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The Birthday was Unforgettable | Essay for 10 year olds | Elijah Wee | Singapore

Here is another essay on a birthday ... though with a twist ...


          The birthday was unforgettable.

          Matthew would remember it for many years to come. Recalling it sent remorseful tears down his cheeks.

          It was a tranquil Saturday afternoon. Matthew was at home engrossly glued to the TV with an episode of “Glee”. His mother, Mrs Gan was out from buying a gift for Matthew. Unable to bear her son’s incessant demands for a gift for him, Mrs Gan relented and went to Toys R Us to purchase a toy for him. As her husband had passed away a few years ago, Mrs Gan had to work extremely hard simply to make ends meet for the family. Sporting bone white hair and heavy eye bags, Matthew’s mother looked as old as the hills. The number of wrinkles on Mrs Gan’s face was most telling of the number of years she had slogged.

          Just then, a call came through.

          The phone in the living room awakened with the shrill ringing startling Matthew out of his favourite programme. Matthew’s world of happiness shattered into a million pieces when he heard the news. Apparently, it was a police officer on the line. The police officer informed him that his mother had been involved in an accident. The policeman described the accident as most unfortunate. Hearing this, Matthew stood rooted to the ground and was dumbfounded. May be the police had dialed the wrong number? He refused to believe it. Even if Ma had really met with an accident, it would be nothing more than fractured bones? Thoughts raced through Matthew’s mind as he put down the receiver. Next, he fumbled with the remote control to change the channel.

          Changing to the news channel, Matthew could not believe his eyes. To his upmost horror, everything that the policeman had narrated to him was true! “No! It can’t be! It can ever be!” Matthew’s voce reverberated around his four room flat. The news channel was actually broadcasting the accident.

          From a boy who had everything, Matthew was now declared as an orphan. He could not believe his eyes. He simply stared at the TV set in sheer astonishment.

          To this day, Matthew has not been able to get over the demise of his mother. Once in a while, he would catch himself asking aloud, “Ma what’s for dinner?” And each time, his hapless question would hang in mid-air before plunging into the depths of desolated silence. He had been orphaned at such a young age but he was determined to succeed for he knew that his mother was looking down on him.

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