Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 539

When he arrived at his aunt and uncle’s house he took a deep breath then rang the doorbell. His aunt and
uncle started asking lots of questions like “where have you been?”, “what happened?” and “come in!”
(actually the last one was not a question but you get the idea). Finally they calmed down and asked Teal to
come in and explain what had happened. Teal explained about everything: his parents, miss Transpet, the
flight and the taxi. After he told the story everyone was silent for a while then Teal’s aunt said to him “well,
it sounds like you need a warm bath and then you should go to bed!” And finally, finally, even though it
was only 6:00 Teal decided he definitely agreed with his aunt this time.