The Day I Hurt Myself

• Christian Sammut, Grade 1, St Patrick's Primary School
• Short Story
• 2014

Excellence Award in the 'Write As Rain 2014' competition

Today I went to mini fun day. Do you know what that is? Well It is motorbike riding coaching. I was in green group I have a Pee Wee 50, it is a Yamaha. This is some of the exciting things I did. First I went up a steep hill and I went back down. Next I went over a jump , gliding through the air and landing on the ground. Next I was riding up an even steeper hill. Than I practiced turning skids, splashing mud into the crowd.

Suddenly I skidded out and came flying off my bike. I had broke my ankle I could not go to mini fun day for 5 months. I had to go to the hospital. I was in a lot of pain at the hospital. All my family came to see me. I also cut my neck…you should of seen it.

It took me 5 months to recover from my deadly accident. Now I go to mini fun day and ride my bike, I’m not scared to do jumps, but I’m a little bit scared to do skids. I actually had another accident coming off a humongous jump, luckily I did not hurt myself.

I have learnt that I can be a cool rider but I have to be safe too.

By Christian Sammut
Year 1
Age 6