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his is it. I knew it by the peculiar
from the start. I appearance, I questioned
Tcouldn’t have done him his purpose of
it. No matter how hard I coming. He made some
try, some things are just peculiar mechanical
not meant to be. What am sounds. “Odd,” I thought
I going to say to them? to myself. After a few
The ones that brought me moments, he started to
up with bitter effort. All of speak in English, but with
that, just to manufacture a a robotic voice.
failure like me?
“You wish to die, yes?”
I felt helpless, all I could do was lie on my
bed and let my tears race down my dirt-stained face. Being shocked by his words, I could only
Some of them showered down to the hay stack, nod in sorrow. He asked for a reason to justify my
which was my bed and composed a symphony illogical thoughts. And so I told him everything,
together with the heavy rain outside. At this point, I how I grew up in a poor family, how I couldn’t
didn’t even know if it was my tears or the raindrops afford proper education, how my parents suffered
leaking through the broken wooden ceiling. to provide me with education, how I failed in my
important examinations, how I made all of their
Then, I made a decision. After hours of efforts worthless, how I demolished my own path
tossing and turning, I would end the suffering for for the future and how I took away the last ray of
myself and the people around me. “Tomorrow hope for my family.
morning,” I softly whispered.
However, the man didn’t seem to understand.
The next day, a huge bang startled me from He was very confused. He invited me onto his
my sleep. The sound was very familiar. Yes, I know “vehicle”. I have never seen anything like it! It was
this sound. It’s the sound of our old zinc door falling as if it was a vehicle for aliens. Those unidentified-
off its hinge. I wonder who’s knocking. I pulled flying-objects that are always reported in the news.
open the door with all my might. Usually at this Then I realised, the man had green skin. He took off
time of the day, blazing sunlight would invade the his coat and hat so he could drive more easily and to
house, but as I squinted my eyes to prepare for the my suspicion, he was indeed, an occupant of outer
“attack”, it was not that bright. You could even say it space, an alien.
was dark. Oh, it was someone’s shadow.
It must be a dream. Something this cliché
Up I raised my head to gaze upon the face of can’t possibly happen to me.” I started to brainwash
the man who knocked upon the door. My chin was myself. Then, the ship began to shake vigorously. We
pointing to the sky by the time I saw the tippy top blasted into the sky! I held on tight to the armrests
of this head. He was about 3 of the seat. It was clearly my
metres tall with an unfitting first time flying. He told me it
large suit and a hat so big it was going to be quite a long
hid his face well. Astonished trip. He switched on the large
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