Aches And Pains

• Pokho Saw Eh, Grade 5
• Short Story
• 2013

“Whoosh’’ as I slid down the mountain with a toboggan. The freezing, cool air rushed through me. I saw people climbing back up in a flash. Then I lost control and crashed. My toboggan flipped and my body lied on the soft, icy snow. I quickly got up and raced to the top of the mountain, dragging the toboggan.
When I got to the top, I could not feel my legs, as it was a long climb up. Wanting to slide down with the toboggan, I pushed through the line and slid down without looking. I went full speed down the steep, slippery mountain. All of a sudden my heart started to beat rapidly, as I was going to crash. I turned the toboggan aggressively to stop, it stopped alright only upside down, and my body was once again on the soft, icy snow. I got back on the toboggan and slid down the rest of the way.
I then started to build a snowman, the hand freezing snow went into my gloves and got to my hands. It nearly froze my hands. On the way home my body was aching.