Escape

This is a short composition, which I wrote when I was asked by my teacher to begin a composition with “There was darkness all around. I walked ahead two steps then suddenly………”

This was written when I was 12yrs old. So this is a bit of my old stuff. Feel free to comment

There was darkness all around. I walked ahead two steps then suddenly in the distance, I saw a ray of light. I looked around there was water all over the underground tunnel and I could feel the chilly water rushing in my boots. I started running towards the ray of light hoping to escape from the strangers who had seized our school for a week. I had a narrow escape from those diabolic people, as my friends and teachers were all being ill- treated by them and they were weak and feeble. Thinking of my fellow friends my heart started thumping more fiercely than ever. I was finding it difficult to run as I was too weak and my heavy boots were full of water.

Slowly and slowly the ray of light seemed to brighten up. But all of a sudden, I could hear some men talking and the sound of footsteps in water. I hurried but it was of no use, I saw them already standing in front of the hole from where the light was coming. I shrank back against a thick pipe hoping that the rock in front would shield me from the searching light. My eyes were wide with terror as I saw the light sweep in a zigzag over the mossy walls.

Every minute seemed to me like an hour. And after a long time the men took a right turn and their voice faded away. I gave a sigh of relief. I came out from behind the pipe and hurried off to the manhole. I jumped so that I could catch hold of the hole. And after a few tries I caught hold of it and I hauled out myself from the tunnel.

After that I don’t remember much as the next time I opened my eyes I was in the hospital. I also got the news that everyone was saved in the school, through the tunnel from which I came out. It was an onerous task to escape from those terrorists.