Write a story that begins with, “One night, I was awakened by the sound of distant thunder…”
One night, I was awakened by the sound of distant thunder. As I opened my eyes, I found that the wallpaper color turned to PINK! I tried to keep myself calm but I couldn’t. It seemed that the objects in my room were all PINK, neat and tidy. The most important thing was… The mirror! The person in the mirror scared me! ‘Ahh! What is happening?’ I screamed.
Within 5 seconds, my pregnant Mum and Dad rushed to my room and asked patiently, ’Did you have a nightmare, SWEET HEART? It doesn’t matter. Go back to sleep. You need to go to school later.’ I couldn’t figure out what was happening. I sat on the bed all night, thinking.
‘Hi, Thomas. No…Mary, I am so sorry,’ a fairy flew to me, ‘I wrongly switched your sex to a girl. I was ordered to transfer one dead person’s sex to a new-born baby. It’s to keep the balance of ratio between male and female. The girl, Mary just died at home as the thunder sound began. The only way to turn you back to a boy is to fulfill Mary’s wish.’ I was shocked. When I was going to ask what her wish was, the fairy flew away with sadness.
‘Hi, Mary, did you have dinner with Miss Hung last night?’ The boy, Alex laughed at me as he saw me walking to school in the early morning. I bellowed at him and kicked his leg. I didn’t know why I did that. I used to be very playful and good-tempered!
It was the first lesson, English. Mrs. Kan distributed the last composition we wrote. I got 50 as usual. The topic was ’My Wish”. I knew what I should do after reading it.
When it was recess time, I went to the toilet. I went to the same place as usual. I pulled down the zipper… Wait! Oh, I had entered the males’ toilet! It was a big difficulty having the number-1.
“Did you wake up from the dream last night? Haha…” After school, a girl came to my classroom to see me. “Do you remember to attend the Inter-school Music Festival tomorrow? Mrs. Chung asked me to remind you to recite the song so you could avoid the mistake you made last year.’
I was confused, “What mistake?”
She answered, ‘You should know…’
At home, I found the lyrics of the competition song. I didn’t know how I could sing very well with a girl’s voice! The only thing I needed to do was to recite the song. Why did I feel my bottom got very wet? ‘Mum!!!’
I arrived at the competition arena. I saw my classmate, Wendy. I wanted to grab the chance to become a boy again. It was the only chance. I asked Wendy to reserve a LITTLE of her power. The answer was expected, ‘No way!”.
It was my turn to put on a show. I sang proudly and confidently. I scared myself by my beautiful voice.
‘…And the champion is… Mary Tang!’ I fulfilled her wish! I still didn’t need to worry about anything anymore!
I went to bed at night after the celebration with my family. I stayed home alone at night as my mum was going to deliver my little BROTHER. Dad was standing by her. I was lying on the bed, trying not to fall asleep. I was afraid I would wake up because of the thunder again. After a blink at twelve a.m., everything changed.
Everything turned back to normal. The nasty table, Thomas pattern wallpaper and… I looked at the mirror. The face turned back into a normal boy’s. Just then, Dad phoned me. ‘Your little SISTER is delivered! We have decided to name her Mary!’ I fainted.