It was a nice hot afternoon. And as
usual, I’m bored and the only thing I want is to go to the playground near our
house. The playground was so beautiful. It has the greenest grass and the most colorful flowers I have ever seen in the entire world. It also has some swings,
see-saws, slides and everything a boy would ever dream of. Surely, it was a
child’s paradise. I went upstairs to my parent’s room to ask permission. Knocking
on the door, I shouted “Mom! Dad! Can I go to the playground for a while? “.“Go
ask your brother to take you to the playground.” says Mom. “You need to have
someone to look over you.” says Dad. So I went to my brother and asked him to
come with me to the playground. “Okay, just don’t be so excited when we get
there” says my brother, who is also super bored in our house.
A
few moments later, I was at the beautiful paradise. The sounds of children at
play echoed from the park, stomping and running and laughing. There were also
some food-stalls waiting for me to have a little snack and most of all, there,
sitting by the tree in the far end of the park is the girl. The girl is very
pretty. She has a silky pink ribbon tying her beautiful curls. She also has a marvelous smile. The smile, I get to see every time I saw her.
As
timid as I am, I went to my usual playmates. As I was walking towards my
friends, I glanced at the girl who used to be my playmate. She was still
smiling at me. I looked to the ground shyly – not returning the girl’s hopeful
smile. “Hey! Let’s play Hide and Seek” says Peter, my friend. “Yeah. Let’s go!”
says Dave, my other friend. We went and played Hide and Seek. Peter was the
“it”. 1, 2. Martin hid behind the
food-stalls nearby. Harvey hid behind the group of children nearby. And Dave
hid underneath the slide where I used to hide. So I’m the only one who hadn’t
found a hiding place. 3, 4. I looked
around to see if there is somewhere I can hide. 5, 6. Then I saw the tree in the far end of the park. The girl was
there, sitting all alone while playing with her toys. 7, 8, 9. I guess I have no choice. I need to hide there. And before
Peter can say and “10”, I had already hid behind the tree. The girl looked at
me with questioning eyes. “Please don’t tell them I’m here” I pleaded with a shushed
voice. “Okay” says her. Then, some sinister looking girls went to her and asked
her if she wants to play. From the girls’ naughty snickers, you can say that
they have a not-so-good intention for the girl. The girl hesitated for a moment
but said an unsure yes. I would like to stop her from playing with them, but I
can’t go out of my hiding place so the girl went with the naughty girls to
play.
She,
while playing with her playmates, was tripped by one of the girls. Then, her
playmates laughed at her. They told her very bad things. She sat in silence for
a moment. Her face became red. I’m sure she is going to cry. I need to help
her. I gathered up all of my courage to walk towards her and offer my hand.
When she looked up to see who offered a helping hand to her, surprised look
washed over her angelic face, she hesitantly raised her hand thinking I may
make more fun of her but she held to it anyway. Pete saw me and told me I was ”it”
but I ignored him. The kids stopped laughing and began watching us with curious
eyes as we walked to the tree in the far end of the park hand in hand not
caring what the other children will think.
