"SWIMMING SUSPENSE"
by
SAM

 ONCE,WHEN I WAS IN GRADE 5, I HAD FALLEN SICK.UNLUCKILY EXACTLY ON THE DAY WHEN I HAD MY SWIMMING CLASS. WE HAD THE CLASS ONLY THRICE A WEEK, SO I WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE CLASS.BUT,UNFORTUNATELY,DUE TO THE ILLNESS,I COULD NOTE GO TO SCHOOL.

I BEGGED AND PLEEDED,BUT MOM WOULD NOT LET ME GO. I LOST ALL HOPE AND SAT DEVASTATED AT HOME.AT AROUND 3:00 PM A FRIEND OF MINE CALLED UP TO ASK ME A FEW NOTES.BUT SINCE I HAD NOT ATTENDED SCHOOL THAT DAY,ICOLD NOT GIVE THEM TO HER .SHE SAID"YOU LIAR, YOU CAME TODAY,I SAW YOU IN THE SWIMMING POOL"INSPITE OF ALL MY PROTESTS SHE JUST GOT ANGRIER AND BANGED DOWN THE RECIEVER.NEXT,STRANGELY ENOUGH,MY TEACHER CALLED UPAND ASKED ME"WHY DID'NT YOU ATTEND ALL THE CLASSES AFTER SWIMMING?"SHE TOO WAS SURPRISED TO KNOW THAT I DID'NT COME AT ALL! I WAS IN A DAZE.HOW COULD THIS BE POSSIBLE?I WAS AT HOME ALL DAY LONG. I NEVER FOUND OUT AN ANSWER TO THIS. I'M STILL PUZZLED.

 

  

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Story by: SAM, age 12, United_Arab_Emirates

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