A MEMOIR
For my friend who taught me a life lesson.
I’ve grown up a lot, I’m on my own, and I’ve learned some valuable life lessons. Zac Efron. Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward. Vernon Law
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It’s uncomfortable! It’s unpleasant! “I exclaimed.
The most terrible month in my life. It was a nightmarish month. “Dingdong!” After I heard the door ring, I ran super-fast to answer the doorbell because I knew what it was. I opened the door and I got a cute, little letter from my old friend. After I got the letter, I sat down on the sofa and I read the letter. “Wow!!awesome!!” I shouted with a happy smile. I felt really excited, pleased and exhilarated. I knew that, before she went to China because she promised to invite me to China so I have been waiting for her message for 3 months and finally I got her letter. I ran into the kitchen and I told her. “Mom!! I got a message from Seoyeon!!” I said. “Oh!! Really? That’s great!” she answered. After 1 month later, the long awaited day has come. At 5 o'clock, I woke up, I ate delicious breakfast and I wore my favourite clothes and then my father drove me to the Incheon airport. 1 hour later, my aunt came to go china with me. While I was waiting for the boarding, just the thought of it made my heart flutter. Finally 2 hours later, I got on a plane. It took 2 hours to go there. when I was in the airport, I was really bored. the dinner was really bad. The most horrible thing in there was the baby. A cry of a baby made me annoyed. Finally, I arrived in Beijing. The airport was really dirty but I was very surprised and interested in China, so I was distracted. I felt really excited and until I went to my friend’s house. My friend came to meet me. when I saw her, I was really surprised to see her. “Wow.. you changed a lot!!”I said. “Oh.. really?..” she answered very quietly. After I heard “Yes..” I realized she changed her personality, too. Her manners was very relaxed and mellow. Also quiet. When first time I met her, she was a prankster.She used to have a lot of freckles on her face. She reminded me of Pippi Longstocking. Anyway, after I met her, we went to her house. When I entered her house, it made me shocked. “Is... this... your house?” I asked. “Yeah!! of course!” she said with a big smile. The house was really spooky and dark and it felt like I stayed in a ghost house. My room was on top of the house so the room was really cold and my room was very dark so I was always sick and I had a stomachache like everyday. One day, my friend and I went to a park for a change. She told me that this park was the largest park in China so I thought the park was really cool and nice, but it wasn’t. It was revolting! When I entered a park and looked around it, I almost passed out. The garden was filled with disgusting and smelly turds. It made me shocked again. I asked my friend to go back but she said, “ Hey! It’s too late!” so I held my nose and I moved forward carefully. After 30 minutes later, suddenly, one boy pushed me to a garden with poop. I screamed. I tried not to fall down but it didn’t work. I fell down and my leg and my shoulders were painted with poop. I felt like everybody looked and laughed at me. Some helped me to got up, though. But It made me even more embarrassed so I cried really loudly .It was the most uncomfortable and unpleasant feeling I’ve ever had. After that, I said to myself that I wouldn’t do such a thing ever again. Silly me. And I promised to myself to be more cautious.
This book was designed by Jiwon Yu.
Jiwon Yu is the bestselling author of the origami Yoda series and Horton Halfpott. She is from South Korea but now she lives in Poland, Warsaw and hopes you will visit her online at www.origamiyoda.com.
Have you ever step on poop? Imagine, you fell down on the poop. Isn’t it more disgusting? The most terrible month in my life. “Dingdong!” I opened the door and I got a little pink letter from my old friend in china. I knew that what it is. I was waiting for her letter for 2 months and finally, I got a letter that she invited me to China. After 1 month later, the long awaited day has come. I arrived in Beijing. The airport was really dirty but I was very surprised and interested in Beijing, so I was distracted. I felt really excited and until I met my old friend. Soon as I met my friend, terrible and bad things started… I regret it. To this day, I still don’t understand why I went there… Randomhouse.com/teens Cover design by Jiwon Yu