The Day That Changed My Life
It started out as any other normal day in the interior. The dew was still fresh on the grass, and the sun was just beginning to peek over the high hills that surrounded our school. Living a stone throw away from school, I was among the first to arrive at the school. Somewhere around eight thirty, and the other children, who had already arrived, had started a game of cricket. This day was different and it would take a wild turn that no one, least of all me, would expect. As soon as I arrived on the school grounds, I had the nasty habit of going out under the trees that were on the ground, and getting sweaty, a habit that my mother constantly warned me about. Nevertheless, I went and started to play a game of marble, an act of disobedience that I would regret for the rest of my life. As the were playing children, the ball came under the tree where I was playing marbles, and the guys at both ends of the cricket pitch started to call me, each asking me to throw the ball for them. So I picked it up and unsuspectingly threw it for the guy that was closest to me. I was about to go back to my game of marbles, but that was not to be because as soon as I turned around I felt a sharp sudden pain above my eye, and I went howling do
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Approximate Word count = 1168
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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