Falling into the Sewage
When I woke up that morning, I knew something was going to happen. I woke up because of the nature call. I rushed to the toilet immediately, maybe because of the full cup of warm milk the night before. I rushed to the toilet, when I was washing my hands, something strange happened!
A strong power sucked me into the sewage. I didn’t fall into the sea but I sat on a dirty sponge. It was that the sponge came from my art tool box. Why would was it there? Oh I remember that last Sunday when I did my art work, I washed the tools, and the sponge fell into the sewage but I forgot to pick it up.
The sewage was full of wet sticky things. I didn’t know what it was because the sewage was really dark.
“What sticky thing has just run nearby?” I thought.
Oh! No! It was…it was…was a huge worm! I couldn’t believe that I was smaller than a worm. It was very horrible. It was sticky too. The worst of all, it seemed that it was going to eat me!
Fortunately, a ladybird picked me up. It put me at the corner and helped scare off the worm. At that moment, I just ran away as fast as I could.
“Charline! Charline! ” Somebody yelled.
I looked around. Was is mum?
“Mum, help me! Help me! “I yelled and cried.
“No, I am not your mum. I am Mrs Ladybird,” the ladybird explained.
I couldn’t believe my ears. The ladybird could talk!
So, I had a closer look.
“Why does Mrs Ladybird look like the little ladybird in Disney?” I whispered.
“Don’t be nervous, you are right,” said the ladybird.” I’m not a real ladybird. I’m your new toy. Last week, you bought me from a toy shop, but when you were taking a bath, I was sucked into the sewage.” Mrs Ladybird explained.
“I am sorry about that. But aren’t you a toy? Why can you talk with me?” I was very confused.
“Oh! I forgot to tell you. I found Mr. Mouse, the magician. He helped me, so I can talk now. But I need to tell you something, if you want him to help you go back home, you need to use some valuable things to exchange with him.” she reminded me. “I give Mr Mouse my pair of wings and so I can talk. Do you want to see him?” She asked.
“Yes, I want to see him. I hope that he can help me to go back home! I will use…use… Oh! Never mind, let’s go!” I said hopefully.
I followed Mrs Ladybird to find Mr. Mouse. When we arrived, I pressed the doorbell softly, but the door was opened automatically and then we walked into the house.
What do you want, my sweetie?” Mr. Mouse was very old, so he spoke very slowly.
“Can I leave this sewage and go back home?” I begged.
“Why do you want to leave? Isn’t staying here great?” Mr. Mouse asked.
“No, it is not suitable for me,” I said.”…it…it is very dirty.” I murmured.
“Do you know why it is so dirty here? Because of you! You put everything into the sewage. Toy, sponge, color pencils…You make our “Sewage Kingdom” messy!” Mr. Mouse was really angry. “If you take out all your pocket money to clean our kingdom, I will let you go.”
“I’m very sorry, I will never do this again. I will give all the pocket money to you. Please let me go.” I nodded.
Mr. Mouse pointed at a long ladder and said, “You can climb up by yourself!” Mr. Mouse shouted. ”Stay here Mrs Ladybird, don’t help her.”
I was petrified with fear. It seemed that the ladder was endless. But I tried my best to climb. I climbed and fell, climbed and fell. Finally, I did it! I climbed up to the top of the ladder. I sweated. I was tired. I closed me eyes and fell asleep.
“Come out, please! Why don’t you answer me?” “Are you flushed away? I badly need to go to the washroom!” my sister yelled.
I opened my eyes and I found that I was standing in the middle of the sink. Was it a dream?
I rushed out of the washroom and opened my saving box. My money was gone! All my money was gone! Oh! No more lunch, no more snacks. I would rather stay in the sewage.