Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 2020complete | Page 406

“2019, 50 years ago, people on earth didn’t take any action about their trash problems at all. Every day, they
threw tons of plastics and cans. That made Global Warming worse. It was unstoppable. Lots of waste were
dumped into the sea.”
“Oh..”
I groaned. I just remembered the can I kicked.
“We use the wastes to build up this city because those are the only resource we can find. In the past, we used
beautiful shells for our house and buildings. But now, no shells can be found in the sea. ⅔ of sea creatures died
because of terrible pollution. The people survived from this disaster had to learn how to coexist with trash in
their life.”
When he explained to me, I saw tears in his eyes.
My heart was full of mixed feelings. In a short time, We became friends. When I left the Great Bay, Jacob gave
me a bracelet made of can caps as a gift. It was as glittery as diamonds.
“Thank you and sorry, Jacob. While you and all the people in your country tried hard to keep this world, I was
thoughtless about all the trash on the earth, and I myself also threw the waste anywhere. From now, I will also
join to save the earth!”
I put the bracelet on my wrist. We smiled at each other.
“Hey, Ethan! Ethan!”
I looked back. Lisa was standing in front of the vending machine.
“Wake up! Were you sleeping? It’s time to go back.” Said Lisa, with a frowned face.
Was it all a dream? I couldn’t believe it.
“Okay, Let’s get on the bus. We gotta go back to school before 4:30 pm.” Mr Finnerty shouted.
In the bus, I looked out of the window. The waves were dazzling at the sunset. And the bracelet was glittering
on my wrist.
‘It was a fantastic experience’, I whispered to myself. On the way home, I saw a coke can on the street. I picked
it up and headed to a bin.
“Arghhh, it is burning today. I’m so thirsty” I groaned. It was a sunny day, Lisa and I were walking along the
dockside. “But it’s a perfect day for a Geo field trip to the beach. Let’s go get some drinks, Ethan,” said Lisa.
There was a vending machine on the corner of the pathway. Lisa and I drank a can of coke each. Holding the
empty can, I looked for a rubbish bin. The closest one I could find was miles away. I felt too lazy to go to the
bin, so just kicked the can into the sea, instead. I kicked it as far as I could. At that moment, I lost balance and fell
off the sea wall into the sea!