AMAZING CONSEQUENCES ....

ROXANE TINGA

Have you ever lost something that led to the most amazing consequences? Well, I did and it was one of the most amazing days in my life.

It was a Friday afternoon and I had nothing to do, so I decided to go to the centre of town to do some shopping. After searching for a lot of time, I bought a wonderfully vivid dress. Then I bumped into my friend Helen and we sat at a cafe, we bought something to drink and we started chatting for hours. Finally, at half past ten we decided to go back home and to meet again in an hour. But when I arrived at the door of my house I couldn’t find my keys. They had just disappeared! I rang the doorbell but neither my mother nor my sister were inside. So, I had to call my grandmother to bring me the key of our house that she keeps for such occasions. But unfortunately, I couldn’t find my brand new mobile phone. Oh God, I had lost it! I was very depressed and I didn’t know what to do. The time was 11 o’clock and I would be late for the rendezvous with Helen.

I had no other idea except that of climbing through the open window. So I took the ladder from the back of my house and I started climbing. Then somebody abruptly moved the ladder and I fell to the ground. I found myself with a broken leg, a scratch on my face and my hands tied. And what was more, I had to go to the police station to prove that I was not a thief but the owner of the house.

I was interrogated for more than an hour when finally my mother arrived. She told them the truth and dropped me off at the nearest hospital because I was in a lot of pain. In addition, I couldn’t go to my rendezvous and Helen was absolutely furious because I hadn’t called her to tell her what had happened.

What a strange day it had been! Losing my keys had led to the most amazing consequences!

Roxanne Tinga is a fifteen year old student at the Fourth Lykeio in Katerini. Her hobbies are listening to music, reading magazines, watching films and going out with her friends. She has passed the Cambridge FCE examination and is shortly taking the Cambridge Proficiency in English exam.