CLE ' S CREATIVE WRITING CONTEST
WINNERS
- HONOURABLE MENTIONS -
Threshold
A short story by : LO , Shi Yu
There lived a man in a small
community. He was fearless, brave and
loved by all. A small hamlet on the The man kissed his wife goodbye and
ventured into the jungle with his sons by
his side. Usually, they may not come
outskirts of town was where he and his
clan lived; they shared war stories while
the flames danced at night, jokingly
frightening the little children. They lived back for days, yet everyone had faith in
them that they would bring meat large
enough to go around and feed everyone
for a couple of days.
together in peace and harmony.
This man had a wife and two sons,
strong and brave like him, they had long
braids and were the lead hunters of the
clan, along with their father. They
provided meat on a daily basis for the
whole clan. The clans’ people danced
and sang whenever the men went into
the jungle to hunt because they knew
they would come back successful as they
did many times before. One fateful day, Deep in the jungle, the man went
further, flanked by his two sons alert like
any other. Suddenly, sitting on the rocks
up ahead was an animal, more abundant
than two humans put together. This was
going to feed them for weeks. The man
gave the signal, and his two sons hid
behind trees, so as not to scare the
sleeping animal.
The man set up his spear and aimed,
took a deep breath, then launched his
the men went on yet another expedition,
dark soil smeared on their faces, spear in
hand, shoulders high and looking as
fierce as they can be. The town’s people
once again danced, the women wore
necklaces made of leaves and huddled up spear into the air with all his might.
Time slowed, his breathing slowed. As
the spear travelled in the air, there
seemed to be extreme silence in the
jungle. The launched spear pulled
downwards, pointy end first and right on
around them for good luck, not as they
would need it, but still, it was a tradition. the midsection, buried itself into the
animal, just as the man planned.
IT Magazine / April Issue
13