Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 12 | Page 23

The Days in Old Shanghai
Hong Kong Baptist University Affiliated School Wong Kam Fai Secondary & Primary School, Chan, Tze Lam -
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t was a cold winter. I woke up as usual. I hated school. I laid on the bed and stopped the alarm. I
changed my school uniform, brushed my teeth and took breakfast. ”Faster! It is 07:56! “ shouted by
my mom. When I got to the platform, the train blasted away. Later when I got to school, I was scolded by
65 teachers because I am late, but I don’t care.
I hoped the toilet could flush me home, so that I do not stay in the terrible horrible school. I flushed
myself down the toilet. It took so long until……
I was finally out! “Ummmm…. Where am I? “ This place was full of people with very old clothes.
I ate some Shew Lung Buns. The waiter used feathers and ink, but not pencil or pen. There were no
buildings, but lots of small houses, or wooden houses. There were even not many cars rushing and zooming
around. Bicycle’s bells could be heard anywhere.
Then it was almost night, I did not have home in this strange place, so I looked for an …. There was a
wooden house. I quickly ran to the wooden house. “Excuse me! Can I live here for a while?
“Welcome!”, said a man. I looked at the calendar…… It was written it was year 1953! Oh, how came?
What happened? I flushed myself, then I came here?!
The next day, the man who let me stay in the wooden house was with his old friends talking something
like monster or something else.
Three days past, the man said there were zombies going to attack this place. “Why not attack others
places? “Because……RUSH!---BLAM!—BOOM! The zombies blasting sound could be heard! Then
everyone fought zombies….One person had been kicked out and pulled back into the fighting place! There
were more zombies coming with bicycles, scooters, cars, buses, taxis, school buses…OW! I was attacked by
zombies. I fought with a ruler. One of the men came out, and asked ”Hey, what is this long flat thing that
looks like a sword? “ I said “It is a rule …” Quick as a flash, a zombie suddenly jumped towards me! I swung
my sword. My sword poked the zombie ‘s face. The other man grabbed the zombie’s legs and punched the
zombie’s bottom.
The war was over. Our side won, but still lots of people got hurt. I got scratched by a hook also.
“Ow! It hurts!” I signed.
Time flew. It was another night. I went to my bedroom. When I opened the bedroom door, the
back of the door was the school’s toilet door! Or the door had been painted the same colour? No! It
was really the school toilet door! How come? I tried to get into the bedroom. I could hardly see the
toilet bowl! It meant I was finally back to the real life! It was really an exciting adventure!