An unforgettable experience
F. 4E
Hui Hoi Fung
I am a diligent and clever student. I always try my best to do my homework. And
I have a close friend, who is a good deskmate, called Chris. My study life is peaceful
until an incident happened one day.
Everybody was enjoying their recess time while I was sitting in the corner of the
classroom alone and got puzzled with my missing mathematics homework. ‘I have
really handed it in! Why am I so unlucky?’ I murmured to myself. After grumbling for
a while. I dragged to the teacher’s office unwillingly. Soon I was standing in front of
Miss Chan’s desk with watery eyes. Miss Chan stared at me hard for some time, and
she asked me, ‘ Where’s your mathematics homework? Don’t tell me that you have
handed it in.’
‘ But I did hand it in!’ I cried nervously.
‘Don’t give me such a foolish excuse. I am already fed up with it. I am very
disappointed with you. I doubt how you manage to get good results in the
examination.’ Miss Chan looked harshly at my pale face. I was very angry and I said,
‘Sorry, Miss Chan! I feel sick and I want to leave.’ Without begging for her
permission, I ran out of the office.
‘What on earth has happened?’ I was at a loss when I was going back to the
classroom. ‘ I need a sincere friend to talk to now.’ I tried to find Chris but he wasn,t
there. I threw myself on the chair and lay on the chairback. Suddenly, when I glanced
at the drawer of Chris’s desk, I found a homework book. Out of curiosity, I took it out.
‘What? It’s Chris mathematics homework book ! But he told me he had handed it in.
How strange!’ I talked to myself. I opened the homework book but found nothing
written on it. At first, I took it for granted that Chris didn’t hand in his homework and
he didn’t dare to tell me. But later I knew I was wrong.
After a few days, the homework books were returned to us. To my surprise, Chris
got back his history and mathematics homework! Before I could look at them, he hid
them in his schoolbag. I felt strange but I pretended not to notice that. When he went
out for lunch, I secretly took out the books from his schoolbag. Just imagine how
shocked was I when I opened the books. ‘ It’s my homework book!’ I was so
surprised that I nearly jumped up. I sprinted to the office without delay. I put the
books on Miss Chan’s desk and left without saying anything..
Later, Miss Chan called me in the telephone, ‘ I am sorry. I have made a serious
mistake.’ At that moment, truly, I thought it’s my good friend Chris who stole my
homework and changed the name. But I had no more chance of scolding him for he
had left school. I was so sad but at the same time, I was happy that the mystery had
been solved, and that my teachers now believed I had dome my homework.