Exposition
I really loved taking a trip to big cities from time to time. Actually, I think that was the favorite thing I liked to do when I was young. I have almost no more memory left in me to help me remember that was the favorite thing I liked to do, but I do remember why it's no longer my favorite thing. I can't remember exactly when it was, but I do remember I was 9 years old. It happend in a hot summer vacation.
Rising Action.
7 years ago, My family had been living in China for almost 3 years. For the last two summer vacations I had in China, all I did was staying at home and occasionally playing with my friends. When the third summer vacation arrived, I was expecting to be informed by my parents yet again that we will be staying in Yanji. But despite my boredom, my parents asked my two brothers and I whether if we wanted to visit Beijing to celebrate our vacation. My parents asked my older brother first, and he gave the usual answer-yes. He never really cared where my parents took him, and he still really doesn't care so much. Then they asked me, and since I was terribly bored, I said it would be exellent if we went there.
It was a fairly long trip, because I remember spending a night in a train. I couldn't sleep well since I was too excited, but the excitement wouldn't stay in me for long.
We made it to Beijing finally. There were few other families those who came with us, and we as a group got a tour inside the city and skimmed through the city.
My family were set free from the group like everyone else and were given our own time. My dad suggested visiting a museum of some kind, and we all agreed.
Climax
Most of my memories in Beijing are gone, but I have a faint memory staring at a big statue in a shape of a man. Then, it happened. I lost my interest in the statue and bugged my dad to go somewhere more exciting by pulling his shirt, and I looked up to see my dad's reaction but couldn't find any from my dad because the shirt that I pulled on wasn't my dads. It was some random Chinese dude that looked like he was going to kidnap me because he had a sly smile on his face. So I freaked out and shouted for my mom and dad, but there was no reply. My legs loosened up and I fell on the ground crying outrageously. In a second this huge crowd circled me around and few people came up to me asking what's going on, but all I did was wailing and flailing.
Then I finally got a grip and stopped crying. I went to the highest point I could find, and searched through the crowd. When I was about to give up and let myself be stranded on Beijing, I saw my parents.
Falling Action
I ran toward them and hugged my parents tightly. I felt like I just exitted a cave with vast, endless darkness and meet the sun again. I was so happy to see them that I followed my family around with no complaints in that trip.
Resolution
Our family safely made it back to Yanji, and we were all satisfied. I was probably the one that was most satisfied from all the thrill I've experienced. I found out a disturbing fact later on, when my parents told me one day that they never knew I was lost. They had been thinking I was with them all the time, and they were suprised when I came up and hugged them with tears pouring from my eyes.
ThE eNd
conflict - I was lost in middle of one of the biggest city in the world, which completely ruined my vacation
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
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I can still vividly remember the time I got lost in a supermarket. Or rather, it was the time I thought I got lost (my mom was just around the corner). Those memories stick with you!
ReplyDeleteI can see that you understand plot structure and conflict. Good job.