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Personal Narrative: A Very Bad Day Essay

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I was born in a country that is mostly populated with poor people. I lived in a area where my sorrounding was blocked by concrete buildings. It happened when I was only seven years old. I was living in a community where everyone knew each others. I started my day waking up late from my bed. I thought I was getting late for my school, but as soon as I woke up, I heard some of my local friends playing outside. I looked up at the clock and it was one thirty p.m. I asked my mom, "what day is it?" and she said, "its friday." Friday is the country's national holiday, so for me that means no school, no study. I looked up in the sky and saw big dark fluffy clouds joining together. I thought it was going to be a rainy day. I waited two hours inside …show more content…

I saw him wearing his shoes and realized that he was about to go somewhere else. I waited and hid outside my door and saw my teacher going out through the exit door, but he never saw me. I followed him on my bare foot. He suddenly stopped on his way for a while. Then I saw him lighting up his cigarettes. He looked on his back to check if anybody was coming. It was a surprise to me that he never saw me when I was standing right behind him, one foot away. He continued to walk on his feet and I followed him all the way. For the first time, I walked in the footpath without seeing or telling anybody.

Meanwhile, I kept following my teacher and my legs were getting tired. However, things did not stay the same as I followed him. I stopped and let my teacher go on his way and did not follow him. I alone started to walk on a different road and end up in the highway. I clearly remembered the way I came out. I decided to go little further, but I had a leg cramp. I sat on a rock and lean towards a wall to support my body and legs. I somehow fell asleep and when I woke up, I could no longer remember the way I came out. I got scared and started to walk in the wrong direction. I was afraid to ask question to other people because I was taught not to talk to strangers, so I kept walking and walking and end up in the crowded public place. On my way I saw restaurants, cars, rickshaws, where I usually do not see those things

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