As usual, when the recess bell rang, students rushed out of their boring classes and headed straight to different places. Some stayed in class to finish their undone homework, some headed to the canteen to get some delicious food to fill their empty stomach and some headed to the field ready to get sweaty while playing soccer. Paul was under the soccer category, he swallowed his bread in one mouth, drank a couple of sips of milo, got changed and ran down to the field. Paul was an expert at goalkeeping, one of the best in my class. The class started to split into two and everyone got into their respective positions. In a short moment, the game started, everyone was chasing after the ball, except Paul who was busy guarding the goal post.
After 5 minutes, the other team finally got passed the defense and the only person who can stop them is Paul. Paul was deciding whether to stay put or leave the post open to get the ball, before he could do anything, the attacking player got very close to Pual and kicked the ball with all his might. Paul made a desperate lunge towards the ball, however only the tip of his fingers could reach the ball. The ball got into the goal post and the spectators were standing up to clap, praising Karl for his amazing goal . However, everyone was so engrossed with the goal that no one noticed what had happened to Paul. Paul was trying to stop himself from crying but the pain on his finger was just too painful.
Everyone started to notice only when Kevin, the class monitor realize that Paul was crying. Huge drops of tears flowed down Paul's face and perspiration were dripping off his face. He could only mutter a few words which made him sound like a girl. Everyone around him laughed and humiliated him. Kevin scolded the crowd of people and brought Paul to the school's general office. The rest of the people continued commenting about Paul and continued with the soccer game. Paul was sent to the nearest hospital and by then recess had ended.
The class was still gossiping when the class's form teacher came into class and demanded an explanation for what had happened at the field. She felt ashamed of the class's behaviour and banned them from playing soccer for a week. Everyone was embarrassed of what they did and felt that they deserved it. Paul broke his finger and it will take some time for it to heal. Everything comes with a price, always think twice before u do something. Anything can happen in school, we must be careful at any point of time no matter where we are. I hope Paul will recover in the shortest period of time and join us back in class to learn together again. This was what took place in school yesterday.
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