slowly.

I felt that a rest was what I needed to have so I got up from my bed and sat down on my comfortable chair motionless thinking of all the unforgettable events throughout the day. I woke up and I recognised it was just a dream. I looked at my hand in the mirror. There was a bandaid on my elbow. I screamed in panic. I looked more closely and I sighed in relief. It was just a bandaid stuck on the mirror. I felt a tingling sensation coming from my right elbow. It felt like a needle puncturing my skin. I pulled up my sleeve and Looked at my elbow in horror. There was a bandaid on it...